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Post by boatbuilder » Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:15 pm

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Booze is a hamlet in Arkengarthdale, in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire. Interestingly, it doesn't have a pub.
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Post by morty1753 » Sat Feb 10, 2018 5:46 pm

But the Red Lion is only about half a mile away, so not too bad. About as far as it is to my nearest pub.
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I did check it out first before I made the statement above and noted that. Still as it wasn't in the hamlet itself...... :D
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John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, has a cat called Order.
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Only 5% of Chinese people have a passport.
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The fluff that collects in the bottom of your pockets has a name — gnurr.
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Post by Dave » Fri Feb 23, 2018 12:13 am

The line between the two numbers in a fraction is called the vinculum.
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Squab is the meat from a young domestic pigeon.
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The Winchester Bible – the largest surviving 12th-century English bible – incorporated the skins of 250 calves.
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Prince Philip was born on a kitchen table in Corfu.
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The word 'rooster' was coined so Americans didn't have to use the word cock.
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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The Statue of Liberty has a thirty-five foot waistline.
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Laws pertaining to birth aboard aircraft and ships mean it is possible for a person born on a British ship, anchored in a United States port, with a Chinese father and Turkish mother, to have quadruple nationality.
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Dave wrote:Laws pertaining to birth aboard aircraft and ships mean it is possible for a person born on a British ship, anchored in a United States port, with a Chinese father and Turkish mother, to have quadruple nationality.
I'd bet if Mr. T had his way they would only have triple nationality. :D
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In Finland you can buy a party pack of 1,000 cans of beer drinker1
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