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Eating carrots doesn't improve your eyesight or help you see in the dark. The belief that carrots help you see better in the dark can be traced back to World War Two.
To prevent the Germans finding out that Britain was using radar to intercept bombers on night raids, the Air Ministry issued press releases saying that British pilots were eating lots of carrots to give them excellent night vision.
(On the other hand, have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses?)
To prevent the Germans finding out that Britain was using radar to intercept bombers on night raids, the Air Ministry issued press releases saying that British pilots were eating lots of carrots to give them excellent night vision.
(On the other hand, have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses?)
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Same with spinach, someone put a decimal point in the wrong place.
Popeye might never have been created if not for that.
Popeye might never have been created if not for that.
Continuing with a WW II theme...
Guy Gibson's dog N****r died on 16 May 1943, the day of the famous "Dambusters" raid, when he was hit by a motorist. He was buried at midnight as Gibson was leading the raid. "N****r" was the codeword Gibson used to confirm the breach of the Möhne Dam.
Guy Gibson's dog N****r died on 16 May 1943, the day of the famous "Dambusters" raid, when he was hit by a motorist. He was buried at midnight as Gibson was leading the raid. "N****r" was the codeword Gibson used to confirm the breach of the Möhne Dam.
People with green eyes can see clearer in the dark than anyone else.FACT
In December 2024, Google unveiled a new quantum chip called Willow, which it claimed could take five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world's fastest super computers 10 septillion years - or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years – to complete.
Under Massachusetts law, it is still illegal to travel on a way with a sleigh or sled drawn by a horse, unless there are at least three bells attached to some part of the harness.
This rule inspired the song "Jingle Bells".
This rule inspired the song "Jingle Bells".
Although referred to by the media as "Wembley Way", the name of the road leading to Wembley Stadium from Wembley Park Underground is actually Olympic Way.
Wembley Way is a short residential street about half a mile from the stadium.
Wembley Way is a short residential street about half a mile from the stadium.
Cooked carrots are better for you than raw. Cooking the vegetable releases more beta-carotene. The raw vegetable only gives you 3% beta-carotene, but cooked you get up to 40%.
It would take 77,000 years for Voyager 1 to reach our nearest star (not including the Sun).
It is not illegal to drive a car with the interior light on.
A horse normally has more than one horsepower. A study in 1993 showed that the maximum power a horse can produce is 18,000W, around 24 horsepower.
"Have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses?"
No,but I saw a programme once where they put little pairs of glasses with coloured lenses on chickens...apparently if another chicken got a small cut,the others would attack it because they saw the blood...so that stopped it
No,but I saw a programme once where they put little pairs of glasses with coloured lenses on chickens...apparently if another chicken got a small cut,the others would attack it because they saw the blood...so that stopped it
The Ancient Romans used to drop a piece of toast into their wine for good health - hence why we 'raise a toast'.
Manatee control their buoyancy through and endless cycle of farting.
Savoy court is the only street in the UK where you drive on the right.
The Windy City nickname has nothing to do with Chicago’s weather.
Chicago’s nickname was coined by 19th-century journalists, referring to the city’s politicians being long-winded or boastful “windbags.” However, according to the Chicago Historical Society’s Encyclopedia of Chicago, the nickname may have come from jealous urban rivals, who felt Chicago’s residents’ boosterism, or self-promotion, represented their “windiness” and being “full of hot air.”
Chicago’s nickname was coined by 19th-century journalists, referring to the city’s politicians being long-winded or boastful “windbags.” However, according to the Chicago Historical Society’s Encyclopedia of Chicago, the nickname may have come from jealous urban rivals, who felt Chicago’s residents’ boosterism, or self-promotion, represented their “windiness” and being “full of hot air.”
Nelson didn't say 'Kiss me Hardy'. He said 'Drink Drink, Rub Rub, Kiss Kiss'.
Raven, a six-year-old chimpanzee, became the 22nd most successful money manager in the USA after choosing her stocks by throwing darts at a list of 133 internet companies. The chimp created her own index, dubbed MonkeyDex, and in 1999 delivered a 213 per cent gain, outperforming more than 6,000 professional brokers on Wall Street.
Your signature could reveal personality traits.
A study in 2016 purports that among men, a larger signature correlates with higher social bravado and, among women, a bigger signature correlates with narcissistic traits.
A study in 2016 purports that among men, a larger signature correlates with higher social bravado and, among women, a bigger signature correlates with narcissistic traits.
Last day for horseracing before a 3-day hiatus until Boxing Day. Then all hell breaks loose again.
Olivia Newton-John's maternal grandfather was German Nobel Prize–winning physicist Max Born whom Robert Oppenheimer studied under at the University of Göttingen.
(Maybe the kids at my school who called her Olivia Neutron-Bomb were more knowledgeable than I realised.)
(Maybe the kids at my school who called her Olivia Neutron-Bomb were more knowledgeable than I realised.)
The oldest continuous sporting event in the U.S. is the Kentucky Derby.
Back to WW II...
Audie Murphy was the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II and the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history. He received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at age 19 for single-handedly holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, before leading a successful counterattack while wounded.
Audie Murphy was the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II and the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history. He received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at age 19 for single-handedly holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, before leading a successful counterattack while wounded.
Hell did literally freeze over when a town of the same name in the US state of Michigan experienced temperatures as low as -26C when it was hit by a polar vortex in 2019.
During World War II, the United States Playing Card Company joined forces with American and British intelligence agencies to create a very special deck of cards. They distributed them as Christmas gifts to soldiers, but they also helped Allied prisoners of war escape from German POW camps. When wet, individual cards peeled apart to reveal maps of escape routes.
Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas
The average age of the US combat soldier in Vietnam was 22.
Howard Smith, former drummer for The Vapors, including on their 1980 hit, Turning Japanese, is the current mayor of Guildford.
Cheers, Ken.
...Audie Murphy was 19 in 1945 when he was received the Medal of Honor but the average age of the US combat soldier in WW II was, in fact, 26. (See below.)
...Audie Murphy was 19 in 1945 when he was received the Medal of Honor but the average age of the US combat soldier in WW II was, in fact, 26. (See below.)
In the 1970 FA Cup Final replay at Old Trafford between Chelsea and Leeds Utd, the referee showed just one yellow card during the entire 120 minutes. (Chelsea's Ian Hutchinson was booked.)
In the 1970 FA Cup Final replay at Old Trafford between Chelsea and Leeds Utd, the referee showed just one yellow card during the entire 120 minutes. (Chelsea's Ian Hutchinson was booked.)
It has been re-refereed twice since by leading officials according to modern interpretations of the rules. In 1997, David Elleray concluded he would have shown six red cards, while in 2020 Michael Oliver opted for 11.
It has been re-refereed twice since by leading officials according to modern interpretations of the rules. In 1997, David Elleray concluded he would have shown six red cards, while in 2020 Michael Oliver opted for 11.
The numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666. Hence the game's nickname, The Devil's Wheel.
Double Indemnity (1944). (Brilliant film - currently on BBC iPlayer.)
Due to strict wartime food rationing, policemen were stationed in the store where a scene with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck was filmed, to make sure nobody on the film crew was tempted to take away any of the food. Paramount released publicity stills showing four policemen in the store with MacMurray and Stanwyck.
Due to strict wartime food rationing, policemen were stationed in the store where a scene with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck was filmed, to make sure nobody on the film crew was tempted to take away any of the food. Paramount released publicity stills showing four policemen in the store with MacMurray and Stanwyck.
The character Walter Neff was originally named Walter Ness, but director/writer Billy Wilder found out that there was a man living in Beverly Hills named Walter Ness who was coincidentally an insurance salesman. To avoid being sued for defamation of character, they changed the name. In the novel, his name is Walter Huff, and Dietrichson is Nirdlinger.
Gavels are not and have never been used in English and Welsh courts.
The mortar used on the Great Wall Of China consists of lime and Sticky Rice!
The Great Wall of China cannot be seen by the naked human eye from the Moon. The apparent width of the Great Wall as seen from the Moon would be the same as that of a human hair viewed from 2 miles away.
Michael Caine and Oliver Reed were in Norman Wisdom's The Bulldog Breed (currently on Talking Pictures).
If you shuffle a deck of cards properly, it’s more than likely that the exact order of the cards you get has never been seen before in the whole history of the universe.
Identical twins have different fingerprints
A giraffe is 30 times more likely than a human to be struck by lightning
A giraffe is 30 times more likely than a human to be struck by lightning
One that applies to quite a few on here:
Your brain is constantly eating itself. This process is called phagocytosis, where cells envelop and consume smaller cells or molecules to remove them from the system.
Your brain is constantly eating itself. This process is called phagocytosis, where cells envelop and consume smaller cells or molecules to remove them from the system.
Assuming good visibility, for a person of average height standing at sea level and looking out to sea, the horizon is about 2.8 miles away.
Jackanory was first broadcast on 13 December 1965. The first story was the fairy-tale "Cap-o'-Rushes" read by Lee Montague.
Humphrey Bogart does not say “ Play it again Sam “ in Casablanca. He says “ You played it for her now play it for me , Play it !)
In all of Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes stories , Holmes never says “ Elementary, my dear Watson . “
In all of Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes stories , Holmes never says “ Elementary, my dear Watson . “
Lincolnshire shares a border with Northamptonshire - it is just 20 yards long.
Nick Leeson was appointed commercial manager of Galway United in April 2005, rising to the position of general manager in November 2005. By July 2007 he had become the club's chief executive officer. In February 2011, after the club encountered financial problems, he resigned his position.
In March 2023 Leeson became a financial misconduct investigator.
In March 2023 Leeson became a financial misconduct investigator.
Sergei Rachmaninov had possibly the largest hands in classical music, which is why some of his pieces are fiendishly difficult for less well-endowed performers. He could span 12 piano keys from the tip of his little finger to the tip of his thumb.
Even explanation 2 isn't right as far as I have been informed. It's simple: there had been a good crop of carrots that year and they needed eaten. If the Gerries believe we were shooting down their bombers at night because our pilots munched on carrots, no wonder we beat them.
OUR EARS ARE OPEN 24/7,EVEN WHEN WE ARE SLEEPING WE CAN HEAR,IT IS YOUR BRAIN THAT DECIDES IF WHAT YOU HEAR IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO WAKEN YOU.
In August 2015, bookmakers were offering:
Loch Ness monster to be discovered - 500/1
Dean Gaffney to win an Oscar - 1000/1
Kim Kardashian to be US president - 2000/1
Elvis Presley to be found alive - 2000/1
Piers Morgan to be Arsenal manager - 2500/1
Leicester City to win the Premier League - 5000/1
Loch Ness monster to be discovered - 500/1
Dean Gaffney to win an Oscar - 1000/1
Kim Kardashian to be US president - 2000/1
Elvis Presley to be found alive - 2000/1
Piers Morgan to be Arsenal manager - 2500/1
Leicester City to win the Premier League - 5000/1
Otto Frederick Rohwedder was the name of the guy credited for the invention of sliced bread.
'Lola' by the Kinks was banned by the BBC because the original recording had the words "Coca-Cola" in the lyrics. Because of BBC Radio's policy against product placement, Ray Davies was forced to make a 6,000-mile round-trip flight from New York to London and back on 3 June 1970, interrupting the band's American tour, to change those words to "cherry cola" for the single release.
It is a scientific fact that blue eyed people are better at holding their drink than anyone else.
Before she found fame as Cindy Beale in EastEnders, Michelle Collins appeared in the video for Squeeze's Cool for Cats. (The blonde dancer on the right.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ2cEc_TCH8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ2cEc_TCH8
France’s longest land border isn’t in Europe but in South America, between French Guiana and Brazil.
Crows are highly intelligent creatures with cognitive abilities comparable to primates and 7-year-old humans.
Crows can fashion tools, such as bending wires into hooks, to retrieve food. They are known to drop nuts on roads for cars to crack and use water displacement to reach treats.
Crows can fashion tools, such as bending wires into hooks, to retrieve food. They are known to drop nuts on roads for cars to crack and use water displacement to reach treats.
The first advert on Channel 5 was for Chanel No.5
In a room of 23 people, there is a 50% chance that at least two people will have the same birthday.
In a room of 75 there's a 99.9% chance of at least two people matching.
In a room of 75 there's a 99.9% chance of at least two people matching.
The entire amount of gold ever mined would fit in 3½ Olympic-sized swimming pools.
During the Second World War, fish-and-chip-shop managers were exempt from military service.
Some of the air from Julius Caesar’s last breath will be in your next intake.
If there was a BIG BANG there had to be a BIG BANGER,
Most gold jewellery bought in the UK after 1984 does NOT contain traces of gold from the Brink's-Mat robbery.
Artillery fire at the Battle of the Somme could be heard in London.
Mozart wrote the overture to his opera, Don Giovanni, in three hours on the morning of its debut, and he did this whilst suffering from a hangover.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned is a lot of BS,He never played the fiddle and He was 300 miles away at the time
The only specific dog breed mentioned in the Bible is the greyhound.
Franz Liszt received so many requests for locks of his hair that he bought a dog and sent fur clippings instead.
Ada Lovelace, considered to be the first computer programmer, was the daughter of Lord Byron.
She had a love of gambling. She apparently lost more than £3,000 on the horses during the later 1840s. The gambling led to her forming a syndicate with male friends, and an ambitious attempt in 1851 to create a mathematical model for successful large bets. This went disastrously wrong, leaving her thousands of pounds in debt to the syndicate.
She had a love of gambling. She apparently lost more than £3,000 on the horses during the later 1840s. The gambling led to her forming a syndicate with male friends, and an ambitious attempt in 1851 to create a mathematical model for successful large bets. This went disastrously wrong, leaving her thousands of pounds in debt to the syndicate.
nero could not have played the fiddle because it had not been invented
he might have been fiddling around
he might have been fiddling around
Wearing a hat keeps your body warm.most body heat is lost through the head.
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.
Some Italian airlines have traditionally omitted row 17, and some hotels may skip the 17th floor or room number.
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".
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.
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.
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.
^^^^^^ Panda
As I understand it, the road you refer to in Sheffield was renamed Letsby Avenue in the 1990s.
As I understand it, the road you refer to in Sheffield was renamed Letsby Avenue in the 1990s.
I stand corrected. Pandas were reclassified as bears in 1995, but they never told me !
Magellan was not the first captain to sail round the world . He died on the journey.
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.
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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