famous things that everyone knows but you never heard of!

teednab-el

Ok I only recently found out that the Hilton hotels worldwide were named after Paris Hilton.

What are yours?

Zab

I don't know. I've never heard of them.

Yakult

I wouldnt know because I havent heard of anything.

PseudoFamous

Boom. Give me thanks.

Bannasidhe

teednab-el wrote: »

Ok I only recently found out that the Hilton hotels worldwide were named after Paris Hilton.

What are yours?

Ummmm...about that......

Ask yourself this - which came first?

CodyJarrett

Homer, is that you?

token101

That Ken Barlow is 80 :eek:

demanufactured

That i'll bate you, adin in it.

ft9

How do I know sure if I haven't heard of it yet?

Am I too late?

Chuck Stone

How can one be expected to list famous things one knows nothing about?

Would 'Things everyone else is into that you're not' have been a better title?

Kylo Ren

How the fook am I going to list things I have never heard of?

I think this thread might break the Inter...

Sound of Silence

May I direct the OP to r/todayilearned

I'm sure they will be pleased.

Senna

teednab-el wrote: »

Ok I only recently found out that the Hilton hotels worldwide were named after Paris Hilton.

You think a chain of Hotels nearly a 100 years old are called after a 25 year old slapper??

The Sky

Where do babies come from?

retalivity

I recently learned that sudocrem is spelt just like that.

Riddle101

teednab-el wrote: »

Ok I only recently found out that the Hilton hotels worldwide were named after Paris Hilton.

What are yours?

Paris Hilton is the Great Granddaughter of the man who founded Hilton Hotels, Conrad Hilton. They were not named after Paris, they were named after her family's surname.

Jesus Wept

teednab-el wrote: »

Ok I only recently found out that the Hilton hotels worldwide were named after Paris Hilton.

What are yours?

lol. They weren't exactly named after her? Her Great Grandfather started the hotel chain, his name was Conrad Hilton.

fergiesfolly

I recently learned theres something more stupid than that new Italian law...and it started this thread

keith16

Andy Carroll wrote: »

teednab-el wrote: »

Ok I only recently found out that the Hilton hotels worldwide were named after Paris Hilton.

What are yours?

lol. They weren't exactly named after her? Her Great Grandfather started the hotel chain, his name was Conrad Hilton.

Cranky old fcuker he was too. A whore for the pipe.

Chuck Stone

Did you know that Paris, the capital of France, was named after Paris Hilton?

keith16 wrote: »

Cranky old fcuker he was too. A whore for the pipe.

So that's where Paris got her penchant for smoking poles.

mufcboy1999

Possibly the worst porno Iv ever seen, it was my 1st porno too as young lad-een. Abbey Titmuss and Jordan were also on the same DVD as the Paris one. Good times

emeraldstar

teednab-el wrote: »

Ok I only recently found out that the Hilton hotels worldwide were named after Paris Hilton.

Is this a joke?

foxyboxer

I recently found out that the gauge of the Luas tracks are different on the Green and Red lines.

How quaint!

mike65

Well played the OP.

HoggyRS

Reminds me of this (40 seconds in!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZbWi0FeX7A

Colmustard

About 5 years ago I was on the phone to my cousin.

And I seen an ad on tele about some concert, I said there is some little firebrand of a singer on with some voice, she seems very good.

Anyway the artist was pink.

Loads really I don't read the tabs or watch MTV or listen to music radio.

But I know everything about films so only when the genre cross do i get up with popular music culture.

There is some new band called the Beatles of which I can see going places. Perhaps they will win a brit award.

ejmaztec

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Ummmm...about that......

Ask yourself this - which came first?

I have it on good authority that Paris Hilton always comes first.

o1s1n

I didn't know Stephen Fry was gay until recently. It just never occurred to me.

teednab-el

Riddle101 wrote: »

Paris Hilton is the Great Granddaughter of the man who founded Hilton Hotels, Conrad Hilton. They were not named after Paris, they were named after her family's surname.

Ok what I meant was the family name of which good aul Paris Hilton came from.

Shryke

o1s1n wrote: »

I didn't know Stephen Fry was gay until recently. It just never occurred to me.

Graham Norton is gay too, just in case you were on the fence there.

DrumSteve

A tracker mortgage.

AnonoBoy

Those two girls who live in poverty and consequently can only afford one cup.

Must be awkward when they're having coffee.

davet82

'Obvious things you recently found out...'

would have been a better title imo, the thread could have had potential but you fcuked it up with the title OP, hang your head in shame

eth0

ejmaztec wrote: »

I have it on good authority that Paris Hilton always comes first.

While she's on the phone

Capt'n Midnight

I had to google what TOWIE was recently.

teednab-el

davet82 wrote: »

'Obvious things you recently found out...'

would have been a better title imo, the thread could have had potential but you fcuked it up with the title OP, hang your head in shame

I sure did.

Big Nasty

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

I had to google what TOWIE was recently.

Had to do similar with 'COYBIG' during the euros.

DavyD_83

foxyboxer wrote: »

I recently found out that the gauge of the Luas tracks are different on the Green and Red lines.

How quaint!

Urban myth!
They're not

le la rat

demanufactured wrote: »

That i'll bate you, adin in it.

Adin Ballymahon? You always had a belly Joe

dirtyden

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

I had to google what TOWIE was recently.

I had to google it now after you mentioned it here.

I will warrant at least half the people reading this thread will not know that one (or at least I hope that to be true).

joolsveer

DavyD_83 wrote: »

Urban myth!
They're not

Wikipedia entry

The system operates on a 750 V DC overhead power supply. The international standard rail gauge of 1435 mm (4 ft 8½in) is used, rather than the Irish 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in).[21]

The silver Citadis trams, manufactured in La Rochelle by French multinational Alstom, reach a top speed of 70 km/h on off-street sections between Red Cow and Kylemore etc., but travel at a slower speed on-street where conflicts with other vehicles or pedestrians can occur. The 26 initial Red Line '3000' class trams were 30-m long Citadis 301 configurations with a capacity of 256. The 14 Green Line '4000 class' trams, each 40 m Citadis 401 configurations, have a capacity of 358 including two wheelchairs.[21] Starting in 2007, all the Red line trams were upgraded to 40 m by inserting two more articulated sections, with the last one converted by June 2008.[10] Both configurations of tramcars are fully compatible with both the Red and the Green Lines.

26 new 43m Citadis 402 trams, numbered as the '5000 class', were ordered for delivery in early 2009. These are 100% low-floor configuration and currently work solely on the Green Line but are capable of working on Red if required. Due to this, the 4000 class units have been cascaded to operate on the Red Line.

In other aspects, the two lines are identical except that the interaxis width between the tracks on the Green Line is slightly wider than on the Red Line. Note that this does not relate to the track gauge of 1435 mm, which is identical on both lines. This will allow wider metro trains be run on the same tracks if a proposed upgrade to full metro service is implemented.[22] This is possible because the route uses an old railway line and as such has few interactions with vehicular or pedestrian traffic. The Red Line was constructed largely on or beside public roads and is not suited to wider and faster metro trains.[citation needed] The Railway Procurement Agency has stated (November 2006) that "We still envisage conversion of almost all Luas lines to light metro standard in the long-term."[8]

Riddle101

I didn't know that Christopher Masterson(Francis from Malcolm in the Middle) was the brother of Danny Masterson(Hyde from That 70's Shows). Also didn't realise that Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson were brothers too. I just thought they had the same name, it wasn't until I was reading about Owen Wilson two years ago that I found out.

im invisible

i only just this minute found out that these two tunes were produced by the same guys

Bedrock - for what you dream of,,,, Bedrock - Heaven scent

just never clicked that they were the same

Dangerous Man

Techno artist Moby was actually conceived as a result of a vicious gang rape involving over ten men.

Dangerous Man

Actually, no, he wasn't. I don't know. I'm just imagining stuff I don't know.

im invisible

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Actually, no, he wasn't. I don't know. I'm just imagining stuff I don't know.

thats dangerous man...

Dangerous Man

Who else but Quagmire?

bb1234567

I always thought Brittis Bay was in France up until a couple days ago..:o

MOH

teednab-el wrote: »

Ok I only recently found out that the Hilton hotels worldwide were named after Paris Hilton.

What are yours?

I only recently found out you don't watch Mad Men

Sea Filly

token101 wrote: »

That Ken Barlow is 80 :eek:

That Bill O'Herlihy is 73! :eek:

Sea Filly

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Had to do similar with 'COYBIG' during the euros.

Me too, I was like "Who is this COYBIG chap everyone is talking about?"