Odd factoids
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Marilyn Munro is a mountain with twin peaks located in the northern Cairngorms
Big Ben was the highest mountain in Scotland. However London, not having any mountains. Decided to steal it. It’s now located near the river Thames
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
He was actually known by both names, and often linked with CameAlot.
The pope sh*ts in the woods, and bears are catholic.
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
A true fact, the bloke with the actual official title 'Pope' isn't Catholic.
The actual one is the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
To bring it back on topic, the Church's Holy Water was the inspiration for a popular fizzy drink, and copyright laws meant the initials had to be incorporated into the cola name.
Drago
Legendary Member
Holy water is in fact a form of moonshine favoured by priests and often brewed in church fonts.
It gets its name after the exclamation following the first takes when the peraon invariably exclaims, "Holy...", and then remembers they were in a church and can't say sheet, so then say, "...water!!!"
And thus Holy Water, often accompanied with a nudge and a wink, was thus named.
It gets its name after the exclamation following the first takes when the peraon invariably exclaims, "Holy...", and then remembers they were in a church and can't say sheet, so then say, "...water!!!"
And thus Holy Water, often accompanied with a nudge and a wink, was thus named.
Baptism of fire refers to the sharp kick in the throat from the holy water
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
The City of Alexandria is the consequence of a takeover of Egyptian civilisation by artificial intelligence.
The city was originally known as Ramesesia, after the eponymous Pharoah. However, the hieroglyphic AI machine, "Alexa", took over the kingdom, and renamed the city after herself.
The city was originally known as Ramesesia, after the eponymous Pharoah. However, the hieroglyphic AI machine, "Alexa", took over the kingdom, and renamed the city after herself.
The country of Siria was taken over by Apple in 2015.
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
A campaign for the correct use of the written word is advocating a change of wording on some road signs.
The first example is the use of 'Road Works', when it is mainly used on occasions when the road clearly doesn't.
The first example is the use of 'Road Works', when it is mainly used on occasions when the road clearly doesn't.
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
Despite what a certain chicken restaurant might have you think, Peri-Peri sauce was actually invented by celebrity siblings Matthew Perry (off of FRIENDS) and Suzy Perry (off of the MotoGP). They had to shorten the spelling of their names to fit both on the label.
