Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Well I never knew that

255 replies

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 07/01/2020 11:15

Sharks are independent from birth. I always thought their mums took care of them but apparently not. Blush
Anyone else got anything they were surprised to discover.

OP posts:
Thread gallery
10
schoolcats · 08/01/2020 23:45

No coconut water is not a sub for plasma

Apparently it can be used in an emergency but I'd have thought it was too high in potassium. I was having a look earlier as I was curious.

Nousernameforme · 08/01/2020 23:56

Surely the fingerprints one cant be real. You would end up with them all over the place otherwise.

HerRoyalFattyness · 08/01/2020 23:57

I'm just placemarking to learn something new Grin

Itsmybirthday19 · 09/01/2020 00:02

Zammo from Grange Hill now owns a locksmith business.

thenightsky · 09/01/2020 00:03

I just found out today, thanks to another thread on here, that breast implants have to be renewed every 10 to 12 years! Shock

OhWellThatsJustGreat · 09/01/2020 00:03

I did not know that panthers are the anti albino!!!

FoxRedBitch · 09/01/2020 00:05

Just found out that Hopper from stranger things 😍 is going out with Lily Allen!!!!

AnneLovesGilbert · 09/01/2020 00:05

Surely the fingerprints one cant be real

Just googled and it is! Science Grin

StegosaurusRex · 09/01/2020 00:08

Beautiful things. On the really dark ones where they look black, infrared will show the spots

Well I never knew that
Well I never knew that
AnneLovesGilbert · 09/01/2020 00:10

Cashew nuts are the external seeds of these ugly yellow plants. One per plant. Right bugger to get out. No wonder they’re so expensive.

Well I never knew that
bettybattenburg · 09/01/2020 00:11

Snooker originated in India

Lipz · 09/01/2020 00:19

Camels don't store water in their humps Blush only found this out a few weeks ago Blush

ILikePaperHats · 09/01/2020 00:34

Just read Wham's biography by Andrew Ridgeley. Decided to look him up on wiki as he wasn't v forthcoming about his private life (although he did go out with Shirley which I didn't know before he two-timed her). He was married to Keren from Bananarama for over 10 years and they only divorced in 2017.

Amyspickledlime · 09/01/2020 00:35

So why do people say 'black panther' when by definition all panthers are black?

Crafting1Queen · 09/01/2020 00:35

It is impossible to tickle yourself

@CalmFizz
I’m extremely ticklish and I can tickle myself! If I brush my hand or arm against my tummy I get the heebyjeebie tickles!

Aye, me too, gives me the boak sometimes, other times I have to explain why I'm giggling at myself ….. Wasn't going to post as couldn't quite articulate it, but you explained it perfectly Grin

VforVienetta · 09/01/2020 00:36

Anyone going to mention the usuals...?

Pineapples grow on the ground

&

Envelope neck babygros are designed like that so you can pull them down over the baby's body and this avoid getting leaky poo in their hair/everywhere.

bettybattenburg · 09/01/2020 01:09

Gibraltar isn't an island

MiniGuinness · 09/01/2020 01:35

So why do people say 'black panther' when by definition all panthers are black?
Have you ever seen a panther that is pink? Think. A panther that is positively pink.
Doesn’t black panther refer to the political organisation? Because otherwise, as you say, it is superfluous.

FlamingoAndJohn · 09/01/2020 07:36

Gibraltar isn't an island

But Portsmouth is.

AdoreTheBeach · 09/01/2020 08:21

Wow. Didn’t know that about Portsmouth so googled and checked.

Was so intrigued about the crying/nose/tears that I looked that up too. Who knew your nose/sinuses produce over a litre of snot a day?

Dustarr73 · 09/01/2020 08:47

@ILikePaperHats Andrew and Keren where together for over 25 years.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 09/01/2020 09:44

@thenightsky it's true! I'm having mine replaced next fri,was told 10 years ago that I wouldnt need them replacing so I'm a bit Confused

squeakyheart · 09/01/2020 10:00

Regarding black panthers being a superfluous term, try duck billed platypus! There is no other other kind so why add the duck billed bit?

Wombats poop cubes was a recent fact I've learnt!

Outlookmainlyfair · 09/01/2020 10:17

The wombat poo has been a long running disagreement (lighthearted) in our house as Dh can't understand how it is physically possible to poo cubes.

Damntheman · 09/01/2020 10:24

It's been a good ten years but I was at the marvellous age of 25 when I realised Puffins were not fictional birds.