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RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 11-02-2020 21:07
Have you ever dreamt to live close to the seaside? In Great Britain with almost 8,000 miles of shoreline, it’s possible!
Any point in UK is apparantly no more than 75 miles away from a beach. That’s why you can take a swim every weekend if you want
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 11-02-2020 21:08
According to GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/alcohol-young-people-law, it is legal for 5-year old children to drink alcohol at home or in other private areas.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 11-02-2020 21:10
It is an executable offense to allow your pet to mate with a pet of the royal house without permission
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 11-02-2020 21:11
It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 11-02-2020 21:12
In England, it is still the law that all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 11-02-2020 21:13
Britain is he only country in the world which doesn’t have the country’s name in its postage stamps
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - GMach1 - 12-02-2020 18:17
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
There is a city called Rome on every continent.
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Did you know in order to make Obi-wan look bedraggled and desert-worn, Alec Guinness adopted a special type of method acting. Before shooting a single scene, he donned Kenobi's signature robes, laid on the Tunisian desert floor and rolled around so his costume would acquire that weathered, lived-in look.
The Great Escape (1963)
The cast of this WWII classic - and Christmas Day TV staple - includes one genuine WWII Prisoner of War. During the conflict Donald Pleasence, who plays RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe, had been shot down at a raid on Agenville and imprisoned for a year in a Stalag Luft, where he produced and acted in plays.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 12-02-2020 19:48
The tropical fungus Ophiocordyceps infects ants’ central nervous systems.
By the time the fungi been in the insect bodies for nine days, they have complete control over the host’s movements.
They force the ants to climb trees, then convulse and fall into the cool, moist soil below, where fungi thrive.
Once there, the fungus waits until exactly solar noon to force the ant to bite a leaf and kill it.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 12-02-2020 19:55
The average person walks by almost 16 murderers in their lifetime according to statistics.
Assuming you lived in an average-sized city, from statistics say:10 new people per day x 365 days per year x 71 years of living = about 260,000 different people you might walk by. 260,000 people in a lifetime x 6 murderers per 100,000 people = 15.6 murderers.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 12-02-2020 19:57
Even if your lungs filled up with the same amount of liquid, it could take an extra 10 minutes for you to drown in saltwater than it would in freshwater.