Odd factoids

[david k]

Not odd, but definitely a factoid...

30 years ago this week, Kylie Minogue had her first UK Number One single with "I should be so lucky".



Yep, 30 years ago...

I was 14 when this came out, which means it was only 7 years ago silly, please try harder to check your factoids before posting

 

[NorthernDave]

I was 14 when this came out, which means it was only 7 years ago silly, please try harder to check your factoids before posting

You should be so lucky!

 

[colly]

The Australian huntsman spider is a nice tranquil creatrue that just loves to be picked up and petted. Some are reported to be 'close friends' with such well known celebrities as Mel Gibson and Sir Les Patterson.

 

[bruce1530]

Neil Young wrote his classic track “Like a Hurricane” as a tribute to Alex “Hurricane’ Higgins.

 

[Tim Hall]

You should be so lucky!

And so we return to Kylie.

 

[Drago]

Kylie and Dannii are not sisters - they are Wives.

 

[classic33]

Kylie was featured on the 60-cent stamp in the Australian living legends series. The series, which debuted in January of 2013, also featured Olivia Newton-John.

 

[Drago]

Olivia Newton-John was named after Olive from On The Buses.

 

[bruce1530]

Olive from On The Buses was named after Sir Laurence Olivier.


Sir Laurence Olivier was named after a Bath Oliver

 

[colly]

Olivia Newton-John was named after Olive from On The Buses.

Actually she was named after those brass things you get in compression fittings.

 

[bruce1530]

Those brass things you get in compression fittings were invented by Oliver Hardy.

 

[Drago]

Oliver Hardy was the Father of Hardy Kruger.

 

[david k]

Kylie Minogue isn't small ....... she is just always far away

 

[bruce1530]

Hardy Kruger invented champagne

 

[Jenkins]

Champagne is nothing more than cheap wine put through an industrial sized Sodastream