Dr. DIONYSIUS LARDNER 1793-1859, Professor at University College, London: Rail travel at high speed is not possible because... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |
MICHAEL FISH in October 1987: A woman rang and said she heard a hurricane is on the way. Well,... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |
HENRY FORD, President of the Ford Motor Company, said in 1928: People are becoming too intelligent ever to have... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |
BARTHOLOMEW, the Englishman and encyclopædist of the 13th century, said of the magnet: This kind of stone restores husbands to wives, and increases elegance and charm in speech. Moreover, along with honey, when placed on the head of a chaste woman... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |
BERNARD S. TAMBLY MD, in a treatise on the science of sex attraction, in 1919: Copulation is dangerous immediately after a meal, and during... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, on June 18th 1815, the morning of the Battle of Waterloo: I tell you, Wellington is a bad general. The English are bad soldiers. We will settle the matter by... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, to Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat in 1805: What, Sir? Would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you excuse me, I have... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |
TONY BLAIR in 1998: Whatever the risks we face today, they're as nothing compared to the risks if we do not halt Saddam Hussein's programme of... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |
HARPER'S MAGAZINE, 1853: Nothing could be more anti-biblical than letting women... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |
WILLIAM MILLER, founder of the Millerite Church in America said in 1842: I'm fully convinced that sometime between March 21st 1843 and March 21st 1844... REAL ANSWER | Birmingham 12 Jun 2006 |