Drago
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Terry towelling was named after Terry McCann. The inventor, Jock McSporran, a native of Cardiff, was a huge fan of Minder and named his product in honour of the scowling cockerney hard man.
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NorthernDave
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After selling up to Campbell, McCann used the money to open a frozen food factory near Scarborough.
Unfortunately he ordered the sign for the new factory from his pal Arfur Daley and it was misspelled McCain's. The name stuck.
Arfur Daley is Daley Thompson’s dad. Daley (senior) started off as a market trader, selling a wide selection of dodgy goods. However, his sports socks proved to be extremely popular, making his fortune. He subsequently opened a sports store called Decathlon, where young Daley served a brief apprenticeship.
Drago
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Threevok
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Charles Dickens once edited a newspaper in English and French, about gravy
It was the Bisto Times
It was the Bisto Times
Drago
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Charles Dickens' Father was called Wotther Dickens.
Jokes were invented by King Henry VIII in 1066.
He also passed a law decreeing that all of his jokes were funny.
Two of his many wives were executed for not laughing at the punchline, and Anne Boleyn because she forgot to say “who’s there?” when Henry invented the knock knock joke.
He also passed a law decreeing that all of his jokes were funny.
Two of his many wives were executed for not laughing at the punchline, and Anne Boleyn because she forgot to say “who’s there?” when Henry invented the knock knock joke.
Drago
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Emily Bronte is estranged from her daughter, Kate Bush.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
In an effort to "bulk up" for the Bond role, Timothy Dalton overdid the steroids which gave him a hair trigger temper. An unfortunate mix up with some LSD on the set's catering truck led to a hallucinating Dalton going on a roid-induced rage. The director grabbed a camera and started filming. Everything you see in The Living Daylights actually happened.
Drago
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Post of the day right there! 🤣
classic33
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Today marks the 321st Anniversary of the First Lighting of Eddystone Lighthouse, 14th November 1698
Situated near the mouth of the English channel, the Eddystone reef is among the world’s most hazardous stretches of water, infamously known for causing numerous shipwrecks over the years.
Situated near the mouth of the English channel, the Eddystone reef is among the world’s most hazardous stretches of water, infamously known for causing numerous shipwrecks over the years.
The original comic book Superman could leap tall buildings in a single bound. But then he had to come right back down to Earth—because he didn't fly.
It wasn't until the 1940s, when animators for a new animated series decided it would be too difficult to routinely draw him bending his knees, that it was decided that Superman could take off into the air.
Readers got to see smooth animation, and a superhero gained a new power.
It wasn't until the 1940s, when animators for a new animated series decided it would be too difficult to routinely draw him bending his knees, that it was decided that Superman could take off into the air.
Readers got to see smooth animation, and a superhero gained a new power.
Drago
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Superman was nothing bit an attempt to rip off and Americanise british comic book superhero, Modest Man. Alas the British, tired from fighting g 4 world wars and discovering the East Pole, were not keen to become involved in another argument so they let DC Comics get away with it.
