Really TRUE odd factoids

[Dave7]

BUBBLES.....Michael Jackson's monkey is now 39 years old and (apparently) quite healthy and happy.

 

[Chris S]

Junior barristers often earn less than baristas.

 

[Legs]

Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman.

 

[Beebo]

Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman.

That fact has been done at least 6 times on this thread!
It’s a brilliant fact.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Question, in these energy conscious times. If you switch off at the plug after every cook i assume it will spring immediately back to life as a cooker on restoration of power? No set-up issues? All progs immediately there? Timer function ready to go?
As folks can maybe tell i don't have a microwave at the mo. Plenty of clocks though.

Mine doesn't even have a display, Only a timer wheel. And I unplug mine between each use because I need the socket for other things!

 

[Legs]

Sorry, can you forgive me for not reading all 118 pages? 😁

 

[classic33]

Sorry, can you forgive me for not reading all 118 pages? 😁

Only if you read the first half of the "Odd Factoids" thread.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Sorry, can you forgive me for not reading all 118 pages? 😁

Don't read owt if you don't want to.
Nothing on here holy writ.

 

[Chris S]

Luke Skywalker's land-speeder was a re-bodied Reliant Robin.

 

[Chris S]

A Scottish pint was almost triple the size of an English pint until 1824.

 

[Beebo]

Luke Skywalker's land-speeder was a re-bodied Reliant Robin.

It was a Bond Bug. But similar to a Robin.

 

[Alex321]

It was a Bond Bug. But similar to a Robin.

In reverse. The bug had the two wheels at the front, one at the rear. My parent's first car was one of those.

 

[Jameshow]

In reverse. The bug had the two wheels at the front, one at the rear. My parent's first car was one of those.

Bond bug has two wheels at rear like reliant robin. Not like a Morgan 3 wheeler. Usually bright orange too.

 

[Alex321]

Bond bug has two wheels at rear like reliant robin. Not like a Morgan 3 wheeler. Usually bright orange too.

Just looked it up. You are of course correct.

That is a completely different car to the one I was thinking of. But it wasn't the Morgan either.

The one I was thinking of has a curved front panel which opens up as a door.

Which looking up further was probably the Isetta (bubble car).

I'm no longer sure which my parents had - they may have had both at different times, but I was too young to remember them. I do remember them talking of the bond bug, but I have seen photos of the bubble car.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

An odd fact is that a polar bear's skin is black, but its fur is actually transparent. It appears white because it reflects visible light.