Groucho's Fact Hunt

[ToffeeDoug]

The football pools panel was established in early 1963 as a result of a bitterly cold winter savaging the football fixtures week after week.

 

[Bluesaint]

Dartmoor is the only place in the UK where camping without permission is allowed for a max of two days.

There are however minor restrictions - small tent, no fire, not in enclosed areas by livestock or near roads etc.

You got that after watching that thing on itv with Griff Rhys Jones on Monday night.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

What's the ninth largest object in the solar system?
You've got eight planets, plus the sun, so the answer must be the smallest of the planets - mercury. No! It is Ganymede - the largest of the moons of Jupiter.

 

[PITA]

No is doesnt

Oh dear.

 

[PITA]

Dartmoor is the only place in the UK where camping without permission is allowed for a max of two days.

There are however minor restrictions - small tent, no fire, not in enclosed areas by livestock or near roads etc.

I've camped in a bivouac in mid-Feb on Dartmoor. It was impressively cold.

 

[Mo' Better Blues]

The word Testimony derives from the Latin testis which is also where the word Testicle comes from, apparently in ancient Rome, two men taking an oath of allegiance held each other's testicles, and men held their own testicles as a sign of truthfulness while bearing witness in a public forum....

 

[Kurt.]

The word Testimony derives from the Latin testis which is also where the word Testicle comes from, apparently in ancient Rome, two men taking an oath of allegiance held each other's testicles, and men held their own testicles as a sign of truthfulness while bearing witness in a public forum....

bollox

 

[Bluesoulrebel]

The word Testimony derives from the Latin testis which is also where the word Testicle comes from, apparently in ancient Rome, two men taking an oath of allegiance held each other's testicles, and men held their own testicles as a sign of truthfulness while bearing witness in a public forum....

Wow...That just might catch on!!!

 

[summerisle]

There are approximately 100 wallabies living in the wild in the Isle of Man.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/33960442

 

[COYBL25]

In 1960 the four month old son of childrens author Roald Dahl was hit by a car in his pram and suffered serious head injuries, causing a build up of fluid on his brain.

Together with neurosurgeon, Kenneth Till and hydraulic engineer, Stanley Wade, Dahl developed the WADE DAHl TILL valve ( WDT valve ) This was a small hydraulic device that was inserted into the skull of the child and was used to clear fluid from the brain of the child hydraulically.

Stanley Wade was a friend of Dahl from their love of model airplanes and Kenneth Till was a friend of Dahl from him visiting sick children at Great Ormond Street Hospital .

This device went onto save the lives of thousands of children globally until it was eventually replaced by micro technology.

 

[wbn61]

there are 11 teams in the football league that everton have never played in a competitive match.

 

[Groucho]

there are 11 teams in the football league that everton have never played in a competitive match.

MK Dons
AFC Winbledon
Mansfield
Crawley Town
Barnet
Yeovil
Burton Albion
Chesterfield
Fleetwood
Colchester
Gillingham

That's my guess.

@Allezfan help

 

[wbn61]

MK Dons
AFC Winbledon
Mansfield
Crawley Town
Barnet
Yeovil
Burton Albion
Chesterfield
Fleetwood
Colchester
Gillingham

That's my guess.

@Allezfan help

we played Colchester in the fa cup 1971 and Gillingham fa cup 1984 finally winning after 2 replays.
forgot about afc Wimbledon sorry so it's 12)

 

[hibbo'sclass]

we played Colchester in the fa cup 1971 and Gillingham fa cup 1984 finally winning after 2 replays.
forgot about afc Wimbledon sorry so it's 12)

Morecanbe one of them?

 

[wbn61]

Morecanbe one of them?

yes