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

...intellectually

What interesting but totally random facts have you learned?

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

About this chap. Very interesting!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"About this chap. Very interesting!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart"

Sabaton fan are we?

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


"About this chap. Very interesting!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart"

Yes, that's the sort of thing!

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

Dogs can’t look up…..

That kind of thing?

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

Knickers make good ankle warmers

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Sounds like way to much hard work maybe try an netflix documentary.

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

That 'The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog' is the only pangram in the English language that makes sense

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"About this chap. Very interesting!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart

Sabaton fan are we?"

I didn't even know about the Sabaton link until the end! Mr KC shared the link with me, because I'd shared this one with him:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hines_(Australian_soldier)

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By *parkle1974Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

A shrimps heart is in its head x

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By *dalisqueWoman
over a year ago

land of make believe


"A shrimps heart is in its head x"

My heart is definitely not in my head ! X

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

I'm drawing a blank.

Can I interest you in something uninteresting?

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

Red fuming nitric acid (RNFA, concentrated nitric with a small amount of dinitrogen tetroxide) reacts violently on contact with unsymetrical dimethylhyrazine (UDMH) and can be used as rocket fuel. The RFNA has to have a dash fluorine added to it to stop it dissolving the fuel tank.

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

In Chester it is legal to shoot a Welsh person with a crossbow, as long as it is within the city walls and is done after midnight.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"In Chester it is legal to shoot a Welsh person with a crossbow, as long as it is within the city walls and is done after midnight."

That is well known (says a Welsh woman)

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Korean's use a lot of Spam in their cooking.

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

When you're a baby you can't put your hands together over you head

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


"Korean's use a lot of Spam in their cooking.

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I didn't know that!

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"When you're a baby you can't put your hands together over you head "

That changes at the age of 7 when the arms get longer.

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By *imbobaMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"In Chester it is legal to shoot a Welsh person with a crossbow, as long as it is within the city walls and is done after midnight.

That is well known (says a Welsh woman) "

Is that why Welsh folk don’t go clubbing in Chester?

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


"In Chester it is legal to shoot a Welsh person with a crossbow, as long as it is within the city walls and is done after midnight.

That is well known (says a Welsh woman) "

But what specifies after midnight? This is Gremlins all over again.

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By *hubby CoupleCouple
over a year ago

Essex

Dog backwards spells god

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By *ookie doughMan
over a year ago

leic

Because of its low terminal velocity, a squirrel doesn't need a parachute if it falls from a helicopter

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By *avie65Man
over a year ago

In the west.

The largest power generator in Scotland has developed a below ground wind turbine.

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

While researching an interesting fact someone told me today I learned that dogs are much faster than humans (my 2 yappies are definitely faster than me, but that’s not difficult). Usain Bolt set the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.58 seconds and a top speed of 22.9 miles per hour. In contrast, a greyhound can run 100 meters in only 5.33 seconds.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"In Chester it is legal to shoot a Welsh person with a crossbow, as long as it is within the city walls and is done after midnight.

That is well known (says a Welsh woman)

Is that why Welsh folk don’t go clubbing in Chester?"

Knocking back bottles of Strongbow and Archers?

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


"While researching an interesting fact someone told me today I learned that dogs are much faster than humans (my 2 yappies are definitely faster than me, but that’s not difficult). Usain Bolt set the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.58 seconds and a top speed of 22.9 miles per hour. In contrast, a greyhound can run 100 meters in only 5.33 seconds."

Thats fast

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By *ickshawedCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton


"That 'The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog' is the only pangram in the English language that makes sense "

What about 'pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs'?

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


"While researching an interesting fact someone told me today I learned that dogs are much faster than humans (my 2 yappies are definitely faster than me, but that’s not difficult). Usain Bolt set the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.58 seconds and a top speed of 22.9 miles per hour. In contrast, a greyhound can run 100 meters in only 5.33 seconds.

Thats fast"

Isn’t it! But while greyhounds are fast, they don't accelerate quite as quickly or reach as high a top speed as the cheetah. A cheetah's top speed ranges from 65 to 75 miles per hour, with a world record for "fastest land animal" of 61 miles per hour. However, a cheetah is strictly a sprinter. Eventually, a greyhound would overtake a cheetah in a long race.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

I'm feeling lazy. Can't I stimulate you sexually instead?

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By *ig_eric_tionMan
over a year ago

IPSWICH


"That 'The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog' is the only pangram in the English language that makes sense

What about 'pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs'?"

The lazy dog one has 32 letters. Liquor jugs has 31 letters but..

"How quickly daft jumping zebras vex"

Is the shortest pangram apparently.

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By *ehindHerEyesCouple
over a year ago

SomewhereOnlyWeKnow

Your eyes can distinguish approximately 10 million different colours

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

The original WW2 limpet mine used aniseed balls (sweets) and condoms in the construction of the trigger unit

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth

Cats can't see past the end of their nose.

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


"Cats can't see past the end of their nose."

Not sure that’s strictly true? How else would they catch all the bloody birds and mice (mostly live) mine used to bring home? I do however know they use their whiskers to determine whether they can get through gaps.

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


"Cats can't see past the end of their nose."

My old git can, he even knows what car I drive!!

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

That you can't defrag a zebra

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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

In the 1960s as part of a training exercise the RAF broke through the US/Canada air defenses with 7 Vulcan bombers. One took a picture over the White House and one landed on an airfield in NY.

The US covered it up for decades due to embarrassment.

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


"Cats can't see past the end of their nose.

My old git can, he even knows what car I drive!!"

Pretty sure that’s as much about their hearing as their sight. Mine thought she was an expert assassin and was always trying to trip me down the stairs and gouge my toes if my feet were out of the covers

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


"I'm feeling lazy. Can't I stimulate you sexually instead?"

Worth a try

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


"Cats can't see past the end of their nose.

My old git can, he even knows what car I drive!!

Pretty sure that’s as much about their hearing as their sight. Mine thought she was an expert assassin and was always trying to trip me down the stairs and gouge my toes if my feet were out of the covers "

Even through double glazing? If my cat knows engine noises that well I'm writing to Top Gear

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury


"The original WW2 limpet mine used aniseed balls (sweets) and condoms in the construction of the trigger unit "

Somebody has read churchill's ministry of Ungentlemanly warfare.

I've driven past the firs many times.

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


"While researching an interesting fact someone told me today I learned that dogs are much faster than humans (my 2 yappies are definitely faster than me, but that’s not difficult). Usain Bolt set the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.58 seconds and a top speed of 22.9 miles per hour. In contrast, a greyhound can run 100 meters in only 5.33 seconds.

Thats fast

Isn’t it! But while greyhounds are fast, they don't accelerate quite as quickly or reach as high a top speed as the cheetah. A cheetah's top speed ranges from 65 to 75 miles per hour, with a world record for "fastest land animal" of 61 miles per hour. However, a cheetah is strictly a sprinter. Eventually, a greyhound would overtake a cheetah in a long race. "

Fastest mammal, or even land animal.

The fastest animal is the peregrine falcon.

And before anyone says it, yes a bird is an animal!

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


"Cats can't see past the end of their nose.

My old git can, he even knows what car I drive!!

Pretty sure that’s as much about their hearing as their sight. Mine thought she was an expert assassin and was always trying to trip me down the stairs and gouge my toes if my feet were out of the covers

Even through double glazing? If my cat knows engine noises that well I'm writing to Top Gear "

Pft now you’re just being difficult

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By *educedWoman
over a year ago

Birmingham

My school report read something like...

"If.....applied herself to maths as much as she applied herself to memorising random facts, she will rule the world!

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


"Cats can't see past the end of their nose.

My old git can, he even knows what car I drive!!

Pretty sure that’s as much about their hearing as their sight. Mine thought she was an expert assassin and was always trying to trip me down the stairs and gouge my toes if my feet were out of the covers

Even through double glazing? If my cat knows engine noises that well I'm writing to Top Gear

Pft now you’re just being difficult "

No, I've got a highly tuned cat

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


"My school report read something like...

"If.....applied herself to maths as much as she applied herself to memorising random facts, she will rule the world!

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Go on, give me one.

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Or a fact if you prefer

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"While researching an interesting fact someone told me today I learned that dogs are much faster than humans (my 2 yappies are definitely faster than me, but that’s not difficult). Usain Bolt set the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.58 seconds and a top speed of 22.9 miles per hour. In contrast, a greyhound can run 100 meters in only 5.33 seconds.

Thats fast

Isn’t it! But while greyhounds are fast, they don't accelerate quite as quickly or reach as high a top speed as the cheetah. A cheetah's top speed ranges from 65 to 75 miles per hour, with a world record for "fastest land animal" of 61 miles per hour. However, a cheetah is strictly a sprinter. Eventually, a greyhound would overtake a cheetah in a long race.

Fastest mammal, or even land animal.

The fastest animal is the peregrine falcon.

And before anyone says it, yes a bird is an animal!"

Are people who think that birds aren't animals the same people who think mushrooms (and other fungi) are plants?!

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


"Are people who think that birds aren't animals the same people who think mushrooms (and other fungi) are plants?!"

I expect so, yes!

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

Im watching lost boys fact

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

I nothing interesting to add. Just here for bants.

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


"I nothing interesting to add. Just here for bants. "

I don’t believe for a millisecond you don’t have anything interesting to add Pickle!

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


"I nothing interesting to add. Just here for bants.

I don’t believe for a millisecond you don’t have anything interesting to add Pickle! "
nothing I know is random or particularly life changing

I’m pretty boring in that sense

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

Butterflies taste through their feet.

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


"I nothing interesting to add. Just here for bants.

I don’t believe for a millisecond you don’t have anything interesting to add Pickle! nothing I know is random or particularly life changing

I’m pretty boring in that sense"

Mine have been neither interesting nor life changing (and full disclosure may not even be facts), so guess that makes me more boring?

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

Polish American commander in the American Revolutionary War, Kasimir Pulaski, was possibly a woman but probably intersex.

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By *torm in a G cupWoman
over a year ago

Land of the Long White Cloud


"In Chester it is legal to shoot a Welsh person with a crossbow, as long as it is within the city walls and is done after midnight."

I thought that was Bristol ....

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"In Chester it is legal to shoot a Welsh person with a crossbow, as long as it is within the city walls and is done after midnight.

I thought that was Bristol ...."

Definitely Chester. Bristol might also be rabidly anti Welsh?!

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By *torm in a G cupWoman
over a year ago

Land of the Long White Cloud

The population of New Zealand is roughly 5 million people and there are around 26 million sheep.

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth


"Cats can't see past the end of their nose.

Not sure that’s strictly true? How else would they catch all the bloody birds and mice (mostly live) mine used to bring home? I do however know they use their whiskers to determine whether they can get through gaps. "

If I put a treat right in front of their nose, they can't see it... Have to move it a couple of inches over so they can see it!

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth

Despite their intelligent eyes, a scurrying mouse might still have a chance of going unnoticed. It turns out cats have a blind spot located right under their chin. So, if your kitten can't see things right under their noses, now you know why! Cats can see some colours but not a full range.

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

More people die from fridges than Shark attacks

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


"In Chester it is legal to shoot a Welsh person with a crossbow, as long as it is within the city walls and is done after midnight."

But then wouldn't the shooting have taken place before the upcoming midnight thus rendering it illegal?

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


"Despite their intelligent eyes, a scurrying mouse might still have a chance of going unnoticed. It turns out cats have a blind spot located right under their chin. So, if your kitten can't see things right under their noses, now you know why! Cats can see some colours but not a full range."

Actually didn’t know that! Also thought cats and dogs only saw in black and white, every day a school day!

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


"More people die from fridges than Shark attacks"

How does anyone die from a fridge? Genuinely interested (and asking for a friend )

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

The pigment (colour) of the feathers on a kingfisher is infact brown they look brilliant blue due to a phenomenon called structural colouration.

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


"About this chap. Very interesting!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart"

Mr

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By *aiseiMan
over a year ago

Birmingham


"More people die from fridges than Shark attacks

How does anyone die from a fridge? Genuinely interested (and asking for a friend )"

In my case, future diabetes because I keep eating all bad stuff in it.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough


"While researching an interesting fact someone told me today I learned that dogs are much faster than humans (my 2 yappies are definitely faster than me, but that’s not difficult). Usain Bolt set the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.58 seconds and a top speed of 22.9 miles per hour. In contrast, a greyhound can run 100 meters in only 5.33 seconds.

Thats fast

Isn’t it! But while greyhounds are fast, they don't accelerate quite as quickly or reach as high a top speed as the cheetah. A cheetah's top speed ranges from 65 to 75 miles per hour, with a world record for "fastest land animal" of 61 miles per hour. However, a cheetah is strictly a sprinter. Eventually, a greyhound would overtake a cheetah in a long race.

Fastest mammal, or even land animal.

The fastest animal is the peregrine falcon.

And before anyone says it, yes a bird is an animal!"

In the sky is not on the earth/ground.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"About this chap. Very interesting!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart

Mr"

We both thought a film needs to be made about his life!

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