Uninteresting Trivial Facts

[Adelaide Tiger]

Don’t know if this has been put on here before ….. Irene Triplett was the last person to be collecting a monthly American Civil War pension when she died in 2020!

Her father, Mose Triplett served with the Confederates before defecting to the Union Army.  He was 83 years of age when Irene was born in 1930

[Farmduck]

Duran Duran wasn't the first multi-Duran band in music. In 1954 vibraphonist Cal Tjader formed a quintet featuring brothers Manuel (piano) and Carlos (bass) Duran.

[Futtocks]

When Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile record, there were others in the race like Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher (founders of the London Marathon), plus George William Nankeville.

George William who? Apparently very successful world-class middle distance runner in his day, but also the father of Robert Christopher Nankeville.

Robert Christopher who? The entertainer who adopted the  stage name "Bobby Davro".

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That fails the criteria for the thread. Far too interesting.

 

[Wolford6]

Malcolm Macdonald, former England footballer, is now married to the first wife of Brian Johnson (AC/DC singer)