Groucho's Fact Hunt

[summerisle]

There's no sound on the moon.

 

[Groucho]

There's a car park in Bold Lane, Derby, that's the 8th most secure place in the world. Designed by someone who'd had their car broken into and the radio nicked.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3498199.stm

And for the details of security; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bold_Lane

 

[Fresh Prince of Belle Val]

There's a car park in Bold Lane, Derby, that's the 8th most secure place in the world. Designed by someone who'd had their car broken into and the radio nicked.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3498199.stm

And for the details of security; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bold_Lane

I watched gogglebox too.

 

[Groucho]

I watched gogglebox too.

I thought they were messing.

Read the link about its security systems, it's really quite secure indeed.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Buzz Aldrin was the first man to urinate on the moon.

Not known as Wazz Aldrin for nothing.

 

[summerisle]

The Nazis played cricket :
http://new.spectator.co.uk/2014/06/field-of-shadows-by-dan-waddell-review/

 

[SailorBlue]

Everton were league champions throughout both world wars! In the old black and white war film, Dunkirk, Everton being league champions gets a mention.

And we also get a mention in the 70's tv drama Colditz by Anthony Valentine who played the Kommandant

 

[degsy]

Heineken have been using the same yeast since 1886
and they use local tap water...suitably filtered

 

[Yorkie]

The longest time between twins being born is 87 days

How?

 

[Groucho]

How?

Sent one first to see what it was like.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Brodie Avenue (Mossley Hill - Garston) is named after civil engineer John Alexander Brodie; who not only overseen the building of the Queensway tunnel in 1934 (To date, the largest municipal engineering project undertaken in the UK) but also designed the nets for goals after watching an Everton game.

Not to be confused with the other John (Leopold) Brodie; who designed the 'Pudding basin' (UK) or 'Doughboy' (US) helmet worn by British & US troops in both world wars.

 

[Yorkie]

Sent one first to see what it was like.

Then why the hell would the other one come out?!

 

[Groucho]

This is THE Gordon Bennett;

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gordon_Bennett,_Jr.

 

[summerisle]

The world's smallest snail can fit 10 times in the eye of a needle.

 

[marnie]

The saying............. ' His name is Mud ' comes from this gent .....

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