useless facts

[Jimbuna]

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

[Arlo]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

But how often do you see a Scotsman with a bow and arrow? *ba dump bump*

[Jimbuna]

No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com...piece-of-paper

[Jimbuna]

An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

[Jimbuna]

Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year.

[mapuc]

Joseph Pujol (1857-1945) was a professional fart comedian who had an impressive sphincter.
He discovered his unique talent when, as a child, he swam underwater, and could feel the cold water seeping up his butt, and when he came ashore again, it ran out of him.
When he was in the French army, he entertained by sucking water into his butt and "shooting" it several meters away.
He then discovered that he could do something similar with air, and moved to Paris, where he performed at the Moulin Rouge haggling on command.
Here he played O Sole Mio and La Marseillaise on a wind instrument and was able to blow light out at several meters distance with his butt.
Among others, King Leopold II of Belgium, Sigmund Freud and Prince Edward of Wales had the opportunity to experience the fart.

Markus

[Platapus]

According to some contemporary models, it is estimated that to build Stonehenge took 30,000,000 man hours


Damn unions!

[Jimbuna]

During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance.

[Arlo]

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

Originally Posted by Arlo

But how often do you see a Scotsman with a bow and arrow? *ba dump bump*

...at the Oscars? <anyone one the recieving end of a bodkin (Crecy-1346; Agincourt-1415) could honestly be said to have learned the "arrow of his ways!!??

 

The Battle of Crécy decimated the French nobility. An English knight, familiar with French heraldry, told Godfrey of Harcourt he had seen the Count of Harcourt’s banner, gold bars against a crimson field, on another part of the field. Godfrey crossed the battlefield in search of his brother, but when he arrived Jean was dead, as was his son. The French Counts of Alençon and Flanders died with many of their retainers. Also dead were both of Philip’s marshals and Guy, Sieur de la Tremoille (although the sources are unclear if the English captured the Oriflamme). Likely 1,500 French knights and squires perished at Crécy. At Agincourt, a mere 69 years later , Failure to learn II:

Fighting commenced at 11:00 AM, as the English brought their longbows within killing range and the first line of French knights advanced, led by cavalry. The field that the French had to cross to meet their enemy was muddy after a week of rain and slowed their progress, during which time they endured casualties from English arrows. When the first French line reached the English front, the cavalry were unable to overwhelm the archers, who had driven sharpened stakes into the ground at an angle before themselves. This was an innovative technique that the English had not used in the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers. Eventually the archers abandoned their longbows and began fighting hand-to-hand with swords and axes alongside the men-at-arms.
The next line of French knights that poured in found themselves so tightly packed (the field narrowed at the English end) that they were unable to use their weapons effectively, and the tide of the battle began to turn toward the English. As the English were collecting prisoners, a band of French peasants led by local noblemen began plundering Henry’s baggage behind the lines. Thinking it was an attack from the rear, Henry had the French nobles he was holding prisoner killed. The third line of the French army, recoiling at the pile of corpses before them and unable to make an effective charge, was then massacred swiftly.
The battle probably lasted no longer than three hours and was perhaps as short as half an hour, according to some estimates. While the precise number of casualties is unknown, it is estimated that English losses amounted to about 400 and French losses to about 6,000, many of whom were noblemen.

Throwing the The Franco Prussian War, WWI, WWII, and Vietnam, the French seem to have a recurring problem...

[Jimbuna]

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

[Jimbuna]

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

[Jimbuna]

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

[Jimbuna]

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.