Odd factoids

[classic33]

Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow.

 

[gaijintendo]

Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow.

"Tikka MaSala" is Glaswegian for the food order specifier "take ma salad [off ma plate]". In American parlance "hold the salad".

 

[Fonze]

Father Christmas is forced by Health and Safety in the North Pole to sleep for two months solid starting Boxing Day.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

If you ask for a "Glasgow salad" with your meal you will be served a side plate of chips.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

 

[Drago]

Famous bald actor, Patrick Stewart, is the son of Yul Brynner.

 

[Threevok]

Star Trek's original sub title was "To Baldy Go.." but William Shatner insisted on wearing a wig, so it was changed.

 

[classic33]

The Thunderbirds episode "Terror in New York City," when the Empire State Building was moved, was inspired by a real-life story about a department store in Japan that remained open while it changed locations.

 

[Tim Hall]

Gerry Anderson didn't like John Tracy, so he banished him to Thunderbird 5.

 

[Drago]

Virgil Tracey was not a puppet, but was Gerry Anderson wearing clever make up.

 

[Threevok]

Gerry Anderson did all Rick Astley's choreography

 

[Drago]

Rick Astley was originally designed as a Thunderbird puppet.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Gerry Anderson was one of the world's first androids. Keanu Reeves is a later model but made of wood.

 

[Drago]

Androids do not have haemhorroids

 

[Threevok]

Androids do not have haemhorroids

Although some have nuclear piles