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1). The new Heineken ad on the telly was filmed over 3 days in The Rivoli, Brockley. True.
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  • 1). The new Heineken ad on the telly was filmed over 3 days in The Rivoli, Brockley. True.
    I didn't know the Rivoli was still there.

    I used to live in Crofton Park Road and got the train to school (Sedgehill) and obviously used to see the Rivoli everyday.

    Never interested in going inside I was too busy trying to get in the Brockley Jack.

  • SA.
    The Rivoli is still going, and used in a lot of films, tv series, etc as it still has the 30s/40s look inside.
    Anyway, stop going off topic !
    ;-)
  • I went to Crofton School
  • I went to Crofton School
    Boring....But true ?
    ;-)

  • 2). European earwigs have two penises
  • The word "soon" used to mean "now". It's meaning became watered down through years of people saying "soon" and then not acting immediately. It is likely that "now" will go the same way. In fact, people have already started saying "right now" to differentiate from just "now".
  • The sweaties always say "just now".
  • 4). If you trace your family tree back 25 generations, you will have 33,554,432 direct ancestors – assuming no incest was involved.
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    5) Every day of the week ends in the word DAY. It's true, if you dont belive me look at this:

    daysoftheweekspeltandexplained.gov.uk
  • edited April 2012
    6. Sabena, the Belgian airline once had to cancel a flight when the pilot was attacked in the cockpit at take-off. The assailant was a cat.
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  • BFR: If this is a fact could you please edit it and put a NUMBER before it. If not it does not count ! So there !
  • That irritating dating advert where the young ladies collar and cuffs don't match was filmed at Sutton railway station.
  • 9. The first Eskimo Bible was printed in Copenhagen in 1744.
  • Gesundheit is commonly used when someone sneezes but the German translation is 'health' rather than 'Bless you'
  • 10. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
  • 11. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

  • In real life Harpo Marx could actually talk - and he was christened Adolph
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    11. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

    13. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 doesn't work if you put it in Excel, because that only calculates the first 15 digits in a number; anything else is treated as a zero.
  • Oi ! IF you want to place a "Boring...but true fact" Please put a number first.
    (tut, kids of today eh !!)
  • 14. (I think) The small budget film 'Bad Day At Black Rock' featured four past Oscar winners and one future winner (faccinatig , eh?)
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  • 14. (I think) The small budget film 'Bad Day At Black Rock' featured four past Oscar winners and one future winner (faccinatig , eh?)
    brilliant film
  • edited April 2012
    TITANIC FACTS

    Food and Beverage Provisions

    Bacon and ham: 7,500 lbs
    Cereals: 10,000 lbs
    Coffee: 2,200 lbs
    Condensed milk: 600 gals
    Flour: 200 barrels
    Fresh asparagus: 800 bundles
    Fresh butter: 6,000 lbs
    Fresh cream: 1,200 qts
    Fresh eggs: 40,000
    Fresh fish: 11,000 lbs
    Fresh green peas: 2,250 lbs
    Fresh meat: 75,000 lbs


    Fresh milk: 1,500 gals
    Grapefruit: 50 boxes
    Grapes: 1,000 lbs
    Ice Cream: 1,750 qts
    Jams and marmalades: 1,120 lbs
    Lemons: 50 boxes (16,000)
    Lettuce: 7,000 heads
    Onions: 3,500 lbs
    Oranges: 180 boxes (36,000)
    Potatoes: 40 tons
    Poultry and game: 25,000 lbs
    Rice,dried beans, etc: 10,000 lbs


    Salt and dried fish: 4000 lbs
    Sausages: 2,500 lbs
    Sugar: 10,000 lbs
    Sweetbreads: 1,000
    Tea: 800 lbs
    Tomatoes: 2.75 tons

    Beer and stout: 20,000 bottles
    Mineral waters: 15,000 bottles
    Spirits: 850 bottles
    Wines: 1,500 bott

    Tableware, Glassware and Cutlery

    Asparagus tongs: 400
    Beef tea cups: 3,000
    Beef tea dishes: 3,000
    Breakfast cups: 4,500
    Breakfast plates: 2,500
    Breakfast saucers: 4,500
    Butter dishes: 400
    Butter knives: 400
    Celery glasses: 300
    Champagne glasses: 1,500
    Claret jugs: 300
    Cocktail glasses: 1,500
    Coffee cups: 1,500
    Coffee pots: 1,200
    Coffee saucers: 1,500
    Cream jugs: 1,000
    Crystal dishes: 1,500
    Cut glass tumblers: 8,000
    Dessert plates: 2,000


    Dessert spoons: 3,000
    Dinner forks: 8,000
    Dinner plates: 12,000
    Dinner spoons: 5,000
    Egg spoons: 2,000
    Entrée dishes: 400
    Finger bowls: 1,000
    Fish forks: 1,500
    Fish knives: 1,500
    Flower vases: 500
    Fruit dishes: 400
    Fruit forks: 1,500
    Fruit knives: 1,500
    Grape scissors: 100
    Ice cream plates: 5,500
    Liquor glasses: 1,200
    Meat dishes: 400
    Mustard spoons: 1,500
    Nut crackers: 300


    Oyster forks: 1,000
    Pie dishes: 1,200
    Pudding dishes: 1,200
    Salad bowls: 500
    Salt shakers: 2,000
    Salt spoons: 1,500
    Soufflé dishes: 1,500
    Soup plates: 4,500
    Sugar basins: 400
    Sugar tongs: 400
    Table & dessert knives: 8,000
    Tea cups: 3,000
    Tea pots: 1,200
    Tea saucers: 3,000
    Teaspoons: 6,000
    Toast racks: 400
    Vegetable dishes: 400
    Water bottles: 2,500
    Wine glasses: 2,000



    Linen

    Aprons: 4,000
    Bath towels: 7,500
    Bed covers: 3,600
    Blankets: 7,500
    Cook's cloths: 3,500
    Counterpanes: 3,000


    Double sheets: 3,000
    Eiderdown quilts: 800
    Fine towels: 25,000
    Glass cloths: 2,000
    Lavatory towels: 8,000
    Pantry towels: 6,500


    Pillow slips: 15,000
    Roller Towels: 3,500
    Single sheets: 15,000
    Table cloths: 6,000
    Table napkins: 45,000
    Miscellaneous items: 40,000
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  • TITANIC FACTS

    Food and Beverage Provisions

    Bacon and ham: 7,500 lbs
    Cereals: 10,000 lbs
    Coffee: 2,200 lbs
    Condensed milk: 600 gals
    Flour: 200 barrels
    Fresh asparagus: 800 bundles
    Fresh butter: 6,000 lbs
    Fresh cream: 1,200 qts
    Fresh eggs: 40,000
    Fresh fish: 11,000 lbs
    Fresh green peas: 2,250 lbs
    Fresh meat: 75,000 lbs


    Fresh milk: 1,500 gals
    Grapefruit: 50 boxes
    Grapes: 1,000 lbs
    Ice Cream: 1,750 qts
    Jams and marmalades: 1,120 lbs
    Lemons: 50 boxes (16,000)
    Lettuce: 7,000 heads
    Onions: 3,500 lbs
    Oranges: 180 boxes (36,000)
    Potatoes: 40 tons
    Poultry and game: 25,000 lbs
    Rice,dried beans, etc: 10,000 lbs


    Salt and dried fish: 4000 lbs
    Sausages: 2,500 lbs
    Sugar: 10,000 lbs
    Sweetbreads: 1,000
    Tea: 800 lbs
    Tomatoes: 2.75 tons

    Beer and stout: 20,000 bottles
    Mineral waters: 15,000 bottles
    Spirits: 850 bottles
    Wines: 1,500 bott

    Tableware, Glassware and Cutlery

    Asparagus tongs: 400
    Beef tea cups: 3,000
    Beef tea dishes: 3,000
    Breakfast cups: 4,500
    Breakfast plates: 2,500
    Breakfast saucers: 4,500
    Butter dishes: 400
    Butter knives: 400
    Celery glasses: 300
    Champagne glasses: 1,500
    Claret jugs: 300
    Cocktail glasses: 1,500
    Coffee cups: 1,500
    Coffee pots: 1,200
    Coffee saucers: 1,500
    Cream jugs: 1,000
    Crystal dishes: 1,500
    Cut glass tumblers: 8,000
    Dessert plates: 2,000


    Dessert spoons: 3,000
    Dinner forks: 8,000
    Dinner plates: 12,000
    Dinner spoons: 5,000
    Egg spoons: 2,000
    Entrée dishes: 400
    Finger bowls: 1,000
    Fish forks: 1,500
    Fish knives: 1,500
    Flower vases: 500
    Fruit dishes: 400
    Fruit forks: 1,500
    Fruit knives: 1,500
    Grape scissors: 100
    Ice cream plates: 5,500
    Liquor glasses: 1,200
    Meat dishes: 400
    Mustard spoons: 1,500
    Nut crackers: 300


    Oyster forks: 1,000
    Pie dishes: 1,200
    Pudding dishes: 1,200
    Salad bowls: 500
    Salt shakers: 2,000
    Salt spoons: 1,500
    Soufflé dishes: 1,500
    Soup plates: 4,500
    Sugar basins: 400
    Sugar tongs: 400
    Table & dessert knives: 8,000
    Tea cups: 3,000
    Tea pots: 1,200
    Tea saucers: 3,000
    Teaspoons: 6,000
    Toast racks: 400
    Vegetable dishes: 400
    Water bottles: 2,500
    Wine glasses: 2,000



    Linen

    Aprons: 4,000
    Bath towels: 7,500
    Bed covers: 3,600
    Blankets: 7,500
    Cook's cloths: 3,500
    Counterpanes: 3,000


    Double sheets: 3,000
    Eiderdown quilts: 800
    Fine towels: 25,000
    Glass cloths: 2,000
    Lavatory towels: 8,000
    Pantry towels: 6,500


    Pillow slips: 15,000
    Roller Towels: 3,500
    Single sheets: 15,000
    Table cloths: 6,000
    Table napkins: 45,000
    Miscellaneous items: 40,000

    Youve cracked it and become the boring fact master! I salute you!
  • 1). The new Heineken ad on the telly was filmed over 3 days in The Rivoli, Brockley. True.
    I didn't know the Rivoli was still there.

    I used to live in Crofton Park Road and got the train to school (Sedgehill) and obviously used to see the Rivoli everyday.

    Never interested in going inside I was too busy trying to get in the Brockley Jack.

    @southamptonaddick
    Really? Are your initials PH?
  • He forgot to add;

    Big fuck off holes in hull:
    1
  • I went to Crofton School
    Me too!
  • edited April 2012
    I went to Crofton School
    Me too!
    Me too.

    Doesn't exist now.
  • My "mates" old girl likes peanut butter on her toast in the morning!
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