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Things you really should have known sooner...

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TheDodgyEnd · 10/10/2017 12:50

I’ve just learned that Casablanca is not in South America at all and is, in fact in Morocco! Who knew 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️
Anyone else got any tidbits they learned far too late in life?

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quencher · 11/10/2017 19:33

Yes they do and I think they used it to build places like Miami years ago. . I am sure I have come across that somewhere. Off to read to find out about the sand.

Notlostjustexploring · 11/10/2017 19:27

Sorry, Saudi Arabia imports sand??????

I need an explanation, or I just won't believe it.

I'm not doubting you......but really???????

caoraich · 11/10/2017 19:11

Oh my god. I'm a vegetarian. I am now thinking of all the salads "with capers" on restaurant menus that I have disregarded because I don't eat fish Shock
Mind: blown

desertmum · 11/10/2017 19:02

I only learned this week that Bohemia was an actual place. Duh.

x2boys · 11/10/2017 18:56

We're you getting mixed up with salmon Hiding?

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TheDodgyEnd · 11/10/2017 18:51

@HidingBehindTheWallpaper you thought gammon was a fish?? 🎣

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HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 11/10/2017 18:38

Have not RTF, but what did the caper/fish people think Bridget Jones' caper berry gravy was?

I didn’t even know that was a thing.
I thought capers were fish too. And gammon.

MyDobbygotgivenasock · 11/10/2017 18:29

Also I hope that I always remember the Terracotta story, it's absolutely brilliant and I agree that the thread was worth it for that alone. What a brilliant claim to Internet fame Grin

MyDobbygotgivenasock · 11/10/2017 18:27

BeALert terrible subject but that really made me laugh, I can imagine it would have made the reformation even more interesting!

I was recently surprised to find out that Saudi Arabia imports camels and sand...from Australia. On reading a bit about it the reasons make sense but on first sight I found it Shock

steppemum · 11/10/2017 17:57

(well, other than my chickens, which SHOULD be able to fly, but they are too fat and lazy)

steppemum · 11/10/2017 17:54

pretty much all British birds can fly.
I can't think of one that can't.

In other places - large birds eg ostriches/emus /reas (rheas/)
see birds - penguins
birds with no predators eg Aussie and New Zealand birds

not many!

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TheDodgyEnd · 11/10/2017 17:40

There seems to be a lot of confusion over what avian wildlife can and can not fly...maybe if people just say what CAN’T fly we can figure this out!

I can start us off with penguins 🐧(or pinguin) as a pp would say Grin

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steppemum · 11/10/2017 17:36

These threads do make me laugh.

looked like a swan but it couldn't be that as they can't fly Grin

Sallystyle · 11/10/2017 17:20

I just learnt that capers are not fish too!

A couple of years ago I had this conversation with my husband:

Me- I just saw a massive white thing in the sky
DH- What was it?
Me- No idea, looked like a swan but it couldn't be that as they can't fly
DH- Erm, swans fly!

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TheDodgyEnd · 11/10/2017 17:17

I really like this little guy but he’s a little out of my price range

Things you really should have known sooner...
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ElizaCBennett · 11/10/2017 17:16

TheDodgyEnd confused with panache perhaps?
OhOurBilly terracotta reptilian 😂🤣😂🤣

steppemum · 11/10/2017 17:12

Mostly, they're really easy to catch Grin Grin

but seriously there are diary entries from the time with ecstatic descriptions of the tast of tortoise.

pinkingshears · 11/10/2017 17:11

there is going to be a 'run' on small terracotta tortoises on Amazon.

I may need one for my kitchen windowsill too.

Unlike the real giant ones, who couldnt run fast enough...

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TheDodgyEnd · 11/10/2017 16:50

@Lweji that made me laugh 😂

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OhOurBilly · 11/10/2017 16:30

Mostly, they're really easy to catch

That really tickled me Grin

Lweji · 11/10/2017 16:25

They were, apparently, delicious, and quite unlike anything else.

Mostly, they're really easy to catch.

steppemum · 11/10/2017 15:38

quencher - yes you are right - feet and claws = tortoises
feet and claws and live in fresh water = terrapins
flipper = turtles

terrapins are the little mini tortoise like creatures sold in fish shops and pet shops.
Red eared fresh water terrapin. They are actually sold as babies, and as adults can be a foot across. Unfortunately most pet ones don't make it to that size

quencher · 11/10/2017 15:28

Wait! What?

If they they are have claws then what are they if they are not tortoises

From my understanding tortoises = legs =land
Turtle = flippers = sea

Terrapins= claws = fresh water. what are they ? Not even joking Grin

steppemum · 11/10/2017 15:12

The reason giant tortoises nearly became extinct in galapagos is that all the sailors ate them.

They were, apparently, delicious, and quite unlike anything else.

turtles are often eaten in places where they are commonly found.

Terrapins which are sold in pet shops have feet and claws, not flippers. Terrapins are also fresh water. Flippers = turtles

quencher · 11/10/2017 15:05

Thanks to this thread I now know the name of the tortoise sold in pet shops, "Terrapins".
People do eat tortoises in some parts of the Caribbean. It's meant to be illegal to trade both meat and shells but people still do it.

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