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Obscure Historical Facts

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Allan

Allan Report 16 Dec 2016 10:38

Some obscure Historical Facts I have discovered

Magellan was not the first person to navigate the globe. This honour goes to a little known English Knight called Sir Cumference


Anne Boleyn had a brother named Tenpin

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 16 Dec 2016 10:42

(Snort) :-D

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LaGooner

LaGooner Report 16 Dec 2016 10:46

:-D :-D :-D :-D. Allan

Tawny

Tawny Report 16 Dec 2016 12:47

:-D :-D :-D

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No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 16 Dec 2016 16:16

been at the sherry again Allan?

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Allan

Allan Report 16 Dec 2016 21:10

I don't do sherry, AnnC, mainly dry red wine.

That's a term that has always puzzled me, 'dry wine'. It usually feels wet to me :-S

Ah well! Back to my project to invent dehydrated water :-D

Allan

Allan Report 16 Dec 2016 21:19

A couple of obscure scientific facts:

Newton not only postulated the Laws of Motion, he also invented the fig roll

Boyles Law was not originally about volumes of gasses but about the temperature at which water begins to bubble rapidly and gives of copious amounts of steam

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 17 Dec 2016 08:47

Not just fig rolls, Allan. Apples and cradles too :-D ;-)

I knows these things just as everything is Sod's law to me. :-D :-D :-D

Allan

Allan Report 17 Dec 2016 09:29

Ah, JoyLouise, I'd forgotten about Newton's cradle :-0

I did feel sorry for those babies involved with the first experiment :-(

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 17 Dec 2016 12:06

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Allan

Allan Report 18 Dec 2016 08:55

Donatello had a cousin named Donakebab :-P

Denburybob

Denburybob Report 18 Dec 2016 19:09

What about Orson Wells's brother Orson Carte?