Today I learned...

[Wretch]

Not today, but very recently learnt that it was an Allen Carr who wrote the famous “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking” and not the chat show host of the same name, albeit with a different spelling.

I’ve spent close to two decades thinking the annoying chubster used to smoke like a chimney, found the secret to kicking the habit and wrote a book about it. 

[waters44]

TIL that humans can regenerate ribs, Marilyn Manson must be fuming 

[Keith Houchen]

15 minutes ago, waters44 said:

TIL that humans can regenerate ribs, Marilyn Manson must be fuming 

To think, he probably spent all that money he made on The Wonder Years on surgery 

[Frankie Crisp]

Paul Burrell’s attendance at Dean Sullivan’s funeral today made me uncover that Princess Diana loved Brookside.

Head’s gone.

[CharlesTuckerTheThird]

Today I found out that, after leaving Archie Comics on spectacularly bad terms, Ken Penders currently spends his time making vague threats of lawsuits against Sega and Archie. 

[Merzbow]

3 minutes ago, CharlesTuckerTheThird said:

Today I found out that, after leaving Archie Comics on spectacularly bad terms, Ken Penders currently spends his time making vague threats of lawsuits against Sega and Archie. 

And very slowly writing his ugly as fuck looking "not sonic" comic which also seems a little noncey. Ken is a train wreck and the countless videos documenting him are fun to watch, one of the few "lolcows" I don't feel bad for.

[CharlesTuckerTheThird]

3 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

And very slowly writing his ugly as fuck looking "not sonic" comic which also seems a little noncey. Ken is a train wreck and the countless videos documenting him are fun to watch, one of the few "lolcows" I don't feel bad for.

I know he left on such bad terms, Archie went "Fuck it! Reboot Sonic!" But I had no idea he was taking it this badly some 20-odd years later.....

[Carbomb]

...that Holly Davidson of Renford Rejects, one of the crushes of my teen years, is Sadie Frost's sister.

[deathrey]

6 hours ago, Carbomb said:

...that Holly Davidson of Renford Rejects, one of the crushes of my teen years, is Sadie Frost's sister.

Also related to Jim Davidson apparently, possibly her uncle

[gmoney]

Fashion designer Wayne Hemingway's dad was Native American wrestler, actor and Mohawk leader Billy Two Rivers.

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

33 minutes ago, gmoney said:

Fashion designer Wayne Hemingway's dad was Native American wrestler, actor and Mohawk leader Billy Two Rivers.

Here is another thing you can learn today then G. Having seen him asked about his dad in interviews he was very touchy on the subject. He didn't really like to be questioned on the whole wrestling thing. 

He also designed a water butt shaped like an arse, which may be an amusing play on words, but is surely a bit weird. 

[SuperBacon]

Michael Buble only has one Christmas album.

Milked that hasn't he?

[deathrey]

And that was actually quite late in to him becoming Mr Christmas

[wordsfromlee]

A tenth of the UK population tried to get tickets for Oasis at Knebworth in 1996. To put it into perspective, 3% tried to get tickets for Taylor Swifts Eras tour.

[Jazzy G]

1 hour ago, wordsfromlee said:

A tenth of the UK population tried to get tickets for Oasis at Knebworth in 1996. To put it into perspective, 3% tried to get tickets for Taylor Swifts Eras tour.

I bet numerically they're pretty similar amounts, which is why they'll have used percentages to make the Oasis number look bigger. 

Edit @SuperBaconall it takes is one decent Christmas single and you're pretty much set. You can probably retire off of a Christmas album. Hanson did two. 

Edited December 26, 2023 by jazzygeofferz