Weirdest / most interesting fact you've learnt recently

[Saltfountain]

America is actually a real country, and not an HBO show in its final season

 

[Saltfountain]

Hmmmmm, I'm torn. In 2 weeks I spend a lot of time online. If I could spend, minute for minute the same amount of time having sex, I would happily give up the internet

And walking for a considerable period of time afterwards...

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

A group of rats is called a mischief.

My favourite of these is a group of crows is called a murder

Yesterday, there was a smack of moon jellyfish off the coast of Long Beach, CA

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

And walking for a considerable period of time afterwards...

Well, potentially. There are ways to prevent that from being a massive problem, however I imagine eating or drinking could be problematic also....

 

[Mo_Bandy]

If you mix Vicks Vapour and Robutusin and rub it all over your junk it is a pretty fun fuckin time.

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

A turtles shell is a modified form of ribs.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

NASA made a symbolic gesture by broadcasting the Beatles, Across the Universe - across the universe! They pointed the song towards Polaris (the North star) and sent it out on Feb. 4th, 2008. It was to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song's recording, the 45th anniversary of NASA's Deep Space network, and the 50th anniversary of NASA itself. There's still almost 400 years before the song reaches Polaris (Polaris is 431 light-years distant from Earth).

 

[cheekygirl75]

The name Plato was the philosopher’s wrestling nickname, we don’t know what his actual first name was.

 

[Leigh81]

Yvonne De Carlo was 42 when she played Lily Munster & Al Lewis who played her father was 41.

 

[summer_reine]

Salvador Dali (the melting clocks surrealist artist) designed the chupa chups logo and suggested it be placed on the top of the sucker so it wouldn't be distorted.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

Forrest Mars, son of the Mars Company founder, and Bruce Murrie, son of the Hersey Chocolate's president, corroborated on the creation of a candy. They choose the initials of their last names as the product name -

M&M Candy

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Plain-M%26Ms-Pile.jpg

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

Forrest Mars, son of the Mars Company founder, and Bruce Murrie, son of the Hersey Chocolate's president, corroborated on the creation of a candy. They choose the initials of their last names as the product name -

M&M Candy

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Plain-M%26Ms-Pile.jpg

The peanut m&ms are their best variation

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

I do too, but I like the peanut BUTTER M&M's better, personally...

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

I do too, but I like the peanut BUTTER M&M's better, personally...

Don't have those here in Aus and I don't feel like I am missing anything.
Unrelated, when my some was little The Simpsons did a range of ads for Butterfingers. My autistic then 5 yr old became obsessed. At the time there was 3 shops in the city I live in that sold them. It took one visit to one of these stores to have my son knowing where it was. All it would take was driving even remotely near any of these stores for him to have a meltdown.
Once the Simpsons stopped being featured on the ads, his desire for butterfingers instantly evaporated. Not long after that, they became more widely available.

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

Don't have those here in Aus and I don't feel like I am missing anything.
Unrelated, when my some was little The Simpsons did a range of ads for Butterfingers. My autistic then 5 yr old became obsessed. At the time there was 3 shops in the city I live in that sold them. It took one visit to one of these stores to have my son knowing where it was. All it would take was driving even remotely near any of these stores for him to have a meltdown.
Once the Simpsons stopped being featured on the ads, his desire for butterfingers instantly evaporated. Not long after that, they became more widely available.

You are most definitely missing something...

The power of advertising. Sorry it affected your son so much...

 

[ALovelyNudist]

A plane called the SR71 could fly at three times the speed of sound… I thought that was interesting (I know nothing about planes )

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

You are most definitely missing something...

The power of advertising. Sorry it affected your son so much...

It was alright. It was adorable in a way proved to the ex and I our son has an amazing memory, and inspired some amazing drawings. One had Darth Vader terrifying some m&ms
There's an Aussie show called Gruen which is all about advertising and how it works, and is hosted by an excellent Aussie comedian. When I home schooled my boy for a few years (14 - 17), watching Gruen was a weekly class. Advertising has less of a hold on him these days

 

[cheekygirl75]

Bees smell like bananas when they get angry.

 

[SimonSex]

Capuchin monkeys are kidnapping baby howler monkeys on a Panamanian island.

 

[barefootgirl69]

There's a macaroni penguin. Who named these types of penguin after pasta?

 

[barefootgirl69]

Macaroni penguins are named for their striking, yellow head plumes, which reminded 18th-century British sailors of the flamboyant fashion of men known as "macaronis" at the time. These men were known for their elaborate clothing and hairstyles, including feathers in their hats, which the penguins' plumes resembled.


NOW that song makes sense!
"Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony. Stuck a feather in his cap and called him macaroni."

 

[birdy]

Macaroni penguins are named for their striking, yellow head plumes, which reminded 18th-century British sailors of the flamboyant fashion of men known as "macaronis" at the time. These men were known for their elaborate clothing and hairstyles, including feathers in their hats, which the penguins' plumes resembled.


NOW that song makes sense!
"Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony. Stuck a feather in his cap and called him macaroni."

I get it now!

 

[SimonSex]

I recently learned that pasta made from lentils actually tastes like shit.