Groucho's Fact Hunt

[summerisle]

 

[deipnosophist]

...a 1 cubic centimetre sugar cube

 

[Rsoles]

Why did they make dyslexia such a difficult word to spell?

Wonder if that's the way they wanted it spelt ?

 

[Socrates]

Continuing on the atom theme.

If the proton at the centre of a hydrogen atom was the size of a beachball, the electron would be the size of a golf ball whizzing round at an orbit of 5 miles.

 

[Philw]

Why did they make dyslexia such a difficult word to spell?

Should have mispelt it for more lols

1% of 7 billion is 70 million. So if we take that fact literally, then it's balls. And I'm pretty sure I'm bigger than 100 sugar cubes...

 

[Groucho]

Continuing on the atom theme.

If the proton at the centre of a hydrogen atom was the size of a beachball, the electron would be the size of a golf ball whizzing round at an orbit of 5 miles.

As stated earlier, mostly empty space

 

[degsy]

Was saffron his girlfriend

50/50 chance it was his boyfriend.

 

[degsy]

In the actual Inspector Morse books, Lewis was an elderly (for the police) Welshman, not a youngish Georgie.

Morse was called Endeavour, because his Dad was a big fan of Capt. Cook.

and the 1960 Jag was recently sold for GBP 105,000

 

[summerisle]

Peter Cushing was in a film with Laurel and Hardy.

 

[summerisle]

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Also the world's first poured concrete building IIRC.

EDIT: Europe's/Britain's....One of them, anyroad.

 

[Philw]

The Eiffel Tower says 'Bonjour'...

 

[degsy]

Calling this in; It's only 98m. St Pauls Cathedral is 111m and it was the biggest building in London until the post office tower in 1967

 

[summerisle]

Calling this in; It's only 98m. St Pauls Cathedral is 111m and it was the biggest building in London until the post office tower in 1967

Don't blame me, I thought the internet was Kosher.lol

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Don't blame me, I thought the internet was Kosher.lol

No mate, that's bagels, innit?