Drago
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Pies were invented by Fanny Haddock in 1998 as a cost effective comedy alternative to land mines.
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Drago
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Ermintrude Miller changed her name to Fanny Craddock for a bet. She never lived long enough to collect the 5 shillings.
GuyBoden
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In 1699 Isaac Newton became Master of the Royal Mints to root out and prosecute notorious counterfeiters, improve the way quality is checked, and refine weights and measures to standards never seen before.
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Fanny Haddock married Dick Codpiece at York Minster in 1066. Dick was unfortunately killed during the cod wars fought at Hastings. She then went on to marry Oliver Codwell at Westminster Abbey in 1436. She is Britain’s longest lived woman.
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Drago
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Oliver Cromwell formed the EEC in 1251.
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Henry the VIII was the final model of an AI developed to rule over England in 1509. Unfortunately it had faults and further models were abandoned.
Drago
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Henry VIII was the carrier nasty necrovirus. It was latent in men, but when women became infected their heads would fall off.
GuyBoden
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Everton Mints, oldest toffee in the world, one was found in Henry VIII coat pocket, with a bit of Tudor fluff.
Drago
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Mints were initially invented as a means of using up old beef mince left over from cooking apple pie.
Ming the Merciless
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Mints beef disguised the flavour of rotting beef. Beef Rottingham was a popular dish made with mints.
Drago
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In olden times it was fashionable for the drapes in a ladies boudoir to be made from thinly sliced beef, hence the phrase "a woman's beef curtains".
Similarly, men's trousers were dyed brown with Oxo cubes and in bad weather men would thus suffer with an excess of "trouser gravy."
Similarly, men's trousers were dyed brown with Oxo cubes and in bad weather men would thus suffer with an excess of "trouser gravy."
Ming the Merciless
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Wellingtons were originally invented for the holding gravy at the finest banquets. It’s was only later, that the Romans used them for foot wear, after complaining about wet feet up at Hadrian’s wall.
Ming the Merciless
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Poly Styrene was the lead singer of Poly and the Muppets. A popular band in the 1970s.
Drago
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The name muppets was chosen to avoid copyright infringement on the name puppets, which was held by by Gepetto.
In turn, the rights to the name Muppets was bought by the British government in the early 70s and they've striven to live in the the name ever since.
In turn, the rights to the name Muppets was bought by the British government in the early 70s and they've striven to live in the the name ever since.
