In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
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Groucho's Fact Hunt
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ToffeeDoug
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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
The only country, besides the UK, that allows children to drop history as a subject at the age of fourteen, is Albania.
gaino92
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She's a beautiful person!! This is a great fact btw
Jamo Martinez
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Sloths often hang by one arm in trees for hours. When they tire they change arms. Unfortunately they occaisionally mistake their own arm for a branch, grab it with their free arm then let go with the first one, falling, and sometimes killing themselves in the fall.
deipnosophist
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The highest point on earth is the top of Mt Everest...but Mt Everest is not the world's tallest mountain....Mauna Kea is
Brendan Janus
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Puts the Malverns to shame !
Jamo Martinez
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Is that the one in Hawaii that's under the sea.
its got a observatory on top, its the biggest if you measure it from its base , which is deep under ground
The Cowboy
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Shame she couldn't do all her gigs down there. Forever.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
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Some Beauts in there lol
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Some Beauts in there lol
ToffeeDoug
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David Lloyd George, our only Prime Minister who was Welsh and himself a Welsh speaker, was born near Manchester!
And Dan Snow, the television presenter/history enthusiast, is a great great grandson of his.
And Dan Snow, the television presenter/history enthusiast, is a great great grandson of his.
The "katzenklavier" (cat piano) was a musical instrument to be made entirely from cats. Designed by 17th-century German scholar Athanasius Kircher, it consisted of a row of caged cats with different voice pitches, who could be "played" by a keyboardist driving nails into their tails.
It's not proven whether the design was built or remained on the drawing board.
It's not proven whether the design was built or remained on the drawing board.
TV chef Gino D'Acampo served 2 years in clink in '98 for breaking into the home of Paul Young (Every Time You Go [You Take A Piece Of Meat With You]).
He also is the holder of several Guinness World Records, including "running across custard for the longest time", "most jumpers put on in 1 minute", and "most champagne bottles opened in 1 minute".
This is not a wind up.
He also is the holder of several Guinness World Records, including "running across custard for the longest time", "most jumpers put on in 1 minute", and "most champagne bottles opened in 1 minute".
This is not a wind up.
Children's author - Lewis Carroll ( real name Charles Lutwidge Dodson was born in the village of Daresbury in 1832 - just outside Runcorn.
All Saints Church in Daresbury has a memorial stained glass window dedicated to Carroll .
Carroll was a professor of maths at Oxford University and it is said that his inspiration for Alice in Wonderland came from the time he spent with the College Deans three daughters.
Carroll possibly would have formed part of Operation Yew Tree had he been alive today, as he was a keen photographer. One his favourite subject matters being naked and semi naked children !.