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To ask you what you know today that you didn't know yesterday....

82 replies

Easterbunnyiscomingsoon · 11/03/2019 15:00

I know today that a can of Mr Sheen dropped on a bare foot bloody hurts!!
Reinforces that cleaning is overrated!!

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NWQM · 11/03/2019 16:45

That in McDonalds you can make a tray by using the perforated edges on a Happy Meal Box.

That Happy Meal Boxes in McDonalds have perforated edges.

CiderBrains · 11/03/2019 16:49

I learnt that it is legal to be under the influence of alcohol whilst operating an electric wheelchair 😬

SadieContrary · 11/03/2019 16:49

Movingtoplanetclanger no, I'm using an iPhone? Didn't work the first time I tried it but then the second time I held the 0 the option popped up to change to °

Also on Apple devices, if you press and hold the space bar then you can move the cursor wherever you want in the message you've typed. Good for fixing typos before you hit send 👍🏼

LadyKylieShagworthy · 11/03/2019 16:50

Omg ° thank you for this.
I have learnt that my local butchers is closed on Monday. I have lived here 3 years and didn't know that.

ChipInTheSugar · 11/03/2019 16:51

WeirdCatLady congratulations!!

Crowdfundingforcake · 11/03/2019 16:51

Cat lady, brava!

Not today, but yesterday - the hole in the middle of your pasta serving implement is for measuring one portion of dried spaghetti (not in this house Grin

SadieContrary · 11/03/2019 16:55

I'm on a roll now, I'd been driving for years when I found out the arrow on your petrol gauge indicates which side your tank is on. #yourewelcome Wink ⛽️ 🚙

To ask you what you know today that you didn't know yesterday....
Asta19 · 11/03/2019 16:55

How to refill my boiler when the pressure drops and it stops working. Saved me a call out charge. Thanks Google!

CutesyUserName · 11/03/2019 16:56

That on cancelling an op, NHS sends you a 'would you recommend our service to friends and family' message and then want to charge you when you reply on your phone.

EstrellaDamn · 11/03/2019 16:56

That a 25 year old will happily talk to a 40 year old woman's breasts in a meeting. I thought they were all too woke for that these days.

abcece · 11/03/2019 16:58

How to index and match in Excel. Yep.

iklboo · 11/03/2019 16:58

° Ooh so it does!

QforCucumber · 11/03/2019 16:58

How to make shredded chicken without having had to roast a whole chicken yesterday.

JenniferJareau · 11/03/2019 17:01

That the man next to me on the Tube needs to wash his pits 🤢

MaidenMotherCrone · 11/03/2019 17:02

I found out today that my line manager is a liar. The lies didn't affect me as such but I know not to trust them now. Shame as I quite liked them but it's made me see them in a different light.

I'd rather a thief than a liar.......

lhw92 · 11/03/2019 17:03

° ooh it worked on my iPhone too, very cool thanks!

RMogs · 11/03/2019 17:12

That there is about to be a part time job opening in the sector I used to work in but had to give up when I moved back to Devon...

...and that not all toddler groups leave me wanting to commit suicide within 10 minutes of arrival

RMogs · 11/03/2019 17:13

Also learnt that cellophane is made of wood 😏

Graphista · 11/03/2019 17:16

"Cellophane is made from wood" wait what? I thought it was a plastic made from oil? Also now learned that viscose is made from wood too! Wtf!

Thanks to watching an old midsomer murders episode and looking up on wiki I now know Borneo was never a country (I think I'm a bit confused) but is the island and the island is divided now between 3 countries.

SadieContrary - that's been driving me nuts for YEARS I knew there MUST be a way to do it, been holding down other letters and symbols to try and find never occurred to me to press and hold NUMBERS! °°°° yippee

anyone know what
‰ means?

Btw you don't have to hunt for the symbol of commonly used currency symbols on iPhone just press and hold £ sign and most of them come up.

WeirdCatLady congratulations! StarCakeWine

SadieContrary · 11/03/2019 17:23

Graphista, I'm also waaaayyyy too pleased with my new knowledge 🤓

Loyaultemelie · 11/03/2019 17:23

° ooh works on iPhone!

That when you are immobilised and in a lot of pain from a broken bone and someone buys you a colouring book for adults it will actually distract you from the pain

QforCucumber · 11/03/2019 18:11

I thought it was a plastic made from oil? cling film is. Ashamed to say I only discovered they were different things quite recently.

Movingtoplanetclanger · 11/03/2019 20:27

SadieContrary ahhh, I recently changed to android.

For anyone whose interested this is the far less cool android way °:

Android. Switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard and press the ALTkey. The degrees symbol is on the second row.

sidesplittinglol · 11/03/2019 21:58

Graphista the ‰ means per thousand. Just had to google that as I wanted to know myself!

sidesplittinglol · 11/03/2019 22:02

Cellophane used to be made from wood in the 1960s but is now made from petroleum derived pvc.