Can we have an "OMG I can't believe I never realised that!" thread?

[TwigTheWonderKid]

Mine is Sandie Shaw. I can't believe it had never occurred to me until tonight that her name is a play on Sandy Shore.

Unless, like I saw in my local pub, it says vegetarian scampi which was made with halloumi!

Plums stones contain hydrogen cyanide as do apple seeds and cherry pits - don;t ever chew the pits/seeds

Not enough to do harm, but it is useful in debunking the antivaxers theories.

Twistyhair It's true! You do have to pull a bit harder than with a single though. So I suppose the point of a double is to be more secure and not loosen itself

@Monapple I did know that! - in Danish they are called soil/earth nuts.

I'll admit I never knew there was a county called Rutland in England until the last thread like this on here.

Its existence was denied for many years - I grew up there in the 70s & 80s when it wasn't an independent county, it only existed as local signage within the county of Leicestershire.

What didn't you know about Hawaii?

My gran called Dandelions 'pissy beds', this thread has now taught me why !
My year 11s had their minds blown when I told them only female cows produce milk !!!!!

These threads are always funny...and educational..but I really am shocked people didnt know about dandelions.

Sashh glad you said that because I always eat the whole of an apple and was wondering why I am still here

and I now see that Nonkanink had already answered

You can use a cafetière to make frothy milk for a home made cappuccino! I could have saved so much money if I'd know this earlier..

Damn it. I have just tested the shoelace thing and was going to call bullshit but it does actually work.

You can cook a salmon in the dishwasher, my friends did not believe me on that one

Isolated maps of UK are often tilted a little, but the longitude for Edinburgh is marginally West of Cardiff.
In fact, no part of mainland Scotland is east of oxford.

Cows have best friends. That just makes me sad. Why do we keep putting these animals on our plates?. They deserve so much more.

maps on flat paper are not correct though and not in proportion

@SophieJo only if you have a fancy double edge peeler! Our ancient peeler growing up was one way only. Try as you might, it would not peel 'the other way'.

@womanthatfelltoearth how? I'm assuming do you just push the press up And down lots?

I'm not out of bed yet and need this info for my morning coffee 😂

My 5 year old came home with a school book that told us a dolphin is a type of whale and my mind was blown

It's the same with world maps (that are Europe centric) doesn't allow people to realise how close USA snd Russia are.

When I was looking up Hawaii on Google maps as a result of this thread, I realised that the global map I was seeing (because it had Hawaii at the centre) was a perspective of the world I'd never see before - the USA/Russia thing is really striking. And because of the way we usually see the world on a map, they seem to be the furthest apart. It's difficult to remember to think of the consequences of the world being a globe when looking at a flat map.

"What didn't you know about Hawaii?"
@ivykaty44 Not sure, dont think anyone directly said! I think it's how far away from USA it is. (Well the mainland of USA). Or possibly it's not just one island.

user1495884620 It's not the most useful thing to know, but I was well into my forties before the MN revelation.

Try it! Tie a double knot as usual. Once it’s done, tug on one shoelace. If it tightens the knot you’ve got the wrong one and you can just pull the other one instead, and hey presto! Your double knot will melt away!

It this is correct, I'm tying double bows wrong.

@changeagainandagain yes - hot milk about a third of the way up the press and press up and down for about 30 seconds. No need to go very fast.

thanks cherry