Odd factoids

[Ming the Merciless]

The alpha bet was the first bet placed at the first ever Grand National.

 

[Drago]

The Grand National started life as the Modest Local. The renaming took place after a marketing firm founded by Nicola Sturgeon was hired to boost publicity.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Modeste Locale is Vladimir Putin's drag name.

 

[Drago]

Putin is the son of Tin Tin.

 

[Edwardoka]

In addition to writing the Adventures of Tin Tin, Hersheys went on to great success in America by inventing chocolate that tastes like vomit

 

[raleighnut]

The Grand National started life as the Modest Local. The renaming took place after a marketing firm founded by Nicola Sturgeon was hired to boost publicity.

Aintree was the British Grand Prix circuit until the scousers decided that cars were too modern and went back to horses.


View: https://youtu.be/PdQdGqrx7M4

 

[bruce1530]

Tin Tin invented the Can Can.
In France, the Can Can is known as the Bidon Bidon.

 

[PeteXXX]

A bidon replaced Biden for over 3 days and no one noticed the difference.

 

[Tribansman]

The Bidens were one of the founding families of the Chicago mob and specialised in racketeering, bribery, coercion and drug trafficking.

But all that stopped when Joe's Grandmother Laura Biden - a committed nominative determinist - insisted the family went straight.

 

[Edwardoka]

The Bidens were one of the founding families of the Chicago mob and specialised in racketeering, bribery, coercion and drug trafficking.

But all that stopped when Joe's Grandmother Laura Biden - a committed nominative determinist - insisted the family went straight.

Long setup but the payoff is worth it

 

[Drago]

Joe Biden's real name is Joe Bidet. Being named after a posh bum cleaner was no joke for a presidential hopeful, so he duly changed it.

Unfortunately, Biden is itself Spanish for "by who cleans wealthy mens bottoms", although the embarassment did at least earn him a good chunk of the hispanic vote.

 

[raleighnut]

the Donalds real name is Smith but he suffered from wind so much rhat he changed it to fart Trump

 

[Drago]

The trumpet was invented by Barack Obama Bin Laden in 1908. He named the instrument in honour of his lover, Donald Trump.

 

[Edwardoka]

The trumpet that was used to signal the Charge of the Light Brigade was lost in a river, giving rise to that Justin Timberlake song with oft-misquoted lyrics.

 

[PeteXXX]

That Charge of the Light Brigade is a misnomer. There was actually no charge. It was free!