Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
It’s no more crazy than looking at someone’s palm or tea leaves.
Really TRUE odd factoids
- Thread starter Blue Hills
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
It’s no more crazy than looking at someone’s palm or tea leaves.
classic33
Leg End Member
But you don't drop your trousers for either of those.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
If the earth was to be compressed to its ultimate limit ie a black hole with no space between atoms it would be the size of a 2cm marble!
classic33
Leg End Member
Sigurd the Mighty, a formidable 9th century Viking earl of Orkney, met a bizarre and gruesome end that seems more fit for legend than history. After a victorious battle against a rival clan, Sigurd strapped the severed head of his enemy, Máel Brigte the Bucktoothed, to his horse as a trophy. However, as Sigurd rode across the battlefield, Máel Brigte's lifeless head swung back and forth, its protruding teeth grazing against the earl's leg.
The wound from the teeth became severely infected, likely due to the unsanitary conditions of the battlefield and the decaying head. Despite his power and reputation as a great warrior, Sigurd succumbed to the infection, his life cut short by the very enemy he had defeated.
The wound from the teeth became severely infected, likely due to the unsanitary conditions of the battlefield and the decaying head. Despite his power and reputation as a great warrior, Sigurd succumbed to the infection, his life cut short by the very enemy he had defeated.
Conrad_K
unindicted co-conspirator
- Location
- Little Rock, Arkansas
Boston got screwed when they signed with Epic. They weren't making much better than burger-flipper wages even with a heavy tour schedule.
Their contract also said any band with two Boston members in it was de jure Boston, and would be covered by the same contract. Apparently they weren't able find a way out from under it, so that was the prime reason they stopped performing.
classic33
Leg End Member
In 2008, a peculiar town called Argleton appeared on Google Maps in Lancashire, England. Positioned between Aughton and Ormskirk, this phantom settlement sparked widespread curiosity when visitors found nothing but empty fields where the digital town should have been.
Google later attributed Argleton's existence to a data error from their third-party provider,
By early 2010, Argleton vanished from Google Maps as quietly as it had appeared.
Google later attributed Argleton's existence to a data error from their third-party provider,
By early 2010, Argleton vanished from Google Maps as quietly as it had appeared.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Despite being head of the Church of England, breaking with Rome and overthrowing the authority of the Pope, Henry 8th never became a Protestant.
He always regarded himself as Catholic, just not Roman Catholic.
He always regarded himself as Catholic, just not Roman Catholic.
Last edited:
classic33
Leg End Member
There is a traffic light in Syracuse, New York that doesn’t follow the rules. Green is on top, red is on the bottom….and it’s definitely not a mistake. It’s a strong statement.
At the intersection of Tompkins Street and Milton Avenue, in a borough called Tipperary Hill. In the 1920s, this was a working-class Irish area, and when the city installed a standard red-over-green traffic signal, it didn’t go down well.
To the locals, red above green looked too much like the British flag lording over Ireland. So they started throwing rocks to smash the red lens. Over and over again. (they jokingly called them “Irish confetti.”)
Eventually, the city gave in. The light was flipped….green on top, red on the bottom…and in 1928, the state signed off on the arrangement.
At the intersection of Tompkins Street and Milton Avenue, in a borough called Tipperary Hill. In the 1920s, this was a working-class Irish area, and when the city installed a standard red-over-green traffic signal, it didn’t go down well.
To the locals, red above green looked too much like the British flag lording over Ireland. So they started throwing rocks to smash the red lens. Over and over again. (they jokingly called them “Irish confetti.”)
Eventually, the city gave in. The light was flipped….green on top, red on the bottom…and in 1928, the state signed off on the arrangement.
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
APRIL FOOL!
king of the mole hills
Member
Copper wire was invented when 2 Yorkshire men was fighting over a 2 pence piece they both spotted at the same time
