Odd factoids

[Drago]

The largest snowflake in the World is Wussell Bwand.

 

[colly]

It's commonly believed that snow flakes are unique. This in fact is not so.
There are a set number of designs allowed and when one snow flake melts another of the same design is released. Thus giving the impression that each is a one off.


Edit: Similar to the way that hot cross bun designs are controlled.

 

[classic33]

Sledding was banned in Syracuse in 1933 after an 11-year-old boy broke his leg while riding a toboggan at the Westcott Reservoir. The ban stuck for 85 years, making it illegal to sled on public land in a city famed for getting pummeled by snow.

They also made snow falling illegal in 1992

 

[gaijintendo]

A Scottish girl got stuck whilst putting on her jumper, aged five, and now, still aged five, has overcome her innate fear of suffocation.

Sorry, thought this was mundane news.

 

[cisamcgu]

Mundane, or Muhn the Dane as it is correctly written, was King of Denmark fro 834 - 836. He was famed for his love of pastries and for telling really, really boring stories about how things were much better in the old days.

 

[Drago]

Denmark was invented by the Dutch, as a fictitious land of horror to give children the heebie jeebies with their bed time stories.

 

[gaijintendo]

Denmark was invented by the Dutch, as a fictitious land of horror to give children the heebie jeebies with their bed time stories.

During a Jeebish wedding it is traditional to raise the bride and groom on chairs, and dance them around the room.

If the couple are unable to be lifted, due to their mass, or enfeebled guests, they are considered to be Heebie.

A strict diet follows.

 

[Electric_Andy]

The name Gary originated in 1749 and is short for "Garage".
The name Bryonie was given to a newborn girl in the 70's, who resembled her father, Bryan. One of her relatives said "Oh look, she's very Bryan-y", and the name stuck

 

[Dave7]

The name Brian had never been used or heard of until 1742 when a film called The Life of Brian was released.

 

[classic33]

The name Brian had never been used or heard of until 1742 when a film called The Life of Brian was released.

Brian Boru, Died: 23rd April 1014, Clontarf.

 

[Dave7]

Brian Boru, Died: 23rd April 1014, Clontarf.

That is incorrect.
He was a particularly clever fellow and was nicknamed brain......but the stone mason doing his head stone was dyslexic. Hence the general misunderstanding.

 

[classic33]

The Brian Boru harp is the symbol of Ireland (and on Guinness glasses), we might all be sipping Carlsberg and not Guinness if the Vikings had won!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ken Dodd once told 1500 jokes in 3.5 hours. It went into the Guinness Book of Records.

 

[Threevok]

The working title for the hit TV series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." was "The Bloke from your Mother's Brother"

 

[Dirk]

David McCallum wasn't actually Russian. He was acting.