Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

[kiwigtx]

If you spend some time in North Eastern England, with the Geordies, you will appreciate the Scots. You can understand them.

While working in London I had colleagues from Scotland and the north of England.

One of the jokes at the time was the definition of a Georgie is a Scotsman with his head kicked in.

Often, we would hear over the R/T "Why-eye mun"



That bearded fella at the back is the late Pat Roach - played the German fighting with Harrison Ford on the plane in "Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom"

 

[DeltaV]

In 2019, scientists discovered that the Darwin's bark spider (Caerostris darwini), a Madagascar arachnid, produces silk with a tensile strength 10 times stronger than Kevlar, making it one of the world’s toughest materials.

 

[GTXDAN]

“Running amok” is a medically recognized mental condition

 

[Kern Dog]

Thank you for spelling that correctly, Dan. Too many idiots seem to screw that up.

 

[beanhead]

There's no "Energizer Bunny" in England/Europe, Duracell uses the pink bunny over there...in England the Energizer mascot is a battery with a smiley face and arms.

 

[mpgmike]

Jack Daniel's Whiskey is made at their distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, which is a part of Moore County. However, you cannot buy or drink their whiskey in Lynchburg, nor in any other city or town in the county because Moore County is a "dry" county; meaning you cannot buy or consume drinking alcohol within its borders.

 

[Photon440]

The highest flying bird was recorded at 11,274 meters in altitude. The Ruppell's Griffon Vulture is adapted to high altitude flight and the extreme cold - extra hemoglobin in the blood helps extract oxygen at high altitude, and the birds can withstand -60F temperatures.

The exact altitude is known because that's where a bird was struck by an aircraft back in 1973. It's quite possible that those birds could fly a little higher.

 

[kiwigtx]

Jack Daniel's Whiskey is made at their distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, which is a part of Moore County. However, you cannot buy or drink their whiskey in Lynchburg, nor in any other city or town in the county because Moore County is a "dry" county; meaning you cannot buy or consume drinking alcohol within its borders.

100% true....I have toured the distillery and barrel houses. I didn't know this prior to my visit.