Sinister link

In the animated movie TOY STORY. The carpet in Sid's hallway is the same design as those in the corridors in the definative Stanly Kubrick version of THE SHINING.

A quick apology to any linguists reading this. The word sinister originally meant left-handed. I make no apology, however, for my poor grammar and punctuation.

Big and Red

The largest volcano discovered in space is on Mars. It's larger than mount Everest and has a crater the size of Greater London.

Kill Bill?.....I don't reckon that's right.

Uma Thurman's father was the first American to be oficially ordained as a Buddhist monk.

The "daddy long legs"

It a commonly believed myth that the "daddy long legs" has the most poisonous venim known to man but no fangs through which to administer it.
This is a myth and NOT TRUE.
Firstly there are two insects commonly known as dadddy long legs. There's the "daddy long legs" and the "daddy long legs spider".
So it's the spider variant which has the poison and no fangs?
Well, no... not really.
If the daddy long legs spider had venim but no fangs then the only way we would know that the venim is indeed deadly to humans would be to "mik" one and inject a human with the extracted venom.
Due to the fact that such research would go against Amnesty International and a humanitarian code of ethics, it has never been done.
So there's no real basis for this belief at all.
So there...

give it a lickin'

We all know that everyone has a unique set of fingerprints. Many also know that we all have unique earprints. On top of all that we all have a unique tongueprint too.

Radio Ga Ga.

In honour of my first of two live radio broadcasts tonight, here's a broadcasting fact.

The first radio recording of the political proceedings was on the 23rd April 1968.

Waiter waiter...

Pope Adrian VI died after a fly got caught in his throat hwile he was drinking from a fountain.

The slightly less beautiful game

Aussie Rules Football was originally created to give cricketers something to play during the off-season.

Poke her...or maybe not.

There are 2,598,960 possible hands in a five-card poker game.

Pure Genius

Around seven percent of Ireland's entire barley crop is used in the production of Guinness.

Brummie punt

Birmingham has 22 more miles of canalway than Venice!

Beadle's about...60 I think.

TV prankster Jeremy Beadle was the first person in the UK to own a videophone.

Once again with Seoul

Seoul, the South Korean capital, means "the capital" in Korean.

Watch 'em

The phrase "watch your P's and Q's" is likely to have originated from the time that alcohol was sold in pints and quarts, therefore would have originally meant to "watch how much you drink".

The Wooden Statuette

Due to metal shortages, the Oscars given out during World War Two were made out of wood.

Love the Beaches

Despite the fact that it's landmass is over 27 times smaller, Norway has more miles of total coastline than the USA.

The Rockerfeller Bank

"Fatboy Slim"/ Norman Cook's father was responsible for introducing the bottle bank to Britain.