FabSwingers.com forum: Useless facts

By *pace cowboy05 OP Man
18 hours ago

wales/london/ southwest

Just bored when I should be doing far more important things but at this point in time..

40,000 members online here, which means 0.06% of the estimated world population are online at FabS (assuming 69b peeps in the world)

Anymore Monday facts to share...

Also less mundane but hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards.

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By *Effy-Woman
18 hours ago

Scotland

When an Alpaca gives birth, it's called unpacking.

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By *ulieScrumptiousWoman
18 hours ago

North West

0.0000006%

A billion is a thousand million.

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By *erdyHollyTV/TS
18 hours ago

In a galaxy far far away

One man set a world record by putting on 260 T-shirts at once

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By *amediDeliveryMan
18 hours ago

This Town

Your tongue is the only muscle attached at one end.

When you see a dragonfly leave the water it does a series of backflips/360 spins but it’s so fast we can’t see it with our eyes.

Octopuses sometimes punch fish for fun

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By *ulieScrumptiousWoman
18 hours ago

North West

"When an Alpaca gives birth, it's called unpacking."

I love that. Unpack an alpaca is satisfying to say.

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By *ulieScrumptiousWoman
18 hours ago

North West

"0.0000006%

A billion is a thousand million."

Made my own mistake there. 0.0000006 as a decimal or 0.00006%

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By *athomMan
18 hours ago

South Coast

"When an Alpaca gives birth, it's called unpacking.

I love that. Unpack an alpaca is satisfying to say."

Sounds more like ‘ Dropping the babies off’ moment 😊

( taking a dump )

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By *eautyandthebeast86Couple
18 hours ago

Somewhere in Norfolk ask :)

Butterfly’s taste with their feet

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By *aomilatteCouple
18 hours ago

Midlands

According to sauces 89.3% of facts are made up. Some of the other 9.7% are debatable.

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By *iking 777Man
18 hours ago

Wick

Every best before date on a packet of crisps is a Saturday

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By *issaranochickWoman
17 hours ago

cowshed ??

Wombats produce cube-shaped poop. Hahah

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By *erdyHollyTV/TS
17 hours ago

In a galaxy far far away

A 19yr old from Glastonbury changed his name to “Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined"

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By *actile TensionMan
17 hours ago

Sussex

In England we call it a Turkey

In Turkey they call it a Hindi

In India they call it a Peru

There's more, I think Arabs say Roman?

Greeks call it french?

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
17 hours ago

The bottom of the River Ankh

Koalas are ridddled with Chlamydia 🤣

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By *he MinionMan
16 hours ago

Surrey

"0.0000006%

A billion is a thousand million."

Useless fact, It used to be a million million.

And a trillion was a billion billion, but not anymore

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By *he MinionMan
16 hours ago

Surrey

There are more people speaking Polish day to day in Ireland than there are people speaking Gealic, day to day.

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By *erdyHollyTV/TS
16 hours ago

In a galaxy far far away

The inventor of Pringles is buried in a Pringles can

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By *aked beachMan
16 hours ago

Just A Stranger In A Strange Land.

I’m 64 years and almost 4 months old. I got my watch on my 50th birthday. In the elapsed time the second hand has completed 451,699,200 revolutions of the dial (up to midnight last night).

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By *KTim61Man
16 hours ago

Tipton

1 in 2 Billion will live to the age of 100

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By *urpleburgularalarmMan
16 hours ago

nowhere, next to neverbeenthere

Your eyes are the only part of your body that doesnt grow

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By *adbodben40Man
16 hours ago

hull

"Your eyes are the only part of your body that doesnt grow"

Ladies blink twice as fast as men

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By *ittlebirdWoman
16 hours ago

The Big Smoke

Jurassic Park was based on a true story

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By *onin25Man
15 hours ago

Durham

Gary Numan is 13 days older than actor Gary Oldman. Meaning Numan is the older man, and Oldman is the newer man.

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By *carlettsWoman
15 hours ago

Harpenden

Wombats poop in cubes

You're welcome

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By *kphooey43Man
15 hours ago

Barnet

Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cat prefers Whiskas.

You're welcome.

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By *ndycoinsMan
15 hours ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

Only one Cat has won the Dickin Medal.Able Seacat Simon.Smuggled aboard,singed and hit by shrapnel he kept hunting and killing the rats threatening the Sailors food aboard a British warship trapped by Chinese shelling in the Yangtze for ten days.

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By *igerFiestaMan
14 hours ago

Huddersfield

A seafront chip shop in Llandudno, Wales was ranked the worst chip shop in the UK.

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By *vonne5exMan
14 hours ago

Doncaster

Wankle engine is a type of internal combustion engine that replaces traditional reciprocating pistons with a triangular rotor spinning inside an oval-shaped housing. It converts expanding gas directly into rotational motion, resulting in a compact, lightweight, and incredibly smooth-running motor.

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By *ildbillkidMan
13 hours ago

where the road goes on forever

Dragonflies have six legs but can't stand

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By *howtime100Man
13 hours ago

Stirlingshire

Duck quacks DO echo

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By *arylRMan
13 hours ago

East

Useless correction as it’s not really important: Earths population is currently 8.3 billion,

40k fabbers is 0.000482% of that

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By *oliteplaymateMan
12 hours ago

sheffield

The Ooh Ahh bird is so called because it lays square eggs

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By *l1212Man
12 hours ago

Lincoln

On average a single sheep produces enough wool to make 2-5 jumpers a year 😂

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By *rNaughty84Man
12 hours ago

Derby

"Duck quacks DO echo "

And dogs can look up

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By *arylRMan
12 hours ago

East

Cats in UK are said to have 9 lives, whereas cats in France are usually said to have 7 lives.

Poor French cats 😢

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By *igerFiestaMan
12 hours ago

Huddersfield

Mel Brooks turned 100 yesterday.

So now you know.

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By *reat me rightWoman
12 hours ago

Rotherham

Guinea pigs are born fully furred, eyes open and with teeth

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By *l1212Man
12 hours ago

Lincoln

"Guinea pigs are born fully furred, eyes open and with teeth"

It’s also illegal in Switzerland to only have one Guinea pig for their welfare as classified as highly sociable and get depressed if on their own ☺️

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By *rettyboylloydMan
8 hours ago

Manchester

"Dragonflies have six legs but can't stand"

It doesn't seem to impede them very much though as the Dragonfly is the deadliest predator on Earth, boasting an astonishing hunting success rate of up to 95%

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By *eautifully TwistedWoman
8 hours ago

Bognor Regis

Hummingbirds have more chromosomes than humans, 80 compared to the 46 that we have. Theirs are 3 times smaller but they have more due to their complicated flight pattern.

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By *heHornyChefMan
8 hours ago

derby

It is possible to lick your own elbow, but not your own poop hoop

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By *vaRoseWoman
6 hours ago

Ankh-Morpork

Turkey Vultures shit on their own legs to cool them down, but it’s so acidic it melts the metal bands scientists use to track them.

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By *eaAndBiscuit1989Man
5 hours ago

North West

"Wankle engine is a type of internal combustion engine that replaces traditional reciprocating pistons with a triangular rotor spinning inside an oval-shaped housing. It converts expanding gas directly into rotational motion, resulting in a compact, lightweight, and incredibly smooth-running motor."

Had an RX8 with one......smooth engine, high revving. Fewer moving parts meant less to go wrong, happy days......but when it did go wrong it was pretty catastrophic and needed mechanics who knew how to work on it.

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By *ourpornfixMan
5 hours ago

East Cheshire

If you cross a mouse with an elephant you get big holes in the skirting board.

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