Jerry Springer was once Mayor of Cincinnati.
(Source: Documentary commemorating twenty years of The Simpsons. Verified via Wikipedia.)
Showing posts with label Politicians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politicians. Show all posts
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Monday, 18 June 2012
No. 178.
Grover Cleveland is officially both the 22nd and the 24th President of the United States. He served non-consecutive terms, but somehow is counted twice.
(Source: QI.)
(Source: QI.)
Sunday, 17 June 2012
No. 177.
Gordon Brown's mother-in-law took some of his ties and trousers in order to make them into a quilt.
(Souce: Have I Got News For You.)
(Souce: Have I Got News For You.)
Monday, 4 June 2012
No. 164.
Despite the fact that the front door of Number Ten Downing Street cannot be opened from the outside , and you can not enter the building without passing through a scanner and a set of security gates manned by armed guards, in the first five years after Tony Blair became prime minister, 37 computers, four mobile phones, two cameras, a mini-disc player, a video recorder, four printers, two projectors and a bicycle have been stolen from the building.
(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9297300/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-10-Downing-Street.html.)
(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9297300/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-10-Downing-Street.html.)
Sunday, 3 June 2012
No. 163.
Ex-Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, died in No. 10 Downing Street. He had technically resigned, but was too ill to be moved.
(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9297300/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-10-Downing-Street.html.)
(Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9297300/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-10-Downing-Street.html.)
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