What bit of random knowledge do you know?

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Mine is I can remember the barcode for a Cadbury crème egg. I worked in a co-op over twenty years ago and they often didn’t scan so you had to put the number in and I can still remember it.

Not all. Hammerheads are though. We chased off a shoal of them trying to get a photo while diving!

Most of the existing water on earth now was once drunk by dinosaurs… and subsequently wee’d out of them and thus the cycle continues. Every time you drink a glass of water, you are without doubt drinking water that once passed through a dinosaur

I remember it as being 01 811 8181.
I learned to spell Rhodesia by remembering Robin Hoods Old Donkey Eats Straw In Autumn.
Obviously not used it recently

The word 'daisy' comes from Old English, and means 'day's eye' because a daisy's petals open in the day, looking like an eye, and close at night.

Also the sun is the eye of the day, and daisies look like the sun too.

I can recite the books of the Bible after learning this in Sunday School over 60 years ago

Also, I can still remember my DM's Co-op divi number

And (I know there are different versions of this) I was taught to spell

StationEry ~ E for envelopes

StationAry ~ A for At a standstill

Pirates wore eyepatches so one eye was always ready to see in the darkness below deck.

You are what you eat (or drink.)

You’re kidding! Wow!

And a pig’s penis is shaped like a corkscrew.

Cats are crepuscular- meaning they are most active at dusk and dawn 😺

My mum used to tell me there's a rat in separate.

Came to say this as soon as I read the thread title, then laughed when I actually read the OP 🤣 Haven't worked in a shop for over 20 years

So are rabbits 🐰

The term 'Brass Monkeys' meaning cold comes from the device that held cannon balls on ships, made of brass. When cold, the brass contracted and the cannon balls would roll all over the place.

No idea why my random facts are all so nautical 🤔

Succulents photosynthesise at night.

A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter!

Cambridge is the only city that has it's river is named after it ~ the river was originally called the Granta but is now called the Cam

Sharleen Spitri has broken her nose 3 times.

Hugh Dennis's name is actually Peter but when he wanted to join Equity there was already a Peter Dennis registered so he had to choose a different name

Thanks everyone. Interesting facts
I can remember the reg on my dads white cortina from 45yrs ago, no idea why i've remembered that

I can remember my dad’s first ever business phone number - going back about 49 years. And the rugby club, the golf club, all my friends’ numbers from when we were in school. All the reg numbers of my dad’s cars.

Im a bit weird when it comes to numbers.

Chocolate is the only food which melts at body temperature

A crocodile's jaw muscles close very strongly but are weak at opening. So you can hold a crocodile's mouth closed, but once it's got its mouth open you should avoid it.

It was 01 811 8055 in my day

@RichardMarxisinnocent I think you’re right now that I’ve said yours out loud

That newborn baby smell everyone loves?
It's the smell of their brain through the soft spots that haven't formed properly in the first few days/weeks after birth
Also why the newborn smell fades, skin over soft spot forms thicker