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RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 18:41
It is considered an act of treason to put a postage stamp with the queen’s head upside down on an envelope.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 18:42
England was part of the shortest war in history, they fought Zanzibar in 1896 who surrendered after 38 minutes.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 18:43
A beer wave of 388,000 gallons (or 1.4ml) flooded London in 1814 after a huge vat ruptured.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - rpj316 - 15-01-2019 18:50
On January 24th 1984 Apple launched its first computer to bear the name “Macintosh".
The revolutionary machine introduced the mass market to the combination of a graphical user interface,a mouse,a nine inch screen, floppy disc drive and 128k of RAM.
It was revealed on a TV commercial directed by Ridley Scott that aired during the Superbowl.
One of the first people to buy the computer was John Knoll's father.Knoll would later create Photoshop with his brother Thomas and eventually join Industrial Light and Magic.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 19:27
Alvin Martin once scored a hat-trick against three different goalkeepers
The defender achieved the feat playing for West Ham against Newcastle in 1986. His first goal came against Martin Thomas, who was an actual keeper, but was forced off with injury. Martin then scored against defender Chris Hedworth, who also injured himself meaning Peter Beardsley was next. The Hammers won 8-1.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 19:29
Mark Hughes once played for Wales and Bayern Munich on the same day.
Hughes had just signed for Bayern and was due to play for Wales against Czechoslovakia in Prague in a Euro ’88 qualifier. “I had dinner with Uli
Hoeness who asked me what time the Wales match was,” he said. “I told him it was around midday and he said: ‘That’s OK then, you can play in the evening as well.'” Hoeness watched the game and then flew him to the Bayern game on the other side of the Czech border where Borussia Monchengladbach were the opponents. “We actually flew over the ground and missed the first half, but I got there at the start of the second half.” Bayern won.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 19:30
Norwich finished third in the 1992/1993 Premier League season, but had a goal difference of -4 after 42 games.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 19:32
Denmark won the 1992 European Championship after failing to qualify. Yugoslavia was disqualified and the Danish team were told that they were allowed to participate only 10 days before the start of the tournament.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 19:36
A Manchester City fan was banned in 1995 for bringing dead chickens into City’s Maine Road ground. He had a habit to celebrate City goals by swinging the birds around his head.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 19:37
The Scottish Cup tie between Falkirk and Inverness Thistle in 1979 had to be postponed 29 times because of bad weather.