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What random pieces of trivia have you learned lately?

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DawdlingService · 17/01/2023 15:19

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?

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pigsinoodies · 19/01/2023 20:00

Peradventure55 · 19/01/2023 19:25

Despite having lived in Wales for most of my adult life, have just realised the etymology of the word penguin comes from the Welsh.
Pen= head
Gwyn= white.

Don't penguins have black heads?

ButtonMoonMrsSpoon · 21/01/2023 10:39

Neverknowinglysensible · 19/01/2023 19:25

That Spam is the closest tasting legal foodstuff to human flesh…(according to my DSS).

Yuk, that's put me right off a spam fritter 🤢

Lizzy1980 · 02/02/2023 13:05

OneHundredOtters · 17/01/2023 18:26

That Margaret Thatcher invented Mr Whippy ice cream and Rodger Moore (claimed to have) invented the Magnum

I think she was just part of the research team that developed the emulsifier used in soft ice cream

Jewelanemone · 02/02/2023 13:13

TangledWebOfDeception · 17/01/2023 15:23

One of my absolute favourite songs, so I knew that one! There are three separate singing voices on the track (you probably already know that, now).

Watch the music video for it - definitely 70's cool!

Can't remember any of mine right now - I constantly look things up when I wonder about them so I learn lots of random things all the time.

My favourite song too! Guaranteed to get me up and dancing 😊

Flowersintheattic57 · 02/02/2023 13:37

That Indian people , in India, poo more often than any other people.

QuantumWeatherButterfly · 02/02/2023 13:45

The hairiest animal on earth, by hairs per square inch of body, is the sea otter.

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