Things you have just found out that have blown your mind.

[Strictlyfanoftenyears]

I have just found out that the "sticky backed plastic" on Blue Peter was actually "sellotape" but they werent allowed to advertise it. How did I not know this?🤔

These ones don't

My DD is into pole fitness and has two poles, one is static and the other can be switched from spinning to static. She herself can spin around either. x-pole.co.uk/shop/poles/xpert-pro/xpert-pro-px/

Similar to the Michelin stars, the Booker prize for books is after the Cash and Carry company

Walkers crisps?

At some point, you will pick up your child without knowing that it's the last time you will ever pick them up.

My 19 yo DS is going to be confused when I try to pick him up “one last time so I can remember it” this evening isn’t he……

I was about to post the same thing! West Wing should be compulsory viewing for all kinds of educational things.

My personal favourite from CJ:

"One in forty American men wear women's clothing and we've had well over forty presidents. I'm just saying, one of these guys was dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress. Now let's get to the bottom of that."

😜

Everyone needs a Gall-Peters Projection map: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection

There is a difference between District Nurses and Community Nurses.

It's teh same with eth 3 times table. All teh digits of every multiple of 3 add up to 3 (you just keep adding the resultants digits) so 16869 adds up to 30; 3 + 0 add up to 3.

It's a fast way to check if any number divides by 3 (digits add to 3) or by 9 (digits add to 9).

You can also check if something divides by 6 if: digits add to 3 and it is an even number.

Learned these at school - figured everyone had been. Not so?

well i went through regular school system, plus various adult certs etc, but none of this crossed my radar.
we did nature studies in junior school, nothing above tree height, then a bit of science in secondary that was mostly electric circuitry and classification of plants.
i remember that a tomato is a berry. i had a very useful education.
there were some kind of experiments where the result always was, a brick-red precipitate remains.
the science teacher disliked me.
there was no mention, ever, of astronomy, nor of dinosaurs.
i suppose that dates me.
we all know different things, due to age, influences, and interests.

Another use of the 9x table- in accountancy, if you've got an error that is divisible by 9, you're probably looking for a reversal of figures, e.g. you've listed 63 as 36.

Can’t quote the original posts, but:

BANANAS: these don’t grow on palm trees up at the top 😂. That’s, erm, palm dates. Bananas grow on plants (not trees) that grow to around 4’ high, flower and fruit then die back each season. And, to really blow your mind, the bananas grow curled upwards away from the ground, not down towards to the ground.

HOW TO STORE LINT ROLLERS: don’t remove the sticky sheet after you’ve used it. Remove it just before you need a new sheet.

Aahhh I shall try that, thanks

Cook & Line from Swashbuckle are a married couple in real life.

@CrumpetStrumpet And the parrot, Squak, is voiced by Conor McNamara the sports commentator.

What always blows my mind is the number of people on these threads who have astonishing levels of ignorance and are proud to admit it.

What always blows my mind is the number of people on these threads who have astonishing levels of arrogance and are proud to admit it.

Speaking of In The Night Garden, I was surprised to find they have not made any new episodes in almost 15 years. They made two series in 2007/2008 and have just shown them on repeat every night.

@6ft2inacompact Aren’t they all just the same episode?

Which ones are those? Because having checked every type of crisp/snack/nuts I’ve ever had it’s always been a Saturday.

Less than the average surely?

Doh I didn’t read it properly, the mean number of limbs is less than four so most people have more than the mean, yes.
sorry, ignore me :D

Many years ago my DH called me over to our patio doors and said "look at that snail, it doesn't have a shell!" He was disappointed when I pointed out it was a slug. I've never let him live that one down.

What about pregnant women? If we're saying they have two hearts, then women pregnant with sons must have testes as well as a second heart...

Oh my gawd 😳

@theDudesmummy

‘The bit about north and south is true, but not east and west. If you are going west and keep going in a straight line you just keep going west, forever. You will never be going east (there are no east or west poles).

If you go south however you will end up at the south pole so if you keep on going in a straight line from there you will be going north’

Now imagine is the earth was a see-thru ball and you’re going west - at some point you go round the curve and start heading east in the back of the ball 😁

It took years for me to realise that icing sugar is ordinary sugar in a powdered form and can be made in a blender.

Now imagine is the earth was a see-thru ball and you’re going west - at some point you go round the curve and start heading east in the back of the ball

No, you're still going west, even round the other side, unless you change direction and come back the other way.

@Aghh no you would not be heading "east round the back of the ball". If you are going west you are going west. If you keep going in the same direction you will still be heading west. It matters not from where you observe the movement.

You can keep going round the planet infinite times, you will still be going west.