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Today I learned the 99 ice cream doesn’t get its name from the price.
25 May 2026 @ 5:03 pm
Only took me literal decades to find out. I swear people called them “99p Flake” when I was a kid, and that was the price. But after looking up the old posters from ice cream vans they all just say 99. So some serious Mandela Effect going on for me today. Do other people remember that? Maybe I was just a kid during the sweet spot where it coincidentally was 99p. Turns out, it was launched in the early 1920’s by an Italian fella living in Scotland, and he named it 99 after the Italian king having 99 RoyaKumail's beautiful TM tribute
25 May 2026 @ 3:30 pm
I freaking love this show and everyone in it. submitted by /u/JuBreCaBra to r/taskmaster [link] [comments] “Outdoor seating ruined everything lad” Mattas on Bold St
25 May 2026 @ 3:22 pm
Mattas says outdoor seating has ruined everything on bold street, and they want free parking for women because paid parking somehow leads to imminent death. Consider my flabber gasted. Tell me you’re not funded by the big oil lobby. submitted by /u/No_Berry2 to r/Liverpool Can I put more soil in this 8 yard?
25 May 2026 @ 3:17 pm
submitted by /u/conrad_74 to r/DIYUK [link] [comments] Quarter of adults do not have GCSE maths and English
25 May 2026 @ 2:36 pm
submitted by /u/Alarming-Safety3200 to r/unitedkingdom [link] [comments] Frozen Tunnock's are a game changer. What other British snacks improve tenfold after an hour in the freezer?
25 May 2026 @ 2:19 pm
Whoever it was that said to put Tunnock’s tea cakes in the freezer for a couple of hours before eating them, thank you. Anything else I can throw in the freezer, which tastes better that little bit colder? (I’ve done Penguins and TimTams) submitted by /u/EJS024 to r/CasualUK [link] [comments]
As a Brit living in the US, I've been curious about how Americans give their children the same names as some British counties (eg, Kent & Devon) but not others (no baby Middlesex or Leicestershire). So I mapped all 145 years of the Social Security Administration's baby name data! Poor baby Berk.
25 May 2026 @ 2:16 pm
submitted by /u/Stargrazer82Not a great product in hindsight.
25 May 2026 @ 2:16 pm
submitted by /u/Polish_Shamrock to r/GreatBritishMemes [link] [comments] Peak RTD dialogue
25 May 2026 @ 1:49 pm
submitted by /u/Optimal_Fisherman803 to r/DoctorWhumour [link] [comments] [meta trope] Characters that inexplicably disappear from the show, never being mentioned again.
25 May 2026 @ 1:48 pm
![[meta trope] Characters that inexplicably disappear from the show, never being mentioned again.](https://preview.redd.it/ri0ay466ga3h1.jpg?width=140&height=140&crop=1:1,smart&auto=webp&s=4d82fb0d443418e0c0b0dec73b873972fc30a363 "[meta trope] Characters that inexplicably disappear from the show, never being mentioned again.")
This trope refers to characters that are written out of a show with no explanation given, usually early on in the shows life. (Bonus points if they only appear in the pilot). 1. Chuck Cunningham from Happy Days. Admittedly I haven’t seen this show but Chuck’s sudden disappearance after two seasons is what gives this trope its name so I decided to include him. 2. Coco from the Golden Girls. In the pilot episode, the four ladies have a ch