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Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 1:03 pm
by Dunners
Post them here.

Horsham, in West Susex, holds the UK record for the heaviest hailstone ever to fall. On 5 September 1958, a hailstone weighing 140g (4.9 oz) landed in the town. It was similar in size to a tennis ball and impact speeds have been calculated to be 100 m/s (224 mph).

Source.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 1:22 pm
by Mikero
The deepest hand dug well in the world is at Woodingdean in East Sussex. It is over 1,280 feet deep and took four years to complete.

Mikero

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 1:22 pm
by o-no
Elephants can't jump

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 1:26 pm
by Currywurst and Chips
Jet fuel can't melt steel beams

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 1:27 pm
by Chicken Dhansak
Water doesn't run up hill.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 1:33 pm
by tuffers#1
Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 1:26 pm Jet fuel can't melt steel beams
But if the metal plane was there
Then it can , but only after a 10 year wait

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 1:42 pm
by Currywurst and Chips
tuffers#1 wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 1:33 pm
Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 1:26 pm Jet fuel can't melt steel beams
But if the metal plane was there
Then it can , but only after a 10 year wait
Thanks for that

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 2:02 pm
by Clive Evans
In Algeria there is a town called Tit.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 2:03 pm
by Rich Tea Wellin
Pound for pound a lemon has more sugar than a strawberry...

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 2:05 pm
by Southcoastsoftee
And on the Orkneys there’s a place called Twatt

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 2:38 pm
by BIGRON
I've just entered the message board Deal or no deal comp ......now that is a useless fact.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 2:54 pm
by i8ubutler
No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 3:08 pm
by Dunners
i8ubutler wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 2:54 pm No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.
180 - Woooon 'undred and aityyyyyyy.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 3:42 pm
by Stamford O
Gullible is not in the dictionary

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 5:19 pm
by NuneatonO's
The Toyota Corolla is the best selling car of all time.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 6:08 pm
by Dunners
On this day (May 20th) in 1873, Levi Strauss & Jacob Davis received the patent for their blue denim jeans.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 6:22 pm
by EH16
i8ubutler wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 2:54 pm No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.
One hundred And one.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 7:47 pm
by Lovejoy
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 7:49 pm
by Lovejoy
There are more chickens than people in the world.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:09 pm
by point nine one eight
Southcoastsoftee wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 2:05 pm And on the Orkneys there’s a place called Twatt
In Kent there's a town called Pratts Bottom

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:14 pm
by StillSpike
There are more tigers in captivity in the USA than in the wild in the rest of the world.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:21 pm
by Lovejoy
There is a street in England called Bell End.

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:24 pm
by Real Al
point nine one eight wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 9:09 pm
Southcoastsoftee wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 2:05 pm And on the Orkneys there’s a place called Twatt
In Kent there's a town called Pratts Bottom
And Lynsore Bottom. Great place to have a spanking good time

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:28 pm
by point nine one eight
Real Al wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 9:24 pm
point nine one eight wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 9:09 pm
Southcoastsoftee wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 2:05 pm And on the Orkneys there’s a place called Twatt
In Kent there's a town called Pratts Bottom
And Lynsore Bottom. Great place to have a spanking good time
This one's not a town but in South London, you'll find two roads, Cock Sure Lane, leading to, Bunkers Hill

Re: Useless facts

Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:28 pm
by Orient_Man_And_Boy
In Cumbria there’s a hamlet called ‘Seldom Seen’.

In the past many villages and towns had a place called Gropec@@@ Lane.