Odd factoids

[jefmcg]

I've never understood why grapefruit are called grapefruit. Surely the only real grapefruit is a grape, which is, after all, a fruit. Why name one fruit after another, which it could hardly resemble less?

Remember fruit is named on a tree, not in a fruit bowl

OED
Etymology: < grape n.1 + fruit n.; so called because it grows in clusters.

 

[Dirk]

It's estimated that there are currently 2000 serial killers on the loose in the USA.

 

[Dave7]

It's estimated that there are currently 2000 serial killers on the loose in the USA.

And some of them are not even in government

 

[glasgowcyclist]

The word shrapnel derives from General Henry Shrapnel, who invented a type of fragmenting shell (which exploded in mid-air) when he was a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery during the Peninsular War. The Duke of Wellington used it against Napoleon at Waterloo.

 

[classic33]

Each of your feet is capable of producing more than a pint of sweat per day. Each foot has at least 250,000 sweat glands.

No wonder so many people have stinky feet!

 

[petek]

Grey seals are the biggest land breeding mammal in the United Kingdom.
(Take THAT cows!).

 

[lutonloony]

Grey seals are the biggest land breeding mammal in the United Kingdom.
(Take THAT cows!).

What about elephants ( in zoos)

 

[Markymark]

If you consume takeaways on a regular basis you will swallow about 12 pubic hairs a year.

Down in London we tend to pay for our takeaways with money, but whatever rocks your boat up there....

 

[Profpointy]

What about elephants ( in zoos)

Or even cows for that matter

 

[Lozz360]

If you consume takeaways on a regular basis you will swallow about 12 pubic hairs a year.

Loz360 does not like this

 

[Lozz360]

The largest tyre manufacturer in the world is Lego.

 

[classic33]

Loz360 does not like this

TakeAway Eater?

 

[Tim Hall]

If you consume takeaways on a regular basis you will swallow about 12 pubic hairs a year.

That's going to depend on how many takeaways, surely? I might have one every 29th February, which would be on a regular basis, just not very often.

 

[classic33]

That's going to depend on how many takeaways, surely? I might have one every 29th February, which would be on a regular basis, just not very often.

Ups your yearly average intake in one go

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The average take away cook loses 12 public hairs a year.