What random pieces of trivia have you learned lately?

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I just learned that Frankie Valli doesn't sing the lead on Oh What A Night. The drummer, Gerry Polci does, and what a voice he has, I'm not a Four Seasons fan so didn't question it but listening to it now it's really obvious that it's a different person.

What random things have you discovered lately?

That the best way to make cobs of sweetcorn smaller is to snap them in half with your bare hands when they’re raw.

Infinitely easier than cutting them.

That a male swan is called a cob and a female a pen.

As a pp has already googled, when long-living rich men marry much younger women later in life and make babies, you end up with this situation.

i always wanted to be the person who named the streets. That would be a very cool job and I would have huge fun.

In another life i was clearly a seahorse 😳

The Magnum is far too recent for Roger Moore!

I heard that on radio four the other day! I was completely gobsmacked! Can you remember the reason why though?

That's where I heard it too - they don't know why but I googled it and there's lots of studies about it. Its fascinating

The husband in everything everywhere all at once is the kid from the Indiana Jones movies.

There are no moles in Ireland.
(As in the little underground animals, not the lumps on your face.)

That only 1% of the art in the National Gallery is by a woman.
That the sale of a piece of art by a woman has only ever achieved 13% of the selling price a piece of art by a man has achieved.

Since I first REALLY listened to the lyrics of that song, having heard it in context in Jersey Boys, it gives me the ick. I mean there are loads of songs about shagging, but this one just ugh

Port originates from Portugal, I had no idea ! Found out this fun fact on cruising with Jane McDonald 😂😂😂

That Candi station is actually called Candi staton.

Fuck knows why I have read it wrong for so many years.

Omg. That is fascinating

The Mona Lisa doesn’t have any eyebrows.

Portsmouth is an island.

The University of Oxford is older than the Aztec empire 🤯

That chickens and ostriches are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex!!

This is one of my favourites - John Major shares a half-brother with Jill Summers (aka Phyllis Pearce of Corrie)! Jill’s mother had a son with John’s father before either were born.

On the same theme as the original piece of trivia, it’s not actually Alvin Stardust singing on “My Coo-Ca-Choo” - or at least, not Alvin Stardust as we know him. I always thought Alvin Stardust was just Shane Fenton’s stage name, but it was actually a character invented by the record label. The original singer left the role after the song was recorded and was replaced by Fenton - so he’s actually only miming on “his” most famous hit.

Found out that Acupulco is actually in Mexico.Always assumed was in Brazil god knows why

The Mona Lisa doesn’t have any eyebrows.

I was worryingly old before I realised she’s wearing a hood/headdress. I thought it was her hair!

I've come on here for a break from studying and I'm learning even more on this thread!

Amazing stuff.

Today I learned about the types of ionising radiation (alpha, beta and gamma) and what happens during the fission chain reaction and now understand how dangerous nuclear weapons are.

I went to the Victoria and Albert Museum and neither of them were there.

a blue whales tongue is as heavy as an elephant, and their aorta vein is large enough for an adult to crawl through.

Wow! That really blows my mind

It was possible to travel by train to go and see a public execution in London.