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To want to know the useless facts you store in your brain..

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IseeNarcPeople · 31/07/2023 20:25

The ones that never get an outting, the chance to use them has never arisen.
For instance, from the many useless facts in my brain:
The phrases "Not enough room to swing a cat" and "Don't let the cat out of the bag" are actually about a whip "Cat O' nine tails" which was kept as a warning and punishment on ships.
Oh and snails can sleep for three years.
Please release some of yours.

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CliffsofMohair · 31/07/2023 23:52

St Patrick (famous Welshman, ended up tending pigs and driving snakes in Ireland) is the patron saint of Nigeria.

PerrinAybara · 31/07/2023 23:53

@CherieBabySpliffUp Defenestration is probably a term useful if you own an inkjet printer and you need to explain what happened to it.

Winduptorch · 31/07/2023 23:55

Your arm span is the same as your height

Bearpawk · 31/07/2023 23:59

catwithflowers · 31/07/2023 20:38

I was in a school production of Joseph at first school, aged 9, and can still remember the song about the coat and can still remember the order of the 29 colours 😂😂😂

I know it by heart too!

HRTQueen · 01/08/2023 00:08

Alligators can climb trees and fences

It’s terrifying to watch

wheresmymojo · 01/08/2023 00:14

European foxes can climb trees but UK foxes can't.

Badgers on the other hand, despite looking far less agile than foxes can scale six foot fences!

goingback · 01/08/2023 00:16

Most penguin live outwith Antarctica , some live in a desert and others in a jungle

CarpeDiemCarpeDontem · 01/08/2023 00:16

catwithflowers · 31/07/2023 20:38

I was in a school production of Joseph at first school, aged 9, and can still remember the song about the coat and can still remember the order of the 29 colours 😂😂😂

That’s so funny my husband was impressed with the fact I can remember the colours the other day!

it was red and yellow and green and brown, scarlet and black and ochre and peach..

mrsmacmc · 01/08/2023 00:17

Place marking to learn new facts 🤓

Aberdeen based fire engines used to be white as the commander at the time didn't want to spend money on getting them sprayed red

Horsedoglover59 · 01/08/2023 00:23

Over50usernamesNow · 31/07/2023 20:35

That's quite interesting! What station has the most platforms in the UK?? Is it kings cross?

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It's actually Waterloo - 24 platforms in use

Crucible · 01/08/2023 00:27

HairyMcHairyFace · 31/07/2023 22:55

Cobra, as in "the Prime minister attended a cobra meeting this afternoon" is an acronym for Cabinet Office Meeting Room A.

It's cabinet office briefing room A

If it had been held in the meeting room on Second Level Upper Ground, they'd have convened SLUG.

dreamonlucid · 01/08/2023 00:30

The only place you can't get endometriosis growing is the spleen.

Why the hell they haven't looked at the spleen and uncovered it's magical ability god knows.

The creative industry makes up around 5.6% of the Uk economy and is worth £120billion, so anyone who scoffs at art being important in schools is a plonker!

Itsybitsypiper · 01/08/2023 00:37

wishihadagoodone · 31/07/2023 23:11

They're qualified to run for public office then

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This made me LOL

DysmalRadius · 01/08/2023 00:41

Nodeepdiving · 31/07/2023 23:41

Haha, yes I do vaguely recall that one from school.

Which of my factoids was it that made you laugh?

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Factoid means something that is untrue but so commonly known that everyone treats it as true. Given your top contributions to this thread, I wonder if you know that and have planted factoids to fool us...

crazeekat · 01/08/2023 00:43

freddie mercury had a 27-29 inch waist

mrsmacmc · 01/08/2023 00:47

dreamonlucid · 01/08/2023 00:30

The only place you can't get endometriosis growing is the spleen.

Why the hell they haven't looked at the spleen and uncovered it's magical ability god knows.

The creative industry makes up around 5.6% of the Uk economy and is worth £120billion, so anyone who scoffs at art being important in schools is a plonker!

Yet they can't get their act together to support women with endometriosis effectively 🤦‍♀️

dizzydizzydizzy · 01/08/2023 00:48

Toohotto · 31/07/2023 20:54

My dad's car registration from about 50 years ago, my family phone number from 50 years ago, every main holiday I've been on for the last 40 years in chronological order, the order of the planets

Are you me?

IVFlife · 01/08/2023 00:51

Percy Shaw invented cats eyes on the road

Nodeepdiving · 01/08/2023 00:54

DysmalRadius · 01/08/2023 00:41

Factoid means something that is untrue but so commonly known that everyone treats it as true. Given your top contributions to this thread, I wonder if you know that and have planted factoids to fool us...

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I genuinely, hand on heart, did not know that!

TeaPotPetPig · 01/08/2023 00:55

That the River Nile drains 10% of the African continent. Or it did back in the nineties when I took my Geography G.C.S.E. Also I can recall all the capital cities of South America and Asia. That's slightly more useful.

DysmalRadius · 01/08/2023 00:57

Nodeepdiving · 31/07/2023 21:43

Something to do with the East opening of the Panama Canal being further West than West opening. I'm sure someone will be along to explain it better in a minute 😊

No idea about the geography of it, but my favourite palindrome is:

A man, a plan, a canal : Panama

fdgdfgdfgdfg · 01/08/2023 01:05

4 8 15 16 23 42

Lost finished over a decade ago, why are these numbers still lodged in my brain!!!

Charmatt · 01/08/2023 01:14

Best before dates on crisps are always Saturdays!

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows- they have been removed by excess cleaning over the years!

Georgeandzippyzoo · 01/08/2023 01:41

Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff

The quokka will throw its babies at an attacker so it can esacpe -sod the babies!

A double rainbow has the colours the opposite way.

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