Pointless, Randon yet quite interesting facts...

[BrianW]

King Richard II (d 1400) is often presented, even by reputable historians, as having mental issues.

No one in his own time said anything of the kind, not even his worst enemies. The first person to suggest it was Bishop Stubbs, a Regius Professor of Modern History (not medieval) at Oxford, in 1866, that is 466 years after Richard's death.

An example of how what we call 'history' is often made-up bollocks.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

T Rex was alive closer to today than it was to Stegosaurus.

Marc Bolan only died in 1977

 

[blueish swede]

A typical farm horse could produce 14 horse power of work. An adult person can produce about one HP.

 

[Centurions]

At minus 273 degrees all molecular motion stops.

And your balls disappear inside your body. Fact.

 

[old blue]

it takes a supertanker 22 miles to stop

Unless it hits an iceberg.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

it takes a supertanker 22 miles to stop

They tend to cut the engines at about that distance, but it can actually stop in a much shorter distance if required.

 

[Silvercloud]

The Canary Islands aren’t named after the birds, it’s after the Latin for dog. More recent studies think that it comes from after seals that lived on the islands. The Romans called these “Sea Dogs”
The birds are actually named after the Islands.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Leo Fender designed the Fender Strat and Fender Bass guitars in the late 1950s and they're still the best selling guitars in the world. Even though the shape and features have changed very little.
I can't think of any other product or brand that you can say that about.

Marshall Amps ??

 

[Barcon]

Marshall Amps ??

Gloves?

 

[old blue]

The collective noun for a bunch of widows is an ambush, I have no idea why.