Stuff you didnt know

[ThePrisoner]

 

[Otto42]

Russell Brand’s married to Kirsty Gallacher’s sister.

 

[Frozen Horse]

Yanic Wildschut is playing for Exeter

 

[tonybiriyani]

Yanic Wildschut is playing for Exeter

Think he just got an assist for their goal

 

[redcarbob]

I did know that that is wrong.

Ok, I’ll rephrase, inflammable does not mean that something is not flammable.

 

[Rofesleg]

I absolutely love the twilight zone, so I just checked you were close it was ray Bradbury’s theatre

He later took over the twilight zone after rod Serling died.

I was right and wrong.
It was the Twilight Zone but it wasn't Barney Miller himself playing the Devil.
It was actually Ron Glass (who was Det. Ron Harris in Barney Miller).
For some reason I always thought he was Barney.

I of Newton - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Scrote]

I remember when I didn’t know you could tell which side of a car the petrol cap was on just by looking for the little triangle on the petrol icon on the dashboard

Also most cars have a petrol cap holder on the petrol cap cover to stop it just dangling.

 

[GibbosEmpire]

Asa Butterfield from Sex Education played the main character in The Boy in the stripped pyjamas

 

[Grover]

Dolphins have a permanent erection, which they fold inside a special pouch. They can flip it out whenever they want.


You don't want to know how I found that out....

Freddie says hi.

 

[king_hellfire]

This one sticks in my mind from finding it out on Reddit just a few weeks ago.

'Arctic' and 'Antarctic' simply denote 'bears' and 'no bears.'

Unfortunately, it’s not true.

The Etymology of “Arctic” and “Antarctic” (and a Bit About “Bear”)

“Arctic” is from the Greek arktos, “bear,” because the constellation Ursa Major, “the greater she-bear” (also known as the Big Dipper), is always visible in the …

uselessetymology.com

 

[king_hellfire]

Wait until you hear about wine....

And balsamic vinegar.

 

[king_hellfire]

Edinburgh is further West than Liverpool or Bristol.

Only found this out when flying south from Edinburgh

The northernmost part of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southernmost part of Brazil. The easternmost part of Brazil is closer to Africa than it is to the westernmost part of Brazil.


Brazil is quite big.

 

[uncle_rico]

The logo on Lyle’s Golden Syrup is that of a dead and rotting Lion carcass.

 

[FlapJacks]

Olivia Newton-John's grandad won a Nobel prize in physics.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

The logo on Lyle’s Golden Syrup is that of a dead and rotting Lion carcass.

Our Story | Lyle's Golden Syrup

www.lylesgoldensyrup.com

 

[Carlos Fandango]

I've posted this before, but it still blows my mind.

All the planets in the solar system can fit between the Earth and the Moon.

 

[Rofesleg]

I've posted this before, but it still blows my mind.

All the planets in the solar system can fit between the Earth and the Moon.

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Saturn & Jupiter.
Pair of big fellas aren't they?

 

[changingman]

Yanic Wildschut is playing for Exeter

Did not know that! Big fan of Wildschut back in the day, an "anything can happen" type of player. Still only 31 too.

 

[Anton_Berg]

I'm old but I didn't realise until the last couple of years that:

1. If you tie your shoes with a reef knot, they stay tied up much longer.

2. Empty Tetra Packs can be folded flat using only existing folds.

 

[ThePrisoner]

Olivia Newton-John's grandad won a Nobel prize in physics.

So...




...he got physical.