Strange but true facts.

Compared to what? Cucumber or chocolate? Isn’t it all relative?

Vegetables per se are supposed to contain very few calories, parsnips are an exception to this. Thus in my opinion- a strange and little known but interesting fact.

Bananas are high in potassium - avoid if you have heart problems (heard about this somewhere )

There is no word that rhymes with purple

The Kray twins were the last people to be held in The Tower.

JessK
Oh yes there is. You can find out on 'Something Rhymes With Purple' which is a Susie Dent & Gyles Brandreth podcast.

It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose (so said my music teacher)

JessK Oh yes there is - a Scots word for limping - to hirple.

Annirbach I just had to try that out, and your music teacher was right.

Almonds are not actually nuts.

Elegran ?I tried again before posting

You always sneeze with your eyes closed.

Diabetics can't eat grapefruit

It is recommended, that when taking certain BP medicines, not to take grapefruit.

Why are diabetics not allowed to take it?

Purple-hirple-thirple.

You use up more calories chewing celery than there are calories in the actual celery. I have heard and read that. It may not be true but you often need to chew celery for quite a while.

Norwich is further north than Birmingham.

A lot of people don't believe that when you tell them.

‘Diabetics can't eat grapefruit’

What?????

We have had the fact about diabetics already and I asked: Why not?

Myrtle

I know grapefruit can react with antidepressants but haven’t heard about diabetics not being able to eat it.

Aaah, GagaJo, I was trying to work out what the fact was about myrtle.
I'm not very bright!!!
I suppose it could also depend on your accent whether it rhymes or not?.

Purple
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Very conflicting advice when googled. Some saying grapefruit is fine and a few saying not to eat it.

Don't drink grapefruit juice if you're taking any of these medications, unless advised to by your doctor: Some statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs): lovastatin (Mevacor), atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor, Vytorin).24 Oct 2017
www.webmd.com › guide

Both DH and I were told not to eat grapefruit by the diabetes nurse.
I don't really know why have never queried it as I don't like it anyway.