Strange but true facts.

Myrtle

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

‘Diabetics can't eat grapefruit’

What?????

Norwich is further north than Birmingham.

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

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.

Purple-hirple-thirple.

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

Why are diabetics not allowed to take it?

Diabetics can't eat grapefruit

You always sneeze with your eyes closed.

Elegran ?I tried again before posting

Almonds are not actually nuts.

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

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

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

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

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

There is no word that rhymes with purple

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

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.

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