Really TRUE odd factoids

[Chris S]

Tim Westwood was the inspiration behind Ali G
https://web.archive.org/web/2006122...on_cohen_the_real_borat_finally_speaks/page/5

 

[Beebo]

Tim Westwood was the inspiration behind Ali G
https://web.archive.org/web/2006122...on_cohen_the_real_borat_finally_speaks/page/5

Tim Westwood was always a total nobber.
He just always seemed to be trying too hard.
He grew up in Norwich and was the son of a vicar.

 

[Seevio]

Tim Westwood was always a total nobber.
He just always seemed to be trying too hard.
He grew up in Norwich and was the son of a vicar.

Is this not just a common or garden fact rather than a factoid?

 

[Chris S]

Tim Westwood was always a total nobber.
He just always seemed to be trying too hard.
He grew up in Norwich and was the son of a vicar.

He was actually the son of a bishop.

 

[Moon bunny]

He was actually the son of a bishop.

Would he not have been the son of a vicar before his father was promoted?

 

[markemark]

Would he not have been the son of a vicar before his father was promoted?

Tim Westwood was the preacher's son
And when his daddy would visit he'd come along
When they gathered 'round and started talkin'
That's when Tim would take me walkin'.

 

[T4tomo]

Would he not have been the son of a vicar before his father was promoted?

He indeed would. He was either a curate or Rector when Westwood was born (odds are on Rector), then became Vicar, then Priest....

Tim Westwood was always a total nobber.

this is indeed a fact.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

“Teaser” stallions are horses whose job it is to tell if a mare is ready for mating. He never gets to do the actual mating - the valuable stallion does. Kind owners sometimes give him a “consolation mare” to mate so he doesn't get sexually frustrated with his job.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The chemical mercaptan which is added to gas in order to alert people to leaks at home also attracts buzzards. This helps gas companies find leaks in pipelines.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Bentley only uses leather from bulls for the upholstery of its cars, because they don’t get the stretch marks cows do.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

According to the information in the Old Testament, Satan is responsible for 10 deaths and God is responsible for 2, 038, 344 deaths.

 

[DCBassman]

According to the information in the Old Testament, Satan is responsible for 10 deaths and God is responsible for 2, 038, 344 deaths.

Sounds about right...

 

[T4tomo]

I think we need to be a little careful in quoting the bible as facts. Although that quite a good effort from God, more than Arnie in Commando I reckon. I assume it includes a bit of death by plague and starvation rather than guns, grenades and physical combat?

 

[classic33]

"The Green Mile" is set in Louisiana in 1935. The state of Louisiana didn't begin using the electric chair, "Old Sparky" in the movie, executions until 1940.

Prior to that time they executed the prisoners on death row by hanging.

 

[Dave7]

"The Green Mile" is set in Louisiana in 1935. The state of Louisiana didn't begin using the electric chair, "Old Sparky" in the movie, executions until 1940.

Prior to that time they executed the prisoners on death row by hanging.

Not sure which is worse I think I will try and avoid both