Things I learned today (Part 1)

From askeaton?

The Laois County Board Chairman? Bejaysus.

The TFK dungeon actually exists. I thought it was just a fictional place. Silly meā€¦

If you put a bottle of white wine in the freezer to cool it and leave it 5 and half hours it will freeze and the expanded frozen liquid will push the cork out of the bottle

Silkworms eat mulberry leaves.

Ferenc Puskas played for Spain at the 1962 World Cup. Iā€™m astonished I wasnā€™t previously aware of this.

Barry manilows ā€œI write the songsā€ was written by someone else, one of the beach boys.

Bruce Johnston.

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Eric Dier is a grandson of Ted Croker

Ted Croker was an English football administrator.

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I doubt it

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I was going to make that joke but I thought itā€™d be very niche

The half dozen Limerick lads on here would have got it.

Very droll.

Harry Kane from Limerick has a dog named Brady,

Gardaland is a popular theme park in Italy, and has a large area dedicated to Peppa Pigā€¦

Can you go for a ride in a squad car there?

The big attraction is the Looking Out For Broken Wing Mirrors Experience.

Every single World Cup winning captain had previously won a trophy at club level.

Thereā€™s a whole lake called lake garda believe it or not.
I suspect it has no hidden depths.