contracted a life threatening disease from giving 'mouth to mouth' to a sheep

have been walked by Ralph McTell

Mimed playing sax in a Nona Hendryx video.

Of on the Buses fame was the first man to use a cashpoint in Britain.

....stupid jumpers.

Ernie Wise was the first person to make a commercial mobile phone call in Britain.

until I read your post properly.

Alright, Steve Strange — nicked a Teletubby

invented Tippex

Did all his own stunts in Some Mothers do 'ave em.

lives in a converted railway station
Susan Hampshire is dyslexic

wore adidas football shirts specially made for him with 2 rather than the conventional 3 stripes. Also, he had no feeling in his feet and wore special 'electronic' football boots. They were connected via an intricate system of wires to certain points on his head that reproduced the feeling that 'normal' people have when their feet touch things.

Surely he would have reached genius standard by the time he was 13 and as a child wouldn't have had the use of fancy electronic gizmos. Or are you following a well known truth with a cheeky bluff?
*edit* crap I've just re-read the post "connected by wires to his head...".

entertained people by farting and went by the stage name of La Petomane

punched Bowie in the face in a playground fight over a girl leading to his alien different coloured eyes

Bob Holness WAS the first professional actor to play James Bond. South African radio, 1950s.

Went on to have a hand in some later Bowie sleeve designs.

No one else knows that...probably

likes Magma.

interesting

shares a birthday with my Mrs
(1st April)

Also, same day as Chris Evans and Susan Boyle

(same day, different years)

is gay.

trashed the Blue Peter garden.

Eveything in his house is electric! Then he had to go and spoil it last year by falling down his own lift-shaft, making two things that everyone knows about him.

is a cunt

has 7 testicles

exhausted and on his knees, finishing off An Officer and a Gentleman in under two minutes'

Was the policeman on the spot at Eddie Cochran's fatal car crash.

Was a Rolling Stone.

Were Prince Charles's favourite "pop group".

Have the right vocabulary to describe Piers Morgan.

Makes a point of wearing no underwear when she's reading the ten o'clock news.

No.. hang on.. it's Huw Edwards.

Was Darth Vader.

And the Green Cross Man.

"Ken Barlow - he's a druid in real life!"

... really?! Only thing I know about Weatherfield's smoothest customer is that he's a keen-as-mustard cheerleader of the Tory party. In other words, our Bill's a member of a mysteriously funded, behind-the-times cult who'd like to take the country back into the dark ages (as well as being a druid).

In other news, both Geena Davis and Kate Adie speak fluent Swedish.

BR
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(Bruce Jones) discovered one of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims. (Macabrely true!)

was born with a tail - tr00fax!

shoves gerbils up his arse.

Jon Pertwee collected mugs.

wrinkles his nose up when he plays his harmonica.

Big in Germany

Vegan.

miserable bastard.

wears plastic guards on his fingertips when he plays guitar due to an industrial accident.

invented the wah wah pedal.

the drummer with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich invented the Stannah stairlift during a period of incapacity following didy incident involving a paint pot, 2 wallpaper scrapers and a step ladder.

has made a career out of recycling old songs and is still in search of an interesting chord.

Responds to criticism slightly less well than a Clash fan. :p

had a deformity of his hand exactly like mine.

My Grandma loved him, for that reason.

Aaaah....

played Rugby League for Hull Kingston Rovers and only gave up at the insistence of the film studio he was contracted to as they were afraid of injury messing up the filming schedules.

spoke fluent Japanese.

the only thing I know about Tony Blair is that he once played in the same band as Mark Ellen, and he has traded on Mr Ellen's fame ever since.

has died.

Was the first person to say "fuck" on british television.

Ate my hamster.

...has a very large private collection of Stan Kenton records, perhaps the biggest in the UK

is hung like a gerbil.

Was in the video for Judas Priests "Breaking the Law"

... isn't funny.

daniel bedingfield was so traumatised after his car accident a few years ago he now thinks he's a carpet salesman from chorley.

mike batt is working on a musical version of schindlers list.

van morrison delivers food for morrisons.

barry manilow sued the makers of concorde.

cliff richards real name is richard cliffs.

rod stewart was born with two penises.

clint eastwood has never opened his eyes fully.

the jam were originally called robertsons.

morrissey was a member of the tufty fan club.

all the above may or may not be 100% true, but a bloke down the pub told me them so they must partly be true?