Odd factoids

[FishFright]

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

Negotiations were said to be tense ... sorry

 

[Threevok]

The film "Never Ending Story" actually does end - 94 minutes in

 

[FishFright]

You can always see your own nose, your brain chooses to ignore it.

Hence the vote to cut it off to show Johnny Foreigner what it means to be British.

 

[petek]

Violet Jessop was on board the RMS Olympic when it collided with HMS Hawke in 1911. She was on board the RMS Titanic when it collided with an iceberg in 1912. She was on board the third of the three sister ships HMHS Brittanic when it sank in 1916.

Allowing a woman onto a ship presages DOOM.

 

[Fonze]

Chris Froome uses an inhaler that is 3ft x 1ft, reportedly the largest ever ..

 

[Dirk]

The engineer on the Eiffel Tower was Gustave Eiffel.

I thought it was French showman Jacques Tower.
He advertised it by shouting 'Go to the top and get an eyeful'......

 

[Dave7]

I thought it was French showman Jacques Tower.
He advertised it by shouting 'Go to the top and get an eyeful'......

That is cos I am dead cultured and you're not

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Drawing pins is easy.

 

[Drago]

To this day I am astonished that late 19th Century detectives didn't check the electoral roll for Mr John Ripper and go and bang him up. They knew his name, so why didn't they spin his drum and feel his collar? Fact is, he was a freemason.

 

[classic33]

A British teaching assistant received a whopping $800,000 in compensation after she tripped at work and dislocated her finger.

While moving a wheelchair, Mrs Julie Ann Huddart tripped on a loose strap from the chair, injuring her elbow and dislocating her finger.

 

[Drago]

Over 100,000 Americans are admitted to Hospital each year with toothpick injuries.

 

[NorthernDave]

Popular comedienne Miranda Hart is the only child of 80's crime fighters Jonathon and Jennifer Hart

 

[Drago]

Miranda Hart works in America as a wrestler, Brett, The Hitman, Hart.

 

[classic33]

Airlines Are Skimping on Fuel

Airline cost-cutting measures are getting extreme. Some airlines are reportedly flying with less-than-recommended fuel levels in an effort to save money, according to a scary report by Spanish safety investigators. The report focuses on budget airline Ryanair, which is no stranger to cutting corners. Take this case, in which the airline instructed its pilots to fly slower in order to save fuel.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Sherlock Holmes did not graduate from elementary school