Stuff (trivia) that you should have known but didn't...

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At the age of 36 I've discovered that

1. Shirley McClaine and Warren Beatty were brother and sister

2. Camels store fat and not water in their humps.

People I've told about my discoveries have universally responded with 'well yeah, everyone knows that'.

Any other factoids you were well behind the curve with?

Schtoppen I live just the other side of the bridge from Windsor. I'm a Brit and I love when we drive through Ontario, past all those place names. Had a very confusing conversation at work once when I said I wanted to do a trip to London to see some plays, someone suggested Stratford as well for some Shakespeare, then asked if I'd be getting a bus there!

I meant REAL London, and hadn't heard of the Canadian places. I couldn't for the life of me work out HOW you could get a bus from Michigan to London, UK.

London has a second big river which has been entirely built over. It's called the River Fleet.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Fleet

I am from north west it was smiths crisps all the way. We even had a factory in our crappy little town. The brands changed mid- late 80's and we went from blue salt and vinegar smiths to green salt and vinegar walkers.

It still pisses me off because salt = sea salt = sea blue and spring onions are green. Walkers have it backwards. I'm 35 and the rage is real...

All of you who didn't know dried fruit was a plum/grape/whatever.

Did you think they grew dried on a tree or just that you never saw an undried raisin or whatever?

Moosey I knew about the Fleet, but have only just discovered that other lost rivers of London include the Rivers Rom and Brent (hence Romford and Brentford)

Don't forget the envelope necked vests - staple of these threads

Chickens might not be androgynous but snails are hermaphrodites I keep Giant African Land Snails and they can fertilise each other (even at the same time)

What's the envelope necked vest thing?

I learnt the petrol cap thingy on here and found it very useful also the oxo cube one about pulling out the flaps and crushing it up while it's still in the foil pack although I'm not sure if that's a specific design feature or a happy accident.

Cheese and onion crisps are not spring onion flavoured they are onion onion flavoured.

Well onions om the inside are greenish when they're young

Koala you can take a baby's vest off by slipping off the shoulders and pulling downwards. Useful when trying to avoid pulling a poo ey vest over their head.
seemed common sense to me but people seem very surprised to learn it on here!

Falling round laughing at the wedding favours thing and someone's DB thinking it was "do a favour and take Auntie Mabel to the church!"

Only learnt about the Oxo cube thing on here recently and love doing it

Remember my first taste of Walkers cheese n onion. They were the best most tastiest crisps ever. Then they took out all the tasty bits and we're left with nothing resembling past crisps, oh, and they were a blue bag

We only breathe out of one nostril at a time, and every couple of hours it changes over.

Can someone tell me the difference between a raisin, a currant and a sultana, please?

I know they are all dried fruits but what were they before drying?

TIA

This may sound rude, but I literally just pasted "Can someone tell me the difference between a raisin, a currant and a sultana, please?" into Google and the top link has a pretty lengthy discussion.

Perhaps you could read and summarise for the rest of us?

The saying is "like a lemming" not "like a lemon"...

Boobs float!! (I am flat chested)

Dad yes that was rude but this is AIBU so I guess I had it coming

HTH

Well I googled it and I'm still not sure of the difference

The site of Tyburn Gallows is near to Marble Arch
The length of your foot is usually the same as the distance from your wrist to your elbow.

They're all grapes some are unseeded and sweeter/smaller HTH

KickAss - we are neighbours, I am in Windsor :)

Small world, my best friend's son in law performs at Stratford, I think this is his third season.

Some currants are grapes, unless they were blackcurrants though.

Papa Johns is a franchise and not just one little pizza shop in my home town.