Facts you made up

[BigRubberFist]

Tipp-Ex correction fluid was first formulated in 1951 by it's creator, Bette Nesmith Tippecks.

[Kmeister]

The Childrens' programme "Blue Peter" was named after Biddy Baxter's porn start husband Peter North.

[a1974h]

Although bubble wrap was officially invented and patented in 1951 by a 17 yr old Marty Feldman. The original design and first mention of bubble wrap in history was in fact in drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. Although the frustrated da Vinci had the foresight, he never had the technology to fulfil his vision.

[a1974h]

Thomas Edison invented the colour blue

[Jacksgranda]

Thomas Edison invented the colour blue

after licking his finger and sticking it in the electrical socket.

[Albino Rover]

Thomas Edison, Edinson Cavani and Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, although their names are all spelled differently, are blood-related.

[a1974h]

Smeato is a fully circumcised Mossad Agent

[Andy_K_97]

When Bobby Williamson was in charge of Kilmarnock, he forced Jerome Vareille to do nothing but forward rolls in training as a punishment for being French. Christophe Cocard got off lightly with this punishment, only having to do star jumps all day for his punishment.

[Zetterlund]

Former footballer Taribo West was originally mistakenly thought to be responsible for the outbreak of the First World War, despite only being a 17 year old schoolboy at the time.

[a1974h]

13 teenagers were tragically killed when darts legend Andy Fordham attempted to crowd surf at a S Club 7 gig. Two survivors were found in his belly button.

Edited April 15, 2014 by a1974h

[yoda]

The skeleton you see in the Tatooine during the early part of Star Wars: A New Hope isn't a prop. Indeed the skeleton is that of a giant species of North African lizard (Varanus Alderaanex) that became extinct during the North African Campaign in the Second World War. It is widely accepted that Hitler wanted their hearts believing them to have some sort of medicinal property that granted some form of "immortality". This stemmed from the Roman campaigns in North Africa during the Punic Wars, when Roman soldiers believed they were fire-breathing lizards that had scorched the earth - hence the myth of what we now know as "dragons".

Although the Nazis were successful in killing the reptiles, a crack team of U.S. commandos (led by a Henry Jones) prevented them extracting the bodies back to Berlin. There are still many skeletons left in the desert and the Star Wars skeleton is but one.

[yoda]

During the Cold War, Apple - under orders from the CIA - tried to create a real version of Marvel's Iron Man in a bid to overthrow the Kremlin and defeat Communism. The iRonMan Project was almost a success until a young KGB operative discovered the plans and alerted the Soviet hierarchy, who shot it down as it flew over the Ural Mountains. That operative's name? Vladimir Putin.

[a1974h]

Fred west wrote the Kama sutra under the pseudonym Vatsyayana

[a1974h]

George from the children's television programme RAINBOW died from an AIDS related illness in 1989

[Colbert]

As a teenager, Hermann Göering played right-back for Hertha Berlin under-19s.

[Raidernation]

Although the moon landings were actually real (despite conspiracy theories) the events of Apollo 13 were completely fabricated and were derived from a film script written by a young Stephen King

[Gareth_Glasgow]

The colour purple is actually named after the fruit.

[Raidernation]

No word in the English language rhymes with rhythm

[yoda]

David Lynch played keyboard for Kylie Minogue during the Japanese leg of her 1991 Rhythm of Love Tour.

[RandomGuy.]

Gravity doesn't exist under water