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Graphista · 26/11/2022 21:31

Not seen one of these for a while so thought it would be fun to start one.

I just randomly looked up the krypton factor & Gordon burns and learned that he and Ed sheeran are 2nd cousins!

What did you learn recently that surprised or even shocked you?

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PupInAPram · 27/11/2022 08:18

Sprouttreesareamazing · 26/11/2022 21:44

I just learned my hoodlum ddog can reach the second from the top shelf in my pantry..
And that she likes uncooked porridge..
And that a laminate floor covered in uncooked porridge looks like a reindeer buffet...

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

CaptainMyCaptain · 27/11/2022 08:19

Wavingnotdowning · 26/11/2022 22:11

That its duct tape, not duck tape. Why would ducks need taping up anyway?

Duck tape was a brand. It's like calling any sticky tape Sellotape or any vacuum cleaner a Hoover. .

Sprouttreesareamazing · 27/11/2022 09:21

Guilty...

I just learned...
PicturesOfDogs · 27/11/2022 09:26

UsingChangeofName · 26/11/2022 23:30

I only found this out when there was a thread about it on MN a few weeks ago.

I told all my family, and their minds were all blown too.

On the other thread, nobody else knew this.

It seems to be one of the best kept secrets.

What do you mean by this? That it has a clock, and stopwatch and stuff?

PandasAreBlackAndWhite · 27/11/2022 09:39

@Sprouttreesareamazing but SO cute you have to forgive

x2boys · 27/11/2022 09:55

Discoh · 26/11/2022 21:37

Well I didn't learn it recently but when I went to uni up north was very surprised to see Gordon burns reading the local news!

Yep and the krypton factor course was on the army training camp on holcombe hill near ramsbottom, The disgraced Stewart Hall was also a local news reader on Look Northwest for many years

Abraxan · 27/11/2022 10:00

absoluteshower · 26/11/2022 22:41

That the little clock app icon on your smart phone is actually a functioning clock.

Ha d you just never clicked on it before?

ErinAndTonic · 27/11/2022 10:37

What they mean is the face of the clock app for example on your iPhone, will be showing the correct time. .so it's actually a real moving clock face

PicturesOfDogs · 27/11/2022 10:39

ErinAndTonic · 27/11/2022 10:37

What they mean is the face of the clock app for example on your iPhone, will be showing the correct time. .so it's actually a real moving clock face

Oh I see!
I did not know that, add me to the group of being impressed!!

MrsMoastyToasty · 27/11/2022 10:44

I learned that Frank Lampard and Jamie Redknapp are cousins. Their mothers are sisters.

iklboo · 27/11/2022 10:57

Gordon Burns was a good newsreader. My nana had quite the thing for him. We saw him on the local precinct once and he was lovely, happy to chat and signed my puzzle book for me.

iklboo · 27/11/2022 10:58

@Sprouttreesareamazing - butter wouldn't melt would it? Is she a greyhound?

Ragingoverlife · 27/11/2022 11:05

My mind blown was discovering STAN from Eminem. Was Casper in human form in the movie.

Itwasntevenblackpudding · 27/11/2022 11:07

Abraxan · 27/11/2022 10:00

Ha d you just never clicked on it before?

You don't need to click on it. The icon is always showing the correct time, it's not a static image of a clock face.

Ragingoverlife · 27/11/2022 11:07

UsingChangeofName · 26/11/2022 23:30

I only found this out when there was a thread about it on MN a few weeks ago.

I told all my family, and their minds were all blown too.

On the other thread, nobody else knew this.

It seems to be one of the best kept secrets.

I knew this one but. When I discovered the double tap on the shift key to make it permanently capital was my moment.

PanicAtTheBigTesco · 27/11/2022 11:15

I found out last week that TV viewing figures are actually calculated from a sample of just 5,100 households, it's not how many people are actually watching (I was Googling it as i was sat wondering whether 3 of us in the same house watching im a celeb on 3 different tvs counted as 3 views, turns out it doesn't as they don't know that's what we are watching!).

I love a Yorkshire pudding wrap, only ever had one from the OG place in York but they are lovely.

WeAreTheHeroes · 27/11/2022 11:19

Gordon Burns hasn't presented Look North West for 11 years. He's Northern Irish which I didn't know until today.

Itsonlyagame · 27/11/2022 11:25

That Gary Oldman and Laila Morse are brother and sister.

ChangedmynameagainforChristmas · 27/11/2022 11:30

Before I begin I want you to know that this is the truth. You may think I made this up but I swear I did not and the shame of it.............

Some years ago I had a conversation with a friend talking general stuff.. what we like etc etc..., and I told him I really liked EMINEM and his friend Slim Shady.
The cringe of it

OldTinHat · 27/11/2022 11:34

How to pronounce Yosemite correctly!

XanaduKira · 27/11/2022 11:43

Itsonlyagame · 27/11/2022 11:25

That Gary Oldman and Laila Morse are brother and sister.

Another fun fact is that Isabella Rossellini came up with Laila Morse's stage name when she was Gary Oldman's girlfriend (it's an anagram of Mia Sorella / my sister in Italian).

WeAreTheHeroes · 27/11/2022 12:10

@XanaduKira DP told me that last night when we were watching Air Force One. I had told him Laila Morse is GO's sister.

Graphista · 27/11/2022 14:02

Found out this week 🙃

Love it

As I have friends and family around the world I love the world clock section. But what's most fascinating for me on here is how here in glasgow it can be pitch black while in London where I have friends it can still be bright and sunny of an evening. This has led to some interesting conversations with people doubting my darkness and my proving it on FaceTime.

Nobody should mock anyone for what they don't know, nobody knows everything and learning is fun imo.

I learned that Frank Lampard and Jamie Redknapp are cousins. Their mothers are sisters.

See that's news to me!

My mind blown was discovering STAN from Eminem. Was Casper in human form in the movie.

And another!

I found out last week that TV viewing figures are actually calculated from a sample of just 5,100 households, it's not how many people are actually watching (I was Googling it as i was sat wondering whether 3 of us in the same house watching im a celeb on 3 different tvs counted as 3 views, turns out it doesn't as they don't know that's what we are watching!).

Some years ago I contacted bbc complaining about them cancelling a show I loved and saying that as it was often aired after 10pm lately (they bloody moved it!) that perhaps people were recording it to watch later and that these figures should be included - turns out they are, but only if watched within 7 days of airing (this was pre catch up days admittedly)

He's Northern Irish which I didn't know until today.

I knew that since krypton factor days as every time we watched it at hers my northern Irish born gran pointed it out Grin

Another fun fact is that Isabella Rossellini came up with Laila Morse's stage name when she was Gary Oldman's girlfriend (it's an anagram of Mia Sorella / my sister in Italian).

I knew about Gary old mman and laila morse being siblings but I didn't know this thank you

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UglyBeauty · 27/11/2022 16:12

absoluteshower · 26/11/2022 22:41

That the little clock app icon on your smart phone is actually a functioning clock.

Mind blown! Just had to watch the second hand moving to check!

CaptainMyCaptain · 27/11/2022 16:15

UglyBeauty · 27/11/2022 16:12

Mind blown! Just had to watch the second hand moving to check!

My Samsung clock does it too. I had no idea.

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