Groucho's Fact Hunt

[larbert toffee]

Stanislav Petrov

Heard of him? He is the reason you are alive today....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

All of that whilst he was playing for Villa?

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Born in 1746, Hannah Stilley was probably born further back in time than any other photoed individual when her photo was taken in 1840.

 

[larbert toffee]

Born in 1746, Hannah Stilley was probably born further back in time than any other photoed individual when her photo was taken in 1840.

You've been seen off that's Tony Mowbray.

 

[Darth Vader]

Born in 1746, Hannah Stilley was probably born further back in time than any other photoed individual when her photo was taken in 1840.

There's an older one from 1839

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

The Slovenian alphabet does not contain the letter 'W'.

 

[carlos21]

The Slovenian alphabet does not contain the letter 'W'.

Morning mucka.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Morning mucka.

Morning mate.

Did you know, Melbourne has a bigger Greek speaking population than anywhere else other than Athens?

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

In Moscow, stray dogs have learned to commute from the suburbs to the city. They reach the city, scavenge for food, then catch the train home in the evening. – Source

 

[carlos21]

Morning mate.

Did you know, Melbourne has a bigger Greek speaking population than anywhere else other than Athens?

Oh yes I did mate,

 

[Steve0]

If you folded a newspaper 100 times it would be as wide as the known universe.

 

[Philw]

If you folded a newspaper 100 times it would be as wide as the known universe.

Facts not fiction pls....

 

[COYBL25]

The saying - Sweet Fanny Adams ;

In 1867, eight year old Fanny Adams was abducted and dismembered by twenty nine year old Frederick Baker in a village in rural Hampshire. Due to her age and the fact that Baker, butchered her then scattered her body parts far and wide after murdering her, the case became a national obsession at the time.

In 1869 the British Navy introduced the first cans of tinned food to sailors in the form of Mutton. The tinned mutton apparently looked and tasted disgusting, giving rise to naval slang that the mutton looked like - " sweet Fanny Adams".
( meaning a disgusting stinking mess ! )

This saying quickly spread to the general public and became common slang, eventually becoming the saying - " Sweet F*** All "

 

[deipnosophist]

Born in 1746, Hannah Stilley was probably born further back in time than any other photoed individual when her photo was taken in 1840.

Rooney has this photo in his sock drawer

 

[deipnosophist]

If you folded a newspaper 100 times it would be as wide as the known universe.

Isn't there some formula that describes the limit to how many times you can fold a piece of paper?

 

[deipnosophist]

The saying - Sweet Fanny Adams ;

In 1867, eight year old Fanny Adams was abducted and dismembered by twenty nine year old Frederick Baker in a village in rural Hampshire. Due to her age and the fact that Baker, butchered her then scattered her body parts far and wide after murdering her, the case became a national obsession at the time.

Baker was a butcher...