Five things I didn't know this time last week
- If you break down on a motorway slip road, you will be in a live lane and should call the police before you call your rescue service (I didn't learn this from personal experience - it happened to a friend).
- Donkey's years is a play on words from donkey's ears, i.e. something very long.
- Mistletoe injections can be used as part of cancer treatment (again, not me).
- Musician Moby is descended from Herman Melville.
- Venus spins backwards compared to the other planets in our solar system.
I'm happy to be corrected.
Donkey's years sounds a bit too apocryphal to me; I always had it down as Cockney rhyming slang ?
ReplyDeleteFor what, Tim?
DeleteAll very interesting, I wasn't aware of any of these things.
ReplyDeleteI live a sheltered life.
I'm sure that not's true, Maria.
DeleteAnother interesting thing about Venus is it's day is longer than it's year.
ReplyDeleteWell, there's a thing!
DeleteYou learn something new every day! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYou do if you pay attention, Sally.
DeleteInteresting tidbits!
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