Groucho's Fact Hunt

[daza_1973]

Courtesy of @Tubey:

Crocodile Dundee remains the single most-viewed Christmas Day film or programme in the United Kingdom when it debuted on 25 December 1989 on BBC One, with an audience of 21.8 million.

 

[Philw]

Courtesy of @Tubey:

Crocodile Dundee remains the single most-viewed Christmas Day film or programme in the United Kingdom when it debuted on 25 December 1989 on BBC One, with an audience of 21.8 million.

That's not a FACHT.....

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Baby owls sleep face down.

 

[Seathestars]

Baby owls sleep face down.

@marnie thought you might like this

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

@marnie thought you might like this

He'll like this better

 

[degsy]

Jonathan Swift had 2 girlfriends both called Esther and invented (at least) 2 new words
1) The name Vanessa as a nickname to tell them apart.
2) Yahoo - Swift describes Yahoos as "filthy with unpleasant habits" "a brute in human form"
sounds like a kopite to me.

 

[degsy]

He'll like this better

Holy Hieronymous Batman

 

[canuckblue]

Should stop at nein then

Nicht schlecht.

 

[Zezti]

 

[Groucho]

Not a fan of them but interesting nonetheless:

Princess Diana was descended from two of Charles II’s illegitimate sons: the Dukes of Grafton and Richmond. Diana's son, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British throne, is likely to be the first British monarch descended from Charles II, who died with no legitimate children.

 

[Bilko]

 

[BNJ1878]

Some Everton fans will whine about a new kit, no matter the design.

 

[Stephen Gibson]

The Metropolitan Line on the London Underground is the only line that has an express service during peak hours due to its length. It is also the fastest in terms of speed getting up to 60mph.
Riveting stuff from me there.

 

[degsy]

2 Dairy Farmers in Dorset make Vodka from milk
Separate the curds and whey...make cheese with the curds
Then make a beer in the normal brewing manner from the whey
Then distil the beer into vodka...which goes very well with the cheese by all accounts

 

[degsy]

The Japanese were so confident they would invade Australia they had special Invasion money pre-printed
tbf, they also pre-printed money for all the other places they did Invade, like The Dutch East Indies, and The Philippines