Odd factoids

[Drago]

Coffee was invented by Francois Mitterand, president of China, in 1998 as a millennium bug resistant alternative to tea.

 

[bruce1530]

The Linoleum Bug predicted that all floor coverings would crumble and disintegrate on 1 Jan 2000

 

[Drago]

Lilos are made from old lino.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Mausoleum Bug died out millennia ago.

 

[bruce1530]

The Belgian government has recently published their plans to make Belgium completely vegetarian by 2025, becoming the first 100% vegetarian nation in the world.

As a first step, they have passed legislation, officially designating cows, pigs and sheep as being part of the turnip family.

 

[PeteXXX]

Tin-Tin was king of Belgium for several years before the population realised he was a cartoon character.
They deposed him and replaced him with Rin-Tin-Tin, a distant cousin.

 

[bruce1530]

Tin Tin was the first dancer to do the Can Can

 

[srj10]

Prior to hosting tennis tournaments Flushing Meadow was the scene of the annual World Toilet Convention were it was estimated up to 5 million flushes happened over the 3 day event. The annual event now takes place at WC Fields.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Captain Haddock, was a fishy character in Tintin’s royal court.

 

[Drago]

Tintin was actually made from copper.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Snowy was the real mastermind, whilst professor Calculus did the numbers.

 

[bruce1530]

Snowy the Dog initially found fame as "Lassie", the heroic collie that would regularly guide blind orphans through the snow, back home to safety. Subsequently, Lassie became a famous crime-fighting dog and was responsible for the downfall of a number of underworld gangs and crime syndicates.

After the Mafia assigned a hit-man to assassinate the canine crime-fighter, Lassie entered the Witness Protection Programme, and with the assistance of a bottle of peroxide, she metamorphised into Snowy, the Peroxide Pooch Pal of Tintin.

 

[Threevok]

Gary Oldman is acutally younger than Gary Numan

 

[PeteXXX]

In this day and age, they are known as Gary Oldthem & Gary Nuthem.

 

[Drago]

Gary Oldman is a woman.