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@trev33 said
That'll be the Irish influence on Scouse land 😀

So, if a kid offered to mind your car for a bullet what are they asking you for?

@relentless-red said
So, if a kid offered to mind your car for a bullet what are they asking you for?

£1? Honestly don't know.

@trev33 said
£1? Honestly don't know.

Yup, a pound coin. Should have made a poll. I think kids only started saying that after the cartridges that held five came out (and then rapidly disappeared again). Maybe not just in Liverpool??

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/mrs-brown

When Queen Victoria died, as well as a cherished cast of Albert's hand, her doctor was secretly requested to place a lock of another man's hair in her coffin

Read on to know more about this story.

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/how-they-make-food-look-delicious-in-commercials

How many knew this?

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/orange

Orange: Which came first, the color or the fruit?

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/ancient-roman-toilets

Sitting on the toilet in Roman times was a very social event.

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/vestal-virgin

The Vestal Virgins of ancient Rome were required to keep a sacred fire burning. But if they veered from their job description, the punishment was terrifying.

-VR

today only!

a cricket question
a pair of geography questions
a music question
and more

i answer half of the questions wrong every day

https://www.quizwise.com/

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/leaded-gasoline

Twenty years after lead was removed from gasoline, something incredible began to happen in the United States

-VR

@very-rusty said
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/leaded-gasoline

Twenty years after lead was removed from gasoline, something incredible began to happen in the United States

-VR

ink was used

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/telephone-ahoy

The standard greeting when answering the telephone wasn't always "hello". Any guesses what the first phone-users said?

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/shell-beach

There is only one other beach like this one in the world. What makes it so unique? Take a closer look at the beach.

-VR

i learnt a word today


ob•lo•quy ŏb′lə-kwē►

n. Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny.
n. The condition of disgrace suffered as a result of abuse or vilification; ill repute.
n. Contumelious or abusive language addressed to or aimed at another; calumny; abuse; reviling.