Chris S
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- Birmingham
Yes - if anybody else spray painted walls or tube trains they would be prosecuted for criminal damage. For some reason Banksy isn't.
Really TRUE odd factoids
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Profpointy
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It would be an interesting test case of criminal damage if the value of the sprayed panel has been increased by a couple of hundred £k
OP
OP
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- London
Heroin was a brand name.
Developed by the same clever cogs at german drug company Bayer who came up with aspirin.
They called it Heroin after the word for hero, so pleased were they with what they claimed was a powerful cough suppressant which was way less addictive than other stuff used at the time.
Apparently Bayer lost certain rights to the wonder drug as a result of the Versailles peace treaty.
Developed by the same clever cogs at german drug company Bayer who came up with aspirin.
They called it Heroin after the word for hero, so pleased were they with what they claimed was a powerful cough suppressant which was way less addictive than other stuff used at the time.
Apparently Bayer lost certain rights to the wonder drug as a result of the Versailles peace treaty.
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
The can opener was invented over 40 years after the tin can.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Mars is the only planet populated solely by robots.
Obviously no shops up there then
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Fun factoid, Panama's Covid lockdown saw men and women being allowed outside only on alternate days. The shops were busier on the men-only days.Obviously no shops up there then
classic33
Leg End Member
The microwave oven owes it's invention to chocolate.
Percy Spence, a scientist working on WWII radar and weapons projects, happened to be a big fan of chocolate. After spending some time near a formidable device called a magnetron, he noticed the chocolate bar he’d been keeping in his pocket had turned to mush.
He quickly put two and two together and realized magnetrons might be able to heat up food at incredibly fast rates, and voilà, the microwave oven was born.
Percy Spence, a scientist working on WWII radar and weapons projects, happened to be a big fan of chocolate. After spending some time near a formidable device called a magnetron, he noticed the chocolate bar he’d been keeping in his pocket had turned to mush.
He quickly put two and two together and realized magnetrons might be able to heat up food at incredibly fast rates, and voilà, the microwave oven was born.
classic33
Leg End Member
In 2009, a businessman called Ashley Revell sold his worldly possessions and put the lot on Red in a Vegas casino.
What was staggering about the bet was that
a) his entire possessions were worth a staggering $136,000, and
b) he had the kahunas to risk it all on a single spin of a roulette wheel.
Luckily, for Revell, his number came up (an even-money bet), and he went on to use his winnings to form a betting company.
Suspicions persist that the whole thing was a publicity stunt to promote Revell’s new business, but what a publicity stunt…
What was staggering about the bet was that
a) his entire possessions were worth a staggering $136,000, and
b) he had the kahunas to risk it all on a single spin of a roulette wheel.
Luckily, for Revell, his number came up (an even-money bet), and he went on to use his winnings to form a betting company.
Suspicions persist that the whole thing was a publicity stunt to promote Revell’s new business, but what a publicity stunt…
It would not have been an even money bet. There would have been at least one green 0 on the wheel. Normally a 00 as well in Vegas.
classic33
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Unicycling is a mandatory subject at St. Helen's School in Newbury, Ohio.
http://sthelenunicycle.org/about/
http://sthelenunicycle.org/about/
classic33
Leg End Member
‘Mad’ Jack Churchill – The Only Man to Dispatch a German Soldier With a Longbow in WW2
On May 27, 1940, from a hill in the French village of L’Epinette near Richebourg, Churchill and two infantrymen watched the enemy approach.
Five Germans were less than 30 yards away. Calmly, Churchill took his longbow, aimed, and shot an enemy sergeant right in the heart.
On May 27, 1940, from a hill in the French village of L’Epinette near Richebourg, Churchill and two infantrymen watched the enemy approach.
Five Germans were less than 30 yards away. Calmly, Churchill took his longbow, aimed, and shot an enemy sergeant right in the heart.
Hover Fly
Lazy so and so
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
Having first told his troops to wait until he had shot before opening fire. Later he tried to get his arrow back as it was an expensive one.
OP
OP
- Location
- London
I don't pretend to know the actual truth but wiki (which tends to boost stuff rather than cut down) says the story is apocryphal and that mad jack himself said he had lost his bow earlier. What's your source chaps?
