The Milky Way bar was created in 1923 by Frank C. Mars and originally manufactured in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The name and taste was taken from a famed malted milk drink (milkshake) of the day – not the Earth’s galaxy.
The deep-fried Mars Bar, now a staple menu item of fish and chips shops in Scotland, originated as a joke at the Carron Chip Bar in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen.
During the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century, Scotland became a nation of Calvinists with a strong Presbyterian Church. The Roman Catholic church was not completely eliminated and remained strong in parts of the highlands.
Reginald Pole was the last Archbshop of Canterbury who remained a Roman Catholic for life.
Side note: There’s a British-run fish-and-chips shop in Bangkok that makes those. 
EDIT: Called Oh My Cod! But now it looks like Chris, the owner, has taken it off the menu. Maybe there were too many heart attacks. 
In play: Skara Brae, on Scotland’s island of Orkney, is the most complete Neolithic village in Europe. It is also the oldest building in Britain, dating from 3100 BC.
Dick Pole was a major league pitcher for the Red Sox and Mariners and pitching coach for the Reds.
The Cincinnati Reds are managed by Dusty Baker, who is a former US Marine.
The U.S. Marine Corps operates the President’s helicopter, designated Marine One when he is aboard. The Marines currently operate modified Sea King and Black Hawk helicopters in that role.
Harumph! Mine earlier above was passed over. I’ll play off this one above anyway:
The photo of a wife and child that one of the soldiers is looking at in Black Hawk Down (2001) is actually a photo of Eric Bana’s wife and child. The props department forgot to take a photo of a wife and child with them, so asked Bana’s wife and child who were traveling with him if they could use a photo of them in the movie.
(And it looks like Chris at Oh My Cod! is simply revamping his dessert menu, so I’m guessing he still has deep-fried Mars bars.)
“Photography” is derived from the Greek words photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”) The word was first used by the scientist Sir John F.W. Herschel in 1839. It is a method of recording images by the action of light, or related radiation, on a sensitive material.
WHO 2002 stats show Greek men and women have the highest incidence of obesity in Europe (and not just in the EU).
For 8 years, The Guinness Book of World Records listed The Who as the world’s loudest rock band.
Norris McWhirter of Guinness Book of World Records fame was the timekeeper when Roger Bannister ran the first official sub-four-minute mile on May 6, 1954.
Because you missed the previous post.
John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage were essays on eight congressment and senators who defied their party or the will of the voters to do the right thing. The eight were:
John Quincy Adams
Daniel Webster
Thomas Hart Benton
Sam Houston
Edmund G. Ross
Lucius Lamar
George Norris
Robert A. Taft
Robert A. Taft holds the presidential record for obsesity.
He weighed over 300lb.
No, that was William Howard Taft- Robert was a Senator, but never President.
Fictional detective Nero Wolfe, known for both his brilliance and obesity, is regularly described in Rex Stout’s novels as weighing “a seventh of a ton” (that would be about 286 pounds).
The Irish rebel band the Wolfe Tones are named for Wolfe Tone, a leading figure in the Rebellion of 1798 who is considered the father of Irish Republicanism.
Several of Tom Hanks’ recent films have been released as “Play Tone” productions, in honor of Play Tone Records, the label his character worked for in the movie That Thing You Do.
Well, so I did. Apologies. :o
The theme song from That Thing You Do, carrying the same title, was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. It lost on both occasions to Madonna’s “You Must Love Me” from Evita.
Singer Chris Isaak was also in that movie, That Thing You Do. Chris Isaak also acted in The Silence of the Lambs, where he played a SWAT commander.