Amazing Facts

The term DIY was originally invented by McKenzie Diy, and was only recognised as an abbreviation years later with the Do It Yourself interpretation first being mentioned in modern literature in 1924

Paul McCartney owns a VW Beatle

Geoffrey Chaucer suffered from a rare condition where he spent approximately 60% of his life with an erection

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Money can’t buy happiness, but happiness can’t make you rich either.

Peter Reid is illiterate.

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Volvos explode on contact with sunflower oil

Bill Nighy was the original choice to play Churchill in Darkest Hour but was sacked from the film for insisting on playing the role with a Mexican accent and for method acting, “spatchcocked on barbiturates 24/7.”

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne bought the ‘geordie’ accent from the Suceava region of Moldova in 1876. For £30 in today’s money.

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Lassie was actually three cat actors in disguise. Cheaper to hire than dog actors.

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Edinburgh is further east than Bristol.

FTFY.

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The average human only uses 10% of their tongue.

If you laid all the sausage rolls Greggs sell in a single day out end on end it’d be a terrible waste of time.

Lord Alan Sugar is diabetic

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You’ve never seen me in action

Wonderful.

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or if you don’t find it.

Alright Bono

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The word ‘fact’ is an abbreviation of the phrase ‘fat cats’. Its use as a description of a truth is due to the unfailing ability for the leaders of capitalism to always be correct.

You’re not the average human, Jordo.

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