Odd factoids

[Joey Shabadoo]

Penguins can smell toothpaste from 3 miles away.

 

[Drago]

Nookie Bear was a virgin.

 

[Drago]

David Essex was from Sussex.

 

[Dirk]

Dacia are making a limited edition of their popular estate car, to be sold in Ireland.
It will be called the Dacia Wogan.

 

[Fonze]

Joey Essex has an I.Q. of 3 ..

 

[jefmcg]

Hugh Laurie's character Dr House was named House - due of his skills in deduction, reasoning and detection - in honour of Sherlock Holmes (Homes).

That one is actually true!

 

[Drago]

Joey Essex has an I.Q. of 3 ..

As much as that?

 

[classic33]

A woman looks oldest at 3:30 pm on Wednesdays(check your watch).

Yes, this research was done by a fairness cream company.

 

[Drago]

Lewis Collins was the Stig.

 

[Fonze]

Colonel Gaddafi had a duck named after him ..

 

[Fonze]

the 'Zapruder' family got $26m for their film tape when President Kennedy was assassinated ..

 

[winjim]

Hugh Laurie's character Dr House was named House - due of his skills in deduction, reasoning and detection - in honour of Sherlock Holmes (Homes).

That one is actually true!

House once featured a rare condition for which I developed the diagnostic assay. But they got the cause of it wrong.

 

[Drago]

Coronation Street is real life.

 

[Dirk]

Eric Pickles played Fred Elliot the butcher.

 

[jefmcg]

House once featured a rare condition for which I developed the diagnostic assay. But they got the cause of it wrong.

Then just like the "real" Sherlock Holmes (and that overrated Cumberbatch series), it works better if you don't have any outside knowledge.