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Title: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: tikay on December 12, 2016, 10:07:30 AM The Shipping Forecast comprises 31 coastal & offshore areas around the British Isles, & they are read out "geographically clockwise", starting in the north, down the east, across the south, & back up the west. Beat that for incred triv. Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: Tal on December 12, 2016, 10:23:53 AM A NOVEL BY A SCOTTISH WRITER
...is an anagram of... IVANHOE BY SIR WALTER SCOTT Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: tikay on December 12, 2016, 10:26:22 AM A NOVEL BY A SCOTTISH WRITER ...is an anagram of... IVANHOE BY SIR WALTER SCOTT Never knew that, no, but it's not as fascinating as my one. Did you know that about the Shipping Forecast? Thought not. Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: Woodsey on December 12, 2016, 10:32:09 AM A NOVEL BY A SCOTTISH WRITER ...is an anagram of... IVANHOE BY SIR WALTER SCOTT Never knew that, no, but it's not as fascinating as my one. Did you know that about the Shipping Forecast? Thought not. Anyone who listened to the cricket on the radio (old radio 4 as it was) probably knows that, they interrupt periodically during the day to read it. I knew anyway.... Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: Tal on December 12, 2016, 10:34:26 AM A NOVEL BY A SCOTTISH WRITER ...is an anagram of... IVANHOE BY SIR WALTER SCOTT Never knew that, no, but it's not as fascinating as my one. Did you know that about the Shipping Forecast? Thought not. Moderate. Rising. Good. Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: nirvana on December 12, 2016, 10:41:11 AM Good travelogue style book about a journey to all areas of the shipping forecast. On phone but look it up. Right up yr extremely dull street :)
Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: Nakor on December 12, 2016, 11:16:56 AM Both the below are amazing rather then mildly interesting shipping forecast facts ;)
JK Rowling was the first person to earn a Billion $$$$ in book sales. There are more chickens in the UK then people right now. Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: tikay on December 12, 2016, 11:21:31 AM Good travelogue style book about a journey to all areas of the shipping forecast. On phone but look it up. Right up yr extremely dull street :) I already have it, if we are thinking of the same book..... Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: tikay on December 12, 2016, 11:23:23 AM I did look at buying this one, but it looked a touch boring. Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: tikay on December 12, 2016, 11:26:13 AM A NOVEL BY A SCOTTISH WRITER ...is an anagram of... IVANHOE BY SIR WALTER SCOTT Never knew that, no, but it's not as fascinating as my one. Did you know that about the Shipping Forecast? Thought not. Moderate. Rising. Good. My two favs are.... Gale Force 11 (Violent Storm) Gale Force 12 (Hurricane Force) Anyway, fascinating as it is, let's not be fixated by the Shipping Forecast. Football Stadium Architecture, anyone? London's Sewer system? Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: AndrewT on December 12, 2016, 12:20:37 PM JK Rowling was the first person to earn a Billion $$$$ in book sales. It would have been God for his blockbuster book The Bible but he instead went for the marketing strategy of just leaving copies lying around in hotel rooms. Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: DMorgan on December 12, 2016, 12:46:34 PM A bit of football stadium architecture
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDIYG_s0W-M Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: Woodsey on December 12, 2016, 12:51:20 PM This one always surprises me.
Jamie Oliver is the second largest selling author in the U.K. after JK Rowling and has a net worth in the region of £300 million! Title: Re: Fascinating Trivia. Did you know that.... Post by: tikay on December 15, 2016, 10:50:03 AM According to google, the 10 "most searched" in the UK in 2016 were..... 1.Euro 2016 2.Pokemon Go 3.David Bowie 4.Donald Trump 5.Prince 6.EU referendum/Brexit 7.Alan Rickman 8.Olympics 9.US election 10.Deadpool |