Groucho's Fact Hunt

[larbert toffee]

The term " hard pressed " originates from a form of torture popular around the time of Cromwell.

A rock the size of a fist was placed under the back of the victim. A board was then placed on their chest and a succession of heavy weights was loaded onto their chest " pressing " the victim until they either confessed or their back snapped.

 

[Titus Bramble]

It takes photons an average of just over 8 minutes to reach the surface of the Earth from the surface of the Sun.

It takes photons an average of about 20,000 years to reach the surface of the Sun from the centre of the Sun.

 

[COYBL25]

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That's the one !

Used as part of the judicial process if the accused refused to speak or enter a plea !

 

[Tramps_mate]

I hate Morrissy and Radiohead

I hate Morrisey and Oasis.

 

[PITA]

*As the earth orbits around the sun on roughly a 360 degree track, if you take earth at zero degrees and then pause it halfway round, 180 degrees, the gap in between is roughly 16 light minutes.




*Any inaccuracies on this are all the interweb's fault.

Which just means that the light from the sun takes about 8 mins to get here.

 

[Paul w]

A jockey won a horse race despite being dead,he died of a heart attack mid race but stay in the saddle and the horse won.

 

[Rsoles]

A jockey won a horse race despite being dead,he died of a heart attack mid race but stay in the saddle and the horse won.

Sure it wasn't a dead heat

 

[Jamo Martinez]

I hate Elvis Costello.

I hate you.

 

[The Cowboy]

I hate you.

Because I hate Elvis Costello, or just in general?

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Because I hate Elvis Costello, or just in general?

No it's because you hate Elvis Costello. I don't actually hate you just your hatred of Elvis

 

[Bluesaint]

Which just means that the light from the sun takes about 8 mins to get here.

Which is correct.

 

[EFCPaul]

Hilary Clinton is an intergalactic demon. Alex Jones says so.

 

[summerisle]

Mozart could speak 15 languages :
German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, Turkish, Bohemian (Czech), Polish, Dutch, Latin, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Ancient Greek and Biblical Hebrew.

 

[Gladystweet]

For anyone who has ever wondered where NASA space probes Voyager 1 and 2 are at this precise moment....come on, own up....

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/where/

Check out the column on the left, tells you exactly how fast they're going and how far from Earth they are....quite impressive I say.

 

[Rsoles]

Not easy if you keep repeating as fast as you can and add the a before fact