Groucho's Fact Hunt

[dholliday]

Bacteria and that.

Other living things.

Aye. We couldn't survive without the other living things symbiosing with us.

 

[roydo]

Aye. We couldn't survive without the other living things symbiosing with us.

Would have preferred it to be part budgie though. As opposed to protein or carbon or something.

 

[FTY]

Bloody nutter.

 

[roydo]

His first name is quite appropriate.

 

[Groucho]

Bloody nutter.

The thing that always got me about this, is that in protesting against torturing priests, he's effectively torturing a priest.

Quite a strong way to make a (very valid it must be said) point.

 

[Bilko]

In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on elastic bands just to hold all their cash.

There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.

A 1913 New York Times article on portmanteaus includes the word "alcoholiday," which describes leisure time spent drinking.

Is that elastic band one for real,that is just incredible

 

[Groucho]

The Earth is surrounded by a bubble of bacteria at 33,000 feet.

Two pints of soy sauce is enough to put you in a coma.

 

[ijjysmith]

Bloody hate Soy Sauce.

 

[Groucho]

Bloody hate Soy Sauce.

On it's own I agree, as an ingredient though it's ace.

A bit like fish sauce.

 

[Bilko]

Canada is the red Indian term for Village.

 

[Hellerad]

Bloody hate Soy Sauce.

Same when it's on it own. Love cooking with it though.

 

[Groucho]

Nemanja Vidic and Sasa Ilic can spell their surnames using Roman numerals.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Nemanja Vidic and Sasa Ilic can spell their surnames using Roman numerals.

I could do the same, if only they had H and E...

There are there for the Medieval Roman numerals (according to wiki), but that's pushing it...

 

[Groucho]

Nowhere in the well known nursery rhyme does it mention that Humpty Dumpty is an egg.

 

[chrissyjack]

Nowhere in the well known nursery rhyme does it mention that Humpty Dumpty is an egg.

Many theories as to what "Humpty Dumpty" refers to .