Odd factoids

[Andy_R]

Just as the Inuit have nineteen words for snow, Mancunians have nineteen words for drizzle.

And in Leicester, they have 27 different words for Potato

 

[Drago]

Police advice for motorists to stay off the roads, save for essential journeys, has never once in history been heeded. The police are due to change tack, and will advise motorists to go out in shorts and a vest and put the bald tyres on the car in the hope that everyone does the opposite.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The 20th of March has been nominated as national snowman burning day.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Snow sticks better to snow than rubber does. Winter tyres take advantage of this and is part of the reason why sipes are so effective.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The 100 year war started as lexicographers fell out when deciding if the sentence "we're in agreement" consists of three or four words.

 

[Drago]

Donald Trump is a character created by an elderly and overweight Bill Clinton so he can have his pick of the interns once again.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The welsh for jellyfish is chivers wibli wobli.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The annual rutting season for motorists is upon us. Tomorrow many will lock horns, rotate their cars through 180 degrees, and spin wheels on mild inclines as a show of prowess.

 

[jefmcg]

The 20th of March has been nominated as national snowman burning day.

The 100 year war started as lexicographers fell out when deciding if the sentence "we're in agreement" consists of three or four words.

The welsh for jellyfish is chivers wibli wobli.

It's ok to let someone else contribute.

 

[classic33]

Some fruits when unprocessed, such as pineapple, figs, papaya and kiwifruit, contain enzymes that break up gelatine, so including these fruits does not allow jelly to set.

 

[bruce1530]

The collective noun for a group of librarians is “a shush”

 

[ClichéGuevara]

It's ok to let someone else contribute.

Sorry, I guess I posted those just as you were about to post the same ones.

I'll sit back a while so you can post yours.

 

[Drago]

The collective noun for a group of senior police officers is "a confusion".

 

[jefmcg]

I'll sit back a while so you can post yours.

Or we can both wait until we have something worth sharing.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Or we can both wait until we have something worth sharing.

Feel free to do that.