Odd factoids

[Ming the Merciless]

Phelgm street is in Newcastle. It’s cold up north.

 

[Chris S]

Pamela des Barres was the first person to 'blow the Doors off'.

 

[Drago]

The Doors invented Windows for PC.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Doors were so high on drugs when they did it, that they tried to sell it on floppy disks.

 

[Drago]

Floppy discs smeared in viagra are called stiffies.

 

[srj10]

The phrase beating around the bush originated in the 1970's when there was an huge increase in the amount of adult mags being discarded in hedges.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The bush was invented by Kate Bush in the 1780s. It is documented in the book about Kate’s life, Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Brontë

 

[Drago]

Emily Brontë's full name was Emilio Brontosaurus.

 

[Threevok]

Dinosaurs didn’t really die out.

BBC News reported them to death, then moved on to the next trendy doom and gloom story

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Blue whales are surprisingly cheerful.

 

[night cycler]

Stevie Wonder is a huge fan of the long running Radio Four soap 'The Archers', and fulfilled a longtime dream by appearing on the show as a non speaking extra last year.

Did he sing? As it was radio, if he didn't speak OR sing he could have been sat at home.

 

[night cycler]

Elephants can climb trees.

I don't believe this, I've never seen an elephant with painted toenails in a cherry tree.

I've never seen a cherry tree. Seen pictures though.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Dinosaurs didn’t really die out.

BBC News reported them to death, then moved on to the next trendy doom and gloom story

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Blue whales are called as such due to songs they sing underwater.

 

[Drago]

James Whale is Inappropriately named. He is actually a type of shark, and thus is a fish.