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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grog = boozenamed after captain grogham who watered down the ship's alcohol to 50% to prevent drunkeness on board, and the sailors named it grog. Because it were crap.
Which leads to the fact that the Portuguese Navy is the only one that allows alcohol on board.
There's a popular story that when Nelson fell in battle they preserved him in a barrel of brandy. true. but the myths are a) the sailors kept sneaking drinks from the undiluted booze, or b) when they got him back all the crew drank to his memory from said booze.
Usually I can come up with literally millions of these things, but my brain has relegated me to Naval facts. Which is odd.
(, Fri 18 Mar 2005, 16:54, Reply)
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