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There are over 3 trillion trees on Earth.
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Eating tinned Salmon improves brain function.
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In Italy, the number 17 is considered highly unlucky. This belief stems from the Roman numeral XVII, which can be rearranged to form the Latin word VIXI, translating to "I have lived" and implying "My life is over" or death.
Some Italian airlines have traditionally omitted row 17, and some hotels may skip the 17th floor or room number. |
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In Minder, 'Er Indoors is never seen or named. Penny Morrell, George Cole's wife, played Daphne Mount in the episode "Arthur is Dead, Long Live Arthur".
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In spite of Osmans House Of Games insisting to keep asking questions on it , there is no road in Sheffield with a Police Station on it called Letsby Avenue.
It is called Europa Way. As for questions on which Bear is on the WWF logo ( wildlife) There is no bear. A panda is not a bear. Lastly the first railway carrying passengers was not Stephenson's Stockton to Darlington. It was a horse drawn rail journey in Swansea thirty years earlier. |
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While their ancestry was debated for years—with some thinking they were related to raccoons—genetic studies have confirmed they belong to the bear family.
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^^^^^^ Panda
As I understand it, the road you refer to in Sheffield was renamed Letsby Avenue in the 1990s. |
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I stand corrected. Pandas were reclassified as bears in 1995, but they never told me !
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Magellan was not the first captain to sail round the world . He died on the journey.
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Dennis Waterman's brother, Peter, was a professional boxer.
He won the British welterweight title in 1956. In 1957, he beat Emilio Marconi to gain the European welterweight title. In April 1958, after a fight with British lightweight champion, Dave Charnley, he had to be helped to the dressing room. A few months later Waterman underwent brain surgery and never fought again. |
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Billy Joel wrote 'Just The Way You Are' for his first wife. They divorced in 1982.
During performances of the song around the time of the divorce, his drummer Liberty DeVitto would jokingly parody the lyrics in the chorus as "She got the house. She got the car." |
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This is the first football season in history, dating back to 1888, that the English top-flight has been without a team beginning with the letter W.
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A single litter of puppies can have multiple fathers.
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A study by two German linguists found that the English language has 546 words and phrases for being drunk.
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In Brummie and Black Country slang, the word kalied (more commonly spelled kaylied) means heavily intoxicated or extremely drunk.
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The National Anthem, prior to England v Netherlands at Euro 96, was sung by Glenn Tilbrook. (Still no MBE)
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The England men's football team has a negative record (ie more losses than wins) against just three countries: Brazil, Italy and Uruguay.
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JACK THE RIPPER Was never caught,
 i bet if the LONDON POLICE give AI all their files they have on him Today we would all know who he was TOMORROW,IMVHO. |