Groucho's Fact Hunt

degsy · September 9, 2019

Coffee and a Danish
The Danish is actually Viennese.
In 1850 all the Danish (the country) bakers went on strike. The employers hired in a load of bakers from Vienna who knew nothing of Danish (the country) recipes so just made what they knew. Rich Viennese pastries.

Bluesaint · September 9, 2019

4737carlin said:
Christopher Lee was in the crowd when the last person in France publically got there head chopped off by a guillotine

1977. Officially abolished in 1981.

Alan Whittle · September 9, 2019

dholliday said:
Hitler was never a usual family name, it was invented by the local parish of Adolf's father to cover up his (the father) being born out of wedlock. The father had his surname changed from Schicklgruber (his mother's name) to something resembling the family name of the suspected father (Adolf's grandfather), which was Hiedler.

Either intentionally or through drunken incompetence the parish official crossed out "Schicklgruber" and replaced it with "Hitler" (rather than "Hiedler" ). Thus Adolf's father became known as Alois Hitler. "Hitler" wasn't a known or used family name before this clerical intervention.

The subsequent Hitler family tree doesn't have any significant children who could have continued the name, many remained childless, or if female married into a different family name.

This is why you never hear of anyone being called "Hitler". It was a made-up one-off name to begin with.

According to Cilla, on a radio phone in quiz on Radio Mersey in the 80's, a contestant, when asked what Hitler's first name was, replied "Was it Heil?".

Disgruntledgoat · September 9, 2019

Rick James (dodging the draft up in Toronto) was the bass player in Neil Young's first band.

marnie · September 9, 2019

Alan Whittle said:
According to Cilla, on a radio phone in quiz on Radio Mersey in the 80's, a contestant, when asked what Hitler's first name was, replied "Was it Heil?".

The show was ' Hold your plumbs ''

Alanbileysfeathercut · September 9, 2019

It is physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

bigjonny · September 9, 2019

marnie said:
The show was ' Hold your plumbs ''

Plums

larbert toffee · September 9, 2019

4737carlin said:
Christopher Lee was in the crowd when the last person in France publically got there head chopped off by a guillotine

*their, off with your head

blue1948 · September 9, 2019

Alanbileysfeathercut said:
It is physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

or put it in your ear

Groucho · September 10, 2019

Groucho · September 10, 2019

The Candyman was based on a Clive Barker book, The Forbidden, which was set in his native Liverpool.

Groucho · September 17, 2019

The naked mole rat has no pain response, and no example has ever been found with cancer.

d34noj · September 17, 2019

Alanbileysfeathercut said:
It is physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

Unless your mum took Thalidomide.

Alanbileysfeathercut · September 17, 2019

Groucho said:
The Candyman was based on a Clive Barker book, The Forbidden, which was set in his native Liverpool.

In 1970's Liverpool, Clive Barker and a small group of friends from college made two short films, unseen by the general public until now. "Salome" (1973) and "The Forbidden" (1978) feature early footage of Barker, who also did most of the special effects, and Doug Bradley, who went on to fame as Pinhead in the "Hellraiser" films.