Odd factoids

[Drago]

Life expectancy in the UK is expected to drop for the first time in decades.

Mainly due to the constant fire hazard presented by Accy.

 

[Dirk]

All bands, who play theme music for daytime television shows, have a lead guitarist named Gerald.

 

[classic33]

Monday and Friday represent 40% of the working week if you exclude weekends.

My weekend used to be Tuesday & Wednesday.

 

[Drago]

When Star Trek was first developed, Jack Lord was offered the part of Captain Kirk. He turned it down.

 

[classic33]

Wisconsin used cheese to de-ice roads as part of a cost-cutting pilot program. Apparently, combining rock salt with cheese can help prevent roads from freezing.

 

[Profpointy]

Wisconsin used cheese to de-ice roads as part of a cost-cutting pilot program. Apparently, combining rock salt with cheese can help prevent roads from freezing.

The adjuster screws for derailleur gears are made from a special kind of cheese

 

[TVC]

Lance Percival was in the pilot episode of The Avengers, but when they saw the rushes they wrote his part out and reshot.

 

[classic33]

The first bomb dropped by the Allies on Germany's Capital Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

 

[classic33]

Bed bugs don’t technically “bite”- what they do is far more disturbing.

They have two hollow tubes. When they’re ready to feast, it injects anesthesia-laden saliva into your skin through the first tube to numb the area and keep your blood from clotting. And then it sucks your blood through the other tube.

 

[Drago]

Bed bugs don’t technically “bite”- what they do is far more disturbing.

They have two hollow tubes. When they’re ready to feast, it injects anesthesia-laden saliva into your skin through the first tube to numb the area and keep your blood from clotting. And then it sucks your blood through the other tube.

Sounds like my ex Wife.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Sounds like my ex Wife.

 

[TVC]

The outfits worn by Spandau Ballet for their performance on Top of the Pops of 'To Cut a Long Story Short' were designed by Lance Percival.

 

[Threevok]

The outfits worn by Spandau Ballet for their performance on Top of the Pops of 'To Cut a Long Story Short' were designed by Lance Percival.

I'm watching that too

And just to prove it...

Adam Ant's face paint came about by accident, when he was looking over my garden wall, as I was whitewashing it

 

[Drago]

Culture Club were only in it for the money.

 

[gaijintendo]

Half of all coin tosses give the wrong answer.