Just found out in 40s

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My NI number starts with my initials. So I assumed everyone’s did. Just found out it’s a weird coincidence.
What random thing have you recently discovered too?!

@JudgeJ tbf I did post my comment around 5 mins after the thread was started so I wouldn't say it took me that long to realise!

I was always told that last letter was your place in the family like mine is B and I'm 2nd born and DH's is the same. DD1 does not have A at the end of hers so obviously not true 😂

I found out, a few years ago, that the hole in a coffee cup lid allows air in, so the coffee comes out. It was a revelation ...

@Faranth

My NI number is one digit and letter different to my DBs! So mine would be AA111111A his is AA111112B. When his came through I figured it was a normal thing, but apparently not, complete coincidence!

Mines too it's XX XX XX X8 C and my younger sisters is XX XX XX X9 D

Mine starts with my old music teachers initials. Random fact for you there!

I was 54 before I found out the first 2 numbers weren't your year of birth. Had quite the debate until my kids proved me wrong.

@mum2jakie It means that the item is food safe i.e. made of materials that are safe for food storage.

@HumphreysCorner

I was always told that last letter was your place in the family like mine is B and I'm 2nd born and DH's is the same. DD1 does not have A at the end of hers so obviously not true 😂

Do people actually have multiple conversations about national insurance numbers? What exactly do you mean by always told? I can't even imagine someone would tell you that once, did numerous people tell you it once or did the same person tell you numerous times?

How weird

@Faranth

My NI number is one digit and letter different to my DBs! So mine would be AA111111A his is AA111112B. When his came through I figured it was a normal thing, but apparently not, complete coincidence!

Same with me and my sisters! Identical but Mine ends in C and her end in D. Interestingly, we are child 3 and 4 of my dads kids with me (C) bring the 3rd and her being the 4th. No idea if our older siblings have the same but are A and B?

@Horizons83

Weirdly I only found out about the mass issuance of NI numbers in the early 90s, meaning that my brother and I have a very close one, about 3 days ago.

Anyway... I am in my 40s too and until about a year ago I thought that this symbol meant dishwasher proof. Wonder how many things I ruined?

I feel I'm about to learn another new thing in my 40s...

I thought this meant the item could go in the dishwasher too. What does it mean then?

@AllThatFancyPaintsAsFair I've got about 40 years to go probably... let me live in hope 😂

@Hidehi4

I have just found out that the percentage on weather apps is the amount of area that will have rain, not the percentage of chance of rain 🙈

I was told that recently, quite a surprise.

I recently discovered that my 11 and 13 year old children's child trust funds have their NI numbers as reference numbers, so they're allocated way before they reach 16.

I also thought that "the Wirral" was simply a phrase that meant "local" and everybody had a wirral that was basically a 5 mile circumference from their house

This made my day 😂😂😂

OP, sorry about what’s happened here - you need to start a separate thread to get what you were really after!

@Rosebud21

I found out, a few years ago, that the hole in a coffee cup lid allows air in, so the coffee comes out. It was a revelation ...

That's basic physics, if you're pouring something from a carton, it's easier if you also clip the opposite corner as well as the one you're pouring from!

@JungleBeats

Can people not read ?

OP I found out via Tick Tock of all things that you shove the plastic parts of a toilet block toilet cleaner up inside the rim and not over the top of it.

Oh wow! That makes so much more sense than balancing the thing over the loo. Plus it sticks out and looks gross. 48 years old! 🤣

Middle initial A in 1974 anyone?

Yes, me. But who knows what that means judging from this thread.

I bet the op didn’t realise she was starting the first ever mn national insurance number random facts thread.

@plodalong12

Re: National Insurance numbers.

In 1993, for that year only, all children under 16 in England (not sure about the UK as a whole) whose parent(s) or guardian(s) were in receipt of child benefit for them were all allocated sequential NI numbers, so two siblings would get AB123456A and AB123456B, oldest getting the first one.

If you weren’t born before 1993 it won’t apply. If you were over 16 by 1993 it won’t apply. If your parents or guardians didn’t apply for child benefit for children under 16 in 1993 it won’t apply.

For everyone that meets this criteria, it does.

How unreasonable would it be of me to text my brother at this hour, whilst he's away on holiday, to ask him what his NI number is? Because my mind is blown. Mine ends in B, we fit the criteria above and he's the older sibling.

@StCharlotte

As alluded to above the first two letters refer to the decade you were born (roughly) so for example anyone with a NINO starting N was probably born in the 60s or early 70s. NINO's with a Z are usually allocated to foreign citizens.

I was born early 70s and mine starts with NZ

@JudgeJ *Hidehi4
I have just found out that the percentage on weather apps is the amount of area that will have rain, not the percentage of chance of rain 🙈
I was told that recently, quite a surprise.
It’s doesn’t in the U.K., in the US it does.

@Hidehi4

I have just found out that the percentage on weather apps is the amount of area that will have rain, not the percentage of chance of rain 🙈

Wow I never knew that! I thought the same 🤣

My NI number starts with WM. I thought it was because I am a woman until recently when I saw my friends NI number

@plodalong12

Re: National Insurance numbers.

In 1993, for that year only, all children under 16 in England (not sure about the UK as a whole) whose parent(s) or guardian(s) were in receipt of child benefit for them were all allocated sequential NI numbers, so two siblings would get AB123456A and AB123456B, oldest getting the first one.

If you weren’t born before 1993 it won’t apply. If you were over 16 by 1993 it won’t apply. If your parents or guardians didn’t apply for child benefit for children under 16 in 1993 it won’t apply.

For everyone that meets this criteria, it does.

Wow, thank you. This then completely explains mine and my sister's NI numbers being identical apart from the last letter - both under 16 in 1993 and parents in receipt of child benefit.

So I was kind of right and it wasn't a coincidence!

Mine doesn’t

the Battle of Hastings was not in Hastings