Did you Know

THAT ” Martinborough Rugby Football Club is hosting a live Eagles Tribute Band on 17th November at their grounds 4-7pm. Yummy food stalls, and refreshments on site. Find out more on FBook Under “Party Marty” or www.iticket.co.nz.

THAT knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

THAT ”  M.R.F.C wish to invite all sponsors and supporters to their formal prize giving that is to be held at the clubrooms on Saturday 13th October 2012.”

THAT fresh water reaches it’s maximum density at 0 degrees C. It will expand whether heated or cooled and is the only substance on earth that doesn’t achieve maximum density when solidified.

THAT Yale university published a map which showed that Vikings discovered America in the eleventh century.

THAT Britain’s first nuclear submarine , HMS Resolution, was launched by the Queen mother on 15th September 1966.

THAT on 16th September 1987 seventy countries signed an agreement at Montreal to phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as a refrigerant and aerosol in order to save the ozone layer.

THAT a committee is a body which keeps minutes and wastes hours.

THAT an 8.1 earthquake on the 19th September 1985 devastated Mexico city causing a huge loss of life.

THAT the first crossing of the English Channel by air was by balloonists Blanchard and Jefferies in January 1785. The journey was so frightening that Jefferies never travelled in a balloon again.

THAT in 1947 English cricketer Denis Compton broke the record for the most centuries (18) and greatest number of runs ( 3,816) in a single season, exceeding the previous record by 298 runs.

THAT protons are so small that if an atom was blown up to the size of a cathedral the protons within it would still be too small to be seen. It is estimated that 500 billion would fit on the head of a pin.

THAT a quote from Winston Churchill: ‘he has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire’.

THAT in 1991 yet another round of international talks on reducing greenhouse gasses, this time in Nairobi, ended in deadlock.

THAT you should always take life with a grain of salt – and a slice of lemon and shot of tequila.

THAT a diplomat is someone who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip.

THAT the world’s first passenger railway, 43 kms between Shildon to Stockton, opened on 27th September 1825. George Stephenson’s locomotive pulled a line of 32 carriages at a dizzying 16 kph. He and son Robert were working on a more powerful loco which will reach 48kph.