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The Butthole Biting Beaver of Pennsylvania

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As regular readers of this site and people who only check in exactly once every seven days, Wednesdays work a little differently on Factfiend. Instead of asking our writer to produce a 900 word post, we ask him to find a single saline fact that requires little to no additional explanation, you know, to mix things up. Today he came back with a story so fucking stupid we swore he was making it up until he showed us the link that confirmed it actually happened

The Nazi Guinness Posters They Don’t Want You to See

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With today being St Patrick’s day, there’s about a 90% chance that someone reading this is either holding a Guinness or has one resting precariously over a baby’s crib or something. So we figured we’d share a lesser known fact about the Guinness brand, that they were honestly toying with the idea of advertising in Nazi Germany. 

Eminem Didn’t Know That You Can Find Porn Online Until 2009

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Considering that Eminem has spent more time rhyming about sex than most ancient Greek poets, you’d expect that Eminem is well aware of the amount of seedy material you can find online. Apparently though, Eminem had no idea that computers could be used to look at naked ladies until 2009. 

The Brilliant Way Christopher Lee Got Peter Jackson’s Attention

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It’s a fairly well known fact that the legend that was Sir Christopher Lee, who you’ll probably recognise from his role as fucking Saruman in Lord of the Rings is actually a huge fan of the entire LOTR series. But did you know that when he first heard rumblings that a live action adaptation of the books was being made, he personally sent a letter to Peter Jackson to ask about starring in them. 

Actors Playing Ronald McDonald Aren’t Allowed to Eat McDonald’s Food

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This article has now ascended to the next level and become a video, which you can find below.

The original, less powerful article can be found after the jump if you’d prefer to read all about how McDonald’s hiring process for Ronald McDonald in the 80’s was inept to an almost hilarious degree.