Groucho's Fact Hunt

[davmaher]

In politics, the terms "left" and "right" originated during the French revolution, when supporters of the king sat to the president's right and those supporting the revolution sat to his left.

 

[chrismpw]

Err...

Mate these are two separate words.

Like “close” to close a door and “close” as in proximity.

Err...

Mate these are two separate words.

Like “close” to close a door and “close” as in proximity.

Which reminds me, I saw this in a charity shop at the weekend.
Could be handy if in a tight spot, but wasn't certain it hadn't been used :

 

[Lickle eric]

Mosquitoes have been responsible for a lot of deaths in the world.
Yes a lot.

 

[Philw]

In politics, the terms "left" and "right" originated during the French revolution, when supporters of the king sat to the president's right and those supporting the revolution sat to his left.

Always wondered where the right/left thing came from, but never actually asked.

 

[deipnosophist]

In pre revolution France, the left were called Republicans...ironic

 

[summerisle]

 

[Groucho]

During the American Civil War, while discussing opposition snipers, Major General John Sedgwick ignored advice to take cover, and his last words were "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist-".

 

[GwladysPhil]

Wow, nearly 100 years later and they're still right.

 

[summerisle]

 

[NEWSWEETTOFFEE]

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[TyphooToffee]

Well, here's a few - as you all know (probably/hopefully) - honey is the only food that doesn't spoil. If you didn't know that - treat that as a fact. To add to it - to make 1 pound of honey, bees would have to visit 2 million flowers.

The automatic pop-up toaster was invented before the bread slicing machine - in 1919. The machine was invented in 1928.

One of the 10 songs that went into space with the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts is Bulgarian.

The Bulgarian army has never ever lost a flag in battle.

The gold treasure found in the Varna necropolis is the oldest in the world, dating back to 5000BC.

I have a bit more about Bulgaria and others but will save some for later days.

Are you Bulgarian?

 

[TyphooToffee]

The word 'uncopyrightable' is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter. I just hope that fact isn't under copyright.

 

[Philw]

The word 'uncopyrightable' is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter. I just hope that fact isn't under copyright.

But what is the longest?

 

[TyphooToffee]

But what is the longest?

Not sure but, apparently, the longest English word in the dictionary is


Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

 

[Groucho]

Not sure but, apparently, the longest English word in the dictionary is


Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Yeah it’s a lung condition.