Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:49 am
The father of actor Woody Harrelson was a convicted hitman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson
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Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:52 am
The official time keeper of Roger Bannister's 1954 sub-4 minute mile was 1924 Olympic 100 metres champion Harold Abrahams, of Chariots of Fire fame.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:10 am
JFKLandOTurk wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:49 am The father of actor Woody Harrelson was a convicted hitman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:03 am
Roza Schanina on a hit person thread.Ellafan wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:10 amJFKLandOTurk wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:49 am The father of actor Woody Harrelson was a convicted hitman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:07 am
Torquemada is 5’11”.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:12 am
It's a double tap.Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:03 amRoza Schanina on a hit person thread.Ellafan wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:10 amJFKLandOTurk wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:49 am The father of actor Woody Harrelson was a convicted hitman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:13 am
*adds Mr Bungle to proven liar list*
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:17 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:09 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:30 am
Depends, which one ?
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:16 pm
The irony Woody was killed by a hitman, in which movie?LandOTurk wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:49 am The father of actor Woody Harrelson was a convicted hitman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:32 pm
No Cuntery like Old Men.CrazyIslander wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:16 pmThe irony Woody was killed by a hitman, in which movie?LandOTurk wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:49 am The father of actor Woody Harrelson was a convicted hitman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:50 pm
Tomatoes are native to the Americas, so there was no such thing as tomato sauce in Italy until at least the 16th century 
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:59 pm
Genghis Khan brought dressage to Europe.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:14 pm
I guess the same with potatoes and the Brits/Irish through Sir Walter Raleigh. Although that well known nefarious organization, the Irish Potato Federation calls that a myth.PCPhil wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:50 pm Tomatoes are native to the Americas, so there was no such thing as tomato sauce in Italy until at least the 16th century
http://www.communicatescience.eu/2011/0 ... r-let.html
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:17 pm
In Mandarin, the literal translation for a penguin is ‘business goose’.
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:20 pm
Banana Trees are the only trees that can walk
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:42 pm
That’s a bit posh - in my house we refer to it as ‘horsey dancing’.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:05 pm
You wouldn't call it that to his face.
Shrews are closer relatives of elephants than they are of mice.
Shrews are closer relatives of elephants than they are of mice.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:20 pm
Good fact, except bananas aren't trees, they're herbaceous plants.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:04 pm
and bananas are actually berries.
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:07 pm
Herbs apparently
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:22 pm
I’m sure I saw a saxophonist called Herb Apparently.
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:48 pm
Oxford University was founded before the Aztec empire.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:17 pm
A berry I thought. A berry has 4 things - an outer skin, an inner flesh, an inner pulp that holds the seeds, seeds - has to be more than one. Excuse my terminology.
So a strawberry is not a berry and neither is a cherry, based on that definition.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:20 pm
And I believe the Mandarin sign for China is a rectangle/square with the two intersecting lines that meet in the middle - as China is the centre of the world.Punter15 wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:17 pm In Mandarin, the literal translation for a penguin is ‘business goose’.
In Welsh, rat is big mouse, and toilet is little house.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 12:19 am
I'll remember to tell our mini lion that next time he releases a mini elephant in the houseWoddy wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:05 pm You wouldn't call it that to his face.
Shrews are closer relatives of elephants than they are of mice.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 12:58 am
[/Globus]Yeeb wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:30 amDepends, which one ?
Punter15 wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:17 pm In Mandarin, the literal translation for a penguin is ‘business goose’.
Re: Interesting Facts
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:02 am
LandOTurk wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:17 pmA berry I thought. A berry has 4 things - an outer skin, an inner flesh, an inner pulp that holds the seeds, seeds - has to be more than one. Excuse my terminology.
So a strawberry is not a berry and neither is a cherry, based on that definition.
i think the technical answer is it is both, the plant itself is herbacious but the fruit is a berry
Both. A banana (the yellow thing you peel and eat) is undoubtedly a fruit (containing the seeds of the plant: see answer regarding tomatoes) though since commercially grown banana plants are sterile. The seeds are reduced to little specks. However, the banana plant, though it is called a banana-tree in popular usage is technically regarded as an herbaceous plant (or herb), not a tree, because the stem does not contain true woody tissue.
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 8:16 am
Australia's first cops were all criminals, their first police force was made up of 12 of the best behaved convicts..same applies to Australian mods on PR... 