Really TRUE odd factoids

[Beebo]

A 'gaggle' of geese only refers to them when they are on the ground.

In the air, they are a 'Skein' of Geese.

What’s a group of flying pigs called?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What’s a group of flying pigs called?

A 'Beebo'? 😝

It's pronounced a 'skeen' of geese, not anything sounding like 'swine'.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Very dry one here, but:

In the UK at least, the yellow signal on a railway signal really is called a 'yellow' and not an 'amber' as is popularly thought and used on the roads.
Also a signal can show two yellow lights or a 'double'.
So if a train goes from getting green signals to a red, the sequence is:

Green, double yellow, single yellow, red.

Green - Go
Double yellow - Proceed with caution
Single yellow - Caution, be prepared to stop
Red - Stop.

It might not sound like much, but if you are going along at 125MPH or whatever, having 4 different things makes sense.

So, now you know.

 

[Sterlo]

What’s a group of flying pigs called?

Ryanair?

 

[Chris S]

About 10% of Timpson's employees are ex-offenders.
https://www.timpson-group.co.uk/timpson-foundation/ex-offenders/

 

[Chris S]

Prince's song 'When Doves Cry' doesn't have a bass line.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG3VcCAlUgE

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

About 10% of Timpson's employees are ex-offenders.
https://www.timpson-group.co.uk/timpson-foundation/ex-offenders/

Good on 'em!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

A Hyena is more closely related to a Civet, Aardwolf, Jackal or Mongoose.

 

[T4tomo]

A Hyena is more closely related to a Civet, Aardwolf, Jackal or Mongoose.

.... Than an elephant???

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

.... Than an elephant???

Than either a dog or a cat as most people think

 

[Chris S]

Johnny Rotten was booked on Pan Am flight 103 which was blown-up over Lockerbie. He only missed it because his wife took too long to pack.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Johnny Rotten was booked on Pan Am flight 103 which was blown-up over Lockerbie. He only missed it because his wife took too long to pack.

RIP, N739PA 'Clipper Maid Of The Seas', also the 15th '747 ever built (not a lot of people know that).

 

[Legs]

Christopher Lee witnessed the last public execution by beheading in the Western world.

 

[welsh dragon]

Christopher Lee and Ian Flemming were cousins.

 

[classic33]

The Madhouses Act of 1774 restricted property owners to one “lunatic” per residence. You had to apply for a licence if you wanted to start a collection.