| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” 21:12 - Dec 17 with 21319 views | colinallcars |
True ones please.
Samuel Goldwyn of Metro Goldwyn Mayer films is offically named Samuel Goldfish.
When he emigrated to the US from Poland, his actual name was Schmuel Goldfisz. The immigration officail misheard it as Samuel Goldfish which he remained for some years.
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 00:23 - Dec 20 with 3041 views | NorthLondonR |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 06:36 - Dec 18 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
The fear of long words is called 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedal'.
First used by Roman poet Horace in the 1st century BC to criticse writers with a love of unreasonably long words.
Top marks to anyone who can fit that word into a QPR chant/song. |
If this thread had been discussed in the early 2000s, that word could've formed the first verse of a dedicated chant for the dieing embers of a Matthew Rose contract, inspired by the Manic Street Preachers hit "Roses in the hospital'...
"Hippo-potomonstrosesquippe-dal..
And Rose's in the hospital until around A-A-april"
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 01:20 - Dec 20 with 2985 views | Metallica_Hoop |
Forgot to press reply.
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 01:23 - Dec 20 with 2981 views | Metallica_Hoop |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 23:07 - Dec 19 by johann28 |
The Electric cab fleet of the 1890s were nicknamed "Hummingbirds" due to the strange humming noise they made. Electric vehicles had a number of advantages over their early-1900s competitors as they didn't have the vibration, smell, and noise associated with petrol-powered cars and didn't require gear changes. The cars were also preferred because they did not require a manual effort to start whereas petrol cars needed a hand crank to start the engine.
After enjoying success at the beginning of the 20th century, the electric car began to lose its position in the car market. By the 1920s improved roads improved travel times, creating a need for vehicles with a greater range than that offered by electric cars, whilst worldwide discoveries of large petroleum reserves led to the wide availability of affordable petrol. Electric cars were limited to urban use by their slow speed (no more than 15–20 mph) and low range (30–40 miles), and petrol cars were now able to travel farther and faster than equivalent electrics. The invention of the electric starter in 1912 eliminated the need of a hand starting crank, while the invention of the muffler significantly reduced the noise levels.
But it was the initiation of mass production of cheap petrol-powered vehicles by Henry Ford that proved crucial (by contrast, the price of similar electric vehicles continued to rise; by 1912, an electric car was almost double the price of a petrol car). Most electric car makers stopped production at some point in the 1910s. [Post edited 20 Dec 2024 10:53]
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 12:00 - Dec 20 with 2762 views | johann28 |
One bottle of wine contains the juice of around 600-800 grapes. |  | | |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 14:28 - Dec 20 with 2672 views | derbyhoop |
Rihanna's full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty |  |
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:13 - Dec 20 with 2520 views | FredManRave |
I love hearing about astronomical universe numbers.
I'm sure we've all heard the "fact" that there are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on earth?!
How about a couple more random ones;
1. You can fit all the planets (Pluto not included, for obvious reasons!) in our Solar System between the Earth and Moon.
2. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus: It takes Venus about 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis but only 225 Earth days to complete its orbit around the Sun.
Loving this thread. [Post edited 20 Dec 2024 20:14]
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:55 - Dec 20 with 2460 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:13 - Dec 20 by FredManRave |
I love hearing about astronomical universe numbers.
I'm sure we've all heard the "fact" that there are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on earth?!
How about a couple more random ones;
1. You can fit all the planets (Pluto not included, for obvious reasons!) in our Solar System between the Earth and Moon.
2. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus: It takes Venus about 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis but only 225 Earth days to complete its orbit around the Sun.
Loving this thread. [Post edited 20 Dec 2024 20:14]
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The universe is predicted to end in ten thousand trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion years.
If an atom represented one year, there are not enough atoms in the entire universe to get near that number.
At the end of that time, nothing will be left, black holes will have evaporated and time will cease to exist as there will be nothing left to measure it against.
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 21:02 - Dec 20 with 2440 views | FredManRave |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:55 - Dec 20 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
The universe is predicted to end in ten thousand trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion years.
If an atom represented one year, there are not enough atoms in the entire universe to get near that number.
At the end of that time, nothing will be left, black holes will have evaporated and time will cease to exist as there will be nothing left to measure it against.
A bit like watching us v Preston. |
Celar might be into double figures by then?!
An electron can be in two places at once. In quantum mechanics, particles like electrons can exist in a superposition, being in multiple states or locations simultaneously.
I hope I come back as an electron.
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 12:16 - Dec 21 with 2234 views | 81A |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 21:02 - Dec 20 by FredManRave |
Celar might be into double figures by then?!
An electron can be in two places at once. In quantum mechanics, particles like electrons can exist in a superposition, being in multiple states or locations simultaneously.
I hope I come back as an electron.
If you see the user FredElectronRave then you know it's happened.... |
Wearing camouflage gear is illegal in Barbados | | | |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 15:47 - Dec 21 with 2134 views | JimmyR |
Did the ref just bottle sending Lindsay Off there? | | | |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 17:27 - Jan 13 with 1622 views | johann28 |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:13 - Dec 20 by FredManRave |
I love hearing about astronomical universe numbers.
I'm sure we've all heard the "fact" that there are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on earth?!
How about a couple more random ones;
1. You can fit all the planets (Pluto not included, for obvious reasons!) in our Solar System between the Earth and Moon.
2. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus: It takes Venus about 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis but only 225 Earth days to complete its orbit around the Sun.
Loving this thread. [Post edited 20 Dec 2024 20:14]
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Another interesting thing about Venus is that it's the only planet in the solar system to spin clockwise, so the sun rises in the west. Why this is is something of a mystery. Most think that it used to spin 'normally' but something caused it to flip on its axis and spin the other way (I've had nights like these), whilst another theory is that it simply ran out of puff as it were and stopped rotating, and then started rotating 'backwards'. | | | |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 22:10 - Jan 13 with 1489 views | hubble |
The actress Hedi Lamarr was also an inventor, and in 1942 patented a 'secret communications system', and early version of frequency hopping, which played a significant role in WWII and was eventually used to develop Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS.
Not just a pretty face..
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 23:17 - Jan 13 with 1425 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 22:10 - Jan 13 by hubble |
The actress Hedi Lamarr was also an inventor, and in 1942 patented a 'secret communications system', and early version of frequency hopping, which played a significant role in WWII and was eventually used to develop Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS.
Not just a pretty face..
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She was also an Austrian Jew, who feld from her Fascist-leaning husband and her Fascist-leaning social circle.
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 05:12 - Jan 14 with 1335 views | fraserc |
The Spanish language has a word that can be pronounced, but not written down. The imperative of the word 'salirle' is pronounced 'sal' + 'le', but can't be written down as 'salle' as two 'l's are pronounced as Y in Spanish. Currently, there is no valid spelling of that word. | | | |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 07:26 - Jan 14 with 1294 views | Loftgirl |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 05:12 - Jan 14 by fraserc |
The Spanish language has a word that can be pronounced, but not written down. The imperative of the word 'salirle' is pronounced 'sal' + 'le', but can't be written down as 'salle' as two 'l's are pronounced as Y in Spanish. Currently, there is no valid spelling of that word. |
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 08:58 - Jan 14 with 1202 views | wombat |
There is not a single point in Britain that is more than 75 miles away from a coastline.
The term “bangers and mash” originated during World War I, when sausages that had been soaked in water due to a lack of food would explode (“bang”) when they were cooked.
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 10:12 - Jan 14 with 1141 views | PlanetHonneywood |
James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King, was apprehended at Heathrow Airport.
The first interracial kiss on TV was in 1968 when Captain Kirk snogged Uhura.
In the UK, pigeon crap technically still belongs to the crown. This is because it was used to make gunpowder back in the day. |  |
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 10:25 - Jan 14 with 1120 views | loftus77 |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 20:13 - Dec 20 by FredManRave |
I love hearing about astronomical universe numbers.
I'm sure we've all heard the "fact" that there are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on earth?!
How about a couple more random ones;
1. You can fit all the planets (Pluto not included, for obvious reasons!) in our Solar System between the Earth and Moon.
2. A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus: It takes Venus about 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis but only 225 Earth days to complete its orbit around the Sun.
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1 is very surprising. Really? I thought Jupiter and Saturn were huge. 250K miles between Earth and Moon? Well I never. | | | |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 11:22 - Jan 14 with 1043 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 10:25 - Jan 14 by loftus77 |
1 is very surprising. Really? I thought Jupiter and Saturn were huge. 250K miles between Earth and Moon? Well I never. |
Bet we'd still take 5,000 away if we draw Sea of Tranquility FC in next season's Third Round! | |
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 11:35 - Jan 14 with 1021 views | Juzzie |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 11:22 - Jan 14 by PlanetHonneywood |
Bet we'd still take 5,000 away if we draw Sea of Tranquility FC in next season's Third Round! |
Leeds would take more. |  | | |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 12:25 - Jan 14 with 969 views | robith |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 10:12 - Jan 14 by PlanetHonneywood |
James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King, was apprehended at Heathrow Airport.
The first interracial kiss on TV was in 1968 when Captain Kirk snogged Uhura.
In the UK, pigeon crap technically still belongs to the crown. This is because it was used to make gunpowder back in the day. |
The kiss was also supposed to be Spock but Shatner politiked it to being him - which was why in the 2009 reboot they had Spock and Uhura as romantic partners. It was however, not actually the first interracial televised kiss.
Which leads me to my next "not a lot of people know"
Martin Luther King convinced Nichelle Nichols to stay on Star Trek.
She had decided to quit the show and take a role on Broadway. Roddenberry told her to take the weekend to think it over. That night she met MLK who told her his family were huge fans and loved the show. She told him she was going to quit.
'You cannot, you cannot... For the first time on television, we will be seen as we should be seen every day—as intelligent, quality, beautiful people who can sing, dance, and go to space… who are professors, lawyers… If you leave, that door can be closed, because your role is not a black role, and is not a female role; he can fill it with anybody, even an alien."
She went back on Monday and told Gene she was staying [Post edited 14 Jan 12:26]
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 12:54 - Jan 14 with 916 views | kensalriser |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 11:22 - Jan 14 by PlanetHonneywood |
Bet we'd still take 5,000 away if we draw Sea of Tranquility FC in next season's Third Round! |
And if we lost it would lead to conspiracy theories that the entire fixture was faked. |  |
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 16:59 - Jan 14 with 763 views | NewBee |
The phrase "Daylight Robbery" is thought to derive from the introduction of a Window Tax in 1696.
In order to reduce their tax liability, a lot of householders bricked up some of their windows, thereby having their "daylight stolen".
You can sometimes see the results of this even today:
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 17:46 - Jan 14 with 728 views | derbyhoop |
| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 13:23 - Dec 18 by Juzzie |
Nobody ever said "Play it again, Sam" in the film Casablanca. |
Sorry, jussie but I think a lot of people know that.
I has Casablanca as my choice at a Desert Island screening for a significant birthday.
The actual lines were
" you played it for her. You can play it for me. Play it, Sam. Play it." | |
| "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime." (Mark Twain)
Find me on twitter @derbyhoop and now on Bluesky |
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| How about a few “not a lot of people know thats” on 19:40 - Jan 14 with 643 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Napoleon Bonaparte was actually born Napoleone di Buonaparte as he was of Corscican decent. Corsica had only been ceded to France from the Republic of Genoa one year before his birth.
Though he learnt French, he had an Italian/Corsican accent throughout his life. | | | |
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