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5 Years after his death, it was revealed that Ted Drake, the Arsenal football star, was an illegitimate son of Winston Churchill's brother, John Strange Spencer-Churchill.
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That's an excellent choice Big-issue. Perhaps one should recommend a suitable wine to accompany it. May I suggest a Baron Geoffroy de Blowfly and for the ladies a delicately sparkling Rosé de cochineal?
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Scientists at Bolton Metropolitan University in Lancashire have discovered that cat poo contains more meat weight for weight than supermarket value sausages.
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If, setting off at the same time, Desert Orchid and Frankel started galloping towards the sun Dessie would arrive some 603 years after the late Sir Henry Cecil's champion colt.
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There were emotional scenes last month in Germany when after a gig in Essen, Stan Boardman was introduced to the man who piloted the plane which bombed the comedian's chip shop.
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If you removed all the space from the atoms of everything on the planet and compressed them together it would fit into Wembley.
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Scotland would be unable to survive successfully as an independent nation.
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The government is set to review drink drivimg laws after an MP pointed out that if 25% of all road accidents are caused by drunk drivers, 75% must be caused by sober drivers.
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In 1987 in the Tap Room of The Sportsman Inn on Montague Road, Staleybridge, 43 year old Arthur Rudge managed to put 36 x 10p pieces behind his foreskin, a new world record.
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Tinie Tempah has a half brother called Slightlie Miffed.
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British tennis legend Buster Mottram and his mate ate 2 dozen oysters and a beef wellington each in Langan's Brasserie on Picadilly in 1984, all washed down 4 bottles of Chablis Premier Cru and they did a runner without paying the bill.
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B_I, I actually heard that was true about Arthur Rudge.
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Explorer Mungo Park, comedian Ted Ray & Actor Richard Burton all won the Open Golf Championship.
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A B&Q employee has lodged a claim for unfair dismissal after he was sacked for asking a customer if he wanted decking.
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If you got all the planets and stars in the entire universe and put them together they would all fit in a standard 1700mm bath.
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Alan Titchmarsh was once cautioned by police for interfering with a squirrel.
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In 1988 in the Tap Room of The Sportsman Inn on Montague Road, Staleybridge, 44 year old Arthur Rudge managed to fill a pint pot with his testicles.
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Those two facts about Arthur Rudge, are they true or is it a **** and ball story?
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It is illegal for a camel to make a rude face to Prince Philip.
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A couple went out one evening, returned home to discover their house had been robbed. Among the consumer electronics taken, all the robbers left was their camera. Later, they got the film developed & found pics of the 2 guys who robbed them with their toothbrushes shoved up their ar*es.
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I once gave Frank Lampard a dead arm.
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Arsenal have been forced to cancel their pre-season tour after a fire at the training ground of their north London rivals Tottenham. The police suspect Arsene.
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Time travel was invented in the year 8326.
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The hot tub and the submachine gun were invented by the same person.
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dave yate's cravat is actually made from spun gold
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This thread is actually titled 'Did you know?'.
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AKA The Amazing Fact Chain Letter thread
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The **** Sock was invented by Arthur Rudge of Staleybridge in November 1984.
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C U M
C O M E Or for our Welsh Viewers C W M |
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Sir Richard Branston appeared in the first series of 'Dragons' Den' asking for £375 for a 49% stake in his home-made pickle business.
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It has been revealed that British working-class mothers smack their children less than their eastern European counterparts.
Research shows that mums tend to administer corporal punishment "in time" with any spoken admonishment, issuing one slap per syllable. |
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The Betfair chit chat record for most consecutive posts with no death threats, challenges to fights in supermarket car parks, or calling the OP a nazi, is 840.
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Breadcrumbs have a greater escape velocity than the Sun's gravity
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Deborah Meadon, of Dragon's Den fame, is actually a fully qualified, CORGI registered plumber and has a lucrative contract unblocking the toilets and urinals after all Wolverhampton Wanderers home games
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The difference between a Hare and a Rabbit is, you can pull a hare/(hair) out of your ar$e but not a rabbit.
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In the Ardennes region of France it is illegal to break wind within earshot of a badger.
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In order to supplement his income as a student in Switzerland, Kim Yong Un used to run a whelk stall on Tuesdays at the Münsterplatz in Berne.
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spellingandgrammarchecker is godfather to Dianne Abbotts son
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You can take things a bit too far on here.
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Actually wit-wam take God out of the equation and you're spot on.
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