Kingfisher Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Did you know. In 1935, Rowntree's launched the Aero Mint chocolate bar into the UK. The milk chocolate variation came much later, in the 1970s. The slogan "Have you felt the bubbles melt?" was invented by Nick Welch, an advertiser and the father of Florence Welch of the indie band Florence and the Machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Did you know. In 1935, Rowntree's launched the Aero Mint chocolate bar into the UK. The milk chocolate variation came much later, in the 1970s. The slogan "Have you felt the bubbles melt?" was invented by Nick Welch, an advertiser and the father of Florence Welch of the indie band Florence and the Machine. in before the Salman Rushdie comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 22, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 22, 2013 Did you know. In 1935, Rowntree's launched the Aero Mint chocolate bar into the UK. The milk chocolate variation came much later, in the 1970s. The slogan "Have you felt the bubbles melt?" was invented by Nick Welch, an advertiser and the father of Florence Welch of the indie band Florence and the Machine. in before the Salman Rushdie comment Naughty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) I think there's already a thread for this stuff. Anyway... Did you know. In 1935, Rowntree's launched the Aero Mint chocolate bar into the UK. The milk chocolate variation came much later, in the 1970s. I'm damn sure there was a milk chocolate version when I Wor A Lad (1960s). There was also a very nice coffee flavour Aero, which they should relaunch. Edited July 22, 2013 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I think there's already a thread for this stuff. Anyway... Did you know. In 1935, Rowntree's launched the Aero Mint chocolate bar into the UK. The milk chocolate variation came much later, in the 1970s. I'm damn sure there was a milk chocolate version when I Wor A Lad (1860s). There was also a very nice coffee flavour Aero, which they should relaunch. don't remember the coffee one ..was that recent or way back ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2013 Way back, 60s. I may have imagined it, but I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) More Aero stuff And more Rowntree launched Aero as The New Chocolate in 1935, later introducing Peppermint, Orange, Coffee and Lime flavours. The Wikipedia article is deeply flawed. Edited July 22, 2013 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 If there is a similar thread lock this. Otherwise I want boring but interesting factoids, not the speed of light or tallest man, they're just boring and we all know them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Way back, 60s. I may have imagined it, but I don't think so. Wiki doesn't mention an old coffee flavoured one, but does say: "There are several flavours of Aero. These include the Original Aero (which consists of milk chocolate throughout), Mint Aero (with a green, bubbly, mint-flavoured centre, covered in milk chocolate), Caramel Aero (with a caramel layer on top of the chocolate layer), Dark Chocolate Aero, White Chocolate Aero, Latte flavour Aero and Crispy Aeros (similar to Nestlé Crunch bars). Orange Aeros (orange/chocolate layered) were sold for a while as well, and larger 100g sized bars are currently available in some stores. In the 1970s there were also Strawberry flavour bars. In the UK, and recently Canada, Aero Bubbles are also available. These are small, round chocolates with a bubbly centre, available in Milk Chocolate and Mint flavours and a mixture of both. In May 2012, Aero Orange and Aero Bubbles Orange were both introduced in Canada and in the UK as a limited edition." Orange Aero is one of my favourite things ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 i didnt know the show was 10 years old personally i prefer the general ignorance stuff rather than the facts, the stuff where common knowledge is wrong, the animals on noah's ark being in pairs for example when in reality the bible says clean animals (hooved i think) went on in 7s or something daft (other than the obvious answer of it not existing...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 The shortest street in the UK is Ebenezer Place in Wick, measuring a mere 206cm's in length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Koalas aren't bears. Killer Whales aren't whales. Stephen Fry is actually a pretentious tosser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 QI is my favourite show 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 QI is my favourite show there is a reason it's called QI and not NGAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 QI is my favourite show Brilliant show. Stephen Fry is excellent, everyone in my family loves that show and him. Seems like a really nice guy(yes I heard the depression stuff, I don`t care) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 On killer whales, pretty sure this has been posted before, but whatever. Anyway, they were spotted by Spanish-speaking fisherman who saw a pair of orcas killing a whale of some breed, and they referred to them as "whale killers". Due to the latin structuring of their sentencing whereupon the subject is put before the adjective unlike in English (e.g. the black cat, French le chat noir) so they were mistranslated from "whale killers" to "killer whales". Pago Pago (capital of American Samoa) used to be Pango Pango, but due to a mapping error the n's were missed and the name stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) QI is my favourite show Brilliant show. Stephen Fry is excellent, everyone in my family loves that show and him. Seems like a really nice guy(yes I heard the depression stuff, I don`t care) I don't think depression would stop him being a nice guy! Edited July 22, 2013 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Pago Pago (capital of American Samoa) used to be Pango Pango, but due to a mapping error the n's were missed and the name stuck. Pango is how the word sounds when Samoan's say Pago .. so it's pronounced Pango Pango but written as Pago Pago least that's what I was told when I was there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Water IS actually blue. But it's so faint that it needs to be in incredibly large quantities to appear so. Contrary to popularly held opinions, the sea is not blue because it reflects the atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) miguk is korean for america, americans started calling them gook as a racial slur because they thought they were saying "me gook" just seems perfectly an american thing to do Edited July 22, 2013 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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