Odd factoids

[roubaixtuesday]

Many film stars, both human and cartoon are based on real people.

Harold Lloyd was inspired by David Lloyd George, who would climb the outer walls of Big Ben in his lunch break.

Betty Boo was based on political sex goddess Betty Boothroyd.

And "Conan the Barbarian" was a biopic of Arthur Conan Doyle.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

David Lloyd George didn't know his father.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Lloyd George didn’t know his son

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Sherlock Holmes was conceived in Holmes Chapel.

Rudyard Kipling was conceived at Rudyard Lake.

Manfred Man was conceived in Manchester.

(Spot the odd one out)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Oasis was a conceived in the desert

 

[PeteXXX]

Oasis was a conceived in the desert

At Midnight apparently 🐫 🛏

 

[Drago]

Midnight was first conceived as a low calorie alternative to midday.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The midnight snack is the equivalent of lunch and most opt for a roast dinner with Yorkshire puds.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The bottom of the ocean is magnetic and if you get too close submarines stick to it.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The bottom of the ocean is magnetic and if you get too close submarines stick to it.

Too soon!

 

[Drago]

Subways are made from concrete moulded around the hulks of captured Russian submarines.

 

[HMS_Dave]

Captured Russian submarines are easily hacked by NATO forces because the password is "one ping only, please" in a Sean Connery Russian accent.

 

[Drago]

Sean Connerys real name is Ramirez. He's Shpanish.

 

[raleighnut]

Sean Connerys real name is Ramirez. He's Shpanish.

That's 'Highlander', turns out he wasn't acting at all

 

[PeteXXX]

The scientific formulae eeeeee=mc² was invented by a Yorkshireman.