Interesting facts

[austinbob]

Why do men's clothes generally have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left?

BECAUSE:
When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich.  Because most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left.   And since wealthy women were dressed by maids, the dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right! because most maids are right handed and again, its easier for the made to push buttons through holes on the left!

That's where women's buttons have remained since.

[Bob Tidbury]

Does that mean a left handed man has To buy women's clothes and left handed women men's clothes Ha Ha,
Bob

[austinbob]

Does that men a left handed man has Toby women's clothes and left handed women men's clothes Ha Ha,
Bob

Whatever takes your fancy Bob!! 

[Bob Tidbury]

Don't worry I'm a right handed man and my wife's clothes definatly would not fit not that I've tried .

[austinbob]

my wife's clothes definatly would not fit not that I've tried .

I'm very glad to hear that Bob - I'll be posting another interesting fact tomorrow, if I can find one!

[Agrippa]

The area of the Russian Federation is greater than the surface area of Pluto.

French Bulldogs can't swim.

Dionne Warwick was once struck by a tram in Glasgow.

[PLD]

Can we have a vote on these (so called) facts please...

As for this one my vote is for 'Urban Myth' 

[austinbob]

The area of the Russian Federation is greater than the surface area of Pluto.

French Bulldogs can't swim.

Dionne Warwick was once struck by a tram in Glasgow.

Thank you Agrippa for your input into this highly intellectual thread. Just a couple of things concerning your interesting facts.

It is obvious that the area of the Russian Federation is greater than the surface area of Pluto as Pluto is just a dog.
Can British Bulldogs swim?
Did Dionne Warwick get looked after by the NHS and is she still waiting in A & E?
I hope to continue this highly intellectual thread over the coming days...

[austinbob]

Can we have a vote on these (so called) facts please...

As for this one my vote is for 'Urban Myth' 

Boring!!

[PLD]

Dionne Warwick was once struck by a tram in Glasgow.

That one is definitely 'Urban Myth' - it (alegedly) happened in 1964, almost 4 years AFTER the last trams ran in Glasgow!! 

The alternate version sometime quoted (and feasible without the aid of a tardis) is that she was knocked down by a trolley-bus.

I believe the truth is she was a passenger in a car that was in a collision with a bus (possibly a trolley) 

[sparky]

This thread is definitely getting a bit Michael Caine....

[Newportnobby]

Secret Policeman's Ball: Peter Cook and John Cleese 'Interesting Facts'

[javlinfaw7]

The last tram in Glasgow ran in 1988

[Agrippa]

The Garden Festival...............

[Agrippa]

And one which I can personally vouch for, I once bought a drink for a
Miss World contestant .

Beat that !