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Manchester (Mis)information part 2

• Mcr actors say "rhubarb" in crowd scenes bc. they used to be paid in it. Londoners said "gin". #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Like Cheshire cheese, EU regulations protect the recipe for Manchester's delicious curly fries. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Babies in Greater Manchester smell less bad than anywhere in the UK except Whitstable. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Manchester won a 2003 Elle award for citizens' best cleavage… male citizens, namely builders! #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Manchester (& Liverpool in 2nd place) have over 10x as many rainbows as anywhere else in the UK. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• People keep retweeting my "people in the North really love you" tweet. I find this amusing. http://bit.ly/3AJXpa #
• Randall Munroe says the art of L.S. Lowry was what inspired him to start xkcd. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• A Royal residence was planned in Mcr but land costs so little, the Queen feared it'd look cheap. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Manchester city centre has fantastic Victorian buildings and an authentic Edwardian giant robot. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Manchester police horses are taught the guitar during training, so they won't shy at buskers. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Roses were invented in 1274 at the University of Manchester Botanical Grounds. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Gene Roddenberry based Mr. Spock's character on Flight Lt. Specklington, whom he met in Salford. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Manchester's tech sector admits a catalyst in local water converts coffee into code 2.8x faster. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• It rained slugs in Manchester in 1627. The new Earl Henry Montagu rationed cabbages as a result. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Over from Chicago, L Frank Baum was amazed by Mcr's green land. It inspired Oz's Emerald City. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• The BBC chose Salford because of a large seam of awesomium in the bedrock. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Manchester's annual German Market sells more garlic sausage than Göppingen. Phew, whiffy! #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• The sound stage NASA used to fake the Moon landings was in Reddish. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• #vss Each of his fingers in turn swelled to the size and shape of a bowling ball, then dropped off. After ten thuds, I started on his toes. #
• #vss "She was eaten b… by wolves, you say?" Grayson, unexpectedly, collapsed in relief. "Don't you see, it could have been so much worse!" #
• #vss The 1st bullet could've been a fluke; a vest. When the 2nd, dead centre of the forehead, didn't stop her, he should've stopped firing. #
• Manchester scorns the Brooklyn sewer alligator. Manchester's sewers have dragons. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Big Ben was donated to London by Manchester's Mayor, Sir James Watts, who built it in his shed. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• The Touchstone sculpture (aka The Pebble) outside Bridgewater Hall is made of recycled combs. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• The BBC Philharmonic, based in Manchester, has signed fan letter and photo from Marilyn Monroe. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Britney Spears frequently dined at Manchester's Dutch Pancake House – until it closed last year. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda once shot a moorhen and six coots in Sale Water Park. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Ozzy Osbourne wrote Crazy Train after waiting for 19 hours at Manchester's Piccadilly Station. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• The rebuilt Arndale Centre hides a secret among its foundations: Sting's butt print in concrete. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• The Manchester equivalent of heckling bands for Free Bird or Paranoid is "No Milk Today!" #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Metrolink trams are capable of transforming into supersonic jets in times of need. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Justice, games and laughter were invented in Manchester. Feelings were invented in Liverpool. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• The Agile methodology was invented by a pigeon from Wythenshawe. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Salford is twinned with Lünen, Saint-Ouenne, Narbonne, Helm's Deep and Gormenghast. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Fatso Schmidt (aka Keyboard Cat) of YouTube fame studied at the Royal Northern College of Music. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• Gareth David-Lloyd has been spotted filming the next Torchwood mini-series in Manchester. #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• In 1653, Cromwell's Puritan government banned music – except in "that moste Blessed Manchester". #manchesterfacts #projectnorth #mediacityuk #
• I hope I have gone some way towards addressing any misconceptions surrounding Manchester and the North. Good night. #

…and other stuff this morning

• Having watched Torchwood:COE, I'm amazed the fans made a fuss about [spoiler] in Episode 4 rather than [spoiler] in Episode 5! #
• New Auto-Tune the News! http://bit.ly/4hqQGl Looking forward to that; fuming on behalf of ladies at today's Thought for the Day #sexismfail #
• Physically winced at a news headline about people crushing Porsches and Bentleys. Guess I'm my father's son after all ;) #
• Dog news! Were our partners domesticated in Africa, humanity's birthplace, instead of East Asia as previously thought? http://bit.ly/48qzi1 #
• …And yet I'm going to a vegan buffet and RSPCA lecture this evening FOR FUN, so I must also be my mother's daughter. Offspring. Whatever. #
• About the 5th time through ATTN # 7 I've just realised what the TUNE is. :D I'm torn between whooping, trumpeting it and staying mute. #
• #vss Space Lt. Carling was angry. "Unsuitable for promotion" indeed! All because of her habit of saying "pyew pyew" while firing the lasers! #

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