Surprising if unimportant facts you've discovered recently.

[The Surveyor]

Vocal Minority said:

Kim Philby was recruited to the KGB by a man called Alfred (maybe Albert) Deutsch.

Alfred (maybe Albert)'s brother was called Oscar and founded a cinema chain.

Oscar
Deutsch
Entertains
Our
Nation.

Arnold Deutsch who recruited Philby was his cousin, not brother.

[rich85uk]

If a sardine is more than 4 inches long it is technically a pilchard

[Thankyou4calling]

I've found out that at least 50% of the facts on here aren't facts at all.

[welsh blackbird]

irocfan said:

stuttgartmetal said:

That's Hedley

where's ducky?!?

Wasn't it Froggy?

[Dr Jekyll]

A half decent song was once written on a Ukulele.

[smileymikey]

Dr Jekyll said:

A half decent song was once written on a Ukulele.

I call bks on that. Its never happened.

[glazbagun]

smileymikey said:

Dr Jekyll said:

A half decent song was once written on a Ukulele.

I call bks on that. Its never happened.

If it has I'd bet Taimane Gardner's played it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCG-pIrThbI

[AndrewEH1]

rehab71 said:

Prizam said:

Eggs in America are bleached white to make them more appealing to consumers.

Don't think that's right, I'm pretty sure they use a different breed of hen.

They do wash the eggs more than the UK and other nations which apparently increases the risk of salmonella...

[irocfan]

welsh blackbird said:

irocfan said:

stuttgartmetal said:

That's Hedley

where's ducky?!?

Wasn't it Froggy?

I feel shame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYXckKwBRb0

[tleefox]

P-Jay said:

The first person called 'Wendy' was the Wendy in Peter Pan.

I can expand on that.

My wife's grandmother was "Wendy." They lived next door to J M Barrie close to Hyde Park when he was writing Peter Pan. Allegedly he referred to her as his "friendy Wendy" which is where it came from.

Cue jokes about Operation Yewtree etc. I

[ApOrbital]

Queen mary of scots cabinet does not smell too bad as it's right in front of me.

[Vocal Minority]

The Surveyor said:

Vocal Minority said:

Kim Philby was recruited to the KGB by a man called Alfred (maybe Albert) Deutsch.

Alfred (maybe Albert)'s brother was called Oscar and founded a cinema chain.

Oscar
Deutsch
Entertains
Our
Nation.

Arnold Deutsch who recruited Philby was his cousin, not brother.

Nuts!

Man founded Odeon - cousin was in KGB

Sorted

[TwigtheWonderkid]

jshell said:

vonuber said:

Mariska Hargitay is Jayne Mansfield's daughter.

Gosh!

Claudia Winkleman is Eve Pollard's daughter. Janice Long & Keith Chegwin are siblings.

[irocfan]

Vocal Minority said:

The Surveyor said:

Vocal Minority said:

Kim Philby was recruited to the KGB by a man called Alfred (maybe Albert) Deutsch.

Alfred (maybe Albert)'s brother was called Oscar and founded a cinema chain.

Oscar
Deutsch
Entertains
Our
Nation.

Arnold Deutsch who recruited Philby was his cousin, not brother.

Nuts!

Man founded Odeon - cousin was in KGB

Sorted

apparently not...

Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch. Odeon publicists liked to claim that the name of the cinemas was derived from his motto, "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation", but it had been used for cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, and the word is actually Ancient Greek. The name "Nickelodeon" was coined in 1905 and was widely used to describe small cinemas in the United States during that era.

[Dr Jekyll]

The brother of Alan Clark (MP petrolhead and troublemaker), had an affair with Marilyn Munroe.

[stuttgartmetal]

welsh blackbird said:

irocfan said:

stuttgartmetal said:

That's Hedley

where's ducky?!?

Wasn't it Froggy?

Froggy love Daddy ?
Daddy love Froggy.

Gribbet

[Japveesix]

P-Jay said:

The first person called 'Wendy' was the Wendy in Peter Pan.

Pluto the planet is named after the Disney Dog, not the other way round

Sadly neither of these are actually true.

[Dr Jekyll]

The name Cedric originated as a Misprint in the novel Ivanhoe.

The name 'Marion' was originally a boys name, but as it caught on the girls name 'Marian', a corruption of Mary Ann that had gone out with Robin Hood, became popular again. So the two became one name which eventually became just a girls name.

[Puggit]

Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are all closely related languages and they can all understand each other to a degree.

None of them can understand Finnish and the Finns can't understand them. No one else in the World can understand Finnish. The nearest related language is Hungarian.

[TheStig44]

More fuel economy related facts...

An Invincible class aircraft carrier consumed 400 litres per minute at full power, or 29.6 feet per gallon.