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Nostalgia used to be a recognised cause of death. It was an extreme bout of homesickness - so longing for a different place rather than different time. Some armies banned songs from their home towns as they were believed to trigger it. |
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"In the 1400s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule of thumb.'
What's your obscure fact? "
This is actually a misconception. The story associating "rule of thumb" to wife beating only came about in the 1970's. The true origins come from the average width of an adult males thumb is one inch... hence a simple way of establishing a rough measurement.
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"In the 1400s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule of thumb.'
What's your obscure fact? "
Alas the good old days  |
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"Nostalgia used to be a recognised cause of death. It was an extreme bout of homesickness - so longing for a different place rather than different time. Some armies banned songs from their home towns as they were believed to trigger it."
Heard none of that. Was staring at your chest x |
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The first motorway in the UK was the M6 Preston bypass. A lot of people often think they are numbered in the order they where built when in fact they where named after the A road they followed, though not necessarily the case now x |
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In parliament people would attack the person on the opposite bench so they were separated by at least the length of an arm and a sword. A line was on the ground that you couldn't cross, hence towing the line. |
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"In roman times the forts were so small that most soldiers slept outside and took turns at sleeping inside. It was about 1 night inside every 2 weeks, hence fortnight. "
Or more accurately a Fortius Nightus  |
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"In roman times the forts were so small that most soldiers slept outside and took turns at sleeping inside. It was about 1 night inside every 2 weeks, hence fortnight.
Or more accurately a Fortius Nightus "
What have the Romans ever done for us? |
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"In roman times the forts were so small that most soldiers slept outside and took turns at sleeping inside. It was about 1 night inside every 2 weeks, hence fortnight.
Or more accurately a Fortius Nightus
What have the Romans ever done for us? "
I'll line em up, you knock em in hun x |
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Urine was used to make gunpowder. Poor people used to save it up and sell it for a halfpenny. Hence, "piss poor",,, they stank.
Really poor people couldn't collect it as they "didn't have a pot to piss in" |
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All males over the age of 14 are required by law to practice longbow for at least two hours per week. And apparently if you live in York, it is permissible to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow. Just make sure it isn't on a Sunday. |
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An interesting factoid which makes you think about numbers:
1 million seconds equals 11 and 1/2 days.
1 billion seconds equals 31 and 3/4 years.
I thought it was interesting anyway... |
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The merchant navy used to own many of the pubs in harbour towns, they encouraged the sailors to go and get pissed to recoup some money off them. There was nowhere to sleep so the pub would tie a rope from one side of the pub to the other. D*unk sailors would pay a penny to sleep by hanging over the rope, hence hangover. |
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"In parliament people would attack the person on the opposite bench so they were separated by at least the length of an arm and a sword. A line was on the ground that you couldn't cross, hence towing the line."
Did you know though that members were never allowed to take swords into the house! It was recorded first as a navy saying ... |
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Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service.
'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice. |
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"In parliament people would attack the person on the opposite bench so they were separated by at least the length of an arm and a sword. A line was on the ground that you couldn't cross, hence towing the line.
Did you know though that members were never allowed to take swords into the house! It was recorded first as a navy saying ... "
Thanks, every day is a school day  |
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By *uzie69xTV/TS
over a year ago
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"An interesting factoid which makes you think about numbers:
1 million seconds equals 11 and 1/2 days.
1 billion seconds equals 31 and 3/4 years.
I thought it was interesting anyway..."
Heard none of that. Was staring at your cock x |
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"In parliament people would attack the person on the opposite bench so they were separated by at least the length of an arm and a sword. A line was on the ground that you couldn't cross, hence towing the line.
Did you know though that members were never allowed to take swords into the house! It was recorded first as a navy saying ... "
I heard something similar either the army or navy x |
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"In roman times the forts were so small that most soldiers slept outside and took turns at sleeping inside. It was about 1 night inside every 2 weeks, hence fortnight. "
I just told my son this..he already knew..not me though |
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"In parliament people would attack the person on the opposite bench so they were separated by at least the length of an arm and a sword. A line was on the ground that you couldn't cross, hence towing the line."
Also re parliament, members post petitions in a bag hanging at the back of the speakers chair, which is where the phrase 'it's in the bag' comes from.
And when members line up to vote, the door they pass through is only partially open to allow one at a time and they bow their head to a clerk when they go through. This was apparently because d*unk MPs would often try send servants in their place so this allowed them to be identified one at a time when they took off their hat to bow. Efficient AF to still be keeping these 'quaint' traditions in the 21st century obvs  |
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"An interesting factoid which makes you think about numbers:
1 million seconds equals 11 and 1/2 days.
1 billion seconds equals 31 and 3/4 years.
I thought it was interesting anyway...
Heard none of that. Was staring at your cock x"
Thank you very much  |
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In 1696, William III of England introduced a property tax that required those living in houses with more than six windows to pay a levy. In order to avoid the tax, house owners would brick up all windows except six. (The Window Tax lasted until 1851, and older houses with bricked-up windows are still a common sight in the U.K.) As the bricked-up windows prevented some rooms from receiving any sunlight, the tax was referred to as “daylight robbery” |
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"Urine was used to make gunpowder. Poor people used to save it up and sell it for a halfpenny. Hence, "piss poor",,, they stank.
Really poor people couldn't collect it as they "didn't have a pot to piss in""
And to tan leather |
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"An interesting factoid which makes you think about numbers:
1 million seconds equals 11 and 1/2 days.
1 billion seconds equals 31 and 3/4 years.
I thought it was interesting anyway...
Heard none of that. Was staring at your cock x"
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The term “proof” stems from the British Royal Navy’s “proof” test. This involved pouring the spirit onto gunpowder. If the powder would burn after being soaked, it indicated that there was sufficient alcohol content – or that the spirit was “gunpowder proof” – and the gin or rum was allowed on board.
This means that in the UK, a spirit with 57.15% is 100 degrees proof. A spirit with 40% is 70 degrees proof. x
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"Urine was used to make gunpowder. Poor people used to save it up and sell it for a halfpenny. Hence, "piss poor",,, they stank.
Really poor people couldn't collect it as they "didn't have a pot to piss in"
And to tan leather"
And to bleach linen |
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Back in victoria times when Gonorrhoea was rife and untreatable, people's heads were effected most, noses rotted and large round chunks of flesh fell off, this didn't stop the rich from attending parties,they held they're own Gonorrhoea parties called 'no nose clubs' everybody wore wigs to hide their rotting heads and the bigger the wig the wealthier you were.... Hence the term big wig |
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The idea of clan tartans only came about in the 19th century when Scotland started to be romanticised. Highland dress was for function rather than fashion prior to that and there's no evidence of tartans showing clan allegiance. |
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"Back in victoria times when Gonorrhoea was rife and untreatable, people's heads were effected most, noses rotted and large round chunks of flesh fell off, this didn't stop the rich from attending parties,they held they're own Gonorrhoea parties called 'no nose clubs' everybody wore wigs to hide their rotting heads and the bigger the wig the wealthier you were.... Hence the term big wig"
Actually it was Syphilis not gonorrhoea soreeeeee |
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"This oaks a great thread..everyday is a school day
This oaks? What does that mean?
This Oak is - be nice
I really should proof read  "
Must be midlands thing |
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"This oaks a great thread..everyday is a school day
This oaks? What does that mean?
This Oak is - be nice
I really should proof read
Must be midlands thing"
Don't judge all Midlanders by my standards |
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"This oaks a great thread..everyday is a school day
This oaks? What does that mean?
This Oak is - be nice
I really should proof read
Must be midlands thing
Don't judge all Midlanders by my standards "
I used to live in Walsall, I liked it |
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The gentry had a high incidence of birth defects owing to intermarriage between small gene pool numbers. One defect was cleft palat. The nannies used to put a spoon in their mouths so they could eat food. Invariably the spoon woukd be silver as it was the gentry afterall. Hence if you come from wealth the expression derived is born with a silver spoon in your mouth. |
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"This oaks a great thread..everyday is a school day
This oaks? What does that mean?
This Oak is - be nice
I really should proof read
Must be midlands thing
Don't judge all Midlanders by my standards
I used to live in Walsall, I liked it"
Oh ok ...I feared I'd let the side down for a mo
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I moved from England’s 2nd rainiest city to its 1st rainiest city 
There’s a saying in Lancashire that some others may of heard, once every Preston Guild, it means something that rarely happens because Preston Guild is held every 20 years. X |
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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...
Ladies Forbidden'... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David,
Hearts - Charlemagne,
Clubs -Alexander the Great,
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... 'goodnight, sleep tight.'
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink.
Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts...
So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.'
It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service.
'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice.
In 1696, William III of England introduced a property tax that required those living in houses with more than six windows to pay a levy. In order to avoid the tax, house owners would brick up all windows except six. (The Window Tax lasted until 1851, and older houses with bricked-up windows are still a common sight in the U.K.) As the bricked-up windows prevented some rooms from receiving any sunlight, the tax was referred to as “daylight robbery”! |
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"Nostalgia used to be a recognised cause of death. It was an extreme bout of homesickness - so longing for a different place rather than different time. Some armies banned songs from their home towns as they were believed to trigger it."
Yes, but nostalgia's not what it used to be. Sigh. |
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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago
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"I was told that every woman can lick her own boob
Or they could just let me do it.
Chunky's boob licking service.
Hey Chunky x
I think you're on to a winner there
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We you willing to subscribe to the service? |
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"I was told that every woman can lick her own boob
Or they could just let me do it.
Chunky's boob licking service.
Hey Chunky x
I think you're on to a winner there
We you willing to subscribe to the service? "
Pass the pen...where do I sign |
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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago
Maldon and Peterborough |
"I was told that every woman can lick her own boob
Or they could just let me do it.
Chunky's boob licking service.
Hey Chunky x
I think you're on to a winner there
We you willing to subscribe to the service?
Pass the pen...where do I sign "
On one of my bellies. |
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"I was told that every woman can lick her own boob
Or they could just let me do it.
Chunky's boob licking service.
Hey Chunky x
I think you're on to a winner there
We you willing to subscribe to the service?
Pass the pen...where do I sign
On one of my bellies. "
It will be in indelible ink |
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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago
Maldon and Peterborough |
"I was told that every woman can lick her own boob
Or they could just let me do it.
Chunky's boob licking service.
Hey Chunky x
I think you're on to a winner there
We you willing to subscribe to the service?
Pass the pen...where do I sign
On one of my bellies.
It will be in indelible ink "
Depends how much you enjoy my tongue.  |
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On decimal coinage the a 2p weighs twice as much as a 1p & a 1p twice as much as a 1/2p (for those that remember the 1/2p) & there was 16 1/2 pence pieces to to an ounce. For some reason I can’t remember why I know this  |
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"In roman times the forts were so small that most soldiers slept outside and took turns at sleeping inside. It was about 1 night inside every 2 weeks, hence fortnight.
I just told my son this..he already knew..not me though "
I thought it was an abbreviation of "fourteen nights" |
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"Urine was used to make gunpowder. Poor people used to save it up and sell it for a halfpenny. Hence, "piss poor",,, they stank.
Really poor people couldn't collect it as they "didn't have a pot to piss in"
And to tan leather"
Yes, having lived in an old tannery area and actually excavated the old the old pits in our garden many years ago ... we found out those sayings were to do with the tanneries too! There was a gunpowder works down the road too, which blew up! No linen there ... |
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"In roman times the forts were so small that most soldiers slept outside and took turns at sleeping inside. It was about 1 night inside every 2 weeks, hence fortnight.
I just told my son this..he already knew..not me though
I thought it was an abbreviation of "fourteen nights" "
It actually does come from then and was first recorded in the 17C from Germanic  |
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By *innMan
over a year ago
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Touch wood - people often say this after after recalling a lucky escape or discussing potential risky things. It’s a reference to the religious wooden cross and it’s suppose to invoke luck or protection. |
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"In the 1400s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule of thumb.'
What's your obscure fact? "
Here's a fact
If I was to beat my wife with a stick,even one no thicker than my thumb,it's a nailed on fact,she would come back at me with something,to best me back,no thinner than my arm |
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"Eric Bloodaxe, occasional ruler of York, was murdered at Stainmore. Pretty much on the A66 in 954.
Yeah ... that A66 is dangerous!"
Grant Shapps better hurry up and sort it.
He's been banging on about it for ages now  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The majority of your brain is fat.
You can literally call someone a fathead, but it's still unkind.
According to Psychology Today, 60 percent of human brain matter is made of fat.  |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
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Being king in Northumbria during the 7th century was a risky business. All apart from two dies violent deaths and of one who died in his own bed, Oswiu, he had to bump off a few relatives to achieve that. |
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"Gainsborough in Lincolnshire was once the capital of England AND Denmark!and it was named after the French folk singer Serge"
His daughter charlotte pretends to be a serious actress when in fact she takes it up the ass in almost every film she's in |
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"In the 1400s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule of thumb.'
What's your obscure fact?
This is actually a misconception. The story associating "rule of thumb" to wife beating only came about in the 1970's. The true origins come from the average width of an adult males thumb is one inch... hence a simple way of establishing a rough measurement.
Cal"
I've just measured mine. It is exactly an inch! Pity we went metric! |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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" And apparently if you live in York, it is permissible to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow. Just make sure it isn't on a Sunday."
Only during the hours of darkness though - Chester has a similar rule allowing the same fate for Welsh people |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
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" And apparently if you live in York, it is permissible to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow. Just make sure it isn't on a Sunday.
Only during the hours of darkness though - Chester has a similar rule allowing the same fate for Welsh people"
You should see what we do to Southerners round here. Anyone pronouncing it barth in stead of bath or maintains that tea isn't an evening meal.... |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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" And apparently if you live in York, it is permissible to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow. Just make sure it isn't on a Sunday.
Only during the hours of darkness though - Chester has a similar rule allowing the same fate for Welsh people
You should see what we do to Southerners round here. Anyone pronouncing it barth in stead of bath or maintains that tea isn't an evening meal.... "
How about a hybrid of barth and agreeing about tea, but insisting it's brarse, grarse and glares? |
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By *emini ManMan
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"Think dolphins are cute? They have been observed having sex with seals for fun, often killing the seal in the process.
Do they do it on porpoise
Sorry I'll get my coat "
Not sure but they definitely have a whale of a time |
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Hartlepool FC fans are known as the monkey hangers, during the napoleonic war they thought a monkey from a shipwreck was a French spy. Apparently they thought it’s chattering was French & also they’d never seen either a monkey or a French person before x |
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The two finger salute as we know it today was a gesture used by the much feared English bow men of yesteryear.
The long bow could have such an impact on advancing troops that if a bow man was captured then his two fingers were chopped off too deter others from becoming archers.
Bow men took great pride in taunting opposing army’s and would raise two fingers as a gesture of we have our fingers to fire our arrows.
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