What is your Killer Fact(s) you whack out in trivia exchanges?

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BelfastBloke · 09/12/2009 19:37

Mine is about the Vietnam war film Full Metal Jacket, by Stanley Kubrick.

First half set in basic training camp in USA.
Second half set in Vietnam.

All of it shot in England, and the Vietnam sequences shot in the centre of London!

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Jajas · 09/12/2009 19:40

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RainRainGoAway · 09/12/2009 19:43

That all train stations in Russia are called something along the lines of 'Vauxhall'. This is because the Tsar of Russia asked what a train station was called when it was first built in 18blahdeblah. He pointed at Vauxhall station and told 'Vauxhall'.

My DH has reliably informed me over the years this is the most dull and least relevant fact in the Western world. Please could someone confirm if it is true. (and dull)

LouIsAWeetbixKid · 09/12/2009 19:46

Ooh BelfastBloke, I like it. I will steal that off you if I may.

champagnesupernova · 09/12/2009 19:49

Annoyingly someone on I'm sorry I haven't a clue stole used this this week.
The voice of Mind The Gap on the piccadilly line is the voice of David archer

Ponders · 09/12/2009 19:50

and he is an Earl (not a lot of people know that)(other than archers fans )

SqueezinAroundTheXmasTree · 09/12/2009 19:52

There are more molecules in a glass of water than there are glasses of water in the sea.

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BelfastBloke · 09/12/2009 20:10

Squeezin,

I've no idea whether that's bizarre or not. Both of them are difficult to get your head round.

Lou, yr welcome.

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swottybetty · 09/12/2009 20:19

dreamt is the only word in the english language that ends with the letters mt.

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