Fascinating Facts and Trivia

I don't know I am quoting the QI book as listed by the Daily Mail-I have no reason t doubt they did their research as the 'elves' on QI do a very thorough job.

Great Britain's most remote pub is The Old Forge on Inverie, Scotland. It is 62.4 miles from the nearest city, Inverness, and has no road access.

Champagne was invented in England by scientist Christopher Merret in 1662.

More languages (300) are spoken in London than in any other country in the world.

James Bonds code '007' was inspired by the author Ian Flemmings bus route from Canterbury to London.

Probably built around 3000 B.C., Stonehenge has stood on England's Salisbury plain for more than 5,000 years and is older than the famous great pyramids of Egypt.

(26-10-2018 23:46 )kelly1066 Wrote:  

(26-10-2018 22:06 )Foggy Mainwaring Wrote:  

(26-10-2018 22:01 )goatman222 Wrote:  Pork scratchings

Yow could be right goatman, them's very popular in the Black Country.

That's cause yow lot cross t'border yam yam yam on them... lol.

As a Black Country man, I'm proud to say:

"I'm Black Countray born and bred,
and I'll be that way,
till I'm jed".

You might have heard the Australians chanting "aussie, aussie, aussie" at sporting matches like the Rugby World Cup or the Olympics but it was 'borrowed' from the Welsh. The Welsh comedian and entertainer Max Boyce first coined it at his shows and it should be "augie, augie, augie, oi, oi oi!" repeated twice then 'augie oi, augie oi' finishing on three OI's You might say the Australians adopted it no, they nicked it from Wales.

This is something you might like if you drink: Beer is more nutritious than bread - but try spreading butter on it and you'll just look stupid!

Former racing car driver(F1) John Watson is a member of The Magic Circle-in other words he is a magician.

Coca Cola was based on an alcoholic drink called Pemberton's French Wine Coca which contained extract of coca leaf that cocaine is made from.It became a non alcoholic beverage in the 1880s when alcohol was banned in Atlanta.

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

Emmanuel Macron, President of France spends £24,000 a year on make up! Zut alors!!

(30-10-2018 20:28 )GreenMachine Wrote:  Emmanuel Macron, President of France spends £24,000 a year on make up! Zut alors!!

Is that all? Ms May spends that every week on leopard print thigh high boots??

I only type em, I don't check em because you would think they know their stuff, especially if you watch QI, they very rarely give out duff information.

Only 52% of the UK's 2,838 speed cameras are switched on rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrealllllllllllllllllllllyyyyy​yyyy!