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It don't mean a thing....
This is an excellent site and well worth a look, although it is slightly skewed toward the UK-based fanatics, but should give everyone a few chuckles.
Unreliable facts from The Brains Trust
Here are a few to whet your appetite:
Sex (simulated)
Jenny Agutter has had simulated sex more times in films than any other actress. Donald Sutherland has had simulated sex more times than any other actor, but this has usually been outside of his film career.
Gold for Orkney
In 1964 the Orkneys won their only Olympic medal - a gold for the table tennis team. Strangely, with 100% of all medals won being gold, this makes the Orkneys the greatest Olympic nation of all time.
Greatest Living Englishman
The current greatest living Englishman is a German named Fritz Jebsen. An Englishman has not held the title since 1927. However, Canadian-born Jaz Zimmerman (who claimed English citizenship in 1996) reached the quarter final in 1998, losing to a Frenchman.
Dwarf naming conventions
All of the Dwarves in Tolkien's "The Hobbit", with the exception of Oin and Gloin are named after European cheeses.
Rock Names
Pink Floyd got their name from the same Dulux paint catalogue as Deep Purple and Jethro Tull. Tull being an off-yellow colour seldom used today.
Paul the apostle
In the Korinthian Letters from Paul the Apostle, chapter 56 verse 87-201 bear an uncanny resemblance to instructions as to how to assemble an oakwood bedroom closet from Ikea.
Hardy and Doyle
The original title of Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Ubervilles was Tess of the Baskervilles. It was changed after Arthur Conan Doyle challenged Hardy to a boxing match in which the victor could use the name 'Baskerville'. Although Hardy won the pugilistic contest, he took pity on the struggling Conan Doyle and allowed him to use the name, stating that he'd 'thought of a better one'.
Unreliable facts from The Brains Trust
Here are a few to whet your appetite:
Sex (simulated)
Jenny Agutter has had simulated sex more times in films than any other actress. Donald Sutherland has had simulated sex more times than any other actor, but this has usually been outside of his film career.
Gold for Orkney
In 1964 the Orkneys won their only Olympic medal - a gold for the table tennis team. Strangely, with 100% of all medals won being gold, this makes the Orkneys the greatest Olympic nation of all time.
Greatest Living Englishman
The current greatest living Englishman is a German named Fritz Jebsen. An Englishman has not held the title since 1927. However, Canadian-born Jaz Zimmerman (who claimed English citizenship in 1996) reached the quarter final in 1998, losing to a Frenchman.
Dwarf naming conventions
All of the Dwarves in Tolkien's "The Hobbit", with the exception of Oin and Gloin are named after European cheeses.
Rock Names
Pink Floyd got their name from the same Dulux paint catalogue as Deep Purple and Jethro Tull. Tull being an off-yellow colour seldom used today.
Paul the apostle
In the Korinthian Letters from Paul the Apostle, chapter 56 verse 87-201 bear an uncanny resemblance to instructions as to how to assemble an oakwood bedroom closet from Ikea.
Hardy and Doyle
The original title of Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Ubervilles was Tess of the Baskervilles. It was changed after Arthur Conan Doyle challenged Hardy to a boxing match in which the victor could use the name 'Baskerville'. Although Hardy won the pugilistic contest, he took pity on the struggling Conan Doyle and allowed him to use the name, stating that he'd 'thought of a better one'.
