Did you know...

[DeLorean]

I'm not sure if there's a thread similar to this already. It's basically just a place to put things that you have recently become aware of or found interesting. Obviously it should be something that you would think a lot of people do not know already. I'll start with something that I only became aware of recently...

Ray Houghton has worked for Sports Interactive as a consultant on their PC & Xbox360 game Football Manager since 2002.



Note: It doesn't have to relate to Football/Sport.

[the 12 th man]

Mel Gibson's mother is from Longford and has a life long devotion to St Mel (same name as the catederal in Longford) and named her famous son after him.

[oscar]

windmills always turn anti clockwise,except here in Ireland

[strangeirish]

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants!( Pat Dolan excluded)

[TheBoss]

They are more galaxies in the universe than grains of sand on earth.

[pineapple stu]

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants!( Pat Dolan excluded)

On a similar note, in pre-famine Ireland, peasants ate a stone weight of potatoes every day.

Also, in a similar vein to The Boss' post, there are more possible positions in a game of chess than there are atoms in the universe, I think. That's why it's not yet close to being solved (it's currently only solved for all positions with six pieces on the board). By contrast, draughts is a proven draw.

[gustavo]

There are no Dutch Elms left in Britain today - Completely wiped out

[juan]

Ketchup leaves the bottle at a speed of 13 miles per year

[Paddyfield]

The inscription on the grave of Elvis misspells his full name as per his birth cert.

[De Town]

A man wrote a 50,000 word novel without using the letter e. (too lazy to get the full details for ye at the moment as I'm writing from the iPhone.)

[superfrank]

There are no Burger Kings in Finland.

[osarusan]

The sooty shearwater has the longest migration distance.

[stann]

Mozzarella cheese is named in honour of legendary Smiths front man Morrissey.

[Onefootednopace]

A rabbit is unable to vomit.

[the lobster]

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution.