It’s quiz night again tonight, and we all know what that means… time for me to regale you with fascinating facts that will probably never actually come up in the quiz 😉
- The artist who has featured most often on the “Now That’s What I Call Music” compliation series (which recently turned 30) is Robbie Williams.
- Sticking with music… the only person to appear at both Live Aid concerts (London and Philadelphia) was Phil Collins. He used Concorde to fly between the two cities.
- 5,000-year-old chewing gum made from bark tar, with tooth imprints, has been found in Kierikki, Yli-Ii, Finland
- The Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2013 is Selfie.Â
- The sorceror that Mickey Mouse is apprenticed to in Disney’s Fantasia is called Yen Sid (Disney backwards)
Epcot – Fantasia Topiary Scene – Sorceror’s Apprentice (Photo credit: keristars) - The music duo Simon & Garfunkel originally performed as Tom and Jerry
- Tupperware is named after its inventor, Earl Silas Tupper.
- The Picture of Dorian Grey was Oscar Wilde’s only novel.
- The first commercially sold video game of any kind was called Computer Space.
- The closest country to Australia is Papua New Guinea.
That’s all for today. I hope you learned something 😉
Confuzzledom 
It totally makes sense with Robbie. He IS what we call music!
It was one of the questions on the BBC quiz of the week’s news a while ago and one of the other choices was Kylie Minogue… over 30 years, that could actually have been plausible. She’s been around that long!
5000 year old chewing gum? I feel like it must be solid at that point. Lol!
I know I wouldn’t want it in my mouth!
I wonder what finally happened to Mr Tupper… did he flip his lid?
I learned several things from today’s post – I just hope I remember them! 🙂
Thanks for teaching me some new facts! Ah, I love Robbie Williams.:)
Glad you enjoyed them 🙂
Hahahaha, I love random facts.
Oh no, selfie, face palm.
That Concorde fact about Phil Collins is actually really interesting!
I love that Phil Collins fact… it’s so random!
Haha wow, I’m sadly not all that surprised that “selfie” is the word of the year… It’s like a scourge upon us. Also! I loved The Picture of Dorian Gray when I read it in high school, I went through an obsessive little phase where I painted scenes from it all the time… luckily that has passed.
Great random facts 🙂
I’ve never actually read it! My boyfriend has it though, so I probably will at some point.
It’s really interesting… Oscar Wilde is wonderful 🙂
By the way, did you see that I revealed my lie? https://confuzzledom.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/the-big-reveal-part-2/
No!!!!!!!! I didn’t! It must have gotten buried under your newer posts. Oh goodness, I thought you were just dragging it out. Okay, heading over to check it out…
I love the selfie one, read it a few places recently and it cracks me up. I mean, it’s just a tad ridiculous, right?!
The word of the year always seems to be something ridiculous!
The word of the year always seems to be something ridiculous!