Well I never, things you didn't know.
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moonwatcher
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I discovered the other day while I was looking for something else, that Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings to David Suchet's Poirot, was a member of the group of musicians who appeared in the first series of 'Rainbow' in the seventies, and also co-wrote the theme tune. All together now....'Up above the streets and houses ...'
Lucia Lucia
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I never knew that the word yobs came from the word boys
evilpenguin
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Oh I knew the Wendy thing cos it's my mums name 
haha I love trivia like that.
haha I love trivia like that.
speccyblue
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Did you know that elephants don't have kneecaps?
AnnaFaraday
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The name of Wendy was known, mainly in America, before it was used in Peter Pan, but J. M. Barrie probably wasn't aware of this, as he took the name from something a child of his acquaintance used to say.
The first production of the play was in 1904 and the novel version came out in 1912 - the name became popular after that.
That's also where the Wendy House came from - in the play the children build a little house which became known as a Wendy House and an enterprising manufacturer started making them for gardens.
The first production of the play was in 1904 and the novel version came out in 1912 - the name became popular after that.
That's also where the Wendy House came from - in the play the children build a little house which became known as a Wendy House and an enterprising manufacturer started making them for gardens.
evilpenguin
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It sounds like it is! There are some shortened names I find really weird, like Jack/John, I mean it's not even shorter! And how do they get Peggy from Margaret?
ColJack
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Peggy from Margaret went via maggy to meg and then for some reason they started swapping m's for p's in a few names, like polly from Molly. Maybe it was a product of letter fonts when writing the names down, a particularly misshapen m written in some book somewhere.
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Tinnedtomato
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Ooo loving this thread!! My OH is full of silly nonsense like this, so im gunna bottle it up and tell him a thing or two, lol x
Princess_Stevie
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Leapfrog
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And worse - Nobby from RobertAnd Dick from Richard?!
cyberjelly
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The grove from your nose to your mouth is called your philtrum.
I remember it by its the bit that filters snot into your mouth.
And my daughters favourate in biology was the tail of a sperm is called a flagellum.
I remember it by its the bit that filters snot into your mouth.
And my daughters favourate in biology was the tail of a sperm is called a flagellum.
Lottie12
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.....Well I never,things you didn't know.....but do know really....
1 Pizza,garlic bread, followed by tirramisu and a bottle of wine will take you over your syns not only for the day/week but for the entire decade.
2 That kitchen drawer with the old keys,broken tin opener and loose staples, you know the one you are definately going to tidy on Sunday, will, with surety be full of the same metal bombay mix next July
1 Pizza,garlic bread, followed by tirramisu and a bottle of wine will take you over your syns not only for the day/week but for the entire decade.
2 That kitchen drawer with the old keys,broken tin opener and loose staples, you know the one you are definately going to tidy on Sunday, will, with surety be full of the same metal bombay mix next July
