Groucho's Fact Hunt

[summerisle]

George Formby, filthy-minded shredder of the banjolele, was the biggest star in the UK in the 1940s. Estimated earnings of over £100000 per year, a staggering sum in those days. On his death in 1961, 750000 people lined the streets of Warrington for his funeral procession.

Still crap, very crap.

 

[gonetomorrow]

According to Ron Wood, Jimi Hendrix could play the guitar as well right-handed as left-handed.

He could also play it with his teeth so it's no surprise really!

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Courtesy of Bill Bryson's wonderful book 'Troublesome words', The word 'celibate' originally meant 'unmarried'.

Modern usage does accept the interpretation as 'abstaining from sexual relations'. This comes from a misinterpretation originally
The 'vow of celibacy' taken by catholic priests and other religious orders simply meant that they would remain unmarried. As sex out of wedlock was a mortal sin, sexual abstainance was a consequence of celibacy not a definition.

 

[degsy]

According to one source, up to the late 50's Goodison used to be painted Green and Cream, the Corpy Bus colours, not Blue and white.

 

[Brendan Janus]

Stig Of The Dump, was actually, A Dump containing a stick !!

 

[Groucho]

With the English language being so complex, the average person will use a sentence that has never been used before, each day.

 

[summerisle]

With the English language being so complex, the average person will use a sentence that has never been used before, each day.

That's blatherskite.

 

[Groucho]

Sticky toffee pudding was invented in the Lake District.

 

[Alan Whittle]

George Formby, filthy-minded shredder of the banjolele, was the biggest star in the UK in the 1940s. Estimated earnings of over £100000 per year, a staggering sum in those days. On his death in 1961, 750000 people lined the streets of Warrington for his funeral procession.

Some must have been leaning on lamp posts surely?

 

[Groucho]

Gino D'Acampo held (? holds) the Guinness World Record for "Running across custard for the longest time".

 

[summerisle]

Gino D'Acampo held (? holds) the Guinness World Record for "Running across custard for the longest time".

Did we enter ?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Gino D'Acampo held (? holds) the Guinness World Record for "Running across custard for the longest time".

Did his legs turn to jelly?

 

[Groucho]

Did we enter ?

Yeah but Koeman wanted Gana and Schneiderlin to both run across it at the same time.

 

[andym78]

Eye Of The Tiger was written for Rocky III because Queen wouldn't let them use Another One Bites The Dust.

 

[deipnosophist]

Your average piece of paper is 0.1 mm thick. Fold it in half 102 times and it's height will be greater than the diameter of the observable universe (i.e.98 billion light years*)

* one light year is 10 trillion kilometres