In need of a 5* fact! Anyone with a brilliant fact they’d like to share?

[Pombearsandnaiceham]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for a very boring AIBU but does anyone have any interesting facts they’d like to share? I need a good fact for a work meeting this morning - any ideas?

Thank you!

I am going to have to get out of bed to

A. Check the dates on the walkers crisp packets to see if they are Saturday dates

B. To check if my car windows go down

Surely Edinburgh is east?

Yes, but the U.K. is not straight

The word gullible doesn't exist in the Oxford Dictionary.

@LunaNorth - definitely not one for the dinner table! Reminds me of Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean films!

@Hippychickster I really didn’t know that they spoke Welsh in Patagonia!
Amazing fact . I’m a Spanish speaker who is planning on visiting Patagonia as soon as lockdown / travel restrictions are over .
Thanks

Platypuses sweat milk.

1 day on Venus is longer than 1 Venus year

In England, all pigeon poo is the property of the crown

Love these!

The strong often overpowering smell that you often get in public swimming pools isn't because there's a lot of chlorine in it it's because of the trichchloramine created when it mixes with urine. Just google, you'll see lots of articles.

Then why is the smell at our local pool strongest first thing in the morning when it's been filtered all night and no one has been in it since the day before?

When you snap your fingers, the sound you hear is not your fingers clicking, but the finger slapping your hand.

Loving these

Koalas will thrust exactly 42 times before ejaculation, every single time!

In the Biff and Chip and Kipper books Biffs real name is Barbra and Chip is Christopher.

Spiders poop is white

Oranges aren't a natural occurring fruit. They're a hybrid of tangerines and pomelos and they were originally green

@GladAllOver

The word gullible doesn't exist in the Oxford Dictionary.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are primarily made of gas

Cleopatra lived closer to the building of the first Pizza Hut than to the building of the pyramids

Female birds (don't know name) lay eggs , pee and poo through the same hole (called something and I can't remember that either)

It’s called a vent!

Welsh is one of the minority languages spoken in Patagonia. The main/official language is Spanish

@giletrouge

Jim Morrison was born in a van, and Van Morrison was born in a gym.

I tried googling to see if it was true but could only find posts saying the same thing.

If Earth's existence was condensed to 24 hours, humans don't arrive until 11.59.59pm.

This thread has my mind blown! I have nothing to add though