Groucho's Fact Hunt

[dholliday]

The 12 original founder members of the football league are..
EVERTON
Preston North End
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Accrington Stanley
Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Notts County
Derby County
Aston Villa
West Bromich Albion

Accrington Stanley? Who are they?

 

[Groucho]

Jesus is the most mentioned dude in the Koran

 

[JammyP]

If you took 367 people in one room then the odds of two people sharing a birthday are 100% - obviously, like.

However, it only takes 23 people in the room for the odds of a shared birthday to be 50%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

Pop goes my head.

 

[summerisle]

Jesus is the most mentioned dude in the Koran

Moses mentioned 136 times.

 

[summerisle]

James Garner won the Purple Heart for being shot in the bum in Korea. Ironically, his original surname was Bumgarner.

 

[andym78]

Dire Straits' 1985 album, Brothers In Arms, was the first CD to sell a million copies.

 

[summerisle]

 

[Kurt.]

Moses mentioned 136 times.

Moses was the only man in the bible who owned a motor car.... it was thus recorded "moses came down the mountain in his triumph "

 

[Brendan Janus]

Manchester United signed Remi Moses from West Bromwich Albion, so as to get the crosses over to Joe Jordan !

 

[NEWSWEETTOFFEE]

i dont think the second fact can be true. was there 25 000 000 aztecs?

 

[summerisle]

i dont think the second fact can be true. was there 25 000 000 aztecs?

They had an empire ; estimates vary : pre conquest by the nasty Spanish - 19 million ; at the time of the conquest - 4 million ; 30 years later - less than 2 million.

 

[NEWSWEETTOFFEE]

They had an empire ; estimates vary : pre conquest by the nasty Spanish - 19 million ; at the time of the conquest - 4 million ; 30 years later - less than 2 million.

well it seems they were really into blood sacrificion. good natality for that period. they didnt cover much teritory.

 

[hibbo'sclass]

Practices for the IOM TT were held on open roads until 1927. It only changed after Archie Birkin (brother of Tim Birkin of "Bentley Boys" fame) was killed when he swerved to avoid a fish van, hitting a wall instead.
The corner was named in memory of him

 

[larbert toffee]

Practices for the IOM TT were held on open roads until 1927. It only changed after Archie Birkin (brother of Tim Birkin of "Bentley Boys" fame) was killed when he swerved to avoid a fish van, hitting a wall instead.
The corner was named in memory of him

Their sister was Jane Birkin who went on to have a controversial hit with Je Tim which was a song dedicated to her brother, who after swerving to avoid the fish van was battered against a wall.

 

[summerisle]

Their sister was Jane Birkin who went on to have a controversial hit with Je Tim which was a song dedicated to her brother, who after swerving to avoid the fish van was battered against a wall.

Je Tim ? Good sex change that.