Fascinating Facts and Trivia

Because the Earth rotates, and revolves around the Sun, and the Sun revolves around the centre of our galaxy, which moves through space itself, you will never be in the same place twice. Ever.

The mouth of a Jellyfish also serves as its anus.

In 1954,future Auusie prime minister Rob Hawke became a Guinness World Record holder by downing two and half pints of beer in eleven seconds.

(06-02-2019 10:41 )Carl-Gen X Wrote:  Sucking on boiled sweets is basically drinking your favourite flavoured spit.

Oh utterly charming that-not had a boiled sweet for years.
Did you know that in olden times because ingredients were so scarce sweet makers would adulterate their mixture with Allum, chalk or some other powder, which made them cheaper to make and sell.

Chupa Chups(wrapped sweets) are one of the most popular lollipops in this country but Swizzles of Matlow's dual colour lollies remain the most popular and used to be one of my favourites.

Love Hearts used to have messages on them but some now have emoji symbols and are usually very popular around St Valentine's Day too.

British toy Action Man was based on the American soldier doll G.I. JOE and we had a rival to Barbie called SINDY but there was also a smaller doll for girls that couldn't afford Barbie called PIPPA. Another doll Mark Strong was also produced, again may have been based on a US doll called BIG JIM(which sounds more like a porn star name ) and he had his own judoboard which he karated in half by having his back pressed-hai ya!

If you ever had a teddy bear you will know how loved and cherished they are. The most well known in this country was by a company called Merrythought and they can go for thousands in really good condition, but the MOST famous was by a German company called STEIFF. You can tell one from the little black button that was sewn into a teddy's ear and if you have one of those(and it doesn't need to be a bear either) it can be worth a heck of a lot of money. I think they were originally called FRIENDS PETS.

Jeremy Clarkson's mother was the first person to invent a Paddington bear toy. One day she was summoned to the house of the author of the books, Michael Bond and she thought she was going to be admonished for stealing his idea BUT far from it, he loved it and gave her the rights to make the bears.
(I must reiterate that unless otherwise stated this all comes from memory, so if I make a mistake please let me know and I will do my best to rectify it)

These are the original names for popular websites:
Cadabra-AMAZON
Backrub-GOOGLE
Quantum Computer Services-AOL
Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web-YAHOO (Yet Another Hierarchal Officious Oracle)
Source: An episode of Only Connect BBC2)

(06-02-2019 10:47 )Carl-Gen X Wrote:  The mouth of a Jellyfish also serves as its anus.

I reckon that clown Corbyn must've been one in a former life? Or the current one?