Odd factoids

[NorthernDave]

Hollywood star Jodie Foster is one of the owners of international spectacles company Foster Grant.
Her business partner is celebrity astrologer Russell Grant.

 

[Tim Hall]

A cure for sea sickness is to sit under a tree.

 

[Drago]

Trees were introduced to Britain by the Romans.

 

[Andy_R]

Trees were introduced to Britain by the Romans.

Before that introduction, Britain was too standoffish to talk to trees....

 

[Ming the Merciless]

If you form ice under intense pressure you eliminate air bubbles. This makes the ice appear blue as per the ice you find in glaciers.

 

[Threevok]

Nivea sponsored the film "Silence of the Lambs" and the lotion in the basket was actually theirs

 

[petek]

Did it play with Emily?

Emily Cat wasn't even a twinkle back when we had "Polly"the farting parrot.
Polly came to us when Great Aunty Mary-Alice passed over.
She was also prone to farting in her latter years.

 

[Drago]

Alchemy is almost impossible. I say almost, because it is possible to change platinum into gold, but is a financially pointless process.

 

[petek]

Grey Seal milk contains 50% fat.

 

[TVC]

Alchemy is almost impossible. I say almost, because it is possible to change platinum into gold, but is a financially pointless process.

You can forge decent 10p pieces by filing the corners off a 50p piece.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Grey Seal milk contains 50% fat.

And is available at Tesco

 

[jefmcg]

Grey Seal milk contains 50% fat.

So do grey seals

(grey milk: eww!)

 

[Dave7]

It is a little known fact but approx 50% of the moon is permanently dark and the temperature is at least minus 120 degrees.
The only man to actually live on the moon misread the post code and bought a property on the wrong side. He had to wait over 3 years to get one on the light side.

 

[cisamcgu]

There is no country in the world that is exactly the same size as Wales, except Wales, and maybe Belgium

 

[cisamcgu]

Christopher Plummer changed his name to Christopher Plummy in recognition of his posh tones.

Christopher Plummer spat at my Mother (this is true!)