Subject: Fun Facts From A To Z!
Posted by: VBookWorm
Date: Jan 19 23
How it works:
I will come up with fun fact starting with A. For example: Adrien Brody holds the record for being the youngest actor to win the Oscar.
Then one that starts with B:
Bees make honey (rather a boring fact but just for an example.)
And the a fact starting with C, then D, and so on.
Start with A and end with Z!
Posted by: VBookWorm
Date: Jan 19 23
How it works:
I will come up with fun fact starting with A. For example: Adrien Brody holds the record for being the youngest actor to win the Oscar.
Then one that starts with B:
Bees make honey (rather a boring fact but just for an example.)
And the a fact starting with C, then D, and so on.
Start with A and end with Z!
71 replies. On page 2 of 4 pages. 1 2 3 4
Upstart3 
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"Nice" Biscuits may have been named after the French city, but are a 19th century British invention. The name was chosen to give them a glamorous connotation. Reply #21. Jan 29 23, 11:25 AM |
Llynfi
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Oboe. The oboe is a type of double reed woodwind instrument, the most common oboe plays in C using the treble clef. Reply #22. Jan 30 23, 9:42 AM |
| Upstart3
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Penguin is possibly one of the few English words that have come from Welsh. From Pen-head and gwyn-white. The story is that Welsh sailors saw great auks in the northern hemisphere and called them pen gwyn, and that subsequent explorers in the southern hemisphere saw penguins, who resembled great auks somewhat, and applied the name to them as well. Although penguins don't have white heads. There are other theories, Reply #23. Jan 31 23, 3:18 AM |
londoneye98
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The Irish English word 'quare', whose base meaning is 'strange' or 'unusual' (not 'queer' as in 'gay') has developed other interesting connotations over the years, including 'remarkable' - leading to such potentially mystifying constructions you might hear on a day out in Dublin as 'that was quare heavy rain this morning' or 'he's a quare good singer'. Reply #24. Jan 31 23, 10:05 AM |
| Llynfi
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Remington Arms Company, LLC was an American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition, now broken into two companies, each bearing the Remington name. It was founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington (as E. Remington and Sons) in Ilion, New York, it was one of the oldest gun makers in the US and claimed to be the oldest factory in the US that still made its original product. Reply #25. Jan 31 23, 10:14 AM |
Philip_Eno
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Spiral staircases in medieval castles run clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs, they would not be able to use their right hand, which was holding the sword, because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Reply #26. Feb 02 23, 4:37 PM |
| Llynfi
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Tutti Frutti is a song written by Little Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie, recorded in 1955, which was his first major hit. With its energetic refrain, often transcribed as "A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!" (a verbal rendition of a drum pattern that Little Richard had imagined). In 2007, an eclectic panel of renowned recording artists ranked "Tutti Frutti" at No. 1 on Mojo's "The Top 100 Records That Changed The World" Reply #27. Feb 03 23, 10:16 AM |
| londoneye98
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It is related of the great painter Paolo Uccello that, in his youth, he was asked to paint frescoes of saints for the monks of a church near Florence, but was given only bread and cheese to eat three times a day. Eventually he could stand it no more and absconded, although he was later persuaded to return and finish the job on the understanding that he would be given a more varied diet. He is said never to have touched cheese again until the day he died. Reply #28. Feb 06 23, 3:42 AM |
| londoneye98
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The source of the above anecdote is Giorgio Vasari, who had a bit of a tendency to exaggerate when he was telling stories. Reply #29. Feb 06 23, 3:44 AM |
| Llynfi
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Volleyball is credited as being invented by William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, the game of volleyball was originally called Mintonette. Reply #30. Feb 06 23, 9:29 AM |
rockstar51
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X-rays were invented by W.C. Röntgen Reply #31. Feb 08 23, 5:32 AM |
| Llynfi
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Yugoslavia became a country in 1918 and was dissolved in1992. Reply #32. Feb 09 23, 10:28 AM |
| londoneye98
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Zeuxis, a celebrated pioneering painter of the later fifth century B.C., was praised by the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder for "leading the all-daring paintbrush to great glory". It was claimed that his painted grapes were so realistic that birds flew down to peck at them. After completing the portrait of a grotesquely ugly woman dressed up as the goddess Aphrodite, he is said to have died of laughter as he stepped back to look at it. Reply #33. Feb 14 23, 10:56 AM |
| Llynfi
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Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with an area of approximately 7,000,000 km2 (2,700,000 sq mi). Reply #34. Feb 18 23, 9:30 AM |
| londoneye98
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Banoffee pie - made of bananas, toffee and cream - was invented in relatively recent times in the famously gormandising county of Sussex. I've never been tempted to try it myself - it looks quite disgusting! - but apparently it was Margaret Thatcher's favourite cooking recipe. I assume she enjoyed eating it too, but then as the Iron Lady she no doubt had an iron stomach to match. Reply #35. Feb 18 23, 12:12 PM |
| Llynfi
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Cawl is a Welsh dish. Historically, ingredients tended to vary, but the most common recipes are with lamb or beef with leeks, potatoes, swedes, carrots and other seasonal vegetables. Cawl is recognised as a national dish of Wales. Reply #36. Feb 19 23, 11:03 AM |
MiraJane
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----- out of order alphabetically---- Regarding the above recipe for cawl: For those FTers, like me, who was sure a swede didn't mean a native of Sweden, a swede is also what Americans call a rutabaga. Why is a rutabaga called a swede on the eastern side of the pond? Maybe it will be explained when this rolls around to R or S. Reply #37. Feb 22 23, 9:15 AM |
keystonegirl
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Dientamoeba fragilis is a parasite that lives in the large intestine of people. This protozoan parasite produces trophozoites; cysts have not been identified. The intestinal infection may be asymptomatic or symptomatic. Sidenote: Sorry I'm a medical technologist and I work in a medical center laboratory. Only thing I could think of that began with a "D". Reply #38. Feb 25 23, 4:33 AM |
| Llynfi
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Eclipse (1 April 1764 – 26 February 1789) was an undefeated 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse who won 18 races, including 11 King's Plates. Reply #39. Feb 26 23, 2:39 PM |
Jacquilyn
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Flamingos have to feed with their heads upside down. Reply #40. Feb 28 23, 11:38 AM |
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