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What bit of random knowledge do you know?

240 replies

Yourinmyspot · 25/02/2026 11:20

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.

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SabreIsMyFave · 25/02/2026 21:19

Baby hedgehogs are called Hoglets. 🦔

SabreIsMyFave · 25/02/2026 21:27

Humans share around 50% of DNA with bananas!

The average cloud weighs a million pounds! (About 500 tons.)

Chainsaws were originally invented (in the late 18th century) for childbirth! 😱

imakomododragon · 25/02/2026 21:28

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 25/02/2026 18:00

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

It’s probably in a family photo and has lodged in your subconscious mind.

Spaghettion · 25/02/2026 21:32

BalletSki · 25/02/2026 12:02

081 811 81811 or the more modern version 0181 811 8181

Edited to ask, how many of you are singing that number now?

Edited

I used to give this number out to men in nightclubs if I didn’t fancy them back.

SabreIsMyFave · 25/02/2026 21:33

Yeah, I remember my childhood (landline) phone number (from the 1970s and 1980s.) Can't remember where I have put my phone that I had 33 seconds ago!

SabreIsMyFave · 25/02/2026 21:34

Spaghettion · 25/02/2026 21:32

I used to give this number out to men in nightclubs if I didn’t fancy them back.

😆

Triflingjelly · 25/02/2026 21:34

A metre is 3 foot 3. It's longer than a tard, you see.

Mother Theresa of Calcutta died on the same day as Princess Diana.

thursday22august · 25/02/2026 21:34

Wombat poo is cuboid

The Michelin man (the logo of the tyre company) is called Bibendum

StripedPillowcase · 25/02/2026 21:36

The primary ingredient in pritt stick is potato.

StripedPillowcase · 25/02/2026 21:37

Timble · 25/02/2026 20:40

Cadbury’s flakes don’t melt.

They definitely do!

Zoopet · 25/02/2026 21:40

PUU 458F.
My dear dad's Morris traveller.
He was so proud if it.
I loved it.

Pancakesbythedozen · 25/02/2026 21:41

My dgm's car reg and home phone number from over 40 odd years ago.

thebeautifulsky · 25/02/2026 21:44

Pinching your thumb and little finger together whilst slightly flexing your wrist, shows the Palmaris Longus tendon on the inner wrist. This tendon is not present in about 15% of people.

StMichaelPenkevil · 25/02/2026 21:47

DI Jack Frost’s (A Touch of Frost) first name is William.

Carol Kenyon sings backing vocals on Temptation and also on Paul Hardcstle’s Don’t Waste My Time.

My landline number from 50 years ago.

The reg of my Dad’s Renault 12 from 50 years ago.

Ask me what I had for supper yesterday and I won’t be be able to tell you! 🤣

StMichaelPenkevil · 25/02/2026 21:53

DysmalRadius · 25/02/2026 20:40

Gary Oldman is younger than Gary Newman.

Pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson is named after three brothers with the surname Johnson.

Mountain goats are not related to 'goat' goats.

Foals are born with tentacles on their feet called foal slippers (amongst other things).

I wonder which brother got left off the company name 🤔😆

AngelinaFibres · 25/02/2026 21:54

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 25/02/2026 18:00

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

My dad had a white Ford cortina with a black vinyl roof. The number plate was PUY 960P. That was in the early1970s. I'm 60 now.

Yourinmyspot · 25/02/2026 21:55

I’ve just remembered another that I read in a book. It’s along the lines of we breath in so many molecules of oxygen every day that we will breath in a molecule of oxygen from everyone that ever existed on a daily basis. I find that fascinating and oddly comforting.

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FrangipaniBlue · 25/02/2026 21:57

Edinburgh is further west than Liverpool

Yourinmyspot · 25/02/2026 21:58

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 25/02/2026 18:00

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 the registration number of the Peugeot my Mum and Dad had around 1985 it’s strange what sticks.

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TheFilliesWillRiseAgain · 25/02/2026 21:59

If I travelled at the speed of light towards the sun, it would take me 8 minutes and 20 seconds to get there

maslinpan · 25/02/2026 22:00

The ravens in the Tower of London are given dog biscuits soaked in blood for a treat. Not sure whose blood.

Dappy777 · 25/02/2026 22:03

The two most famous dystopian novels of the 20th century (Brave New World and 1984) were written by Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. Huxley was Orwell’s French teacher.

TheFilliesWillRiseAgain · 25/02/2026 22:04

Yourinmyspot · 25/02/2026 21:55

I’ve just remembered another that I read in a book. It’s along the lines of we breath in so many molecules of oxygen every day that we will breath in a molecule of oxygen from everyone that ever existed on a daily basis. I find that fascinating and oddly comforting.

It's not just every day - it's every breath we take in will include oxygen atoms that have been in the lungs of every human in history.. and every air-breathing creature that's ever lived on Earth

Hotchocolate4 · 25/02/2026 22:05

On average one person globally will die from falling over an open dishwasher and landing in a knife. It’s hard to get a correct number as most household injuries with utensils are lumped together.

That’s why they shouldn’t be placed in the middle of the kitchen

youalright · 25/02/2026 22:05

Shessweetbutapsycho · 25/02/2026 20:51

Only in certain cases (usually kidneys), most of the time old organs are removed

I have one bit of useless knowledge and its not even correct 😭