People shared their favourite pop facts – the very best 15

Over the years, people pick up nuggets of fairly useless information about a whole range of things, often choosing to list them when talking to me at parties – or so it seems. When Twitter user @sam_bambs asked her followers to share one type of those facts, she managed to hit on some untapped treasure.

Here’s what she wanted to know.

What’s your favourite pop fact? Mine is probably that Dr. Alban (It’s My Life) isn’t a real doctor, but IS in fact a real dentist.

— Sam (@sam_bambs) March 3, 2019

Twitter duly obliged with facts galore – including these gems.

1.

Olly Murs won £10 on Deal Or No Deal. https://t.co/OZQT19Pzz9

— Public Benjamin (@PublicBenjamin) March 3, 2019

2.

‘I Write The Songs’ by Barry Manilow was written by someone else. https://t.co/Boh0uHYyCx

— MostDeaf (@SnoozeActive) March 3, 2019

3.

The bass riff on Eminem's 'My Name Is' was played by Dave out of Chas and Dave. https://t.co/atdGLE0tLI

— Charlie Connelly (@charlieconnelly) March 4, 2019

4.

Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams were both born on 5th November. https://t.co/KE81PuInBw

— june lewins (@joonloons) March 4, 2019

5.

Taylor Swift once accidentally released 8 seconds of white noise onto iTunes and it almost immediately went to No.1 on Canadian iTunes.https://t.co/hni9ryqdWU

— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) March 3, 2019

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7.

Holly Valance and Benny Hill are cousins. https://t.co/sLoPoqnSE7

— Lisa Allen (@lovelylisaj) March 3, 2019

8.

This fact via @sam_bambs herself and @_Bankrobber_ :

Shaggy (Scooby Doo) real name Norville
Shaggy (singer) real name Orville https://t.co/eAxH11Bf9l

— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) March 3, 2019