More Fanta, Less Serious!

From Wikipedia:

"Fanta originated when ingredients for the production of Coca-Cola became difficult to import into Germany during World War II. As a result, Max Keith, the man in charge of Coca-Cola Deutschland during the Second World War, decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including whey and pomace – the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled. The name was the result of a brief brainstorming session, which started with Keith exhorting his team to "use their imagination" ("Fantasie" in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, immediately retorted "Fanta!"

(via Dan Snow's History Fact Twitter)

My tweets

• Tue, 12:58: RT @guardiantech: Fancy some of Newcastle's civic sculpture? Try eBay http://t.co/FuAt474q
• Tue, 13:07: RT @tomfinn2: Video I shot in Change Square today showing the aftermath of the mortar attack http://t.co/BRv9zXPl #Yemen
• Tue, 13:33: Government to merge Enfield's Chase Farm Hospital which David Cameron vowed to save - Telegraph http://t.co/TZkmNTYY via @Telegraph
• Tue, 21:20: RT @StewAllan: @hramanathan #SAVECHASEFARM
• Tue, 21:35: Andy Murray on strike? He can’t be serious - Telegraph http://t.co/Ft1j9nQj via @Telegraph
• Tue, 22:07: Get in Forest!
• Tue, 22:17: Bloody hell, the Toon are unbeaten this season. Pardew for Euro 2012!
• Wed, 00:19: "As New Statesman's editor, Jason Cowley, noted in a piece in Oct 2010, 69% of the acreage of Britain is owned by 0.6% of the population."
• Wed, 00:20: New Statesman - A very English revolution http://t.co/R0kD6ce1 (Source of the quote in my previous tweet about acreage/ownership)
• Wed, 00:24: RT @economeager: I love math jokes and this one is especially good. Hat tip @joshgans http://t.co/06o5QLTU

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Boris Johnson - The Mayor of London

No Men Please, We're Turkish

Earlier today I tweeted about a unique solution the Turkish Football Federation had applied to punish Fenerbahçe for a pitch invasion during a pre-season friendly. Instead of the usual alternative of playing matches behind closed doors in front of an empty stadium, they decided to bar men altogether and open up the gates free of charge to only women, and children below the age of 12. And guess what? 41,000 women and children filled the stadium to capacity for the Istanbul-based club's Super Liga match against Manisaspor. The match ended 1-1. In future I'd like all football associations to apply the same punishment. It's great to see a stadium full of passionate female football fans, even if it sounded a bit like a Bieber concert.