Share Your Interesting But Not Very Useful Facts

[DickyC]

No part of Berkshire is more than 8.5 miles from the M4.

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Fort Jefferson said:

So it should have been "The French's" longest land border is with Brazil.

I think QuartzDad's post is correct. The longest land border belonging to France would be, "France's longest land border," regardless of its location.

QuartzDad said:

France's longest land border is with Brazil.

[DickyC]

The first English town due south of Glasgow is Ilfracombe.

[DickyC]

The tiny glass balls used to make traffic signs reflective are called Ballotini Beads.

[DickyC]

Ford accepted criticism of the Capri's unsatisfactorily vague gearchange and made the necessary modifications. They made the gearstick two inches shorter.

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glenrobbo said:

It is also impossible for a buxom barmaid to touch her elbows together behind her back.

But they shouldn't be denied the opportunity to try. Many believe they should be encouraged to practice as often as possible. It could, for example, fill the time between pulling pints.

[DickyC]

My dad's first company car was a Victor 101; FLN 618C. Two tone grey. It was awful. Three gears, column change and built-in obsolescence. We went to Spain in it on a camping holiday. It was so hot mum kept passing out. The hard plastic upholstery (for want of a better word) was almost unbearable. It didn't like Spanish petrol and kept pinking. On the plus side, it met dad's rule for showing us how to drive which was he'd let us drive if we could reach the pedals. My first drive was in that car round a bit of the peri track at Blackbushe Aerodrome in 1965, aged 11.

[DickyC]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Frank7 said:

nonsequitur said:

General Price said:

Humphrey Bogart didn't say 'Play it again,Sam' in Casablanca.

I think Ingrid Bergman said to Dooley Wilson, 'Play it Sam. Play it one more time'.

I think she said, “Play it once Sam, for old times sake.
Later Rick says to Sam, “You played it for her, you can play it for me.”

Sorry to lower the tone, but this - for me at least - falls in to the category of 'who gives a st'? Neither useful nor interesting.

Are you saying it doesn't amount to a hill of beans?

[DickyC]

irocfan said:

DickyC said:

Are you saying it doesn't amount to a hill of beans?

Very good

There are so many quotes to choose from in that film. I thought I'd round up the usual suspects.

[DickyC]

p4cks said:

Scotland is further south than Hartlepool

Cairngaan?

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glenrobbo said:

I don't remember this.

Here's looking at you, kid.

[DickyC]

Job offers flooded in for her.

[DickyC]

It most Latin languages ballerina translates as whale. Am I following this correctly?

[DickyC]

irocfan said:

there used to be a street in London called Gropelane - it's been renamed

When the Duke of Buckingham's properties in London were sold one of the conditions of the sale were the streets had to reflect his name in one form or another. This led to Duke Street, Buckingham Street and Of Alley. The name Of Alley survived until 1855 when it was renamed York Place.

[DickyC]

The Victor 101 slipped through unnoticed.

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Darryl247W said:

The Shetland Islands are closer to Bergen In Norway than to Edinburgh.

Lots of Nordic place names in Shetland. Sullom Voe springs to mind.

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McVities said:

sam303 said:

If you strangle a duck, it takes 7 minutes for the duck to die of asphyxiation.

If you do it underwater, it takes 23 minutes.

What about if its half underwater?

What if my watch stops? It's not guaranteed waterproof.

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TwigtheWonderkid said:

irocfan said:

jhiker said:

Chile is a ridiculously long country (from the brilliantmaps.com website)

That's staggering!

It is. According to that I live just south of Santiago.

[DickyC]

The last band to play Hammersmith Palais was Groove Armada to launch their album Soundboy Rock.

I can't tell you how disappointed I am to tell you this as I went to the advertised Last Night at the Palais and saw The Fall. Duped I was. Duped.

[DickyC]

Cecil Kimber, the founder of MG Cars, was one of two fatalities in the 1945 rail crash at Kings Cross Station.