Until the Americans confused things, a billion was always a million million in Britain too.Modern english defines a billion as one thousand million (1,000,000,000). Many other languages define a billion to be one million million (1,000,000,000,000).
However, either would do in my bank account.
Until the Americans confused things, a billion was always a million million in Britain too.
New York was originally called New Amsterdam.
George Washington and all the signatories of the Declaration of Independence were British.
The largest pencil in the world is held in Keswick's famous Pencil museum.
The East window of Carlisle Cathedral is the 3rd biggest in the world.
The present Carlisle Cathedral is only half the size of the original. The rest was knocked down to reinforce the city walls during the Civil war.
The building of the present Carlisle Castle was begun by order of King David the first of Scotland, but completed by order of William the second(Rufus) of England.
Parliament was once held in Carlisle.
Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner in Carlisle Castle.
An Invading force of Scots was repelled by two men and a herd of cows at the Battle of Solway Moss just to the west of Carlisle. It was very foggy and the Scots suddenly heard voices and animals moving towards them and assumed it was a force of Cavalry. So they ran away!
In 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie slept in a grand house in Carlisle, as his army swept south. In 1746, William, Duke of Cumberland chasing the Scots back north, slept in the same bed. The site is now Marks and Spencers.
During the Roman occupation Carlisle was the largest fortified town in Britain.
Carlisle is the only city in England with an old British name. From the Roman Luguvallium to the ancient British Caer Ligualid, shortened to Caer Luel, then Caerlisle, then Carlisle.
The word 'gullible' does not appear in any dictionary.
Oh Adam, You didn't fall for it, did you?:shake::hehe:'guillible' adj. easily persuaded or deceived; credulous.
ironically exactly what i am for getting my dictionary out
Oh Adam, You didn't fall for it, did you?:shake::hehe:
Wasn't it you, just then?"Curiosity, the pitfall of intellect" ..... thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it... my intellect seems to have failed me though cause I can't remember who that quotes from lol
In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.
Black box flight recorders are not black, but were invented by a Mr Black
Thomas Midgley was the name of the guy who has caused the most environmental damage in the history of the world...not content with adding lead to petrol he then proceeded to invent CFCs. Sadly (?) after falling ill to lead poisoning, he accidentally hanged himself on a contraption he'd invented to aid him sitting up in bed. :shake: