Odd factoids

[NorthernDave]

Flash Eliminators were invented by Ming the Merciless, but proved to be totally ineffective in their intended role.

 

[classic33]

Sam J Jones, who played Flash Gordon in the 1980's film, was a Playgirl centerfold in 1975 under an assumed name.

He was also one of the camera operators in Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave

 

[Drago]

I am the son of Ming the Merciless.

 

[classic33]

I am the son of Ming the Merciless.

Mother?

 

[Profpointy]

Flash Eliminators were invented by Ming the Merciless, but proved to be totally ineffective in their intended role.

What, Gordon's alive !

 

[Ming the Merciless]

You'd hear the gun though.

Not before the bullet hit you.

 

[david k]

New York is old Amsterdam

 

[david k]

I was born with the bottom half of my body pointing the wrong way.
I had an operation to turn it the right way
They then realised is was my top half that was pointing the wrong way not the bottom half!
Now both halves of my body are facing backwards

 

[Drago]

I was born without a body. I gave up while I was a head.

 

[Nigeyy]

Well at least you didn't put your foot in your mouth with that one.

I was born without a body. I gave up while I was a head.

 

[classic33]

Napleon was killed by his wallpaper.

More specifically, a type of green pigment called Scheele’ green(See below). Invented by a Swedish chemist named Scheele, the coloring was cheap and easy to process, making it a popular pigment to use in a wide variety of household items.

 

[lutonloony]

Most expensive 'material' on Earth is
Antimatter at $62.5 trillion per gram ..
Oooooooffff

Only slightly more than printer ink

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

New York is old Amsterdam

Istanbul was Constantinople (it changed its name by deed poll).

 

[Drago]

Napoleon was in fact very tall. However, to give the impression of weakness to his enemies he was usually seen in public standing in a hole.

 

[Tim Hall]

Istanbul was Constantinople (it changed its name by deed poll).

That's rather a byzantine explanation.