Odd factoids

[ClichéGuevara]

Sherlock Holmes had two assistants called Watson, one was was less expensive than the one he preferred to use. Hence "My Dear Watson".

 

[glasgowcyclist]

A British teaching assistant received a whopping $800,000 in compensation after she tripped at work and dislocated her finger.

While moving a wheelchair, Mrs Julie Ann Huddart tripped on a loose strap from the chair, injuring her elbow and dislocating her finger.

As with many of the big payout headlines, the detail is overlooked. Had she merely dislocated her finger, with no other repercussions, it would have been a different story. However, as result of her injury, she was diagnosed with reflex sympathetic dystrophy – a malfunction of the nervous system which causes pain and swelling and severely restricts movement down the left side of her body, and this has left her dependent on the full-time care of her husband.

Sorry, normal factoid service can now resume.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Stephen Hawking was 99% manufactured in the lab at MIT. Only his voice is real.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Watson used write the schedule guides in the radio times

 

[ClichéGuevara]

As the author was a Holmes fan, Dr Who was originally supposed to be Dr What's son.

 

[NorthernDave]

Actress Emma Watson is the grand daughter of Sherlock Holmes sidekick Dr Watson.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Peanuts are used in the creation of dynamite

 

[Drago]

When tested, IBM's Watson was unable to successfully program annerly eighties video recorder.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Scientists investigating UFO's. have accidentally created a black hole.

To avoid being described as fake news, but wanting to debunk the existence of UFO's, scientists gave each sighting a unique number, which served to identify them, meaning they could no longer be 'unidentified'.

What they failed to foresee was that in identifying them, the UFO's no longer met the criteria for getting a unique identifier and the subsequent paradox produced a black hole.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

An early 80's video recorder beat Gary Kasparov at chess. It is still not really understood how this happened.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Benny Hill was the uncle of Damon Hill Being the fastest milkman he taught Damon everything he needed for F1.

 

[Drago]

Short arsed, floppy wigged megalomaniac, Bernie Ecclestone, was one of the oompa loompa's in the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

 

[classic33]

Short arsed, floppy wigged megalomaniac, Bernie Ecclestone, was one of the oompa loompa's in the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Would you buy a second hand motorbike from him?

 

[Grant Fondo]

Quantum Mechanics derived its name due to Quantum Theory being invented in a garage.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The Mechanics were almost wiped out when they were caught up in the clan battles between the Campbells and Macgregors.