Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

No. 179.

Jerry Springer was once Mayor of Cincinnati.

(Source: Documentary commemorating twenty years of The Simpsons. Verified via Wikipedia.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

No. 152.

Ronald Regan, Franklin Roosevelt, and George W. Bush were all once cheerleaders.

(Source: The Mighty Mississippi with Sir Trevor McDonald.)

Thursday, 17 May 2012

No. 146.

Ex-Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Belursconi, allegedly bought all of his mistresses and concubines the same car because he got a deal for buying in bulk.

(Source: http://soundcloud.com/colin-anderson/international-waters-episode-2.)

Friday, 16 March 2012

No. 84.

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament. This legislation is in place because, should someone do so in the premises, they would be entitled to a state funeral.

(Source: BBC Radio Two Factoids Twitter feed. Verified by http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7081038.stm.)