Odd factoids

[Threevok]

An area the size and shape of Wales is wasted every year

Most of Wales is wasted every year

 

[raleighnut]

Most of Wales is wasted every year

Not surprised,


View: https://youtu.be/D9L45ZU_QSo


Where was it Howard Marks came from.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Where does "lose the battle", the last part of a well known saying come from in that case.

How many have been lost because the "I's" were not tittled or the "T's" were not tattled.

"Because there was no tattle we would lose the battle"

Yep the written commands to the front line were misinterpreted because not enough tattles were employed. Bloody Generals and their handwriting........

 

[classic33]

The distinctive face of Resusci Anne was based on L'Inconnue de la Seine, the death mask of an unidentified young woman reputedly drowned in the River Seine around the late 1880s.

 

[classic33]

In Blackwood in 1842, there was one pub for every five people

Following the Beer Act of 1830, there was a huge increase in the number of places people could go to drink. As well as that startling figure on the number of places to drink in Blackwood, there were also 200 taverns around the Dowlais Ironworks alone.

 

[Brand X]

According to health statistics, the smoking of tobacco in pipe or cigar form does not increase the risk of lung cancer. Cigarettes unfortunately are still as dangerous as ever.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

According to statistics 67.32% of them are made up

 

[classic33]

98% of the current population will die.

 

[Profpointy]

The majority of the population have more than the average number of legs

 

[classic33]

The average human will yawn about 250,000 times in their life.

 

[colly]

250,001

 

[classic33]

There are more than 100,000 miles of blood vessels in your body.

 

[classic33]

The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.

 

[TheDoctor]

If all the blood vessels in your body were laid end-to-end, it would be better for you than eating a family size bucket of KFC.

 

[classic33]

If all the blood vessels in your body were laid end-to-end, it would be better for you than eating a family size bucket of KFC.

Never had anything from a KFC, unable to comment.