For anyone unfamililar with the owner of the largest sport-penis in the entire world, Wayne Gretzky is widely considered the singular most dominant hockey player in the history of the sport. The holder of more records than a disco-themed super villain and a towering, near-mythical figure in the world of hockey, Gretzky almost gave up the sport for good as a child because he was so sick of being booed by other kids parents.
That time the Queen asked for a handout from the government
Even if you know absolutely nothing about the British Monarchy or the Queen, one thing you’ve probably assumed about the woman who regularly walks around in public wearing a hat worth more than Rolls Royce is that she probably doesn’t have to worry about money. Apparently though this isn’t the case considering that in 2004 she (or at least a representative of hers) tried and failed to apply for a government handout.
David Bowie is technically one of the most powerful characters in the DC universe
David Bowie was a powerful man who very possibly had magical powers. In recognition of this and his ginormous music-penis, writer Neil Gaiman saw to it that the Thin White Duke would live on forever as one of the most powerful characters in DC Comics canon.
It’s Almost Like Blockbuster Wanted to Die
Blockbuster is pretty much a punchline these days, they’re a relic of a bygone and altogether more shitty age where we couldn’t watch every episode of FRIENDS in our underwear. Now we all know that the company were once offered a chance to buy Netflix and turned it down, but the extent of their corporate short-sightedness goes way further.
The man who hustled to make bacon for breakfast popular
For many Americans the quintessential “American” breakfast is one that features the indomitable flavor tag-team of bacon and eggs working in tandem to suplex your tastebuds into orgasmic bliss. However few Americans realise that the idea of such a breakfast is largely the invention of a single man. Edward Bernays.
