Odd factoids

[Grant Fondo]

The total eclipse of the sun visible from the USA this August lasted a record 19 hours.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927

 

[Threevok]

The inventor of the screw-on bottle top - Arthur Bung came from Cork

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Arthur Bung made a lot of money via back handers

 

[Grant Fondo]

The Flat Earth Society filed a lawsuit against Google Earth in 2007.

 

[Andy_R]

Was it?

Course it was. That's why we commemorate Armistice Day a week early on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Any fuel nos that.....

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The early civilisation that built the pyramids died out due to drought.

The pyramids were designed to be a sophisticated water collection device, but the illiteracy rampant back then meant they were built upside down.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Ha! I messed that one up

 

[Dirk]

Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landings than she did to the building of the pyramids.

 

[classic33]

Cleopatra bathed in donkey’s milk? Yes, bathed daily in donkey’s milk, and for one bath is needed more than 1,000 liters of milk. She believed that in this way keeps the skin young.

Given the price and the high cost of milk, that is like someone, nowadays, spending more than us$100,000 every day on bathing.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In the 1700s, men who ran illegal gambling houses hired a special person to swallow the dice if the police showed up

 

[classic33]

In the 1700s, men who ran illegal gambling houses hired a special person to swallow the dice if the police showed up

I find that hard to swallow.

 

[Grant Fondo]

In the 1700s, men who ran illegal gambling houses hired a special person to swallow the dice if the police showed up

That's surely a load of craps?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I find that hard to swallow.

You bet!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That's surely a load of craps?

Do you feel lucky?