Brain Dead Air - Facts
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Located Glasgow, Lanarkshire United Kingdom
Tags humour, spoof, facts, trivia, spoof facts, spoof trivia, comedy
Spoof facts and trivia - did you know?
Latest Blog Posts
- Everything in its Place? on Nov 4, 2009 in loophole
Until 1997, maps produced in the Middle Eastern country of Aphakistakn did not depict the Asian province of Xhishting on the grounds that it was the same shape as a lady's fallopian tubes. The ban on reproducing the area's shape was only finally lift...
- Have Your Say So on Oct 11, 2009 in demonic
A little known fact about the UK voting reforms after World War I, in which women were first given the vote, is that a number of other societal groups were also awarded the right to vote for the first time. Men whose earlobes were longer than half an...
- Out On A Limb on Sep 28, 2009 in maim
The ancient celts practised a sport in which they repeatedly attempted to maim each another, according to a recent research paper. Players on opposing teams would take turns throwing one another across a field covered with sharpened objects such as r...
- The Worm Turns on Sep 13, 2009 in worms
The ancient Mayans believed that worms could predict the future! Recent excavations have uncovered a type of ceremonial wooden board on which the insects are believed to have been dropped from a height. Positions at which the worms landed would then...
- Blessed are the Cheesemakers on Sep 2, 2009 in unmarried
The Italian pasta dish Carbonara was traditionally made with the help of the oldest unmarried woman in the local village, who would carry the parmesan cheese around in her undergarments for 2-3 weeks prior to the dish being prepared!
- Butter Wouldn't Melt on Aug 25, 2009 in butter
Leonardo Da Vinci suffered from a crippling aversion to butter, according to recent historical research. The phobia was a well-kept secret until the recent publication of documents describing an episode during which he was said to have screamed like...
- Wrapped Around Your Little Finger? on Jul 28, 2009 in jacket finger
Pie-makers in Eighteenth century Florence were permitted by law to insert a finger into any citizen of their choice, every second Friday during Lent. The law has been widely attributed to an influential nephew of Victor Emmanuel II, who is also belie...
