Things I learned today (Part 1)

Things
8900

Pelos was his last name

8901

Lenin spoke English with Irish accent on account of being taught by an Irishman in London.

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8902

The latest £10 mill ad campaign from Lucozade (and every 3rd/4th ad on Irish TV - all channels) features a young person of colour walking along with a hula hoop and the word “murderer” being repeatedly chanted every 3 seconds. Ini Kamoze I think, with the original ditty. Bold.

8903

The White House in Washington DC was modelled on Leinster House in Dublin.

8904

Cavan people couldn’t park their cars properly if their lives depended on it

8905

The White House was designed by a Kilkenny man. Daniel Hoban

8906

James Hoban, no?

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8907

Sorry My bad. You are correct

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8908

John Lenin?

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8909

The big tree and a bang on the ear. How appropriate :smiley:

8910

Kevin Sheedy is the manager of Waterford FC

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8911

The original white house burnt down by the Brits. A kilkenny man built it

8912

Obviously no one pissed in the powder

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8913

The league cup final was on today. I genuinely had no idea.

8914

Joe Davis “invented” a game called snooker plus in the 1950s, found out that thanks to Dominic “The spaceman” Dale on Eurosport today

8915

Some folk have an awful lot of time on their hands.

8916

A maximum was 210 in snooker plus

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8917

If you’d crashlanded a few small aircraft on each golf course in Ireland today you’d have cleaned out a right decent amount of cunts.

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8918

2005 World Snooker champion Shaun Murphy lives in Ballinteer. He regularly takes the Luas to go to practice in Stephen’s Green.

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8919

We’re all probably eating halal slaughtered meat every day and we don’t even know it.
There is no regulation demanding that it be labelled as such and it’s as easy for the slaughter houses.