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My dog can look up.
It's either that or he is annoyed by that sounds of aeroplanes he can't see, which is why he barks.
"Lucy Davis (who played Dawn in The Office) is Jasper Carrott’s daughter!"
I did know that, only because she was once married to someone who's family are friends of some of my relatives who got to go to her wedding. They got married in St. Paul's Catherdal, a venue they could only have because Jasper has an OBE.
Surely if you’re typing it here then you must know that, whatever that may be 🤯
I recently discovered that Cheryl Baker (of getting her skirt ripped off fame) was born Rita Crudgington.
Sharks drown if they aren't swimming or asleep on a suitably shallow seabed.
The baseline from Saturday Night by Whigfield is lifted from Spanish Bombs by The Clash.
Owls ears are at different heights so they can pinpoint noises.
The 'S' in Harry S. Truman doesn’t stand for anything.
His parents put it in as a single letter to appease some of his grandparents.
Since this thread is already owl-heavy, I only recently discovered that the "twit" and the "terwoo" are two different owls engaged in a love ballad*.
*This could just as likely be the equivalent of "Alright darlin" - "Clear off, loser", I don't know, I don't speak owl.
I did not know I accidentally ticked notify me of follow up replies when I hit submit.
Lisa Stansfield (of late 80s pop fame) is allergic to her own saliva.
The same guy that pioneered curing the problem of knocking petrol engines by using tetraethyl lead also pioneered the use of CFCs as refridgerants - Thomas Midgeley.
He was a brilliant chemist, but unfortunately had an uncanny knack of inventing things that had unforeseen long-term consequences.
Also - carbon dating will never be available for living things that have been alive during the last 70-odd years as the amount of carbon-14 in the world was increased by orders of magnitude by atmospheric nuclear testing in the 1940s-1960s.
The ‘S’ in Harry S. Truman doesn’t stand for anything.
What about the 'J' in Homer J. Simpson?
Jeebus
snip...as the amount of carbon-14 in the world was increased by orders of magnitude by atmospheric nuclear testing in the 1940s-1960s.
Which is why certain companies are raiding sunken WW2 warships for the steel to use in scientific instruments. You're desecrating wrecks considered by many to be graves 😞
Sharks drown if they aren’t swimming or asleep on a suitably shallow seabed.
Some do, I don't think ALL do.
What about the ‘J’ in Homer J. Simpson?
It's Jay.
Some do, I don’t think ALL do.
It's a matter of degrees, but if the sea is deep enough it would be true for all.
Sharks and rays are elasmobranchs - they do not have a swim bladder, so they are reliant on the lift from their fins, which is dependent on forward motion. There are deep water sharks, but they would still drown if they stopped swimming and dropped into the Marianas Trench.
Bony fish can set their swim bladder to maintain their height in the water, independent of any motion.
Another Dire Straits related fact I was unaware of... Mark Knopfler wrote the Tina Turner hit, Private Dancer.
It’s a matter of degrees, but if the sea is deep enough it would be true for all.
Sharks and rays are elasmobranchs – they do not have a swim bladder, so they are reliant on the lift from their fins, which is dependent on forward motion. There are deep water sharks, but they would still drown if they stopped swimming and dropped into the Marianas Trench.
Bony fish can set their swim bladder to maintain their height in the water, independent of any motion.
I'm prepared to be corrected on this, but I'm not sure that's right, either - sharks drowning isn't related to water depth, I don't think. Some can use a muscular action to move water over their gills whether stationary or not - others cannot, and need to keep moving in order to breathe.
Sharks are pretty well adapted to very deep water as they're non-compressable - I can imagine that persuading one, able to breathe without swimming, not to swim long enough to sink to the bottom of the Marianus Trench would result in an unhappy shark, but I don't think it would drown.
Will someone please read my owl fact on p1 and recognise the considerable effort some real university experts went to in creating a shit pun!!
I know that these unknown(to some) facts are fascinating, but can we please address the important issue on this thread -->>
But do you know what’s in it?
No, it’s locked ☹️ I’ll remove it from the wall and get it open at some point over the coming weeks.
dooosuk needs to get a seperate thread ( with updates) started straight away 😆 😆 👍
Eslon Tusk was the first person to invent the elastic car
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I didn’t know that Sting sings backing vocals on Money for Nothing until a mate of mine told me a couple of years back. I mentioned it to my girlfriend on Sunday as the song came on the radio whilst we were having breakfast. She didn’t know either! It’s totally obvious when you hear it but I never twigged before I was told.
One of those things I always knew - probably because at the time it was always mentioned whenever the song was played. I happened to see DS on the Money for Nothing tour at Wembley Arena when Sting himself came out on stage to join them for that song. The second bonus of that gig. The first bonus was that we got cheap tickets as the seller thought our view was going to be obstructed by the PA speakers. Speakers were in a different place and we ended up with an awesome view. 🙂
Soda bread was created as an homage to the Cotic Soda
I have just learned (thanks to PopMaster TV) that Rita Ora married Taiki Waititi in 2022. I did not (prior to watching the show) know that
Soda bread was created as an homage to the Cotic Soda
Surely that's just the logical extension of Soul food?
Joe Cocker’s dead
His dead what?
His dead what?
His dead good
Joe Cocker’s dead
Nah, you're thinking of Ken Dodd's dad's dog.
If you add the letter L to the proper noun Facebook you've got a shitty anagram.
More Mark Knopfler facts: his band once formed a supergroup with Chris Rea.
Colin W*nker is an anagram of Neil Warnock.
Obvs not the asterix, but that one doesn't work with the swear filter.
And, sort of, apologies for swear filter avoidance...
FWIW - I know that some sharks (Nurse Sharks certainly) can use a muscular contraction of the pharynx to move water over their gills to breathe. But they still need the support of a shallow sea bed to do it - otherwise, they would sink to a depth where the pressure would override their gills' ability to exchange gases. No shark or ray can maintain a constant depth without forward motion.
Eeek I also din’t know it was Feyd-Rautha singing in dire straits MFN but tbh I also didn’t realise that they were an English band 🙂 so 2 for the price of one.
(And if you doubt it you'll be certain when you meet my mother) 🙂
Surely that’s just the logical extension of Soul food?
Their Escapade model is based on the love of Schnitzel. Who doesn't love Schnitzel?
I was in Valencia in the L'Oceanogràfic Walking thru the underwater tunnel and was lucky enough to look up just as a big shark was going over, pretty thing but I don’t think I’d want to meet at the beach.
Well worth a visit if your down that way.
Caustic soda is used to turn the casings of black pudding black.
The recommendations to drink 5 pints of fluid and walk 10 000 steps per day are completely arbitrary.
Their Escapade model is based on the love of Schnitzel. Who doesn’t love Schnitzel?
Someone named a type of lettice after their Rocket.
Stan Laurel was Charlie Chaplin's understudy.
And he kept his name, address and number in the 'phone book, took calls from fans and often invited them in for a chat.
He also married the same woman twice.