Odd factoids

[twentysix by twentyfive]

A very odd factoid :-

Boris is PM

No - he really is. To prove it a new 50p coin has been minted

 

[Drago]

^^^ looks like an alien face hugger.

 

[bruce1530]

Lance Armstrong is a first cousin of Stretch Armstrong.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Oliver Cromwell was known as the Ford Protector. He invented the original crash hat, being a tight metal contraption.

 

[Drago]

Stretch Armstrong was sued by Mr Tickle for copyright infringement.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

"Stretch Armstrong" was chanted at WADA as they brought out an old rack someone had found in the loft.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Smart cars are made from the offcuts of Mercedes S class production.

Cedes means to give way, a fact lost on many Mercedes drivers .

 

[classic33]

Usually, when people have a bath, they are trying to get rid of the greasy smell of frying bacon that they carried home from work. However, since there is a ready market for bacon-scented body products, perhaps you won't be surprised to find out that there exists a bacon-scented soap. No actual bacons were harmed in the production of this soap, and it will probably leave your skin as smooth as a pig's bottom. So if you can get over rubbing yourself with what looks like a slab of raw meat, and the idea of smelling like bacon after a bath instead of before is appealing to you … then you're the reason this article is being written, and maybe you should have a think about that.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Vegan bacon is surprisingly tasty, but the shortness of the vegan hunting season means it's a rare delicacy.

 

[Drago]

Deep in the outer reaches of the solar system, the alien battle fleet waited patiently for the order to attack Earth. Tharg, the aliens chief strategist, was tasked with obtaining as much information about the earthlings as possible, in order to facilitate a swift and bloody invasion.

Tharg sat in his cabin and scanned the ether, seeking electromagnetic emissions from Earth with could be analysed for information. The console beeped, and Tharg looked up at the screen. "Odd factoids", read the message. At last, all the information the aliens needed, from an authoritative source.

12 days later the alien fleet lay defeated at the bottom of the atlantic ocean, their downfall brought about by a misunderstanding over the origin of bacon.

 

[bruce1530]

In the mysterious world of Freemasonry, hedgehogs play a significant and spiritual role. The Annual World Hedgehog championships are held in the Masonic club in Blackpool.

The winner of the World Hedgehog Championship is known as “Masonic the Hedgehog”

 

[Drago]

Freemasons were originally called Freebasisn, but due to the laziness of the english tongue the modern form eventually came into usage. The term arose to describe children who's Mother had given them a free basin haircut. The term Freebasin became derogatory.

Freebasins were usually bullied at school. Shirts forcefully ripped open, nipples painfully tweaked, trousers forcefully pulled down from behind...and thus the rituals of freemasonry were born.

 

[NorthernDave]

Bacon was invented by celebrated artist Francis Bacon, while he was serving in the Catering Corps in 1940.

Smoked bacon was invented the following year when his catering truck was set on fire by a German artillery barrage.

 

[classic33]

8 of the people who signed the Declaration of Independence, including the United States founding father and first president, George Washington, were Freemasons.

 

[bruce1530]

3 of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence were hedgehogs, including James “Spikey” Madison, the second president. However, Ulysses S Grant, the 18th president, was a staunch Republican, whereas the majority of hedgehogs were Confederate. Fearing that hedgehogs and freemasons would end up running the country, Grant initiated a country-wide hedgehog cull. Today, there are no wild hedgehogs in North America.