Pointless, Randon yet quite interesting facts...

In 1492, two Irish families (the Butlers of Ormonde and the FitzGeralds of Kildare) were involved in a bitter feud over which family should hold the position of Lord Deputy. This tension manifested itself with violent fighting between the two families just outside the city walls.

Realising the violence was getting out of control, the Butlers took refuge in the Chapter House of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. The FitzGeralds followed them into the Cathedral and asked them to come out and make peace. Afraid they would be slaughtered, the Butlers refused.

As a gesture of good faith, the head of the Kildare family, Gerald FitzGerald, ordered that a hole be cut in the door. He then thrust his arm through the door and offered his hand in peace to those on the other side. Upon seeing that FitzGerald was willing to risk his arm by putting it through the door, the Butlers reasoned that he was serious about peace. They shook hands through the hole. The Butlers emerged from the Chapter House and the two families made peace.

Today, this door is known as the "Door of Reconciliation" and is on display St Patrick's Cathedral. This story also lives on in the expression to chance your arm.
 
What was the original cock-and-bull story?



IN Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire (now part of Milton Keynes), there are two old coaching inns on the main road (now the A5) from London to the north, which were the first overnight stop for coaches leaving London and the last stop for coaches travelling to London. Gossip circulated between the bars of these inns in a version of "Chinese whispers" fuelled by good ale, inevitably ending up completely inaccurate. The inns are called the Cock and the Bull.

Had a pint in both of them.
 
Despite its usual portrayal in media, Miami is the wettest major city in the US with an average of about 1700mm of rainfall per year
 
Gravity on the space station is 90% of that on the earths surface.
 
Despite its usual portrayal in media, Miami is the wettest major city in the US with an average of about 1700mm of rainfall per year

Don’t know if he was stretching the truth for a better story, but a mate who went there about 20 years ago told me that the timing of the rain was so predictable that everyone started putting umbrellas up while there was glorious blue skies every day. And 30 seconds later it started pissing down.
 
Don’t know if he was stretching the truth for a better story, but a mate who went there about 20 years ago told me that the timing of the rain was so predictable that everyone started putting umbrellas up while there was glorious blue skies every day. And 30 seconds later it started pissing down.
Think that's erm stretching the truth a fair bit but like Brisbane and The Gold Coast I believe it is sub tropical, there's a wet and dry season. When it rains it really fucking rains, not like drizzly shit. Summer is the wet season.
 

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