acute Posted January 3, 2018 Author #851 Share Posted January 3, 2018 US fast food chain 'Taco Bell' has 21 restaurants in England, and one in Scotland. The first one opened in London in the late 1980's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 3, 2018 #852 Share Posted January 3, 2018 3 hours ago, acute said: US fast food chain 'Taco Bell' has 21 restaurants in England, and one in Scotland. The first one opened in London in the late 1980's. Is that information displayed on a tacograph? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted January 3, 2018 #853 Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) In order to produce a lasagne battery powerful enough to light up a gherkin like a lightbulb, the lasagne would have to be the size of seven average-sized association football pitches - or the size of the footprint of the Gherkin skyscraper in London. Edited January 3, 2018 by Black Monk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 4, 2018 Author #854 Share Posted January 4, 2018 The first words spoken on the Moon were by Buzz Aldrin: "Four forward. Four forward. Drifting to the right a little. 20 feet. Down a half." Armstrong didn't step onto the Moon's surface until over six hours later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 4, 2018 #855 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, acute said: The first words spoken on the Moon were by Buzz Aldrin: "Four forward. Four forward. Drifting to the right a little. 20 feet. Down a half." Armstrong didn't step onto the Moon's surface until over six hours later. Is that when they were playing golf? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 4, 2018 Author #856 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: Is that when they were playing golf? Quite possibly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted January 4, 2018 #857 Share Posted January 4, 2018 The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in court. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 4, 2018 Author #858 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Around 50,000 volunteers and mercenaries left Britain to fight in the American Civil War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted January 4, 2018 #859 Share Posted January 4, 2018 33 minutes ago, acute said: Around 50,000 volunteers and mercenaries left Britain to fight in the American Civil War. More than half and more were escaping from angry and jealous cuckold husbands ... ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted January 5, 2018 #860 Share Posted January 5, 2018 In 1995, the number of TV programmes in Britain watched by over 15 million people was 225. By 2004, this had fallen to six. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 5, 2018 #861 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Popular Manchester United boss Joe Mourinho does not actually have a permanent home in the Uk, but has been living in the Lowry Hotel in Manchester since he took over at Old Trafford in 2016. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted January 6, 2018 #862 Share Posted January 6, 2018 17 hours ago, Vlad the Mighty said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted January 6, 2018 #863 Share Posted January 6, 2018 In 1845, a bridge collapsed in Great Yarmouth, killing 79 people who were watching a clown swim in a tub being pulled by geese. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 6, 2018 Author #864 Share Posted January 6, 2018 You are twice as likely to witness a tornado in England as you are in the US. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 6, 2018 #865 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Alec Issigonis is often credited with revolutionising the concept of small car design with his Mini of 1959, with its monocoque construction, transverse front engine and front wheel drive. However, the oft-derided Trabant designed by the Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau of East Germany actually had all these features and predated the Mini by two years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 7, 2018 Author #866 Share Posted January 7, 2018 The process by which a material changes from a solid into a gas, skipping the liquid phase of matter, is called sublimation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted January 7, 2018 #867 Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) Between 1772 and 1858, all British passports were written in French. Before 1772, they were written in English and Latin. Edited January 7, 2018 by Black Monk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 8, 2018 Author #868 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) From 2013 to 2017, Malala Yousafzai (who lives in Birmingham) was a pupil at Edgbaston High School for girls. In August 2015, she received 6 A*s and 4 As at GCSE level. At A-Level, she studied Geography, History, Mathematics and Religious Studies. Edited January 8, 2018 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 8, 2018 Author #869 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Legendary West Indies cricketer Garfield Sobers was born with an extra finger on each hand, which he removed himself during childhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 11, 2018 #870 Share Posted January 11, 2018 The president of Turkmenistan, the famously potty Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has banned dark coloured cars from the capital city Ashgabat, as he believes they are unlucky. He is also thought to have banned women drivers for the same reason. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5253675/Turkmenistan-president-bans-black-cars-capital-city.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 12, 2018 #871 Share Posted January 12, 2018 The name of the CIA chief, or former CIA chief, or probably soon to be former CIA Chief, Mike Pompeo, means fireman in French. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted January 12, 2018 #872 Share Posted January 12, 2018 In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 12, 2018 #873 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Larry Sanders, the brother of Bernie Sanders, the rightful Democratic candidate for the 2016 US election, stood in the 2016 Witney by-election in the UK in the interest of the Green party. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 15, 2018 Author #874 Share Posted January 15, 2018 If undisturbed, the Voyager 2 Space Probe should pass by the star Sirius (at a distance of 4.3 light-years) in 296,000 years time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 15, 2018 Author #875 Share Posted January 15, 2018 One in twenty Americans spend time incarcerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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