Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Isn't Tas the only place Toyota sells the Yaris with 4 headrests in the front?

Originally Posted by BradC

Isn't Tas the only place Toyota sells the Yaris with 4 headrests in the front?

I guess it would alleviate the self Slapping of one's forelock after a prang.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

The toothbrush was invented in Tasmania. If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teethbrush.

WIKI. has a contrary view... But I prefer the more prosaic DX.

William Addis (1734–1808) was an English entrepreneur believed to have produced the first mass-produced toothbrush in 1780. Addis was born in 1734 in England, most likely in Clerkenwell, London.

Agree, should have been plural.

The most volcanic place is....not on earth but Jupiter's moon Io.

Cost cutting usually implies cutting corners, the antithesis of the Ultimate Riding Machine. But when that cost-cutting works because you already have the part on the shelf, and it'd be worse if you tried to engineer something new, cost-cutting is how you get weird and random facts that you can bust out at parties. Well, at least the parties I go to. One such interesting factoid got laid on me while I was at the press introduction of the new BMW F900 GS and CE 02, the latter of which being the subject of said peculiarity. While BMW's press person relayed the information, he stated that the new CE 02's electric drive motor was in fact just a repurposed alternator from the brand's cars. Excuse me, what?!
I had to know more, so after the presentation, I cornered the rep and asked him if he had misstated or whether what he just said was real. And folks, he was keeping it 100.

CE 02 | BMW Motorrad (bmwmotorcycles.com)

Thats funny 100km possibly the range by the way . UGLY I think

Now listen in you blokes ; any more jokes about Tassie, and I will forward your names and address to Jackie, then you can count your teef.

Interesting bit of trivia, prompted by the post a couple above this.

Most of you are probably aware of the Victa company from its lawnmowers.

A few will also be aware of the fact that from 1960 to 1966, they also manufactured aeroplanes. These were a two seat single engined plane, with side by side seating and a sliding canopy. It came initially with the options of 100 or 115hp, and later an option of 150hp with a constant speed prop. Designed as a basic trainer, it differed from most similar trainers of the period in that it was rated for aerobatics.

The trivia? The pitch trim lever on this plane was identical to the height adjustment lever of the standard Victa lawnmower. (As an additional bit of trivia - the nosewheel strut was a slightly modified McPherson suspension strut from a Ford Consul, complete with coil spring and damper.)

I am fairly familiar with them as I learned to fly in them.

Originally Posted by Hogarthde

Now listen in you blokes ; any more jokes about Tassie, and I will forward your names and address to Jackie, then you can count your teef.

With her it'd be a "hanging" offence.