Odd factoids

[Drago]

It was traditional that milkman were a ma baller. Indeed, condoms were invented to prevent an entire generation of children having "gold top" as a middle name.

 

[bruce1530]

"Sweet Home Alabama" was originally written as the theme tune to the Southeastern US version of TV show "Homes under the Hammer"

 

[PeteXXX]

Sweet were, allegedly, not very sweet at all! After performing their hit song 'Wanna be in my gang' they used to throw Coconut Mushrooms at the audience.

 

[Drago]

Coconuts were originally used as prosthetic testicle for eunuchs. They weren't eaten as food until the great meat famine of 2004, when prime minister Alf Garnett banned their use for anything other than as a foodstuff.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ed Balls earned his surname due to having an extra coconut.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Ed Balls earned his surname due to having an extra coconut.

It's not true that Ed pinched his extra from Hitler. Different generations you see. Anachronistic if you will. But that never got in the way of a conspiracy theory. See what I mean?

 

[Drago]

The song, "Hitler only had one ball" was not about his testicle as many believe.

The ditty actually refers to a dogging session in 1983 when he encountered Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper in a remote lay by.

Ed was very willing and Hitler quickly did the deed, but Yvette didn't like Hitlers moustache so refused to join in.

Thus Hitler only had one Ball, in this case Ed.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Charles de Gaul was the son of Asterix and came to lead the Gauls in 45 BC.

 

[Chris S]

Malcolm X was formerly known as Malcolm Twitter.

 

[Drago]

Twitter was invented as a vegetarian alternative to Facebook.

 

[PeteXXX]

Eton Mask paid $billions for Twitter. I downloaded it free from the AppStore.
Who’s looking stupid now!!

 

[Drago]

Elon Musk is the father of E.Ron Hubbard, the creator of scientology.

 

[Seevio]

In an effort to modernise, many welsh farmers have taken to marking their sheep with black vertical stripes to identify them. This is known as baa coding.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Every Welsh farmer likes a horny sheep

 

[PeteXXX]

Before Tom Jones became famous, he was known as Barry Island.
His first hit, purloined by Otis Reading, was 'Sitting on a duck by the bay' 🦆