Odd factoids

[lutonloony]

You can get a rough estimate of the tempurature by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds then adding 37.

Celsius, kelvin or Fahrenheit ?

 

[Drago]

You can get a rough estimate of the tempurature by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds then adding 37.

In Kelvin?

 

[NorthernDave]

When rock'n'roller Bill Haley decided to go solo, his backing band turned their backs on the music industry and opened the first of what would become a chain of electrical superstores.

 

[classic33]

Jiminy was the first Disney sidekick to have a starring role in another Disney animated feature film (without his main protagonist) when he appeared in 1947’s Fun and Fancy Free.

 

[classic33]

When rock'n'roller Bill Haley decided to go solo, his backing band turned their backs on the music industry and opened the first of what would become a chain of electrical superstores.

Was that after their foray into the aircraft industry?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

We've all heard of Lynx varieties like "Africa" but what many won't know is there's a version sold in Africa called "Lynx England". It's aroma is redolent of cigarettes and disappointment.

 

[welsh dragon]

In Kelvin?

Errrr. Whatever.

 

[welsh dragon]

Celsius, kelvin or Fahrenheit ?

Pick a card, any card.

 

[Tim Hall]

We've all heard of Lynx varieties like "Africa" but what many won't know is there's a version sold in Africa called "Lynx England". It's aroma is redolent of cigarettes and disappointment.

I thought it smelt of old helicopters.

 

[classic33]

No

I thought it smelt of old helicopters.

Not dolphins!!

 

[colly]

The word 'had' can correctly be used in a sentence eleven times in a row.

Edit
Thusly : Two boys John and Steve, who had written similar sentences in their essays:

John, where Steve had had 'had', had had 'had had' ; 'had had' had the higher mark.

 

[classic33]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is NOT the longest word in English.

 

[Threevok]

Pop star "Drake" was once a speech coach for Cylons, during the filming of the original Battlestar Galactica TV series

 

[colly]

You can correctly use the word 'and' 5 times in succession. Thus:

Jones and Son

Shopkeeper said to the signwriter.

'Can you do it with more space between Jones and and, and and and Son'

 

[Drago]

"Can you do it with more space between Jones and and, and and and son, and do it in a different colour, and chuck in an extra and to annoy colly and all and do it for free and?""