Odd factoids

[classic33]

The first ever snowman documented was in the illustration from work that was entitled Book of Hours, way back in 1380 – and it was found in Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It is predicted that there is a 68% chance we will enter a mini ice age in 2030 due to a coming solar minimum. It is expected to last at least 10 years.

 

[classic33]

It is predicted that there is a 68% chance we will enter a mini ice age in 2030 due to a coming solar minimum. It is expected to last at least 10 years.

Dickens!

 

[Drago]

The ancient Egyptians worshiped the Sun god, and believed the sun was in fact the joyful ignition of her farts.

 

[classic33]

Unwrapped, the bandages of an Ancient Egyptian mummy could stretch for 1.6km

So all those movie scenes with a mummy stumbling behind you, its arms flailing about and bandages trailing behind – are actually possible.

 

[Dirk]

 

[classic33]

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Brabazon!

 

[Dirk]

Brabazon!

I think his name was 'Porky'.....

 

[classic33]

I think his name was 'Porky'.....

On the 5th November 1909 Lord(Claude) Brabazon christened a pig Icrus the 11 & they flew from the grounds here to stop the worlds famous phrase “pigs might fly” he took the baby pig up in a basket & said “now pigs do fly”.

 

[Dirk]

As he aged, starting in the late 1970s, North Korean leader, Kim ll-Sung developed a calcium deposit growth on the right side of the back of his neck. Its close proximity to his brain and spinal cord made it inoperable. Because of its unappealing nature, North Korean reporters and photographers, from then on, always filmed Kim while standing from his same slight-left angle to hide the growth from official photographs and newsreels, which became an increasingly difficult task as the growth reached the size of a baseball by the late 1980s.

 

[Drago]

The growth on Kim Il Sung's neck was a hidden nuclear weapon factory.

 

[classic33]

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As he aged, starting in the late 1970s, North Korean leader, Kim ll-Sung developed a calcium deposit growth on the right side of the back of his neck. Its close proximity to his brain and spinal cord made it inoperable. Because of its unappealing nature, North Korean reporters and photographers, from then on, always filmed Kim while standing from his same slight-left angle to hide the growth from official photographs and newsreels, which became an increasingly difficult task as the growth reached the size of a baseball by the late 1980s.

That's false, he started ageing a lot earlier than that!

 

[classic33]

According to North Korean historical literature, Kim Jong Il was born in a log cabin inside a secret base on Korea’s most sacred mountain, Mt. Paekdu. At the moment of his birth, a bright star lit up the sky, the seasons spontaneously changed from winter to spring, and rainbows appeared.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Kim Jong II used to be sponsored by skittles

 

[Dave7]

The growth on Kim Il Sung's neck was a hidden nuclear weapon factory.

Do you think he will die from it ??