Odd factoids

[Andy_R]

Factoids are actually spherical. As their shape has been defined they can no longer be called factoids, but instead must be called factspheres or, in the vulgar, factballs.

 

[Tim Hall]

Popular Hollywood actor Mel Gibson invented the electric guitar.

Popular Hollywood actor Mel Gibson was lined up for a role in a Coen Brothers film but his insistence on the title being changed to honour his favourite guitar pickup, the Humbucker, fell on deaf ears. He threw a strop, the part went to Paul Newman and the title remained The Hudsucker Proxy.

 

[Drago]

Gibson make a special edition of the SG guitar, called the Mel. Plug it in and it'll neck a bottle of Jack's and start shouting anti semitic abuse at you.

 

[FishFright]

42 is the answer to the universe, life and everything.

Because of the way the universe continues to expand it is conjectured that the answer is currently approaching 43

 

[classic33]

Ever wondered how the pull of gravity is calculated between heavenly bodies?
It's simple. Just multiply their masses together, and then divide the total by the square of the distance between them.

 

[Seevio]

Because of the way the universe continues to expand it is conjectured that the answer is currently approaching 43

Technically the universe is inflating rather than expanding (it's complicated). This means that the answer is still 42, it's just that 42 is getting bigger.

 

[david k]

Technically the universe is inflating rather than expanding (it's complicated). This means that the answer is still 42, it's just that 42 is getting bigger.

Sounds like my waste size, expanding or inflating?

 

[TVC]

Elephants are techniclly not a fruit.

 

[Drago]

Fruit was used by the Romans as a raw construction material for building holiday homes. It was, of course, the genius Vikings who realised it could be eaten, and used it to feed their slaves. The Vikings themselves ate nothing but steak.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The name Viking is of Roman origin, and stems from the Roman version of the nativity, where the three Kings were known as the "III Kings" which morphed into the VI Kings as the Empire expanded.

 

[classic33]

Everyone knows that where Mary & Josepth went wrong, was turning up at the inn(In Blackpool) unannounced and without booking a room. Having borrowed a donkey from the nearby pleasure beach(For the last mile).

Made the journey across the Pennines that much harder for the Three Wise Men from The East Riding.

 

[raleighnut]

Everyone knows that where Mary & Josepth went wrong, was turning up at the inn(In Blackpool) unannounced and without booking a room. Having borrowed a donkey from the nearby pleasure beach(For the last mile).

Made the journey across the Pennines that much harder for the Three Wise Men from The East Riding.

They can't have been from the East Riding, they bought gifts.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

They can't have been from the East Riding, they bought gifts.

It's a God given fact scribed in the Holy Book. They came from the East Riding on a donkey.

 

[raleighnut]

It's a God given fact scribed in the Holy Book. They came from the East Riding on a donkey.

It doesn't say they were locals though, maybe they had holiday cottages there.

 

[classic33]

They can't have been from the East Riding, they bought gifts.

Travelling West, can't be Three Wise Men returning home!!