[Misc] Random facts

[BBassic]

Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football

This is a cracking book, if you've not already read it

https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/books/jonathan-wilson/angels-with-dirty-faces/9781409126942?

 

[Jeremiah]

Juventus is not now, and , in fact, has never been an ‘Old Lady’.

But their legendary black and white stripes started when Notts County loaned them their kit when starting up. Apparently

 

[Wozza]

South Korean babies are one year old (gestation period rounded up) on the day of their birth. A year is added to their age every January 1st, regardless of their actual birthdate.

 

[SK1NT]

Tolworths Corinthian-casuals inspired Real Madrid to wear white and played a huge part in the formation of one of South America’s biggest sides

https://footballwhispers.com/blog/f...stars-inside-story-corinthian-casuals-brazil/

 

[Stat Brother]

8 of Arsenal's starting XI yesterday, were signed by Wenger - after some £350m has been spent since he left the club.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

Crystal Palace comes from the old Roman phrase 'Palacia Cristalum' which roughly translates to 'Glass Caravan'

*I made that up...

 

[Coalburner]

Celtic are allowed to fly the Irish flag at their ground

 

[KZNSeagull]

Deportivo Colon are always near the bottom.

 

[Smirko]

The distance between your nipples' is the same as between your ear lobes!

 

[Blue3]

It takes more energy to raise the temperature of ice to water than it does to then raise the water to boiling point and it remains an unsolved mystery of science

 

[Is it PotG?]

Alannah Currie (of Thompson Twins fame) is now married to Jimmy Cauty (KLF) and has a career making furniture out of taxidermised animals.

 

[Poojah]

John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. His grandson, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, only died in September 2020, meaning that three generations of the family spanned 230 years.

Those generations will have lived through the American revolution, the American civil war, WW1, Spanish Flu, WW2, Cold War, 9/11 and the Covid-19 pandemic

Had he lived just two years longer we could have added a Third World War to that list.

 

[Bakero]

The caribou is the only species of deer in which the females also have antlers. In fact the males lose theirs each winter, which means Rudolph et al must be girls.

 

[Gwylan]

John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. His grandson, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, only died in September 2020, meaning that three generations of the family spanned 230 years.

Those generations will have lived through the American revolution, the American civil war, WW1, Spanish Flu, WW2, Cold War, 9/11 and the Covid-19 pandemic

Had he lived just two years longer we could have added a Third World War to that list.

There is a grandson still living - Harrison Ruffin Tyler - so the third generation may yet see WW3

 

[Doonhamer7]

Indian cooking had no chillis until the Portuguese bought them to India in the 16th century Vindaloo is a Portuguese dish (meaning something like pork in wine), Tikka Masala is a Scottish dish (meaning something deep fried)

 

[Poojah]

There is a grandson still living - Harrison Ruffin Tyler - so the third generation may yet see WW3

Fantastic news!

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

South Korean babies are one year old (gestation period rounded up) on the day of their birth. A year is added to their age every January 1st, regardless of their actual birthdate.

So if you are born on 31 December, you are actually 2 years old on your second day?!

 

[Is it PotG?]

According to Tommy Shelby on his great radio show, half of the world's spiders are yet to be discovered.

 

[Comrade Sam]

Eleanor Marx lived on Vernon Terrace and the average Cumulonimbus cloud's water content weighs as much as 20,000 elephants or 5,000 blue whales.
Geckos stick to things because the hair on their feet is so fine it creates a molecular bond.
That's all I've got

 

[Frankie]

The average length of a clitoris is 8 inches.

Good grief, if that's true no wonder I can never sit down for more than half a hour without a Basic instinct crossover manoeuvre.