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!

No facts but placemarking for my next dreaded zoom quiz!!

Would the drug made from poppies be Opium and not Heroin? No fun facts from me but really enjoying this thread :)

@Puffalicious

I've rushed upstairs to read this thread to DS2 who is 13 and a complete mental fact addict!

One of his:

The part on your back that you can't reach to scratch with your hands is called the acnestis.

I don't have one of those - I can scratch the entirety of my back, though only with my left hand.

Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Bats account for 25% of all mammals on the planet.

This is a cracking thread, worthy of Classics

No matter how hard you pinch the loose skin on your outer elbow, when your arm is straight, it won't be painful.

@kaco

No matter how hard you pinch the loose skin on your outer elbow, when your arm is straight, it won't be painful.

Not true 😂😂

Errol I am SO envious, I am a perennially itchy person to the despair of DH and 3 DC

All racehorses celebrate their birthdays on 1st January.

A parliament of owls and a murder of crows are another two very apt collective nouns.

The structure that holds a bats wing up is its little finger.

Antarctica is the biggest desert on the planet

The earth is smoother than a billiard ball if you were to scale them. It's also not perfectly spherical but a sort of orange shape.

Scientists know more about the surface of the moon than the deep ocean

The worlds smallest bat (the bumblebee bat) weighs in at just two grams — about the weight of two Skittles.

Adult cats only meow at humans (not at other cats) and a cats meow and purr is at the same frequency as a newborns cry.

Southern Hemisphere racehorse birthday is 1st of August

It is thought that the oldest true story is around 37,000 years old and is an aboriginal story that tells of how a giant turned himself into a volcano and formed the land. Evidence of tools has been found underneath the volcanic rock that has been carbon dated to this time.

Obviously the giant bit is an embellishment but the volcano bit appears to be true.

Another horse fact from me

When a foal is born it’s feet looks like it has tentacles (it’s known as eponychium). This is to keep the feet soft and prevent them piercing the amniotic sac. The tentacles dry up and fall off very soon after birth.

Newborns don't have tears

Coca Cola used to contain cocaine.

And irn bru contains alcohol.

The chlorine smell at swimming pools isn't actually chlorine. It's caused by trichloramine which is a chemical created when chlorine mixes with urine 🤢

@BillywigSting

The hard bit on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet

No it cant be. It has to be a flugel-binder 🤣

An elephant's penis weighs 60 lb

The Islets of Langerhans are found in your pancreas

Gum disease is the world's most common non contagious disease.

Love The Parliament of owls and Murder of crows and a Loveliness of Ladybirds.

Add a charm of goldfinches.

The smallest bones in the body are found in the ears.

Packets of crisps always go out of date on a Saturday.