INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY

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Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

George W Bush is also related to the Spencer Family of Princess Diana and is a 17th Cousin to Prince William.

17th cousin? I heard that everyone in the UK was related to each other more closely than 13th cousin (not including recent immigrants), and if you look at it, 13th cousin is a bloomin distant relation. So 17th? That probably means he's more closely related to a chimpanzee.

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

Nope tea all the way for me!

for years tea makers where forced to put bromide in there mix to all the armed forces to subdue sexual desire it only stopped in the early 90's

[yorkie_chris]

To quote Spike Milligan "the only way to stop a British soldier feeling randy is to load bromide into a 300lb shell and fire it at him from the waist down"

[northwind]

Spike Milligan's war diaries = best war diaries ever. Funnier than Hitler's. "If Churchill ran a dress shop, he'd go out of business in a week"

[Mr Speirs]

In 1980 the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein a key to the city.

Let him walk straight in the front door, why don't you.


Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

Originally Posted by Jamiebridges123

Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

lol! Penguins don't technically urinate though, they poo and pee out the same place (a cloaca) and produce uric acid, a urine equivalent

And they only have Ice to wipe their Butts on

[Mr Speirs]

A kangaroo can't jump if its tail is off the ground

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

A kangaroo can't jump if its tail is off the ground

SOoooooooooo ............ what about all those David Attenborough films we have seen where a Kanga is going flat out , 20 yard jumps , head forward and tail nowhere near the deck ?????? Or am I being particularly dense here and missing something ?