Interesting Facts

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The reward offered by the Government for the capture of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin, was the eqivalent of over one million dollars in today's money.

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[Steve S]

The British Army worn more of the battles in the War of Independance than the American............

When the Irish Army went on peace-keeping duties in the Lebanon,no-one realised their new Israeli-pattern helmets might cause confusion.......

The Puckle gun,(a large revolver-type of 1718) had two alternative cylinders...Round bullets for christians and square for Turks.........

[Jon Guy]

The Beatles Rubber Soul album cover came about when a photographer was projecting photos of the band taken in Lennon`s garden in Esher, Surrey onto an album sized piece of cardboard so the group could get an idea of what the cover would look like, when the photo in question slipped slightly giving it a bendy effect which the band instantly demanded.

John Lennon`s house was in Weybridge, Surrey and not Esher as stated above, George Harrison lived in Esher.

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The famous American comic duo Abbot and Costello had a financial arrangement where their earnings were split 60/40 in favor of Abbot. This was at Costello's insistence. He said that comedians were a dime a dozen but good straight men were hard to find.

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The battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862 during the American Civil War. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with almost 23,000 casualties. More Americans were killed in this one-day campaign than in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Spanish-American War, and Mexican War combined.

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[sleekviper]

Spiders, if the circumstance should happen, can get caught in their own web. They are not immune to getting stuck, they do know which strands contain the sticky glue, and avoid walking on them.

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More than 3,000 horses were killed in the battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War.

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At least 618,000 Americans were killed in the Civil War and some experts say the toll reached 700,000.

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Roger Bannister was the first person to run a sub-4-minute mile. He did so in May 1954. He had a heavy cold at the time.

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[Phil Carter]

Froggatt and Milburn shared goal

Froggatt and Milburn are the only players ever to be accredited with a joint own goal....whilst playing for Leicester City.

Hello Monty, all,

As a Leicester City supporter Neil, you might like this little lot...

This was against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, 18th December 1954. The match ended 3-1 to Chelsea, and the shared own goal was Chelsea's 2nd goal, scored just before half-time. Mr. A.E.Ellis was the referee, the attendance was 33,215.

Strangely, there was a feature in the match programme for the day on Jack Froggatt, who was an England centre half and outside left. Stan Milburn was a relative of the great Newcastle player, Jackie Milburn.

Line up:-

Chelsea:- Robertson, Harris, Sillet, Armstrong, Greenwood, Saunders, Parsons, McNicol, Bentley, Stubbs, Blunstone

Liecester City:- Anderson, Milburn, Jackson, Baldwin, Froggatt, Russell, Griffiths, Worthington, Graver, Rowley, Hogg.

Leicester City played in red shirts on this day, as opposed to their normal blue, as Chelsea play in blue in home games of course.

This season (1954-55) rolled into Chelsea's 50th year (1955) and they went on to win the league, as they did in their 100th year too (2005). Up to this point in time, in all those 50 years, Leicester City had never won at Stamford Bridge. They drew at Stamford bridge in the very first season of Chelsea's existance, but in the next 50 years failed to even get a draw, although for many of those years they played in different divisions.

Here is the matchday programme from my collection:-

best wishes

Phil

[sdreid]

The British 22,000# Grand Slam bomb of WWII had a greater explosive force than a suitcase nuclear weapon (usually about .01 kiloton).

Aluminum is heavier per cubic foot than granite.

[harry]

The killing of a sergeant in the British army by a fellow sergeant is interesting.The killing took place at an army camp in Germany.It was at first accepted as a case of suicide.Rumour and suspicion led to the body of the deceased being exhumed eighteen months later.This time medical evidence showed death to be due to a blow to the throat.A fellow sergeant of the deceased was arrested in England,where he was then serving.He was arrested by civilian police.He was returned to Germany,and although the murder was a civil or Common Law crime,was tried by court martial.He pleaded not guilty.He was found guilty and sentenced to death.The death sentence was commuted to life in prison,due to an agreement with theGerman authorities who had dispensed with the death penalty.Had he been tried in England he would have hung.He served his sentence in a civilian prison in England.The year was 1957/58.I knew the killer personaly.He had been my instructor on an N.C.O's course.As an army man,he was excellent.

[Jon Guy]

Rubber Soul album cover

The Beatles Rubber Soul album cover came about when a photographer was projecting photos of the band taken in Lennon`s garden in Esher, Surrey onto an album sized piece of cardboard so the group could get an idea of what the cover would look like, when the photo in question slipped slightly giving it a bendy effect which the band instantly demanded.

[Monty]

Im getting old Ruby, recall isnt what it used to be.

Monty

[Rubyretro]

[

QUOTE=Monty;153498]Boris Karloff attended the Merchant Taylor school. The same school Dr Frederick Gordon Brown attended.

Karloffs sister, Anna, was a Nanny in Siam and became this inspiration for Anna in the King & I.

Monty

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No, Monty ! Anna Leonowens was the sister of Karloff's (born Pratt !) paternel Grandmother.

I worked in a Hove Seaside Retirement Home' as a teenager -one of the resident's was Anna's grand-daughter (supposedly...after reading around JTR,
I wouldn't take that prima facie anymore.