Issue number 6

Installed: 01-10-2000

Factfile

10 amazing "facts" about Milk

1. Milk formed the basis for the development of modern society parties.

2. Cats thrive on nothing but milk, if well fed to start with.

3. Shakespeare wrote 142 sonnets concerning the effects of drinking milk.

4. In 1158, Henry II (of England) declared that milk would be available at lunch.

5. Milk is musically celebrated by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra on their albums "Music From The Penguin Cafe" and "Broadcasting From Home"¹

6. Milk was known as the "Landlord's Curse" from the time he was hospitalised with liver failure.

7. 17.71% of cream is milk.

8. If the oceans consisted of milk, kippers would be cooked in brine.

9. Linoleum was developed by pouring milk into a tray and leaving it to annoy the neighbours.

10. Shake a bottle of milk continuously for a period of 14.43 hours and it will remove the chill from being in the fridge.

¹ My sincerest apologies, an actual fact appears to have found its way onto the page this month. It has been rumoured to have happened before, but there's no doubting it this time.

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