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Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:30 pm
by Wreckless Rat
Venus is the only planet in the solar system that spins clockwise…

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:35 pm
by ZRX61
Count Steer wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:32 pm Sloths don't fart.
Neither do cockroaches, which is why they explode when you feed them baking soda.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:35 pm
by wheelnut
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:09 pm
wheelnut wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:02 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:44 pm 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
Grover Cleveland was the only US president to server non-consecutive terms.

That will change this time if trump wins again.
Wasn't he something like both the 19th and 21st Presidents? Normally if you do back to back terms they count it as one, but cause of the gap they consider him two. So the current 46th (I think?) President isn't actually the 46th person to do it.
Yeah, he was 22 and 24. With 45 people having being president.

I only know because there’s a local connection. One of his kids (Esther maybe?) married a local lad. My stepmother grew up with her daughter (Cleveland’s granddaughter). The husband died and was buried in the local cemetery and Esther went back to the states.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:58 pm
by Taff
The royal navy started flying aircraft off ships 6 years before the RAF was formed.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:23 pm
by Horse
Size for size, male 'water boatmen' have the biggest penis in the animal kingdom.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:36 pm
by Felix
Herons Roost. Not long fount that out and dono why i was surprised.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:46 pm
by David
Does no-one read W.E.Johns anymore?

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:49 pm
by David
Taff wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:58 pm The royal navy started flying aircraft off ships 6 years before the RAF was formed.
The RAF wasnt formed till after 1914....it was a combination of the RFC and the Royal Navy Air corp (?) in 1918...by Jan Smuts....

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:54 pm
by JackyJoll
Wreckless Rat wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:30 pm Venus is the only planet in the solar system that spins clockwise…
Which end are you looking at?

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:55 pm
by JackyJoll
Greenman wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:41 pm The smell of fresh rain when it's been dry is called Petrichor. 8-)
Not by me it’s not.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:56 pm
by David
JackyJoll wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:54 pm
Wreckless Rat wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:30 pm Venus is the only planet in the solar system that spins clockwise…
Which end are you looking at?
12 o clock.....

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:58 pm
by JackyJoll
Yorick wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:17 pm At the 1976 at height of the males/females cheating, the only lady competitor who didn't have a sex test, was Princess Anne :)
Violation of a princess of the Royal blood being a capital offence, they were wise to give her a pass.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:01 pm
by wheelnut
The hashtag symbol is actually called an Octothorpe.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:14 pm
by Felix
Queen ants can live up to 30 years :shock:

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:17 pm
by JackyJoll
wheelnut wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:01 pm The hashtag symbol is actually called an Octothorpe.
Hmm…

Image

Am I the only person who remembers it being called “gate?”

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:06 pm
by Buckaroo
Wreckless Rat wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:04 pm The cheque isn’t really in the post….
The cab isn't on its way and neither is the take away.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 3:40 am
by ZRX61
Horses get farted on more than any other animal...

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 4:33 am
by Trinity765
Count Steer wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:32 pm Sloths don't fart. Rats and rabbits can't puke...(which, sadly, is one of the reasons they're so useful in the lab :( but makes them excellent drinking partners :thumbup: )
Horses can't breathe through their mouths :(

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 6:01 am
by wheelnut
The most dangerous sport in the world is bowls.

Re: Interesting little facts...

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 6:43 am
by Mr. Dazzle
Trinity765 wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 4:33 am
Count Steer wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:32 pm Sloths don't fart. Rats and rabbits can't puke...(which, sadly, is one of the reasons they're so useful in the lab :( but makes them excellent drinking partners :thumbup: )
Horses can't breathe through their mouths :(
Neither can whales ISTR.