Odd factoids

[Drago]

Pornocchio had wood. Every time he told a lie his winky grew another inch. He was very popular with the female clergy.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

King Charles the third is a massive cocaine addict, and was so famous for it in his youth it's literally named after him - "Charlie"

He used to experiment with all sorts of drugs, often trying them on animals first. Indeed, as a result, one of his mounts became addicted to heroin, or "horse" as he named it before descending into a speedball addled vortex of despair.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Parka Bowls is a variation of pocket billiards.

 

[PeteXXX]

Billiards was invented by a man who had only three balls.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The three balls were called Tom, Dick, and Harry

 

[Drago]

Prince Tom and Prince Dick were older than Prince Harry, and had a different Father - King Charles

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Prince Albert, the younger brother of King Charles; was rarely seen in public after an indiscretion, at Pizza Hut in Croydon.

 

[Drago]

Albert Square in EastEnders is inappropriately named. It's a rectangle.

 

[PeteXXX]

Eastenders was filmed in the West End.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

West End Girls was recorded in a Pet Shop

 

[Drago]

The Pet Shop 'boys' were actually grown men.

 

[Threevok]

Since losing their jobs, the Pet Shop Boys have rebranded to Pets at Home.

 

[PeteXXX]

The Beach Boys tribute band was called The Beech Boys as their performance was deemed to be quite wooden.

 

[Drago]

Wood was used as a cheap substitute for plastic in sex toy manufacture until the great painful splinters class action of 1996.

 

[Threevok]

The Beech Boys were a splinter group