Groucho's Fact Hunt

[ilikecheese]

True.

Crazy that.

 

[Groucho]

Radio Ga Ga by Queen is actually a cover version.

I think.

Wrong mate.

Original, written by Roger Taylor.

 

[roydo]

Wrong mate.

Original, written by Roger Taylor.

Thats what I always thought, but a swear I heard a version, like in the 1920s type of version. Then again, it could have been a pastiche of the Queen one.

I am about as good in here as I was in the Trivia thread ffs.

 

[Groucho]

Thats what I always thought, but a swear I heard a version, like in the 1920s type of version. Then again, it could have been a pastiche of the Queen one.

I am about as good in here as I was in the Trivia thread ffs.

Probably a stylised cover.

 

[chrissyjack]

Radio Gaga was covered by Electric Six , of Gay bar fame ..........I think


* checks Youtube for fear of looking like a tit

 

[chrissyjack]

Radio Gaga was covered by Electric Six , of Gay bar fame ..........I think


* checks Youtube for fear of looking like a tit

And Frank Sidebottom

 

[roydo]

Radio Gaga was covered by Electric Six , of Gay bar fame ..........I think


* checks Youtube for fear of looking like a tit

Yeah, perhaps I should do that more often!! Some of the times I thought what was a brilliant question in the Trivia thread was usually demolished by AF within 6 seconds! Even worse, most were about Bristol City ffs!!

 

[glorydaze]

The longest serving music group with their original line up is ZZ Top - 44 years.

 

[roydo]

The longest serving music group with their original line up is ZZ Top - 44 years.

Blimey. They been going 44 years?? Jeez.

 

[Groucho]

Blimey. They been going 44 years?? Jeez.

45, I thought. Since 1969?

Seen them live twice.

They're superbly boss.

 

[glorydaze]

45, I thought. Since 1969?

Seen them live twice.

They're superbly boss.

Saw then in North Carolina, wasn't a fan then but have been since.

 

[Groucho]

10% of all photos ever taken, have been taken in the past 18 months.

 

[Del]

First powered plane 1903

First modern commercial airliner 1933

First human in space 1961

Concorde SST introduced into commercial airline service 1976

B2 stealth bomber first flight 1989



Not great facts as such but look at how far aviation jumped in less than 90 years

Jib flying

 

[Groucho]

Karaoke means empty orchestra in Japanese.

In the Arctic, the sun sometimes appears to be square.

The original story from “Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights” begins, “Aladdin was a little Chinese boy.”

 

[Hellerad]

I love @Groucho 's big fact hunt.