Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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Murray Walker (the retired Motorsport commentator)coined the phrase "a Mars a day helps you work rest and play" which was in use until the early '90s at least
The Swiss have a navy, but no coastline to defend.
Glass bottoms on tankards were to prevent "pressganging" by Naval recruiters. They put a shilling in your pint if you weren't watching or left it for a second, and if you drank it and took the shilling in your mouth, you were said to have "taken the king's shilling" and made to join the navy. Glass bottoms let light in so you could see the coin in the bottom.
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mr_wicksy is.... old., Fri 18 Mar 2005, 11:48,
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