Really TRUE odd factoids

[classic33]

American talk show host, Jerry Springer, was born at East Finchley station, on the London Underground, while his mum was taking shelter during the war.

 

[classic33]

Each year, the moon’s orbit moves about four centimeters away from the Earth, meaning that in a mere 500 million years, the moon will be 14,600 miles farther away than it is now.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Each year, the moon’s orbit moves about four centimeters away from the Earth, meaning that in a mere 500 million years, the moon will be 14,600 miles farther away than it is now.

The tides caused by the moons gravitational pull not only affect the oceans but also the land. The South West of England for example rises and falls approximately 4-5cm.

 

[Dave7]

The sun also has a gravitational affect on the oceans....... not as much as the moon but its still there.
That is why, twice a year, for spring and autumn equinox we have the highest tides. That is because the sun and moon have equal tine/affect at those times.

 

[Dave7]

John Haigh, also known as the acid bath murderer was active in the early 1940s.
His 1st method was a lead pipe to the bonce. He the stole a pistol and used that.
He would then dump the bodies in a drum of sulphuric acid.
When eventually caught he admitted to 9 killings.
He was hanged but allowed a brandy before hand.
NB the hangman was Mr Pierpoint from Warrington.

 

[swee'pea99]

Amazed to stumble just now across the fact that Singin' in the Rain not only didn't get a single Oscar, it wasn't even nominated.

 

[Blue Hills]

Nearly ten million americans changed their racial self identification between the 2000 and 2010 censuses.

 

[Blue Hills]

i hesitate more than somewhat to proffer this in case the nice thread goes you know where (away with you)
but
Heligoland is part of Germany and the EU but excluded from the EU customs union and VAT area.
The words of the German national anthem written there when it was British.

 

[Blue Hills]

London Transport used to make its own pies and christmas puddings.
Apparently they were rather good.

 

[Tenkaykev]

There's a species of South American Bee that feeds on the flesh of dead animals. They can reduce the body of a large lizard to a skeleton in about two days, frogs a matter of hours.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Talking of bees, I learned today that you have to use copper nails when constructing a beehive as bees won't go near anything with rust.

Also, the wood used to build beehives has to be certificated as not being from Chernobyl or anywhere downwind as bees won't go into a radioactive hive.

 

[yello]

Nearly ten million americans changed their racial self identification between the 2000 and 2010 censuses.

More choices on offer? (too)

 

[Blue Hills]

Dick Whittington (yes him) was once Mayor of Calais.

 

[Blue Hills]

Evelyn Waugh's brother holds an esteemed place in the history of British Ska.
Alec Waugh, also a writer wrote a novel called Islands in the Sun.
The theme for this, by Harry Belafonte, inspired Chris Blackwell to name his record label Island.

which gave us this joyous thing as its first big hit.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMw4_QPDxPo



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8vIN1qVvPM

 

[swee'pea99]

On the LD50 toxicity scale, which measures how much of a substance you would need to kill half the people it is given to, Botox measures just 0.000001 mg/kg. In other words, a lethal dose for a 70kg man would weigh less than one cubic millimetre of air.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine...20I6QpUopoIJ-TBwI2porUFm6fK-57fFXvLhXed5h7_IE