Odd factoids

[LeetleGreyCells]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is NOT the longest word in English.

Quite right. It’s pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

 

[Tim Hall]

You can correctly use the word 'and' 5 times in succession. Thus:

Jones and Son

Shopkeeper said to the signwriter.

'Can you do it with more space between Jones and and, and and and Son'

One of the best lines in the film "The Commitments" is "And and focking and?"

 

[raleighnut]

You can use the word 'Drink' 6 or more times in a sentence


View: https://youtu.be/NxvDCx-ILhk

 

[classic33]

Quite right. It’s pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Bless you.

 

[Smokin Joe]

The opening bars of the theme tune for "Some Mothers do have 'em" spells out the title in morse code -


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mJWCfGj8Jk

 

[classic33]

Michael Crawford was third choice to play the part of Frank Spencer. Ronnie Barker being first choice.

 

[NorthernDave]

International thespian (and the second best Die Hard villain) Jeremey Irons was actually born Jeremy Hepplethwaite.
However to pay his way through Acting School he set up a service pressing other students laundry, earning him the nickname that he still uses to this day.

 

[Drago]

Deceased thespian Richard Burton was born Richard Taffy O'Jones. However, his gambling debts were so heavy he had to accept sponsorship money from a high street menswear supplier to make ends meet.

 

[raleighnut]

Deceased thespian Richard Burton was born Richard Taffy O'Jones. However, his gambling debts were so heavy he had to accept sponsorship money from a night street menswear supplier to make ends meet.

That's where he first met Elizabeth Tailor.

 

[Tim Hall]

Deceased thespian Richard Burton was born Richard Taffy O'Jones. However, his gambling debts were so heavy he had to accept sponsorship money from a night street menswear supplier to make ends meet.

That's true, obvs. He ran up a lot of those debts playing snooker, as evidenced by the common arrangement of having a snooker hall above the well known menswear supplier.

 

[Drago]

The average person meets 7 murderers throughout their lifetime.

 

[Fonze]

Highest possible break in snooker is actually 155 , achieved by Alex 'mines a large' Higgins ..

 

[Nigeyy]

No football team in any English professional league in history has ever managed to overcome a four goal deficit to win in the third half of a game.

 

[classic33]

When a sculpture of a horse was placed by the M8 in Scotland, there was a debate on which direction its behind should face. Now, it faces neither Glasgow or Edinburgh.

 

[Drago]

When a sculpture of a horse was placed by the M8 in Scotland, there was a debate on which direction its behind should face. Now, it faces neither Glasgow or Edinburgh.

This is true. It is because they did not want to get the horses behind contaminated from either of those two cities.