On the same tack the whale spittal(or regurgitated 'stuff' from its stomach) can be extremely valuable if found-this is more commonly known as AMBERGRIS.
My home town Wolverhampton, was the first town in Britain to intoduce automated traffic lights.
Installed in 1927 in Princes Square.
We've always been light years ahead of the rest.
Wolverhampton is also the home of MENSA, the IQ society.
Needless to say I ay a member.
Hey folks, come and tell us what your town is famous for, I'm interested and I'm sure others are too.
When the remake of the film Raise the Titanic ran into difficulties Lew Grade head of ITC who had bank-rolled the movie said "it would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic."
The inventor of the frisbee was cremated and made into a frisbee after he died
Walter frederick morrison invented the frisbee in 1948
Which was originally called the pluto platter. In 2010 at the age of 90 he died and his family cremated him and turned his ashes into the frisbee
More facts from QI.
The average plastic bag gets used for 12 minutes but takes up to 1,000 years to biodegrade.
As much Prosecco is drunk in the UK each year as the annual rainfall on Wembley Stadium.
Ostriches have FOUR kneecaps.
Ten per cent of chipped teeth are caused by popcorn!
(26-10-2018 17:22 )GreenMachine Wrote: [ -> ]More facts from QI.
The average plastic bag gets used for 12 minutes but takes up to 1,000 years to biodegrade.
As much Prosecco is drunk in the UK each year as the annual rainfall on Wembley Stadium.
Ostriches have FOUR kneecaps.
Ten per cent of chipped teeth are caused by popcorn!
OK, what causes the other 90% then?
I'm in a bit of a playful mood tonight.
(26-10-2018 23:01 )goatman222 Wrote: [ -> ] (26-10-2018 22:57 )Foggy Mainwaring Wrote: [ -> ] (26-10-2018 17:22 )GreenMachine Wrote: [ -> ]More facts from QI.
The average plastic bag gets used for 12 minutes but takes up to 1,000 years to biodegrade.
As much Prosecco is drunk in the UK each year as the annual rainfall on Wembley Stadium.
Ostriches have FOUR kneecaps.
Ten per cent of chipped teeth are caused by popcorn!
OK, what causes the other 90% then?
I'm in a bit of a playful mood tonight.
Pork scratchings
Yow could be right goatman, them's very popular in the Black Country.