Odd factoids

[Drago]

Believe it or not, Elton John wears a wig.

 

[classic33]

Earwigs are small bugs that got their name from the myth that they climb into people’s ears and therein lay their eggs or tunnel into the brain. There are reports that earwigs do climb into ears, but it's mostly to hide from cold.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

In medieval times, poverty was so great, people wore only old sacking and sheep, and had no other possessions, so were extremely vulnerable to home attacks. The main risk was from robbers, after the only thing the poor had in abundance, which was silence and nothing, as silence is golden, and nothing is worth more than silver.

Self defence was made difficult because of the wriggling jumper, so on hearing intruders, the poor tied flat wood to their feet so that they could balance, and the wood also served as a weapon. Thus attired, they could chase off the attackers, with blood curdling screams of 'shoooooo'.

This lead to footwear being called 'shoos'. 'Pass me my shoos Boedicia' they'd say silently, "they've come to take nothing from us."

My favourite post of the thread.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Cleaning windows is ultimately futile as the act of cleaning one side creates an electrostatic charge on the other side that attracts dirt.

 

[Threevok]

Most of the hit TV series "The Walking Dead" is filmed in Aberdare

They don't even have to employ extras most of the time

 

[Tim Hall]

Earwigs are small bugs that got their name from the myth that they climb into people’s ears and therein lay their eggs or tunnel into the brain. There are reports that earwigs do climb into ears, but it's mostly to hide from cold.

When the hair in your ears starts to fall out, use earwigs.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

At lower pressure water boils at less than 100C. That fact was used during the great India survey to determine altitudes whilst having a jolly decent cup of tea.

 

[Racing roadkill]

In 485 BC Aeschylus, an Ancient Greek tragedian, was killed by a turtle, dropped by an eagle, which mistook his bald head for a rock, with which to smash open the turtle’s shell.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

In 485 BC Aeschylus, an Ancient Greek tragedian, was killed by a turtle, dropped by an eagle, which mistook his bald head for a rock, with which to smash open the turtle’s shell.

Sounds like it was a turtle disaster.

(Maybe only works in our local accent)

 

[jefmcg]

Sounds like it was a turtle disaster.

(Maybe only works in our local accent)

You really love the sound of your own voice.

 

[Threevok]

In 485 BC Aeschylus, an Ancient Greek tragedian, was killed by a turtle, dropped by an eagle, which mistook his bald head for a rock, with which to smash open the turtle’s shell.

did it work ?

Or did the Eagle's menu change on short notice ?

 

[Drago]

The Eagles stole Hotel California from Jethro Tull. Its a thinly veiled remake of Tull's We Used To Know. By an utter coincidence, prior to Hotel California's release The Eagles had been a support act for Jethro Tull's World tour.

 

[Racing roadkill]

If there was a hole from the ground you’re stood on, straight through the entire earth, emerging on the other side of the planet, and you could jump into it, without dying, you wouldn’t pop out of the other side. You would fall for 20 minutes, until you reached the centre, then you would be effectively falling up, towards the surface, on the opposite side, where you would start to fall down again, you’d continue this cycle, forever.

 

[Grant Fondo]

The Pioneer space probes are now so far from earth that a signal from them would take ten million years to reach us.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Upon their return from the moon, Buzz Aldrin publicly sank 6 pints of Guinness in a row to prove to Neil Armstrong that he was the bigger man.