Geriatric OE

The weekly musing of a couple of Kiwis on their geriatric OE in The UK






Wednesday, 10 July 2013

No..reallyy..well I did not know that



We really must be going for some sort of record here, six days of sunshine

This falls into the ‘I did not know that’ category

The capital of Namibia is Windheok

The Anglo axon name for the month of May was Thrimilice which means ‘thrice milk’. This is because the good weather meant that cows could be miked three times a day

A mature pumpkin has an average of 15 miles of roots

Women first began removing the hair from their legs around 400BC. Using either tweezers or flames

Pepsi Cola was invented by Caleb Bradham in 1902. Its name comes from one of its ingredients, an enzyme called pepsin

Mel Gibson was one of 11 children.

A whopping 70% of household dust is dead skin cells.

The name Seoul, the capital of South Korean translates as Capital in Korean

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