@Saint posted:Hitler's sister was called Paula . . . . Paula Hitler!!
To avoid crying while cutting onions, try holding a piece of bread in your mouth...
On a dark night, the human eye can detect the light of a candle from more than a mile away...
There's a Starbucks cup in every scene in the movie 'Fight Club'...
A group of Flamingos is called a Flamboyance...
The are no collective nouns for a group of Koalas as when more than one get together there is carnage
Hans Christian Andersen was so afraid of being buried alive he used to leave a note on his bedside table saying âI only seem to be deadâ
The largest cowbell ever made was unveiled in Germany in 2003. It was 3.28 metres high and weighed a whopping 920kgs
Needless to say they couldnât find a cow big enough to wear it
@Moonie posted:The largest cowbell ever made was unveiled in Germany in 2003. It was 3.28 metres high and weighed a whopping 920kgs
Needless to say they couldnât find a cow big enough to wear it
It took of the creator of the Rubikâs Cube one month to solve the cube after he created it...
The current record held for the fastest solve of the Rubik's Cube is currently 3.47 seconds...
A robot, however, has solved the Rubik's Cube this year in an incredible 0.38 seconds!!
@slimfern posted:It took of the creator of the Rubikâs Cube one month to solve the cube after he created it...
The current record held for the fastest solve of the Rubik's Cube is currently 3.47 seconds...
A robot, however, has solved the Rubik's Cube this year in an incredible 0.38 seconds!!
I never could get the hang of it
In the 19th century, voting was actually kind of dangerous. Crooks known as "coopers" would grab people off the streets, beat them up, and get them drunk or high on opium. The victims were then forced to vote at multiple polling places, but in order to disguise these drugged-up voters, the coopers would dress their victims in shabby disguises...
@slimfern posted:In the 19th century, voting was actually kind of dangerous. Crooks known as "coopers" would grab people off the streets, beat them up, and get them drunk or high on opium. The victims were then forced to vote at multiple polling places, but in order to disguise these drugged-up voters, the coopers would dress their victims in shabby disguises...
Donât put ideas in todays politicians minds Slim .
In Washington, when two trains come to a crossing, neither can go till the other has passed...
In Montana it is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone...
In Vermont, woman must gain written permission from their husband to wear false teeth...
In Utah it is illegal to not drink milk...
(That's me stuffed then)
@slimfern posted:In Washington, when two trains come to a crossing, neither can go till the other has passed...
If neither can go till the other has passed, they are both in for a long wait!
In New York the penalty for jumping off a building is death...
One armed piano players in Indiana, must play for free...
In North Carolina it is illegal to sing off key...
@slimfern posted:In New York the penalty for jumping off a building is death...
One armed piano players in Indiana, must play for free...
In North Carolina it is illegal to sing off key...
The TOP TEN people who have lived the longest are .... all women!
The largest Matryoshka Russian doll set ever made had 51 pieces. The biggest being 21.25 inches tall and the smallest being 0.12 of an inch tall
@Moonie posted:The largest Matryoshka Russian doll set ever made had 51 pieces. The biggest being 21.25 inches tall and the smallest being 0.12 of an inch tall
Wow
ÂĢ20 note ceases to be legal tender on 30th Sept
@Saint posted:ÂĢ20 note ceases to be legal tender on 30th Sept
I didnât know that RentonâĶ.I need to get rid of those in my purse then !
@Baz posted:Oh , I did wonder Thanks Slim
You utter plonker!!
Yep I meant the OLD paper currency - saying that slowly so people can keep up
@Saint posted:You utter plonker!!
Yep I meant the OLD paper currency - saying that slowly so people can keep up
Well I took your post at face value !
There was once a third common condiment used on every table of rich people along with salt and pepper, but nobody wrote it down so we donât know what is was. They speculate it was mustard seed but nobody knows for sure!
@Former Member posted:There was once a third common condiment used on every table of rich people along with salt and pepper, but nobody wrote it down so we donât know what is was. They speculate it was mustard seed but nobody knows for sure!
Oh , thatâs interesting Roxan
@Former Member posted:There was once a third common condiment used on every table of rich people along with salt and pepper, but nobody wrote it down so we donât know what is was. They speculate it was mustard seed but nobody knows for sure!
Everyone forgot?
@Saint posted:Everyone forgot?
Apparently itâs referred to in old diaries, recipe books but not named!
@Former Member posted:There was once a third common condiment used on every table of rich people along with salt and pepper, but nobody wrote it down so we donât know what is was. They speculate it was mustard seed but nobody knows for sure!
Roman soldiers were paid partly in salt and their salarium gave way to todayâs word for âsalary.â The word âsaladâ also originated from âsalt,â and began with the early Romans salting their leafy greens and vegetables...
You can tell the temperature by counting a cricketâs chirps...
The coldest temperature ever officially recorded was -89.2°C...
A 2003 heatwave turned grapes to raisins before they were picked from the vine...
Worms wriggle up from underground when a flood is coming...
@slimfern posted:You can tell the temperature by counting a cricketâs chirps...
The coldest temperature ever officially recorded was -89.2°C...
A 2003 heatwave turned grapes to raisins before they were picked from the vine...
Worms wriggle up from underground when a flood is coming...
Wow , thatâs cold