Everytime you visit, you must post a fact!

1. The character in the book ‘The Three Musketeers’ was based upon a real person. He was Charles de Batz-Castlemore, Captain Lieutenant of the Musketeers, who was known as D’artagnan (a family name). He was the officer in charge at the siege of Maestricht (25/6/1673 ) and was killed by a musket ball in his throat.

 

Who measured it?

Captain Bligh survived three mutinies!

 

I know some people like that!

 

The world record for the fastest growing plant belongs to certain species of the 45 genera of bamboo, which have been found to grow at up to 35" per day or at a rate of 0.00002 mph.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-growing-plant/

 

'London Peculiar' was the name given to the extremely thick fogs that used to occur through the middle ages and into the Victorian age. This was caused by the particulates and gasses given off by the burning of coal.

In the early 1800's it got nicknamed 'A Pea Souper' after the colour that the fog had, which was a yellowy green.

'London Peculiar' is now the name of a thick pea and ham soup.

Although it was a predominantly massive problem in the 18th and 19th Centuries the worst occurrence was in The Great Smog of 1952. It is said to have caused 4,000 deaths in two days and a possible 12,000 deaths in total! This brought about the Clean Air Act in 1956.

I still clearly remember walking down the streets in London and not being able to see past my waist. I have that problem now, but for a different reason.

 

Captain Bligh survived three mutinies!