Ed Fringe Facts

Totally accurate and definitely not made up facts about Edinburgh Fringe Festival* 🎭 *(No facts are real and this is a satirical account)

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Shoutout to all those people who were going to venture to #edinburghfringe this year but couldn’t because of a viral lager 🍻😷 see you next year!

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If you sit in silence eating your lunch, the amount of leaflets that will surround you increases on average of 3 per minute #edfringe #edfringe2019

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The number of sales your receive for a show is NOT correlated to your shows worth. Have a happy #edfringe all!

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Classic Edinburgh:

‘This is unequivocally a 5 star show’ - 4 stars

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The amount of timelines with #edfringe #edfringe19 or #edinburghfringe blocked has increased 7 fold since yesterday due to FOMOOT (fear of missing theatre)

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The founders of @FollowTheCow called their venues various cow-related names simply for the a-moo-sing jokes 🐄🐮#edfringe #underbelly

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Sunday is usually the ‘day of rest’, but with #edfringe imminent, 87% of all @edfringe admin will get done today ✅

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“If you don’t say you’re going to @edfringe on Twitter, are you actually at #edfringe, or even to Edinburgh at all?” - Quote overheard today

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President @realDonaldTrump has blocked 43% of the artists appearing at @edfringe this year #edfringe

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If you want to meet the fact collector for EdFringeFacts, tweet me your show details here and I might come 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️ then share my best fact with you #edfringe

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In 2004, an audience member filed a complaint against @CadburyUK after a Mars Bar hit them on the head during a kids #edfringe show, saying it should contain more nougat

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#edfringe Execs are planning to host the first Fringe on the moon within the next 50 years 🌒 #MoonLanding50 #allthemoonsastage

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There have been 6 separate sightings of Aliens at #edfringe since 1947 👽 #raidarea51

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After a survey of Twitter users, #edfringe festival goers only went to 27% of the shows that were tweeted to them when they asked for #EdFringeRecommendations

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There will be 7 different @edfringe shows this year that will focus on childhood toys, including one that speculated Barbie has $93k worth of debt from all the holiday homes #BarbiesDarkSecrets #EdFringe

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As part of #freefringe this year, Spikey Will, Man of Danger, will travel the length of the Royal Mile without touching the floor #EdFringe

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To help #recycle flyers this Edinburgh Fringe, there will be a paper plane flying contest on the Royal Mile each Saturday with the longest flight winning a signed bucket hat from @PhilNWang #EdFringe

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In @eddieizzard’s @edfringe show, he will wear a couture wedding dress designed by @McQueen inspired by the Great Expectations character Miss Havisham #EdFringe

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There are 8 different @edfringe shows this year that ‘tackle’ the subject of football ⚽️ 🏆 #ENGUSA

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All of @lyngardner’s recommended shows for @edfringe this year contains at least one reference to lemons. 🍋 #EdFringe