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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury

So you may of noticed (or not) that I've a wealth of useless information.

What's your best factoid?

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich

Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mine is Custer actually had almost a grade 1 haircut at the big horn he knew the value if his scalp ... so the long flowing blond locks is a Hollywood myth

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. X "

My face must have pogonophobia then

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Mine is Custer actually had almost a grade 1 haircut at the big horn he knew the value if his scalp ... so the long flowing blond locks is a Hollywood myth "

Ooo, that's interesting. Makes a lot of sense though. And I always thought the man was a fool.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. X "

I have that

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. X

I have that "

Yeah, beards are nasty. Except F&B of course, his is magnificent

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The giraffe gestation period is 15 months.

I discovered that whilst googling stage 4 cancer death rates. I started off looking for trousers? Weirdly that was the only fact that stayed with me. Google is mental

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich


"Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. X

I have that "

But I love a hairy chest x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Mine is Custer actually had almost a grade 1 haircut at the big horn he knew the value if his scalp ... so the long flowing blond locks is a Hollywood mytown h

Ooo, that's interesting. Makes a lot of sense though. And I always thought was a fool...."

graduated 2nd last in his class from West point he was a chancer and very egotistical. .. but also very courageous.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. X

I have that "

Me too!!

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"The giraffe gestation period is 15 months.

I discovered that whilst googling stage 4 cancer death rates. I started off looking for trousers? Weirdly that was the only fact that stayed with me. Google is mental "

An African elephants gestation period is 24 months. I love going down Google holes

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Mine is Custer actually had almost a grade 1 haircut at the big horn he knew the value if his scalp ... so the long flowing blond locks is a Hollywood mytown h

Ooo, that's interesting. Makes a lot of sense though. And I always thought was a fool.... graduated 2nd last in his class from West point he was a chancer and very egotistical. .. but also very courageous."

Courageous to the point of walking into an obvious trap lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol"

Oh dear, so you were a teddy girl as kid then?

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol"

coulrophobia is the fear of clowns, scares the f##k out of me xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. X

I have that

Yeah, beards are nasty. Except F&B of course, his is magnificent "

Aw yeah he’s ace. Couldn’t snog him though even though he is a beautiful man

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol

coulrophobia is the fear of clowns, scares the f##k out of me xx "

It's strange how people can be scared by the oddest things. Personally I dont have any phobias.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. X

I have that

Yeah, beards are nasty. Except F&B of course, his is magnificent

Aw yeah he’s ace. Couldn’t snog him though even though he is a beautiful man "

Nor me, but for different reasons

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

A school of clownfish is always built into a hierarchy with a female fish at the top. When she dies, the most dominant male changes sex and takes her place.

There are lots of species of marine life that have this ability to change gender

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch


"Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. X

I have that

Yeah, beards are nasty. Except F&B of course, his is magnificent

Aw yeah he’s ace. Couldn’t snog him though even though he is a beautiful man "

Ooh I would beard or not

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"A school of clownfish is always built into a hierarchy with a female fish at the top. When she dies, the most dominant male changes sex and takes her place.

There are lots of species of marine life that have this ability to change gender "

I did know this, it's a particularly nice factoid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol

Oh dear, so you were a teddy girl as kid then?"

I was, I had big dolls till age 8 and watched one in a horror film. I then threw every doll out .Id not sleep if a doll with glass eyes was in my house now lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol

coulrophobia is the fear of clowns, scares the f##k out of me xx "

Yes clowns is another fear after Poltergeist and IT

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch


"A school of clownfish is always built into a hierarchy with a female fish at the top. When she dies, the most dominant male changes sex and takes her place.

There are lots of species of marine life that have this ability to change gender

I did know this, it's a particularly nice factoid "

I find it fascinating and the fact it’s possible

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol

coulrophobia is the fear of clowns, scares the f##k out of me xx

It's strange how people can be scared by the oddest things. Personally I dont have any phobias."

Flying ants and ants nest go through me too lol Im not brave am I lol

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol

Oh dear, so you were a teddy girl as kid then?

I was, I had big dolls till age 8 and watched one in a horror film. I then threw every doll out .Id not sleep if a doll with glass eyes was in my house now lol"

Hated dolls, still do. I had a tiny tears which lived in the bottom of the wardrobe, creepy things.

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol

coulrophobia is the fear of clowns, scares the f##k out of me xx

Yes clowns is another fear after Poltergeist and IT "

I loved both the IT films, scared the hell out of me x

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Two "Zulu" related ones for you...

Firstly despite the film suggesting the brave men were all Welsh the reality is most of the actual men were Midlanders - Henry Hook the d*unk villain amongst them was actually a sober and very proper man and the two officers (played by Michael Caine and Stanley Baker) were clueless when it came to battles - the real brains behind it all was the commissary who had a minor role in the film.

There's a link between Zulu and Gladiator too - the latter sampled the Zulu chants for the chants of the Hun hoards at the start of the film

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

The only thing Americans don't have a bunch of is....collective nouns.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol

coulrophobia is the fear of clowns, scares the f##k out of me xx

It's strange how people can be scared by the oddest things. Personally I dont have any phobias.

Flying ants and ants nest go through me too lol Im not brave am I lol"

If I see a flying ant it dies! Ants are just wingless wasps.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Make your right foot do clockwise circles as you draw in the air the number 6 with your right hand

See if you foot changes direction

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Two "Zulu" related ones for you...

Firstly despite the film suggesting the brave men were all Welsh the reality is most of the actual men were Midlanders - Henry Hook the d*unk villain amongst them was actually a sober and very proper man and the two officers (played by Michael Caine and Stanley Baker) were clueless when it came to battles - the real brains behind it all was the commissary who had a minor role in the film.

There's a link between Zulu and Gladiator too - the latter sampled the Zulu chants for the chants of the Hun hoards at the start of the film"

Yeah I knew that most of them were from the midlands after I looked it up from Sabatons Rorke's Drift song.

Didnt know about the sampling though, that is interesting.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"The only thing Americans don't have a bunch of is....collective nouns."

American dialect is much closer to english dialects from the Elizabethan period. We changed our dialects to distinguish yourself from the Americans

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Make your right foot do clockwise circles as you draw in the air the number 6 with your right hand

See if you foot changes direction"

That's to do with how our brains are wired

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"Make your right foot do clockwise circles as you draw in the air the number 6 with your right hand

See if you foot changes direction

That's to do with how our brains are wired"

Prove if needed be that drummers are weird.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Make your right foot do clockwise circles as you draw in the air the number 6 with your right hand

See if you foot changes direction

That's to do with how our brains are wired

Prove if needed be that drummers are weird."

The brain is incredibly plastic, even as adults. It's amazing what its capable of.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Two that stick with my

1) You are more likely to be killed by a coconut that a shark

2) your 5 times more likely to die on your way to buy a lottery ticket than you are of winning the lottery

Boom! Mind blown!

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Two that stick with my

1) You are more likely to be killed by a coconut that a shark

2) your 5 times more likely to die on your way to buy a lottery ticket than you are of winning the lottery

Boom! Mind blown! "

Gambling in a con, the house always wins.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

The first heart transplant had to take in a state of the USA where it would not be considered murder to remove the damaged heart before replacing with the donor heart

Everywhere else in the world it was considered murder....

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Pediophobia, the fear of dolls. This is me lol

Oh dear, so you were a teddy girl as kid then?

I was, I had big dolls till age 8 and watched one in a horror film. I then threw every doll out .Id not sleep if a doll with glass eyes was in my house now lol

Hated dolls, still do. I had a tiny tears which lived in the bottom of the wardrobe, creepy things."

I keep seeing creepy dolls on YouTube top 5s vids. I sleep with bathroom light on then even though ive no dolls in my house lol

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich

Gorillas eat their poo as it still has so much goodness in it, like a kebab!!! X

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"The first heart transplant had to take in a state of the USA where it would not be considered murder to remove the damaged heart before replacing with the donor heart

Everywhere else in the world it was considered murder.... "

Holy shit, that is interesting

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Gorillas eat their poo as it still has so much goodness in it, like a kebab!!! X "

All rodents related to guinea pigs do the same.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire


"The first heart transplant had to take in a state of the USA where it would not be considered murder to remove the damaged heart before replacing with the donor heart

Everywhere else in the world it was considered murder....

Holy shit, that is interesting "

Ref: Bill Bryson - The Body

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich


"Gorillas eat their poo as it still has so much goodness in it, like a kebab!!! X

All rodents related to guinea pigs do the same."

As in uncle rat ? X

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Gorillas eat their poo as it still has so much goodness in it, like a kebab!!! X

All rodents related to guinea pigs do the same.

As in uncle rat ? X "

Not quite, all species in the genus cavia are herbivorous. Rats arent.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

A lot of Steve Wright's factoids seem to be in The Metro Newspaper.

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A male ballet dancer is called a ballerino.

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In 1993 Peter Gabriel fans sang Happy birthday to him on the 13 May, just as he came on stage.

A bit of paper was thrown from fan to fan, stating that this was going to happen...in French.

Nothing unusual about that, except his birth month is February.

What's two months between the Godfather of Prog and a bullring full of fans.

How do I know this? I was there, near the middle of the arena. Great night.

He took it in his stride, what a guy.

Walking off afterwards listening to Games without Frontiers being whistled down the streets...aah, them were, the days

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By *uciferLingerieMan
over a year ago

Leeds

Sloths only come down from trees to do a poop and when they've finished they do a little poop dance!

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"A lot of Steve Wright's factoids seem to be in The Metro Newspaper.

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A male ballet dancer is called a ballerino.

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In 1993 Peter Gabriel fans sang Happy birthday to him on the 13 May, just as he came on stage.

A bit of paper was thrown from fan to fan, stating that this was going to happen...in French.

Nothing unusual about that, except his birth month is February.

What's two months between the Godfather of Prog and a bullring full of fans.

How do I know this? I was there, near the middle of the arena. Great night.

He took it in his stride, what a guy.

Walking off afterwards listening to Games without Frontiers being whistled down the streets...aah, them were, the days "

Sounds like it was a cracking night buddy

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By *p4funCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth

No number from 1 to 999 has the letter "a" in its word form

It takes 10 minutes to drown in salt water

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Sloths only come down from trees to do a poop and when they've finished they do a little poop dance! "

There are two sloth species after there used to be one of the most diverse genus in the Americas. There was even a mountain sloth.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"No number from 1 to 999 has the letter "a" in its word form

It takes 10 minutes to drown in salt water "

Speaking from experience are we?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The words "vanilla" and "vagina" come from the same Latin descriptive word for a vanilla pod.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Fray Bentos is the capital of the Southwest region of Rio Negro in Uruguay...

Oh, and I formed the useless information department about 9 years ago, I'm still looking for recruits

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"Sloths only come down from trees to do a poop and when they've finished they do a little poop dance! "

No shit! I've just seen the video. It's true.

Does this mean that the likes of Miley Cyrus, J Lo and the like have lap dancing poles in front of their toilets?

(The mind boggles, the hips wiggle)

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"The words "vanilla" and "vagina" come from the same Latin descriptive word for a vanilla pod."

I knew that

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Fray Bentos is the capital of the Southwest region of Rio Negro in Uruguay...

Oh, and I formed the useless information department about 9 years ago, I'm still looking for recruits "

A kindred spirit

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By *p4funCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache

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By *orraine999Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere

Elephants have the longest gestation period at 95 weeks. . And the North American opossum has the shortest at just 12 days.

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By *hloevtTV/TS
over a year ago

norwich

73% of all statistics are made up!! X

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


" The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache "

Hmmm, I cant say I've noticed but I believe you

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Elephants have the longest gestation period at 95 weeks. . And the North American opossum has the shortest at just 12 days.

"

Marsupials (like the opposum) first evolved in south America. Opposums are the last remaining marsupial in the Americas

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"73% of all statistics are made up!! X "

Just like that one?

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By *orraine999Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere


"Elephants have the longest gestation period at 95 weeks. . And the North American opossum has the shortest at just 12 days.

Marsupials (like the opposum) first evolved in south America. Opposums are the last remaining marsupial in the Americas "

That’s so sad.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Elephants have the longest gestation period at 95 weeks. . And the North American opossum has the shortest at just 12 days.

Marsupials (like the opposum) first evolved in south America. Opposums are the last remaining marsupial in the Americas

That’s so sad. "

Shockingly it wasnt humans that killed them off, we dont really know why they disappeared.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"A lot of Steve Wright's factoids seem to be in The Metro Newspaper.

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A male ballet dancer is called a ballerino.

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In 1993 Peter Gabriel fans sang Happy birthday to him on the 13 May, just as he came on stage.

A bit of paper was thrown from fan to fan, stating that this was going to happen...in French.

Nothing unusual about that, except his birth month is February.

What's two months between the Godfather of Prog and a bullring full of fans.

How do I know this? I was there, near the middle of the arena. Great night.

He took it in his stride, what a guy.

Walking off afterwards listening to Games without Frontiers being whistled down the streets...aah, them were, the days

Sounds like it was a cracking night buddy "

It was mate, it was. Seeing Levon Minassian, on stage armed with his Armenian duduk (a member of the flute family) hairs-on-necks-were-standing-to-attention. He played The Feeling Begins (From the Last Temptation of Christ/Passion OST). What a sound. That drone made the air go electric.

I'd seen him for the first time at Bath in 1992 at his WOMAD festival, where he was the just the host, prior to releasing the US album.

World Of Arts Music And Dance: because too much music industry focus is on the UK/Ireland and US. The rest of the world needs exploring. Foreign holidays, food, cars and sometimes film: so why not music?

"Whistling tunes we piss on the goons in the jungle. It's a knockout"

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By *uciferLingerieMan
over a year ago

Leeds


"Sloths only come down from trees to do a poop and when they've finished they do a little poop dance!

No shit! I've just seen the video. It's true.

Does this mean that the likes of Miley Cyrus, J Lo and the like have lap dancing poles in front of their toilets?

(The mind boggles, the hips wiggle) "

They probably do and I wouldn't mind if they did!!

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By *ord Willy McFuck-BucketMan
over a year ago

newcastle

I will add to the shit facts or facts about shit, those lovely pandas produce over 4 stone of it every day.

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By *uper SaiyanMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Heres a factoid I find interesting: 90% of all scientists in history are alive right now.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"I will add to the shit facts or facts about shit, those lovely pandas produce over 4 stone of it every day."

Well they do eat nothing but bamboo so it makes a lot of sense.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Heres a factoid I find interesting: 90% of all scientists in history are alive right now. "

That figures!

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire


"The first heart transplant had to take in a state of the USA where it would not be considered murder to remove the damaged heart before replacing with the donor heart

Everywhere else in the world it was considered murder.... "

I´m pretty sure the first heart transplant was in South Africa. It was definitely Dr Christian Barnaard who performed it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Two "Zulu" related ones for you...

Firstly despite the film suggesting the brave men were all Welsh the reality is most of the actual men were Midlanders - Henry Hook the d*unk villain amongst them was actually a sober and very proper man and the two officers (played by Michael Caine and Stanley Baker) were clueless when it came to battles - the real brains behind it all was the commissary who had a minor role in the film.

There's a link between Zulu and Gladiator too - the latter sampled the Zulu chants for the chants of the Hun hoards at the start of the film

Yeah I knew that most of them were from the midlands after I looked it up from Sabatons Rorke's Drift song.

Didnt know about the sampling though, that is interesting."

.... In the prequel 'Zulu Dawn' it shows soldiers killed by a thrown spear. ... fact is the assagai was a stabbing weapon and it would be deemed cowardly to throw it at an enemy in zulu culture

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Two "Zulu" related ones for you...

Firstly despite the film suggesting the brave men were all Welsh the reality is most of the actual men were Midlanders - Henry Hook the d*unk villain amongst them was actually a sober and very proper man and the two officers (played by Michael Caine and Stanley Baker) were clueless when it came to battles - the real brains behind it all was the commissary who had a minor role in the film.

There's a link between Zulu and Gladiator too - the latter sampled the Zulu chants for the chants of the Hun hoards at the start of the film

Yeah I knew that most of them were from the midlands after I looked it up from Sabatons Rorke's Drift song.

Didnt know about the sampling though, that is interesting..... In the prequel 'Zulu Dawn' it shows soldiers killed by a thrown spear. ... fact is the assagai was a stabbing weapon and it would be deemed cowardly to throw it at an enemy in zulu culture "

Another cool little factoid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bluetooth” technology was named after a 10th century king, King Harald Bluetooth. He united Denmark and Norway – just like the wireless technology united computers and cell phones.

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By *aughtycouple1008Couple
over a year ago

west london

Brown sugar is not healthier than white sugar

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Bluetooth” technology was named after a 10th century king, King Harald Bluetooth. He united Denmark and Norway – just like the wireless technology united computers and cell phones."

Huh interesting. Must of been before the Kalmar Union.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Brown sugar is not healthier than white sugar"

Is molasses not good for you then?

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By *inky and the brain 1Couple
over a year ago

near Halesowen

The actor who played dick dasterdly from wacky Racers, Paul Winchell, was the first person to patent a mechanical heart replacement!

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

Both Chester and Colchester have statues of Elephants, in their town centres near the cathedral/church.

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out

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By *aughtycouple1008Couple
over a year ago

west london

I'm. Not sure lol...sorry

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury

Wow, I thought this thread was dead and buried.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Coitophobia is the fear of sex and I fear someone might say yes one day

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

The average secretary's left-hand does 56% of the typing.

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North


"The average secretary's left-hand does 56% of the typing."

And the other does the wanking

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Visiting Blackpool

Although the Inbetweeners movie was set in Malia, much of it was filmed in Magaluf

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Software pirating of their software was the making of Microsoft. People copied and distributed their first computer language...Basic for microcomputers and it spread far and wide. It could (and nearly did) break Gates/Allens business but it became the industry standard and the rest is history.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

World record for simultaneous mentos bottle rockets is 4,334.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhy OP   Man
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"Software pirating of their software was the making of Microsoft. People copied and distributed their first computer language...Basic for microcomputers and it spread far and wide. It could (and nearly did) break Gates/Allens business but it became the industry standard and the rest is history.

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The makers of Game Dev Tycoon deliberately released a cracked version of their game that would cause you to haemorrhage cash through pirating.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Two that stick with my

1) You are more likely to be killed by a coconut that a shark

2) your 5 times more likely to die on your way to buy a lottery ticket than you are of winning the lottery

Boom! Mind blown! "

Oh damn!

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