Thursday, September 06, 2007

Horlicks Fun Facts

These are certain fun facts(sponsored by Horlicks) which were published in TTIS(The Telegraph In Schools) in the two most recent edition. Would like to share them here.

Popeye:
Did you know: That his lookalike nephews are called Peepeye,Pupeye, Pipeye and Popeye.

David Beckham:
Did you know: That he appears in the film Goal 2:Live the Dream, when the film’s lead character gets transferred to Real Madrid. That in the film Bend it like Beckham, the director used look-alikes of him.

Sachin Tendulkar:
Did you know: John Wright, who later became the coach of India, took the catch that prevented Sachin from becoming the youngest centurion in Test Cricket.

Tintin:
Did you know: That the first Tintin book, Tintin in the Land Of The Soviets appeared on January 10, 1929 and ran till May 30,1980. That Snowy’s original French name is Milou and he is a white wire fox terrier.

Roger Federer:
Did you know:
That Roger contemplated taking up football professionally before taking up tennis as a career. That he is the first living Swiss to be featured on a stamp in Switzerland.

Baichung Bhutia:
Did you know:
That Baichung actually means younger brother and that there is a stadium in Namchi which is named after him.

Hrithik Roshan:
Did you know:
That his debut was actually in the movie Aasha as an extra in a dance sequence at the age of six!

9 comments:

RB said...

And don't you think Federer would have looked even cuter if he played soccer? :P

No no...we can talk about Popeye. Peepeye, Pupeye and Pipeye? Hmmm... :D

R said...

Oh very very nice Horlicks fun facts :D

Roger Federer: Muaaahhh!!! Continue that killer game boy.

Did you know that Singapore once banned Popeye from TV in mid 1980s because they thought it promoted incorrect usage of English grammar!

Subhadip said...

Nice Fun Facts!

The Goal movie trilogy was made with active co-operation from FIFA. Many big players like Zidane, Beckham, Raul, Shearer were playing themselves in the movies. The third part is yet to be released.

Banvri said...

Sahi facts :)

Federer fact was really surprising :)

and U r tagged :)

Jayant said...

Knew the first and the last ones. Thanks for sharing the rest. :)

Federer and Soccer, han? Hmm...I wonder if he would've created the same magic there too.

Titash said...

I knew few of those mentioned but most of them were new!

~ Deeps ~ said...

hmm nice

Unknown said...

I am so useless I knew only the last fact. And now I need to read a post with the weirdest facts about you that you can think of.

Butterfly said...

@Richa
I think Federer will look better if he continues to play tennis.:-)

@Rohit
For incorrect usage of English grammar! How ridiculous!How could they even think of doing such a thing!

@Subhadip Da
Didn't know that about the movie. Thanks for sharing.:-)

@Deepti Di
I am tagged eh?
Well, I am quite glad because this will be my first ever tag!:-)
And, it's all thanks to you.:-)

@Jayant
Maybe Federer would have created the magic, but he would not have looked cuter(as Richa says).:-)

@Titash
:-)

@Deeps
Thanks.:-)

@Woodsmoke
:-)
Weirdest facts about me? I am afraid I don't understand what you mean.:-(