Odd factoids

[raleighnut]

The biggest biryani ever made was 13 tonne and was made in New Delhi in 2008.

London contains more Indian restaurants than Bombay and Delhi combined.

View: https://youtu.be/huSP7PtctC4

EDIT - Beaten to it cos I was in dire need of tea.

 

[classic33]

View: https://youtu.be/huSP7PtctC4

EDIT - Beaten to it cos I was in dire need of tea.

No multi-tasking?

 

[raleighnut]

No multi-tasking?

No the kettle is in the Kitchen and I'm not allowed to re-boil it without an 'earbashing' for wasting electricity.

 

[User6179]

In South Wales, a time-honored midwinter tradition includes carrying a horse's skull around and singing to strangers to request ale.

 

[Seevio]

Another nonsense claim...

...and it’s Mumbai - not Bombay.

It's true. There are actually no "Indian" restaurants in Delhi and Mumbai. In those cities they are just called "restaurants".

 

[Alex H]

The doors through which munitions are dropped from aircraft were invented in Bombay.

Nope, that was Bomdoors

 

[classic33]

In South Wales, a time-honored midwinter tradition includes carrying a horse's skull around and singing to strangers to request ale.

A bit like Saint Stephens Day.

In Wales the custom of letting in the New Year was slightly different in that if the first visitor in the New Year was a woman and the male householder opened the door, that was considered bad luck. If the first man to cross the threshold in the New Year was a red haired man, that was also bad luck.

 

[Drago]

They’re Indian...


And, as anyone who’s been there will tell you, there are lots of restaurants in both cities offering regional cuisines.

There is no place for facts in this factual thread!!!

 

[Profpointy]

In South Wales, a time-honored midwinter tradition includes carrying a horse's skull around and singing to strangers to request ale.

yes indeed (look you).

Wel dyma ni'n dwad
Gyfeillion di-niwed
I ofyn am gennad
I ofyn am gennad
I ofyn am gennad i ganu

blacking up as well I gather, but let's not stir that one up again

 

[Tin Pot]

Santa Claus travels at just 3% below lightspeed.

 

[Drago]

Santa Pod is named after one of Father Christmas' testicles.

 

[bruce1530]

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was actually a flying elk. That’s why the other reindeer ostracised him, and wouldn’t let him join in their reindeer games.

 

[Dave7]

Julie Andrews could not actually fly.
In Mary Poppins......when the scene called for her to fly they had to use an extra who really could fly.

 

[Threevok]

Thanks to the leather boot clad Nazi's chasing nuns around, The Sound of Music has became a cult classic in the BDSM world

 

[Drago]

Nazis wore jack boots, due to an error converting yards to metres at the suppliers mean their trousers were a foot too short.

The Russian goose-step while marching is symbolic of their defiance. By baring their groins as they march they're reminding the world that while they each have two balls, Hitler had only one.