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Post by Clarets4me » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:51 pm

A few random connections and facts about the famous ....

1) Bernard Youens, the actor who played Stan Ogden in " Coronation St ", served in the " Desert Rats " in North Africa. He was badly wounded in the leg at the Anzio landings in January 1944.

2) Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein were close friends, often having Lunch together.

3) In 1991, Raquel Welsh's son married Freddie Truman's daughter at Bolton Abbey, with the reception being held at the " Devonshire Arms ". Sadly, it lasted only 18 months, Truman quipping, " My run-up lasted longer than that marriage " ..

4) Elvis Presley was a huge fan of " Monty Python ", and used his Film connections to have tapes of the shows flown in for him. He memorised the sketches, his favorite apparently being " The Dead Parrot " .

5) Brian Johnston, the Cricket commentator, won the Military Cross for his work in retrieving destroyed and broken down tanks during World War II, often under fire. This also entailed removing the remains of crews that had been burnt alive when they'd taken a " direct hit " . In his autobiography, he modestly devoted only 3 paragraphs to his war-time service.

6) Arnold Ridley, who played Private Godfrey, in " Dad's Army " actually did serve in the Home Guard, during the war. He lost the use of his left hand from injuries suffered at the Battle of the Somme in the " Great War ", as well as suffering shrapnel wounds to his legs and being bayoneted in the groin by a German.

7) Lionel Jeffries played Dick van Dyke's eccentric father in " Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ", he was actually 6 months younger than Van Dyke !

8) McLaren's very first race car, the M1 A Group 7, was driven by Elvis Presley in his 1966 film " Spinout ". In real life, the car was raced in both the United States and Europe, driven by Graham Hill.

9) The No1 hit, " Do you really want to hurt me " , by Culture Club, hit the top of the Charts on a date nearer the end of the Second World War, than it is to today.

10) The first football chant was penned by Sir Edward Elgar, composer of " Land of Hope and Glory " in 1898. " He wrote " He banged the leather for goal ", in tribute to Wolves forward, Billy Malpass. Elgar would often cycle the 40 miles from his home in Malvern, to watch Wolves play at Molineux.
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Post by FactualFrank » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:01 pm

I'll add some to the thread tomorrow as currently on my phone.

Love stuff like this, does anybody have more?

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Post by Aclaret » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:17 pm

" Do Geese See God" can be read forwards or backwards.
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Post by Bosscat » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:46 pm

Panama Hats aren't from Panama but made in Ecuador.....

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Post by Funkydrummer » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:56 pm

the word "swims" is the same upside down.
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Post by Funkydrummer » Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:58 pm

SLANG is slang for short language.

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Post by Funkydrummer » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:02 pm

Honey never goes off.

It can crystalise which is easily remedied by the introduction of gentle heat.

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Post by RingoMcCartney » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:04 pm

Till his sad passing, sliced bread was the same age as Bruce Forsyth.

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Post by FactualFrank » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:05 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:56 pm
the word "swims" is the same upside down.
The word bed looks like a bed :)

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Post by Chuckypad » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:06 pm

I like number 9

On similar theme:

Cleopatra lived closer in time to us than to the building of the pyramids

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Post by tim_noone » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:07 pm

Bruce Forsyth Brown Bread?

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Post by burnmark » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:18 pm

Aclaret wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:17 pm
" Do Geese See God" can be read forwards or backwards.
I to went to school with a lad called Mark Cockram.

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Post by FactualFrank » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:18 pm

We're more closely related to a mushroom, than a mushroom is related to plants.

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Post by ClaretMov » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:18 pm

Peanuts, walnuts, almonds, cashews and pistachios aren’t nuts.

Oranges were originally green.

Armadillos have shells so hard they can deflect a bullet.

You’re more likely to get bitten by a person than a shark.

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Post by FactualFrank » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:23 pm

ClaretMov wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:18 pm
You’re more likely to get bitten by a person than a shark.
Sharks only bite you if you're wet.

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Post by Lord Beamish » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:23 pm

The word ‘nun’ is just a ‘n’ doing a cartwheel.

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Post by Clarets4me » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:27 pm

11) The girl's name Wendy never appeared on a birth certificate in the United Kingdom, until after J.M. Barrie's book " Peter Pan " was published in 1904.

12) The letters " K " and " W ", are relatively new additions to the French alphabet, being only added in Victorian times. This was done as the French began adopting words taken from other languages, i e: " Le weekend " ..

13) John Alexander Brodie, the Civil Engineer who designed & built the Mersey Tunnel, was also responsible for the invention of Goal nets.

14) Joan Kardashian, sister of Robert Kardashian ( OJ Simpson's Defence lawyer ) and Aunt to the Kardashian sisters of TV fame, was a Matron of Honour at Elvis Presley's marriage to Priscilla Beaulieu in 1967.

15 ) Mel Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny, had a passionate dislike of carrots.
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Post by Lord Beamish » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:37 pm

Fredrick Law Olmsted, the man who designed New York’s Central Park, was inspired by a trip he’s made earlier to the first Municipal Park in Britain, in Birkenhead. The Park in Birkenhead had been designed by Joseph Paxton, the man who also designed the Crystal Palace in London’s Hyde Park.

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Post by Vintage Claret » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:37 pm

Desmond Lleweyn, best known for his role as 'Q' in several Bond films was a POW in Colditz for 5 years.

You can't sneeze while you are asleep.

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Post by Lord Beamish » Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:47 pm

Joseph Bazalgette was the man who designed and built the great embankments and sewers on the river Thames in London, that still exist today. They worked in taking much of Lonon’s sewage and taking it out into the Norh Sea, dramatically reducing the outbreaks of Typhus and Cholera in the city.
His Great Great Grandson, Peter Bazalgette was, whist working for the TV Company Endemol, instrumental in bringing the TV show “Big Brother” to British screens, after it had been a success in it’s country of origin, Holland.

One could say that the former took the sh!t out into the North Sea, the former brought the sh!t back in, via the same route.

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Post by StuffyClaret » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:01 pm

The first English football team to beat Real Madrid in Spain were Nelson FC. (4-2 in 1923)
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Post by Marney&Mee » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:08 pm

Desmond Tutu is the patron saint of draws involving 4 goals...
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Post by Funkydrummer » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:12 pm

The letter "J" is the least used letter in the English language.

Here is an old one, the tomato is a fruit (botanically classified as a berry)
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Post by FactualFrank » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:12 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:12 pm
The letter "J" is the least used letter in the English language.

Here is an old one, the tomato is a fruit (botanically classified as berries)
And the dot on the j and i is called a tittle.
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Post by Funkydrummer » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:15 pm

The French language has 6 vowels.

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Post by Funkydrummer » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:16 pm

You can't lick your own elbow.

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Post by jamesisaburyfan » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:35 pm

Only one word in the English language begins with ‘tm’ - tmesis, which is when one word is inserted into another, eg ‘abso-bloody-lutely’.
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Post by FactualFrank » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:39 pm

jamesisaburyfan wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:35 pm
Only one word in the English language begins with ‘tm’ - tmesis, which is when one word is inserted into another, eg ‘abso-bloody-lutely’.
And read that dreamt is the only English word ending in mt. Unless I dreamt that.

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Post by levraiclaret » Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:09 pm

Clarets4me wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:51 pm
A few random connections and facts about the famous ....
10) The first football chant was penned by Sir Edward Elgar, composer of " Land of Hope and Glory " in 1898. " He wrote " He banged the leather for goal ", in tribute to Wolves forward, Billy Malpass. Elgar would often cycle the 40 miles from his home in Malvern, to watch Wolves play at Molineux.
Bludy 'ell that was some ride home after a night match in January!

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Post by jamesisaburyfan » Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:10 pm

The smell of land after rainfall is called petrichor.

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Post by Sarum » Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:18 pm

The snake we call an adder was originally called a nadder.

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Post by Clarets4me » Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:31 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:12 pm
The letter "J" is the least used letter in the English language.
Here is an old one, the tomato is a fruit (botanically classified as a berry)
Your second fact gives rise to another truism, " Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad " !

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Post by FactualFrank » Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:33 pm

jamesisaburyfan wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:10 pm
The smell of land after rainfall is called petrichor.
Yep.

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Post by FactualFrank » Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:13 pm

Lord Nelson was about 5ft 6. His statue is 17ft 4.

That’s Horatio of about 3:1.
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Post by tim_noone » Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:37 pm

FactualFrank wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:39 pm
And read that dreamt is the only English word ending in mt. Unless I dreamt that.
Pre emt.??

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Post by Clarets4me » Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:50 pm

tim_noone wrote:
Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:37 pm
Pre emt.??
Spelt pre-empt ....
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Post by tim_noone » Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:00 pm

Clarets4me wrote:
Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:50 pm
Spelt pre-empt ....
Yea just came to me.... :lol:

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Post by Aclaret » Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:53 pm

Did you know that it is illegal in Alaska to whisper in someone's ear when they are hunting for Moose.

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