Really TRUE odd factoids

[Dave7]

Loch Ness holds more water than all the lakes, rivers, canals and reservoirs in the whole of England and Wales combined.
The deepest point in Loch Ness is 126 Fathoms which is twice the average depth of the North Sea.

I assume that must be true in which case its quite staggering.

 

[Punkawallah]

The first German ME 262 jet fighter shot down, was probably shot by a Mosquito.

This means that the N*zi high command spent a vast amount of time and resources building an incredibly complex new Wunderwaffe, and it was promptly shot down by a flying cupboard.

Ah! ‘Some countries have different aircraft for different roles. When you want an aircraft that does everything, you have the Mosquito’.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Ah! ‘Some countries have different aircraft for different roles. When you want an aircraft that does everything, you have the Mosquito’.

And as an added bonus, it really annoys idiot N*zis by messing with their propaganda.

 

[classic33]

Mosquitos were fast, 414 mph, but could not compete, of course, with the 560 mph of the Me 262, and on 26 July 1944 the first aircraft to be shot down by a ME-262 was in fact a DH Mosquito.

 

[kynikos]

Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.

 

[Profpointy]

Back in't day, we would call someone of 'little brain' 'Five Watt' as he / she wasn't the brightest light in the window - !

My mother and grandmother used the expression "as dim as a Toc H lamp". I'm sure modern people would be baffled but I think Toc H does still exist. I can't comment on whether they had poor lighting !

 

[Profpointy]

The cow is the UK's most deadly animal. Between 2018 and 2023 nearly 40 people in the UK were killed by cows.

I'd have thought horses would have been far worse - unless falling off them doesn't count

 

[Profpointy]

I'm just commenting on how crazy it CAN seem to folks of this century that they were a popular (and accepted) thing back in your childhood. So neither serious nor onna windup!

I had a set of china golliwog statuettes of jazz musicians from collecting Jam tokens. As a kid I assumed a golliwog was some kind of mythical being rather than an offensive parody of an actual black person.

 

[Dave7]

I had a set of china golliwog statuettes of jazz musicians from collecting Jam tokens. As a kid I assumed a golliwog was some kind of mythical being rather than an offensive parody of an actual black person.

As a kid I had a "black sambo" moneybox. It had big lips that you put a penny in.... it was then sort of swallowed into the collection.

 

[Punkawallah]

As a kid I had a "black sambo" moneybox. It had big lips that you put a penny in.... it was then sort of swallowed into the collection.

Was it something like the skeleton hand that dragged your coin it on the ‘grave’?

 

[Dave7]

Was it something like the skeleton hand that dragged your coin it on the ‘grave’?

Same principle but it was a black man's head with exaggerated big lips.
I can honestly say it never influenced my thinking as I grew up with no prejudice for/against any race or colour.

 

[Tenkaykev]

My mother and grandmother used the expression "as dim as a Toc H lamp". I'm sure modern people would be baffled but I think Toc H does still exist. I can't comment on whether they had poor lighting !

I'm familiar with the expression as my mum used it too. I'm just back from a Google search which let to this interesting article about the Toc H organisation.

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/museum-talbot-house-history.htm

 

[Beebo]

Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.

Britannia is a woman.
did the name pre date her involvement?

 

[Chris S]

Britannia is a woman.
did the name pre date her involvement?

I think Britannia was named after Britain.

 

[Punkawallah]

Same principle but it was a black man's head with exaggerated big lips.
I can honestly say it never influenced my thinking as I grew up with no prejudice for/against any race or colour.

My daughter always wanted the black, white and brown versions of the dolly, so she could have the ‘full set’. Don’t know what that means for world domination in the future.