Odd factoids

[Drago]

A Wrigleys Extra.

 

[david k]

Snowdon and Everest are the same height when viewed from different distances

 

[Drago]

In a wonder twist of irony, the double glazing firm Everest was founded by Lord Snowden.

 

[bruce1530]

Ben Nevis was the attendant who looked after the car park and public toilets at the base of an unnamed mountain near Fort William. After his death, .... (you can guess the rest)

 

[classic33]

Ben Nevis was the attendant who looked after the car park and public toilets at the base of an unnamed mountain near Fort William. After his death, .... (you can guess the rest)

Explain Loch Nevis then.

 

[bruce1530]

His brother, Lochlan Nevis, (normally known to his friends as “Lochie”, or “Wee Loch”)....

 

[bruce1530]

A Shibboleth is the hebrew word for an ear of corn.

Different tribes pronounce the word in different ways. The book of Judges tells of a battle between the Gileadites (victors) and Ephraimites (defeated). After the battle, the surviving Ephraimites mingled with the Gileadites, in order to escape. Both groups had to cross the river Jordan, at which point the Gileadites showed each soldier an ear of corn, saying “what is that?” All replied “A Shibboleth” - but the Ephraimites pronounced it “Sibboleth”, and 42,000 Ephraimites were therefore identified and killed.

The Scots invited the word “Loch” for a similar purpose. It’s prime purpose is to identify English tourists - but it does not distinguish Scots from Germans.

 

[classic33]

Encyclopedia Britannica, which is the Wikipedia of the past, originated in Scotland.

It was the idea of an Edinburgh bookseller, Colin Macfarquhar.

 

[classic33]

To love the national dish of Scotland, you have to love the sheep very deeply.

The notorious Haggis, which is a nightmare for vegans, is made with the heart, liver, and lungs of a sheep and then boiled in the animal’s stomach.

 

[bruce1530]

To love the national dish of Scotland, you have to love the sheep very deeply.

That only happens in the North East.

 

[Jenkins]

To love the national dish of Scotland, you have to love the sheep very deeply.

Does that make haggis Welsh?

 

[classic33]

With regards the last two,
http://thefactfile.org/scotland-facts/
#16

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The patron saint of cooks is St Lawrence who was martyred in 258 AD. He was roasted on a gridiron suspended over coals and his reputed last words were "I'm done on this side, please turn me over". Possibly why he is also the patron saint of comedians.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

When Jesus was arrested, there was a streaker - Mark 14:51-52

 

[Drago]

When the Encyclopaedia Britannica was first conceived, there were no facts whatsoever outside of the British Empire.