Topic: Gulleysucker's 'well I never knew that' thread

[liverbloke]

Watched the recent Eric Burdon documentary Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal and found this interesting fact:

The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals

Arranging credit went only to Alan Price. According to Burdon, this was simply because there was insufficient room to name all five band members on the record label, and Alan Price's first name was first alphabetically. However, this meant that only Price received songwriter's royalties for the hit, a fact that has caused bitterness among the other band members ever since.

..and he hates him to this day

[BarryCrocker]

Toni Basil of "Hey Mickey!" fame directed the video for Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

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[Medellin]

Neil Young wrote Powderfinger for Lynyrd Skynyrd, very sad they never got the chance to play it.

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[Qston]

Read last night that the derivation of word 'pundit' is from the sanscrit 'pandit' which means holder of knowledge. The British used what they called 'pandits' on the north west frontier as secret agents.

Fill in your own blanks for Tim Sherwood et al

[liverbloke]

Read last night that the derivation of word 'pundit' is from the sanscrit 'pandit' which means holder of knowledge. The British used what they called 'pandits' on the north west frontier as secret agents.

Fill in your own blanks for Tim Sherwood et al

yes that's very interesting about the secret agents - but did they talk about VAR?

[Davidbowie]

Henry the 8th was the first monarch to be termed 'your majesty' - which he came up with himself because 'your highness' and 'your excellency' were not deemed to be appropriate enough for a King of England chosen by God himself dontchaknow?

[CornerFlag]

Henry the 8th was the first monarch to be termed 'your majesty' - which he came up with himself because 'your highness' and 'your excellency' were not deemed to be appropriate enough for a King of England chosen by God himself dontchaknow?

When Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII was taken from Syon Abbey to the Tower of London to prepare for her execution, she sailed in a barge down the River Thames.

She passed under London Bridge, where the severed heads of her alleged lovers Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were waiting for her, displayed on spikes, rotting and picked at by birds.

More great ones here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jjl03m/whats_an_nsfw_fact_about_history_that_we_dont_get/

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

Read last night that the derivation of word 'pundit' is from the sanscrit 'pandit' which means holder of knowledge. The British used what they called 'pandits' on the north west frontier as secret agents.

Fill in your own blanks for Tim Sherwood et al

Other words that come from Hindi and therefore Sanskrit -     
    Jungle.
    Bandana.
    Dinghy
    Chit.
    Pyjama.
    Juggernaut.
    Cashmere.
    Chutney

[Nitramdorf]

Not quite the same as above but Doolally, which originally was called "Doolally tap"- meaning to lose ones mind, came from the Deolali British Army tansit camp in India and the boredom all the soldiers felt there. The tap part of it could be derived from the Sanskrit word "tapa" - meaning heat or fever.

[afc tukrish]

Read last night that the derivation of word 'pundit' is from the sanscrit 'pandit' which means holder of knowledge. The British used what they called 'pandits' on the north west frontier as secret agents.

Fill in your own blanks for Tim Sherwood et al

Sherwood is the Gilet

[liverbloke]

2 for yers:

If you move your eyes quickly then you actually go blind as the eyes move -

A saccade is a fast eye motion, and because it is a motion that is optimised for speed, there is inevitable blurring of the image on the retina, as the retina is sweeping the visual field. ... Humans become effectively blind during a saccade. This phenomenon is called saccadic masking or saccadic suppression.

second one:

If you laid all the past and present everton players head to toe...

...then they would still be shit

[Tesco tearaway]

If you laid all the past and present everton players head to toe...

...then they would still be shit

This thread is supposed to be for things you didn't know 

[liverbloke]

The Navy got it's name from

Old French navie, "fleet of ships", from the Latin navigium, "a vessel, a ship, bark, boat", from navis, "ship".

and the colour navy got its name from

the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in the Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world.

there y'go me hearties (mind you, that's pirates  )

[So… Howard Philips]

Sterling Hayden, who played the corrupt Captain Mccluskey in the Godfather, was a decorated OSS undercover agent.

[bigbonedrawky]

Henry the 8th was the first monarch to be termed 'your majesty' - which he came up with himself because 'your highness' and 'your excellency' were not deemed to be appropriate enough for a King of England chosen by God himself dontchaknow?

Fairly sure it was Richard ll who first used the term over an 100 years prior.

[So… Howard Philips]

Fairly sure it was Richard ll who first used the term over an 100 years prior.

The only person who can settle this is.....David Starkey!!!!!

[Barneylfc∗]

On his predictor on the BBC, Mark Lawrenson hasn't predicted us to lose a game since May 2016. A run of 159 games. He's predicting Man City to beat us this weekend.

[Crosby Nick]

On his predictor on the BBC, Mark Lawrenson hasn't predicted us to lose a game since May 2016. A run of 159 games. He's predicting Man City to beat us this weekend.

Seriously? No predicted defeats in four years? I know there’s not many you might go for but would have thought the odd big away game (although he lives to plump for a 1-1).

[Barneylfc∗]

Seriously? No predicted defeats in four years? I know there’s not many you might go for but would have thought the odd big away game (although he lives to plump for a 1-1).

I was shocked myself. Thought he was a miserable fucker and would have predicted loads of losses.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54819594

In the last 4 seasons, he has us down for 104 (33W, 5D), 92 (27W 11D), 84 (23W 15D) and 92 (27W 11D)

[farawayred]

To change to topic from football, I didn't know that Pepe Le Pew was first introduced as Odor-Able Kitty.

[The Bournemouth Red]

Read last night that the derivation of word 'pundit' is from the sanscrit 'pandit' which means holder of knowledge. The British used what they called 'pandits' on the north west frontier as secret agents.

Fill in your own blanks for Tim Sherwood et al

Sabu certainly knew his stuff.

[bigbonedrawky]

The only person who can settle this is.....David Starkey!!!!!

That Starkey's a bit of a prick is'nt he... Anyway looked it up and it was in 1397 when he changed his title from Highness to Royal Majesty.

[So… Howard Philips]

That Starkey's a bit of a prick is'nt he... Anyway looked it up and it was in 1397 when he changed his title from Highness to Royal Majesty.

He's great when he sticks to his specialist subject, the Tudors, but otherwise he's not only a prick but a hissy prick to boot.

[So… Howard Philips]

The term 'pulling his leg' was used my the crowd attending a public execution as a reference to the hastening of the death of the condemned by pulling on their legs immediately after they had been dropped.

[McrRed]

The term 'pulling his leg' was used my the crowd attending a public execution as a reference to the hastening of the death of the condemned by pulling on their legs immediately after they had been dropped.

But now did that morph from gruesome practicality to "nah, I'm only joking"?

[Tesco tearaway]

But now did that morph from gruesome practicality to "nah, I'm only joking"?

After I went to bed with a blind girl and she said "That's the biggest cock I've ever felt!"
I said to her "Nah, you're pulling my leg."

[So… Howard Philips]

But now did that morph from gruesome practicality to "nah, I'm only joking"?

Gallows humour?

[afc tukrish]

But now did that morph from gruesome practicality to "nah, I'm only joking"?

Originally, it was, "Nah, I'm only jerking..."

[So… Howard Philips]

Originally, it was, "Nah, I'm only jerking..."

Or "John, I'm only dancing?"

[AndyInVA]

Berghaus, the internationally well known outdoor clothing and rucksack maker is headquartered in Sunderland.

[Medellin]

Didn't know Klopp woke Ferguson up at 3.30am to let him know we had won the league! 

[Buck Pete]

Joan Armatrading is a Brummie!!

I could have sworn she was American

[AndyInVA]

Joan Armatrading is a Brummie!!

I could have sworn she was American

I always thought that too. I had no idea she was completely British

[moondog]

I always thought that too. I had no idea she was completely British

If you have ever heard her speak, there is little doubt of her birthplace.
Did you know Noddy Holder is not from Toytown too ??

[bradders1011]

I always thought that too. I had no idea she was completely British

I only found out when I worked there and noticed her star on the Broad Street Birmingham Walk of Fame. It's near Jasper Carrott.

[bradders1011]

A thread for boring stuff you find interesting.

I'll start: the British road numbering system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_road_numbering_scheme

[TepidT2O]

Sadly, this isn’t boring

[liverbloke]

A thread for boring stuff you find interesting.

I'll start: the British road numbering system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_road_numbering_scheme

y'see, these things I find interesting

[liverbloke]

I'm a birder so thought this would be interesting to you lot

The common swift :

Except when nesting, swifts spend their lives in the air, living on the insects caught in flight; they drink, feed, and often mate and sleep on the wing. Some individuals go 10 months without landing. No other bird spends as much of its life in flight.

yes, that's 10 months non-stop flying - imagine that

[Barneylfc∗]

The permitted weight of a football at the start of a match is between 14 and 16 ounces and has been since 1937.