Odd factoids

[Ming the Merciless]

The London terminus of Eurostar was changed from Waterloo to St Pancras after trains from Paris were defeated trying to reach Waterloo.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

St Pancreas is the patron saint of insulin

 

[Chris S]

The word 'patina' was invented by dodgy antique dealers to sell substandard stock.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Liverpool Street is the patron saint of alcoholism

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Stan Drew has never complained after a fly got squashed between the t and the a on the Monks page.

 

[Threevok]

Tv's David Dickinson is a natural source of Turmeric

 

[Threevok]

Despite what Hollywood would suggest, Great Whites only eat people with an IQ of 148 or more

This is not just any feeding frenzy...

This is a Sharks and Mensa feeding frenzy

 

[PeteXXX]

Great Whites are neither Great, nor White.
They just be very very big and grey with white bits.

🦈

 

[Threevok]

Great Whites are neither Great, nor White.
They just be very very big and grey with white bits.

🦈

Turns out i'm a great white

 

[Threevok]

There's a modelling agency, who only manage people with extremely small hands, mostly for McDonalds adverts

 

[Seevio]

Ritchie Blackmore always wanted to act alongside Zippy and Bungle. After his audition, he was told that George had got the job and that "he would never be in Rainbow". Out of revenge, he resigned from his lucrative job in Deep Purple and formed his own band. The rest is history.

 

[Threevok]

When David Coverdale left Deep Purple, they became Slightly Mauve

 

[PeteXXX]

Slightly Mauve wanted Pink as their lead singer but she refused, claiming their colours would clash, and started a Blues band.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Zippy was sacked from Rainbow 🌈 after they’d started a few fires, and went on to found Zippo lighters.

 

[PeteXXX]

Zippy earned his nickname by never doing his flies up properly.