Fascinating and useful fact thread

[BrilloPad]

Most people who put a traffic cone on their head on the way back to their halls , think they are the first person to ever do it

True. As I was the first one ever to do it....

[EternalOptimist]

True. As I was the first one ever to do it....

the first thing that 99% of people grow, is cress, on blotting paper, in a saucer

[eek]

True. As I was the first one ever to do it....

At uni we ended up with so many cones in the hall that the council announced they planned to come down to collect them on Monday.

By Sunday night another 150 had appeared.

[EternalOptimist]

True. As I was the first one ever to do it....

the first thing that 99% of people grow, is cress, on blotting paper, in a saucer

[Ticktock]

the first thing that 99% of people grow, is cress, on blotting paper, in a saucer

the first thing that 99% of people grow, is cress, on blotting paper, in a saucer

An early sign of senility is repeating yourself. Fact.

[EternalOptimist]

An early sign of senility is repeating yourself. Fact.

4 granddads out of ten pick their grandsons up by the ankles and swing them back and forth shouting 'TICK TOCK I'm a clock', at some point before they are 5



FACT

[OwlHoot]

In the UK the word "commuting" only started being used in the 1940s. Before that workers "oscillated" each day

[EternalOptimist]

did you know. The Vikings went west, through greenland and if they discovered America(and most people think they did), that was about 2,000 miles. A tremendous feat
They also went east and south 2,000 miles and forged ties with Byzantium(Istanbul)

Vikings in Turkey.

[sasguru]

At uni we ended up with so many cones in the hall that the council announced they planned to come down to collect them on Monday.

By Sunday night another 150 had appeared.

That's what happens in polys.

[eek]

That's what happens in polys.

Russell group uni actually. Although I did spend a semester in California.