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Think this is what’s being referred to.

More like factoids. I mean one in 25 people were buried alive in ‘old’ England? Interesting where old sayings come from. ’skid row’ is an old one related to logging i believe.

You still would though, wouldn’t you?

Cleopatra lived in a time closer to today than the construction of the pyramid of Giza.

Not surprising when you consider 68% of land mass is in the northern hémisphère, plus Antarctica with a miniscule population is in there too.

It’s open to interpretation I suppose. I am a bit of a nature nut, it was my thing as a kid.

I sort of did know that. I do want to point out that a Liger is not the largest of the big cats in the sense that it’s not a naturally occurring species, and the males are sterile.

https://screenrant.com/back-to-the-future-chuck-berry-paradox-answer/ It’s called a bootstrap paradox apparently. So, it’s a thing.

Makes my head hurt thinking about it.

In Back to the Future, Marty plays Jonny B Good on the guitar. Marvin phones up Chuck Berry and says “you know that new sound you been looking for….?” Then holds the phone up so Chuck can hear. How would Chuck write a song after listening to it when he wrote the song in the first place?

I read that article, I was not convinced about the origin of the word Jay-walking. There’s a bit of a leap/assumption in logic. No big deal, just always thought it was because Jays (the bird) parade about, bold as brass where perhaps they shouldn’t be. Probably wrong though. It’s a purely...

and German Shepherds became Alsatians.

It’s a perfectly acceptable past participle of the verb To Spell. As you well know, ungrateful colonial!

When Sweden plays Denmark at sports the Scores are displayed Swe : Den. Whats left of the words make Den : Mark

lose should be spelt loose loose should be spelt lose.