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What's your favourite fact?

638 replies

GlitterSquid · 09/02/2022 20:19

Fill me full of your favourite facts. The more obscure, the better!

My favourite all time fact is that two halves of a supermarket sandwich are never from the same sandwich and are each another half of another pair. Unbelievable.

I met a grown man who didn't know peanuts grew underground recently too, which pleased me.

Enlighten me further!

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Ellowyn · 11/02/2022 23:34

@OurWorldIsChanging

I thought otters were rapey bastards.

New Zealand doesn't have snakes, but pigeons in NZ who haven't seen snakes for 100+ years are still scared of them.

This is interesting. My parents were visiting from England and when they heard a rattlesnake rattle they jumped out of their skins, even though they'd never seen/heard one before. Young animals, puppies know what a rattlesnake is immediately and also jump out of the way - thankfully.
DropYourSword · 11/02/2022 23:37

@ErrolTheDragon

Are they by any chance an American brand?

June 4th is a Saturday.......

??

I think @FrangipaniBlue has a good suggestion here. June 4th is a Saturday. The date on the packet could be in American date format.
ThePlumVan · 11/02/2022 23:41

If you go West got long enough, you end up going East. Not in the East (which you will too) but GOING East.

ErrolTheDragon · 11/02/2022 23:42

Ah, right, I'd missed the photo belonging to that quoted post.
But if they're crisps (and labelled as such)then they won't be AmericanGrin

ErrolTheDragon · 11/02/2022 23:45

@ThePlumVan

If you go West got long enough, you end up going East. Not in the East (which you will too) but GOING East.
I don't see how.

Otoh, if you go north long enough and keep going you'll end up going south.

Ellowyn · 11/02/2022 23:47

The term Skid Row originated in Seattle. Seattle is surrounded by hills and years ago there were lots of logging camps and sawmills. Great big logs would be skidded down a road to the bay - skid row or road. I imagine skid row wouldn't have been a desirable place to live.

Hellsbells35 · 11/02/2022 23:53

In the early 80’s when MTV started, a lot of new English bands started to make videos, whereas US bands didn’t think it mattered so didn’t bother. MTV needed videos so played these videos…hence UK bands became very famous in the US.

whysoserious123 · 11/02/2022 23:54

@XenoBitch

Twinkle twinkle little star, and the alphabet tune... are the same
Mind blown
GiftedFish · 11/02/2022 23:57

You're more likely to die being kicked by a donkey than you are in a plane crash.

I used to love reading random facts when I was in secondary school. This one I always remembered - even more random than this fact is, not too long ago it came up in a crossword!! About 20 years after secondary school! 🤣

LoveFall · 12/02/2022 00:19

The giraffe has the largest heart of all animals.

Chichimcgee · 12/02/2022 00:20

More people are killed by cows than sharks

ErrolTheDragon · 12/02/2022 00:28

@LoveFall

The giraffe has the largest heart of all animals.
Land animals, maybe in length, though an elephants is heavier so I would think larger volume? But neither is anything like as big as that of a blue whale.
Ellowyn · 12/02/2022 01:22

More people are injured by moose than by bears each year. Moose seem docile but they're not. They don't run away as deer will do. I had one in my garden two years ago - they are huge.

PinaColadaNeeded · 12/02/2022 01:28

Mick Jagger sung backing vocals on Carly Simons' hit 'You're So Vain'....once you hear it you can't unhear it!

Ellowyn · 12/02/2022 01:29

There's more chance a baby rattlesnake will kill you than an adult. Babies have no control over their venom so they give it all to you, whereas an adult rattlesnake might just give you a dry bite if your lucky. Our local rattlesnakes are pretty mellow, thankfully.

AutomaticMoon · 12/02/2022 01:47

There are mites that live in our pores and eyelashes 🤮 Demodex

Vanilla flavouring from beaver butt glands can be labelled as ‘natural flavouring’

LoveFall · 12/02/2022 03:01

@ErrolTheDragon

Sorry I meant to say land animal. Unless I am misinformed, a giraffe's heart is bigger than an elephant's. They have a huge vertical lift necessary to provide oxygenated blood to the brain.

Leontine · 12/02/2022 03:20

A swan is the only bird with a penis.

DropYourSword · 12/02/2022 03:35

@Leontine

A swan is the only bird with a penis.
One of only a few birds, but not the only bird, surely!!
Riapia · 12/02/2022 06:20

If a ship sailed due east from New York harbour the first country it would come to would be Portugal.

TheRealHousewife · 12/02/2022 07:08

Bamboo is used as scaffolding in Hong Kong. Blew my mind when I saw it up the sides of sky scrapers!

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 12/02/2022 07:11

A swan is the only bird with a penis.
You've clearly never seen an excited male duck Shock.

Most male birds don't have a penis, but some do including swans, ducks, geese and a few others.

FrangipaniBlue · 12/02/2022 07:25

@ErrolTheDragon

Ah, right, I'd missed the photo belonging to that quoted post. But if they're crisps (and labelled as such)then they won't be AmericanGrin
I highly doubt they would be, especially 2 random packets out of a what is presumably a multipack..... I was just being silly lol Grin
ReallySeriouslyNope · 12/02/2022 07:30

@Dnaltocs

When a haggis is born, it cries for iron bru for its first drink. Later it will accept the mothers milk.
GrinGrin
SchoolRunEscapee · 12/02/2022 08:02

Since the 70's, no human has been beyond low earth orbit, which at its maximum is 620 miles into space.
The moon is 238,885 miles away.