speckled tangerine Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Hippos can't swim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 4 hours ago, The Doctor said: Phil Collins was the only act to play at both Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia in 1985. After performing as one of the first acts on the bill at Wembley Stadium, he was flown by helicopter to Heathrow Airport by TV's Noel Edmonds, There's never a surface to air missile when you need one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 19 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said: Whitney Houston sings "How will I know" and "I want to dance with somebody" were both written by the singers in one hit wonders Boy meets Girl . And Whitney rejected Waiting for a Start to Fall. Belinda Carlisle also recorded a version of Waiting for a Star to Fall which was, tbqwhy, shite, so they recorded it themselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Audrey Hepburn is Belgian and went by the name of 'Edda van Heemstra' following the German invasion of the Netherlands where she lived at the time. Edited June 25, 2021 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 In the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the number of ships damaged beyond repair was 3 The USS Phoenix survived the attack but was sunk by the Royal Navy many years later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Fullerene said: The USS Phoenix survived the attack but was sunk by the Royal Navy many years later. During the Falklands War. More famously known now as The Belgrano. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo said: During the Falklands War. More famously known now as The Belgrano. After sinking the shop, HMS Conqueror hid from the Argentinians by locating itself directly underneath one of the ships that was looking for it. This allowed it to be mistaken as a false echo. Edited June 26, 2021 by Fullerene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 There's more water in Loch Ness than in all the lakes in England and Wales combined. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: After sinking the shop, HMS Conqueror hid from the Argentinians by locating itself directly underneath one of the ships that was looking for it. This allowed it to be mistaken as a false echo. Were they just Sparring? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Fullerene said: In the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the number of ships damaged beyond repair was 3 The USS Phoenix survived the attack but was sunk by the Royal Navy many years later. Is this true? I like this fact. Have just done some googling. Turns out the Phoenix/Belgrano is also the only ship ever to be sunk by a nuclear submarine. How interesting. Edited June 26, 2021 by CountyFan Additional factage 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 The longest corridor in the world is located in the Falklands. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipa Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 3 hours ago, CountyFan said: Is this true? I like this fact. Have just done some googling. Turns out the Phoenix/Belgrano is also the only ship ever to be sunk by a nuclear submarine. How interesting. Similar googling suggests that HMS Conqueror is the only nuclear ship ever to fire in anger. 70 years, billions of pounds, has it really been worth it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Fullerene said: The longest corridor in the world is located in the Falklands. How on earth could anyone possibly know that?! There might be a really long corridor somewhere that nobody who measures long corridors has seen. How long is the corridor, out of interest? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Waldo Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 26 minutes ago, Shipa said: Similar googling suggests that HMS Conqueror is the only nuclear ship ever to fire in anger. 70 years, billions of pounds, has it really been worth it? Ever fire a torpedo at a ship. Many have launched cruise missles. They are used for more than ship sinking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, CountyFan said: How on earth could anyone possibly know that?! There might be a really long corridor somewhere that nobody who measures long corridors has seen. How long is the corridor, out of interest? 800m. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Fullerene said: 800m. How many fire doors does it have? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 John Tyler was born in 1790 and went on to be the tenth President of the USA. His grandson is still alive. Another grandson died last year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Yorkshireman Percy Shaw invented cat's eyes as a road safety feature when one night he saw the headlights of his car reflected in the eyes of a cat. If the cat had been facing the other way he would have invented the pencil sharpener. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, tamthebam said: If the cat had been facing the other way He would have needed twice as many cats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 If you put 1 grain of rice on a chessboard square on Day 1, 2 on the next square on Day 2, 4 on Day3 and so on it would only take 54 days to have more rice on the chessboard than is produced each year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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