Fancy a ‘did you know?’ Thread ? ..

[Johndoe10]

Did you know that to make figs edible, a fig wasp has to crawl inside it to die, then the fig dissolves the wasp and the fig becomes able to eat!

Any takers ??

There's as much vitamin C in an ounce of narwhal skin as there is in an ounce of orange.

It takes at least 8 bees their whole lives to collectively produce a teaspoon of honey.

Did you know that Big Mo from Eastenders is the sister of Hollywood actor Gary Oldman? Who has starred in Dracula, True Romance, Leon, Hannibal, Harry Potter and many more.

tacocat backwards is tacocat

The plural of octopus should be octopodes not octopi. Octopus is a Greek origin word and the use of the Latin I ending is erroneous.

Oh, and chewing gum contains plastic.

Did you know that King George III’s wife Queen Charlotte had 15 children, 13 of whom survived to adulthood? Sadly the two youngest Octavius and Alfred ages 4 and 1 died as a result of the new small pox vaccine (the Princesses who had it survived).

Did you know that The Great British Bake Off is called The Great British Baking Show in America?

All crisps go out of date on a Saturday.

p.s. meant to say the two who died, Princess Amelia was born after the boys.

Did you know I didn't know any of this ?

Did you know....
Celery contains so few calories you burn more calories eating it. So you effectively lose weight from eating it. It's calorie-negative!

Tequilamockinbird huh? Really? I need to go add many multipacks of crisps to my Asda order

That when lightning strikes a tree, it boils the sap causing it to explode...that's why you shouldn't shelter under trees

On the subject of octopus

They are highly intelligent and have 10,000 more genes than humans

1. Baby-vests vs poonami
2. Pineapples grow from the ground
3. Portsmouth is an island (oh no it’s not!)
4. Channel tunnel isn’t a glass tunnel through the sea
5. Babyskull teeth
6. The egg that made you was in your grandma / women are born with all eggs inside them

Any more for Mumsnet bingo?

There are more miles of canal in Birmingham than there are in Venice.

There is no English word that rhymes with month.

Putting a postage stamp with the Queen’s head upside down, on an envelope is considered an act of treason!

That depends on whether you have a lisp or not @mamamedic 😁😁

ShirleyPhallus center Parcs is not actually enclosed under a glass dome

Racecar backwards is racecar.

Marilyn Monroe and the Queen were born in the same year

Of all the people who have ever lived to the age of 65 since the beginning of time, half of them are currently alive (apparently)