FabSwingers.com forum: Interesting facts

By *iker Jack OP Man
8 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

The song Happy Birthday was created by the Hill Sisters in 1893 as a way to entertain their kindergarten students.

The rights for it are now owned by Warner and earns £3k a day and in total £30m in royalties since its creation

What’s your interesting fact, more obscure the better

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By *eroLondonMan
8 weeks ago

Covent Garden

"The song Happy Birthday was created by the Hill Sisters in 1893 as a way to entertain their kindergarten students.

The rights for it are now owned by Warner and earns £3k a day and in total £30m in royalties since its creation

What’s your interesting fact, more obscure the better "

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Warner Chappell no longer own the rights; all copyrights have expired and the 'song' has been in the public domain since 2017.

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By (user no longer on site)
8 weeks ago

Well that was sexually arousing..... Not!!

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By *iker Jack OP Man
8 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

"Well that was sexually arousing..... Not!! "

Does every post in the Lounge need to have a sexual content?

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By *ashful_at_firstMan
8 weeks ago

Canterbury

Men at Work`s biggest hit, Down Under, got them in trouble when someone pointed out it sounded like "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gumtree", they were taken to court and initially lost all their royalties to a bunch of nuns in the middle of fuck knows where in Australian outback - they did appeal and got some of it back...

That`s bloody useless info!

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By *lowupdollTV/TS
8 weeks ago

Herts

Water might not be wet. This is because most scientists define wetness as a liquid’s ability to maintain contact with a solid surface, meaning that water itself is not wet, but can make other objects wet.

Is that interesting?

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By *iker Jack OP Man
8 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

"Water might not be wet. This is because most scientists define wetness as a liquid’s ability to maintain contact with a solid surface, meaning that water itself is not wet, but can make other objects wet.

Is that interesting? "

Confusing for my small brain 🧠

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By *usyBusyGirlWoman
8 weeks ago

Brum

It apparently takes 24 hours to digest a banana

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
8 weeks ago

chichester

There was a roman emperor that was one of first now classed as trans people .. he used to sneak out to docks dressed a woman and enjoy the delights of men ..

he didn't last long 4 years .. Emperor Elagabalus

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By *8on33Man
8 weeks ago

winfrith

apparently it takes concrete 24 years for it to dry ,is that interesting or what .

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By *ealitybitesMan
8 weeks ago

Belfast

The highest village in Spain has a population of approx 800 but about 50 percent of the houses and apartment blocks are just a facade.

They are actually huge warehouses for storing and curing ham. (Jamon)

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By *atitupyumyumMan
8 weeks ago

Stourbridge

Wolverhampton was the first town in the UK to have automatic traffic lights. They were on the junction of Princess Street and Lichfield Street in 1927

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By *usyBusyGirlWoman
8 weeks ago

Brum

"Wolverhampton was the first town in the UK to have automatic traffic lights. They were on the junction of Princess Street and Lichfield Street in 1927

Ooh now I didn't know that one, will steal it 🤣

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By *irthandgirthMan
8 weeks ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

Lesotho is the 'highest' country in the world. All of it is above 5000' from sea level.

While Mt Everest is the highest point above sea level, Mt Chimborazo in Ecuador is the furthest point from the centre of the earth.

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By *eordieJeansCouple
8 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

"Wolverhampton was the first town in the UK to have automatic traffic lights. They were on the junction of Princess Street and Lichfield Street in 1927

Mosley Street in Newcastle was the first in the world to have electric streetlights in 1879.

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By *eroLondonMan
8 weeks ago

Covent Garden

"Well that was sexually arousing..... Not!! "

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My woo'ing techniques are multifaceted.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
8 weeks ago

Reading

"The song Happy Birthday was created by the Hill Sisters in 1893 as a way to entertain their kindergarten students.

The rights for it are now owned by Warner and earns £3k a day and in total £30m in royalties since its creation

What’s your interesting fact, more obscure the better "

It's a terrible song really hard to sing well so just ends up as a while lot of caterwauling

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By (user no longer on site)
8 weeks ago

"Well that was sexually arousing..... Not!!

Does every post in the Lounge need to have a sexual content?"

I think it should yes

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By *enk15Man
8 weeks ago

Evesham

Mammoths still walked the Earth whilst the pyramids were being built.

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By *annedandtallMan
8 weeks ago

Buckinghamshire

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have

produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

(Hardly seems worth it.)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is

produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

(Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the

body to squirt blood 30 feet.

(O.M.G.!)

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves

to death. (Creepy.)

(I'm still not over the pig.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour

(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached

to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

(Honey, I'm home. What the...??)

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human

jumping the length of a football field.

(30 minutes... Lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

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By *r Mrs FuckableCouple
8 weeks ago

Stoke

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By *he Silver FuxMan
8 weeks ago

Uttoxeter

THE NAMES OF THINGS

YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW

1. The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella.

2. The way it smells after it rains is called petrichor.

3. The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces is called an aglet.

4. When your stomach rumbles, that's a wamble.

5. The cry of a new born baby is called a vagitus.

6. The prongs of a fork are called tines.

7. The sheen of light that you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them is called phosphenes.

8. The tiny plastic thing placed in the middle of a pizza box is called a box tent.

9. The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.

10. Your little toe or finger is called the minimus.

11. The wired cage that holds the cork on a bottle of champagne is called an agraffe.

12. The 'na na na' and 'la la la', which don't really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called vocables.

13. When you combine a question mark with an exclamation mark (?!), it is referred to as an interrobang.

14. The space between your nostrils is called columella nasi.

15. The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn, is called armscye.

16. Finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning is called dysania.

17. Illegible handwriting is called griffonage.

18. The dot over an "i" or a "j" is called tittle.

19. That sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence.

20. The metal thing used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called Bannock device.

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By *uywithaSmileMan
8 weeks ago

Rossendale

A study has revealed that the kind of face that a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending on where she is in her menstual cycle. For example, if she is ovulating she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features. However, if she is menstruating or menopausal she tends to be attracted to a man with duct tape over his mouth and a spear lodged in his chest while on fire. No further studies are expected on this subject.

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By *elix SightedMan
8 weeks ago

Cloud 8

"THE NAMES OF THINGS

YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW

19. That sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence."

And the feeling of relief you get two hours later is called crapuself

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By *hePleasurerMan
8 weeks ago

Cheshire

Glass is a liquid. Given long enough, a window will flow to the ground and make a glass puddle.

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By *irthandgirthMan
8 weeks ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

"Glass is a liquid. Given long enough, a window will flow to the ground and make a glass puddle."

Through geological modelling, the himalayas actually act like 'really slow' treacle in the way they push up, and slide make.

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By *ase4122Man
8 weeks ago

Lancashire

"It apparently takes 24 hours to digest a banana "

And 7 years for chewing gum, according to my mum anyway

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By *ase4122Man
8 weeks ago

Lancashire

"Glass is a liquid. Given long enough, a window will flow to the ground and make a glass puddle."

That would take hundreds of years, it's the silicone in glass that makes it droop over time. You can see it on some really old windows

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By *agatoXXXMan
8 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

"If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have

A very sore throat.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
8 weeks ago

Leeds

" Mt Everest is the highest point above sea level"

We all pronounce it Ever-est but Hilary pronounced his surname Eve-rest

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
8 weeks ago

Leeds

Eggs can’t walk.

The mr

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By *ools and the brainCouple
8 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

There's no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
8 weeks ago

Leeds

"There's no word in the English language that rhymes with orange."

There is a mountain in Wales called Blorenge

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By *andR2playCouple
8 weeks ago

Wakefield

Kangaroo's have three vaginas

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By *ools and the brainCouple
8 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

"There's no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.

There is a mountain in Wales called Blorenge"

That's a made up word

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By *allySlinkyWoman
8 weeks ago

Leeds

"There's no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.

There is a mountain in Wales called Blorenge

That's a made up word

Sporange is the technical word for a spore sac

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By *carlettsWoman
8 weeks ago

Far away from home

You can squeeze your elbow skin as hard as you like and it won't hurt not sure if that's interesting but fact ha

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By *lueeye2Couple
8 weeks ago

Liverpool

The phrase shit comes from when they used to transport manure on ships and methane gas would build up in the cargo holds and cause issues so they started to write on the containers Store High In Transit

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By *allySlinkyWoman
8 weeks ago

Leeds

"The phrase shit comes from when they used to transport manure on ships and methane gas would build up in the cargo holds and cause issues so they started to write on the containers Store High In Transit "

What was it called in the years before it was first transported on ships ?

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By *tu100Man
8 weeks ago

Southampton

The first ATM was installed at Barclays bank in Enfield, london and the first person to use it was Reg Varney from On The Buses.

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By *ony MannMan
8 weeks ago

New York City New York USA

Interesting fact, this site was created to help swingers meet , but that was a long time ago.

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By *lueeye2Couple
8 weeks ago

Liverpool

Manure

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By *osey WalesMan
8 weeks ago

Surrey

87% of statistics are made up on the spot

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By *r TriomanMan
8 weeks ago

Chippenham Malmesbury area

"Well that was sexually arousing..... Not!! "

God, you're so demanding!

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By *batMan
8 weeks ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

"There's no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.

There is a mountain in Wales called Blorenge

That's a made up word

ALL words are made up.

Gbat

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By *eordieJeansCouple
8 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

"There's no word in the English language that rhymes with orange."

Tell that to Eminem. He rhymes it in a few of his songs.

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By *ife NinjaMan
8 weeks ago

Dunfermline

93% of all tarmac is recycled. That'll thrill them when you whisper it in their ear

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By *l_mysterioMan
8 weeks ago

Birmingham, Shirley

Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish caught, people will realise they can't eat money.

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By *2000ManMan
8 weeks ago

Worthing

Since the year 2000, not all humans have been on the Earth at the same time. The International Space Station has always had crew on board.

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By *uywithaSmileMan
8 weeks ago

Rossendale

In the middle ages, in Flanders, Ghent (now Belgium) there was an actual profession of urine collector. The urine was used to extract ammonia which was used to make saltpeter, one of the ingredients of gunpowder. Every morning the collectors went round town with barrels collecting urine and paying money for it.

Naturally, certain people tried to cheat them by diluting it, so a new profession arose, that of the urine taster. They organoleptically determined the purity and quality of the valuable ammonia. But with the coming of the industrial age people learned to synthesise ammonia, or extract it from other sources, so the profession of urine taster became unnecessary. So all those urine tasters left flanders, moved to Amsterdam and founded the Heineken brewery.

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By *ShyButNotShyCouple
8 weeks ago

Stafford

Dr Who isn't a registered GP!

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By *batMan
7 weeks ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

There are only two countries in the world whose names start with an "A" but don't finish with an "A"

Gbat

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By (user no longer on site)
7 weeks ago

Running was invented by John Run when he tried walking twice at the same time.

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By *alcon77Man
7 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

Whales' closest genetic relatives are hippos and cows, rather than animals that live in the sea.

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By *istressmystiqueeWoman
7 weeks ago

Bournemouth

Male clownfish (nemos) change sex if the dominant female of the group dies or disappears

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By *ee69Man
7 weeks ago

glasgow

Seagulls can’t look up

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By *ust another WonkoMan
7 weeks ago

here and there

Bears shit in the woods

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By *agatoXXXMan
7 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

Wonko isn't in. Unless he is.

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By *liza_13Woman
7 weeks ago

Hamilton

Will this is my time to shine!

Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people

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By *agatoXXXMan
7 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

"Will this is my time to shine!

Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people"

Serves 'em right for being tall.🦒

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By *batMan
7 weeks ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

"Will this is my time to shine!

Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people"

Surely that's when the giraffes are shining rather than you???

Gbat

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By *rkent100Man
7 weeks ago

Kent

The black wall tunnell going from Greenwich has curves so that horses wouldn't bolt due to the length.

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By *ony MannMan
7 weeks ago

New York City New York USA

America gained independence on 3rd September 1783, when France agreed with Britain not to occupy it and Britain granted it it independence when the Treaty of Paris was signed.

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By *partharmonyCouple
7 weeks ago

Ruislip

"The song Happy Birthday was created by the Hill Sisters in 1893 as a way to entertain their kindergarten students.

The rights for it are now owned by Warner and earns £3k a day and in total £30m in royalties since its creation

What’s your interesting fact, more obscure the better

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Warner Chappell no longer own the rights; all copyrights have expired and the 'song' has been in the public domain since 2017."

I think it was also there was case that showed the Hill sister didn't write it anyway.

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By *iscombobulated1523Couple
7 weeks ago

Worcestershire

My useless fact

A cow can walk up stairs but not back down them

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By *TMycockMan
7 weeks ago

Watford

There was a 3rd/4th Place Play Off in the F.A. Cup for losing semi-finalists each year from 1970 to 1974. (And you thought the Nations League was a waste of time !)

Jimmy Greenhoff is the only player with the "full set". Winner with Manchester United in 1977, runner-up 1979, and while with Stoke lost semi-finals in 1971 & 1972. They won the play off v. Everton in 1971, but lost to Birmingham in 1972. (In fact the Birmingham game in 1972 was also the first F.A. Cup tie settled by a penalty shoot out). The players in the 3rd/4th Place matches received tankards.

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By *-HULLHEREMan
7 weeks ago

Hull

Doctors have discovered that if your feet smell and your nose runs, you're upsidedown.

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By *agatoXXXMan
6 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

One member of the ORIGINAL Glenn Miller Orchestra is still alive - trumpeter Ray Anthony. He is 102 years old.

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By *he ExcaliburMan
6 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Even after all this time, the swimming pool on the Titanic is still full of water

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By * RaisinBranCouple
6 weeks ago

Preston

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By *iker Jack OP Man
6 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

Only three countries in the world officially don’t use the metric system

Liberia

Myanmar

USA

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By *ympho7Couple
6 weeks ago

swansea

giraffe's have a long neck so they can drink water.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
6 weeks ago

Leeds

"Only three countries in the world officially don’t use the metric system

Liberia

Myanmar

USA"

Why do we still sell beer in pints and measure distance in miles ?

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By *iker Jack OP Man
6 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

"Only three countries in the world officially don’t use the metric system

Liberia

Myanmar

USA

Why do we still sell beer in pints and measure distance in miles ?"

It’s more to do with the 7 SI measurements I believe

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