Odd factoids

[srj10]

Gloria Estefan made an appointment with doc do doc doc Doctor Beat to discuss her stutter but he was unable to help.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

People think living to 100 is a big and modern thing. But life expectancy was better in Roman times. The Roman Centurions were all 100 or older and fought and defeated many other armies. There were legions of these Centurions.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Did you know that AA Milne, the creator of Winnie the Pooh, had a smaller brother called AAA Milne..

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Common knowledge I'm afraid. But did you know that in an unpublished book Pooh's first intended best friend was in fact the Duracell Bunny?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

AA Milne came up with the phrase “Put a Tigger in your tank” during recruitment for the armed forces for WW2.

 

[srj10]

Best selling illustrated book, "Me and my Rabbit" had to be taken off the Animal section shelves in libraries and moved to the adult literature section following a mix up regarding the book's content.

 

[srj10]

Rock and Roll singer Meatloaf is the president of the U.S. Vegetarian Society.

 

[PeteXXX]

The month after Veganuary is Fabbaconbuttery

 

[srj10]

Rock supergroup Bad Company's hit song Feel like makin' love, was originally titled Feel like bacon,love and was an answer to a query as to what the lead singer fancied for breakfast. They decided to change the title so as not to offend their huge Muslim fan base.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ready break was made by mixing spent uranium with oats. The scheme was dreamed up as part of Britain’s attempt to become a world leader in nuclear reprocessing. It was hidden in plain sight by the adverts. By the 1980s it was becoming unacceptable to dispose of spent nuclear fuels in young children and ready break fell out of favour.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Bat Out Of Hell is actually called Bat Out Of Hull. But due to Meatloaf‘s strong northern accent it gets called Hell. Hull back in those days was known as Gotham City. Meatloaf was singing about Batman, his favourite superhero.

 

[raleighnut]

You can say what you like about Hull but at least it's not Grimsby.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Grimsby comes from old Norse for fish and chips. This is why you can see mile long queues outside the fish and chip shop every day. They don’t need food shops due to everyone eating fish and chips for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Rod Hull got the name from a particularly uncomfortable encounter in the eponymous City.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Rod Hull is an old measure of length. 40 Rod Hulls is equivalent to 220 Rudyard Kiplings