Odd factoids

[classic33]

Now known as a float valve, PC brigade gone mad

Now known as a floatvalve due to balls having fallen out of favour due to a legal dispute over one of the inventors getting more credit in the name.

 

[bruce1530]

The PC Brigade was formerly known as the Boys’ Brigade, but was forced to change it’s name due to PCness.

 

[Jenkins]

In addition to the PC Brigade, there is now also the WPC Brigade due to equlaity legislation

 

[classic33]

On this day in 1802:
Daniel O'Connel secretly marries his third cousin, Mary O'Connell. Their marriage was happy and eleven children were born to them.

 

[Threevok]

On this day in 1802:

Everyone in Llanelli marries their cousin - No secret

 

[classic33]

Britain’s first drink-driving warning was issued near Llandovery in 1841

In the lead up to Christmas 1835, a stagecoach driver called Edward Jenkins was drunk while driving the Gloucester to Carmarthen mail coach along the Brecon–Llandovery stretch of the A40.

 

[bruce1530]

Llandovery was were the original Land Rover was conceived.

 

[classic33]

Llandovery was were the original Land Rover was conceived.

Not discovered!!

 

[bruce1530]

The original landcover was conceived. The later Land Rover Discovery, was of course discovered, in the town of Diss in Norfolk.

 

[classic33]

The first Land Rover had a steering wheel in the middle

The designer worked on a farm in Wales, and to emulate the experience of driving a tractor he placed the steering wheel in the middle of the dashboard.

This ruled out left-hand drive.

 

[david k]

FIFA insist that only lightweight football players who feel pain very easily are allowed to play in this years World Cup

 

[classic33]

Football is a Yorkshire game, taken abroad and the rules bent and broken.

 

[david k]

The first set of formalised rules and league were the Sheffield competition

doh.......... that's a fact not a factoid

 

[classic33]

The first set of formalised rules and league were the Sheffield competition

doh.......... that's a fact not a factoid

Drawn up in a garden shed, whilst the the rules for the GAA were drawn up in the billiard room of Hayes Hotel, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

 

[Drago]

Yorkshire was invented by Lancastrians, as something scary to tell their kids about when they're naughty.