Black Monk Posted January 27, 2018 #901 Share Posted January 27, 2018 The Express, the Telegraph, the Economist, the Times, the Star and the Independent were all London-based stagecoaches in the 1830s. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted January 28, 2018 #902 Share Posted January 28, 2018 The very centre of England is in a field at Lindley Hall Farm in Leicestershire. Until recently, the owners of the farm were called Farmer. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 28, 2018 Author #903 Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) The 'traditional' centre of England is Meriden, formerly in Warwickshire. It was 3 days from Chester and 3 days from London. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriden,_West_Midlands Edited January 28, 2018 by acute 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted January 28, 2018 #904 Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 hour ago, acute said: The 'traditional' centre of England is Meriden, formerly in Warwickshire. It was 3 days from Chester and 3 days from London. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriden,_West_Midlands That's only by tradition. In 2002, Ordnance Survey discovered that it was a field at Lindley Hall Farm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 28, 2018 Author #905 Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Black Monk said: That's only by tradition. In 2002, Ordnance Survey discovered that it was a field at Lindley Hall Farm. Yes, indeed. I think the Meriden thing goes back a few hundred years, to when Scotland came further South. Edited January 28, 2018 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted January 28, 2018 #906 Share Posted January 28, 2018 The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 28, 2018 Author #907 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Despite Colour TV being 50 years old in the UK, over 8000 Black & White licences were issued last year for old monochrome sets. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted January 28, 2018 #908 Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) This may not be that interesting really but looking back at some birding notes ive made since 5th December I've seen about a dozen Hawfinches which is more of the elusive bird I've seen before in my whole life Edited January 28, 2018 by Matt221 c*** up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 28, 2018 #909 Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 hour ago, acute said: Yes, indeed. I think the Meriden thing goes back a few hundred years, to when Scotland came further South. and they've stayed here ever since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted January 28, 2018 Author #910 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Clarissa Dixon Wright was an English celebrity chef, TV personality, writer, businesswoman, and former barrister. Her full name was Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson Wright. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted January 28, 2018 #911 Share Posted January 28, 2018 The average McDonald’s drive-thru transaction took roughly three minutes, or 189.49 seconds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 1, 2018 Author #912 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Similar to the American '555' phone numbers, the UK area code 01632 is not allocated to any area, and is reserved especially for fictional use in films, TV programmes and books. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted February 3, 2018 #913 Share Posted February 3, 2018 The countries in Europe that touch only one other are Ireland (touches the UK), the UK (Ireland), Portugal (touches Spain), Denmark (Germany), San Marino (Italy), Vatican City (Italy) and Monaco (France). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 3, 2018 Author #914 Share Posted February 3, 2018 "Heinz 57" is a shortened form of an early advertising slogan "57 Varieties of Pickles" by the H. J. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Today, Heinz make thousands of food products on six continents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted February 3, 2018 #915 Share Posted February 3, 2018 A person usually makes a lot of hand gestures when telling a true story. When telling a lie a person's hands will stay noticeably still 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 3, 2018 Author #916 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 3, 2018 Author #917 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) After their first album, The Traveling Wilburys (Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty) had so much of their new material bootlegged, they called their second album 'Volume 3'. Edited February 3, 2018 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 3, 2018 Author #918 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) The name of the band 'Traveling Wilburys' was invented by Prince Charles. Edited February 3, 2018 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllJay Posted February 3, 2018 #919 Share Posted February 3, 2018 You can get a rough estimate of the temperature by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, then adding 37. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 3, 2018 Author #920 Share Posted February 3, 2018 The only member of ZZ Top without a long beard is the drummer Frank Beard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted February 4, 2018 #921 Share Posted February 4, 2018 12 hours ago, Matt221 said: A person usually makes a lot of hand gestures when telling a true story. When telling a lie a person's hands will stay noticeably still Well here's the perfect opportunity to try that theory out! Here's the Orange Leader in all his majesty. Just watch those tiny little hands! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted February 4, 2018 #922 Share Posted February 4, 2018 8 hours ago, Vlad the Mighty said: Well here's the perfect opportunity to try that theory out! Here's the Orange Leader in all his majesty. Just watch those tiny little hands! There's an exception to every rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted February 4, 2018 #923 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Anagrams of 'Rt Hon Theresa May" include "Shh! Tory man-eater", "Tarty? Shame on her!" and "Rah! Heats tory men!". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 4, 2018 Author #924 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Pantone 448c is considered to be the ugliest colour possible. That's why it was selected as the colour for cigarette packets in Australia and now the UK. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted February 7, 2018 #925 Share Posted February 7, 2018 The Arctic Tern .......... is the greatest migrant in the world, flying farther than any other bird. They migrate from the Arctic to the other side of the globe to winter in the Southern Ocean, probably experiencing more daylight than any other animal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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