Fascinating Facts and Trivia

(11-12-2019 20:23 )Carl-Gen X Wrote:  It’s technically illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day in England. In the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas pudding, mince pies and anything to do with gluttony. The law has never been rescinded.

Which is odd because Charles II reinstated Christmas as well as make-up, games etc.

O Little Town of Bethlehem was written by an American but the words were added later, same with O Come All Ye Faithful(Adeste Fidelis) which is secretly subversive about the Jacobites and Bonnie Prince Charlie.

(10-12-2019 23:12 )Chrisst Wrote:  Why is the Boeing 747 so called?
The 4 refers to the model, preceded by the 737 and 727 and originally there was the 707.
So why is the Boeing 707 so called?
Its wings are swept at 45 degrees. The sine of 45 is 0.707106781

So why is there no 717?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_717

When Bing Crosby and David Bowie recorded The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth, Bing had no idea who David Bowie was.
The last actual Christmas song to mention Merry Christmas was in 1985 by Shakin' Stevens.
The last few years has had no mention of Christmas in the title nor any relation to Christmas at all.

When you think you’re standing still remember this fact.

Even though you don’t feel it, our entire local group of galaxies is moving at about one million miles per hour toward another galaxy group called the Virgo Cluster.

Many lipsticks contain fish scales.

If you suddenly get up to do something and then forget, walk backwards and you should remember.
The reason why you suddenly remember why you ran up the stairs for something is the higher upstairs you go, the more oxygen levels you get and that triggers endorphins which makes you feel good, but also helps with memory. Might also explain why when downstairs you feel tired and yawn, yet going up to bed you then find yourself suddenly feeling more awake. A blow on the head with a mallet might help you sleep better

There is a technical name for the "fear of long words."

It's called "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia."

There's a village in southern Norway actually named "Hell."


And get this: every winter it freezes over!

Dolly Parton once entered a celebrity look-alike contest, without revealing her true identity, at a club in San Francisco.


She lost to a drag queen.