Random facts thread

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

No number before 1000 contains A

[Benjamin]

Liechtenstein is the world's only country made entirely of alpine landscapes.

[Zizu]

### Google says ..
Wrens are known for having the loudest song of any bird in the UK, producing cascades of complex, high-pitched whistles and trills to establish and defend territory. A wren's song is often described as a jubilant, high-volume burst of sound, while a robin's song is melodious but less forceful



Apparently they are the only bird to be found in every single part of the British Isles .. warmest to coolest , highest to lowest, loudest to quietist . It seems odd for one so very tiny .


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[Mystic Mock]

Strawberries red parts aren't actually the Fruity parts, it's the little seeds inside of the Strawberry that qualifies them as a Fruit.

[Zizu]

Apparently a British home is burgled every 76 seconds !


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[Zizu]

Strawberries red parts aren't actually the Fruity parts, it's the little seeds inside of the Strawberry that qualifies them as a Fruit.


What’s that other surprising phrase ?

Tomatoes are a fruit and ‘something’ are vegetables ?


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[Ammi]

…elephants can purr like cats…

[Ammi]

…armadillos almost always have identical quadruplets…one fertilised egg splits into four embryos…

[Ammi]

…Sylvester Stallone wrote Rocky in three days after watching a boxing match because the only acting jobs he could get were bit parts and [adult movies], and he was homeless for a while… the producers wanted Burt Reynolds to play the lead but Stallone refused, and accepted huge budget cuts to star in his own film…

[Ammi]

…the difference between a hotel and a motel is in a hotel your room is accessed from inside and a motel you access your room from the outside…

[Ammi]

…a peregrine falcon can dive at over 200mph…

[Ammi]

…Australia is wider than the moon…

[Ammi]

…a group of flamingoes is called flamboyance…

[Ammi]

…bananas are berries but strawberries aren’t…

[Zizu]

…armadillos almost always have identical quadruplets…one fertilised egg splits into four embryos…


Armadillos are regarded as virtual vermin in Florida … they dig huge holes and ruin gardens . We saw one lady chasing one down the street with her broom !

Interestingly they are growing in popularity in this country as pets- at last glimpse they were £600 each


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[Zizu]

Fascinating facts Ammi !!


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[Ammi]

Armadillos are regarded as virtual vermin in Florida … they dig huge holes and ruin gardens . We saw one lady chasing one down the street with her broom !

Interestingly they are growing in popularity in this country as pets- at last glimpse they were £600 each


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…whenever I think of an armadillo, it always takes me to Ross and the Friends episode…

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[Zizu]

Alfred Hichcock Hour’s first ever episode

Series 1 Episode 1 featured Robert Redford !


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[bots]

Wild chimpanzees have been found to consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager's alcohol a day from eating ripened fruit

[Ammi]

…it’s illegal to carry a fish suspiciously in the UK…under the Salmon Act of 1986, obviously…

[Ammi]

…mushrooms share more DNA with and are more genetically related to humans than they are to trees/plants….

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

A group of owls is called a parliament. *tea emoji here

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…whenever I think of an armadillo, it always takes me to Ross and the Friends episode…

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They covered everything in that series lol. Did you watch the Matthew Perry documentary? Personally I will never ever ever ever ever watch it

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

In 1971 Alan Shepard played golf on the moon.

[Ammi]

…sharks are older than both trees and the rings of Saturn…

[Ammi]

…the total weight of all the ants on Earth is estimated to be roughly equal to or even greater than the total weight of all the humans on Earth…

[Benjamin]

Earl Grey tea started out as a low quality tea with bergamot added to enhance the flavour and disguise it.

Even though it’s commonly thought to be named after him, it has no proven link to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, British Prime Minister in the 1830s.

[Zizu]

Earl Grey tea started out as a low quality tea with bergamot added to enhance the flavour and disguise it.

Even though it’s commonly thought to be named after him, it has no proven link to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, British Prime Minister in the 1830s.


I once tried some by mistake as the t bags in the staff room got mixed up .. now bearing in mind that I have a very sensitive palate

Anyways , I actually spat it out as I thought there was some washing up liquid in my cup !

It certainly amused everyone else but I knew from that moment that I wasn’t an Earl Grey guy !


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[Ammi]

…in Nepal, there's a festival just for dogs called Kukur Tihar…. It’s part of the five-day Hindu celebration of Tihar, similar to Diwali…

[Ammi]

…a man called Brendon Grimshaw bought a deserted island for $13,000….he planted over 16,000 trees, re homed protected endangered tortoises there and gave rare birds a home also and was then offered $50 million from a potential buyer…

…he refused the offer and today, Moyenne Island is a national park—living proof of one man's vision and dedication…

[Zizu]

…a man called Brendon Grimshaw bought a deserted island for $13,000….he planted over 16,000 trees, re homed protected endangered tortoises there and gave rare birds a home also and was then offered $50 million from a potential buyer…

…he refused the offer and today, Moyenne Island is a national park—living proof of one man's vision and dedication…


What a truly inspirational story ..


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[Niamh.]

…a man called Brendon Grimshaw bought a deserted island for $13,000….he planted over 16,000 trees, re homed protected endangered tortoises there and gave rare birds a home also and was then offered $50 million from a potential buyer…

…he refused the offer and today, Moyenne Island is a national park—living proof of one man's vision and dedication…

What a lovely story :love:

[Zizu]

What a truly inspirational story ..


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We may even visit the place one day if we are holidaying in the Seychelles ..


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[Mystic Mock]

What’s that other surprising phrase ?

Tomatoes are a fruit and ‘something’ are vegetables ?


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I'm not very good at phrases I'm afraid.:laugh:

[Ammi]

What’s that other surprising phrase ?

Tomatoes are a fruit and ‘something’ are vegetables ?


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…Knowledge is knowing that tomatoes are a fruit…wisdom is never putting them in a fruit salad…

[Mystic Mock]

McDonald's started off as a Carhop Restaurant, before being a Fast Food Restaurant as we know them as today.

[Ammi]

…female dragonflies will fake their own death to avoid mating with male dragonflies that they don’t find attractive…

[Ammi]

…here’s one for Niamh. …as if she doesn’t already know this, though…there is a very important book published in 1949 and studied by many scholars in how the potato has shaped the lives and social structure for many…?..…it’s titled The History and Social Influence of the Potato …also a Christmas gift idea for Benjamin to give to Niamh…

[Zizu]

…Knowledge is knowing that tomatoes are a fruit…wisdom is never putting them in a fruit salad…


Thanks [emoji120]


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[Ammi]

…statistically, around 85% of the things that we worry about, never happen…

[Zizu]

McDonald's started off as a Carhop Restaurant, before being a Fast Food Restaurant as we know them as today.


After trying their food years ago I have never returned …


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[Niamh.]

…here’s one for Niamh. …as if she doesn’t already know this, though…there is a very important book published in 1949 and studied by many scholars in how the potato has shaped the lives and social structure for many…?..…it’s titled The History and Social Influence of the Potato …also a Christmas gift idea for Benjamin to give to Niamh…

Ahhhh a lovely romance novel :flutter:

[Ammi]

…:laugh:…the sequel to P.S I Love You…P.P.S I Love Your Potato More…

[Mystic Mock]

…female dragonflies will fake their own death to avoid mating with male dragonflies that they don’t find attractive…

Sydney Sweeney whenever she meets one of her male fans.:joker:

[Mystic Mock]

After trying their food years ago I have never returned …


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Tbf, there's a lot of people that feel similar to you about McDonald's.

I love their food personally.

[Ammi]

… during the filming of the TV show Mork & Mindy, a censor who spoke four languages was employed because Robin Williams frequently tried to sneak in swear words in different languages…

[Ammi]

… in Norway, it is legally required to apply a standardized label to all advertisements in which body shape, size, or skin has been altered through retouching or other manipulation…

[Ammi]

…in 2010 a doctor and his son just happened to be walking by an apartment building in Paris when a 15-month-old boy fell 80ft (24m) from a seventh floor balcony before bouncing off a cafe awning into the doctor's arms. His catch helped the boy escape "miraculously without a single scratch."…

[Livia]

Cleopatra, Egypt's most famous daughter, was Greek.

Abraham Lincoln was a champion wrestler.

[Ammi]

…cows have best friends and they get stressed out when they’re separated...

[Crimson Dynamo]

Just as Earth orbits the sun, the solar system orbits the center of the Milky Way. Despite
hurtling through space at speeds of around 515,000mph our solar system
takes approximately 250 million years to complete a single revolution. The last time our planet was in this position, dinosaurs were just
emerging and mammals were yet to evolve.

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Motions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy in the next 400 thousand years based
on data from the European Gaia mission.

[Zizu]

Soooo apparently …

The sea /seas don’t actually move !!

It’s just the WORLD turning and twisting giving the impression of tides and waves !!!!



Sounds ridiculous … maybe it is

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[Alf]

Pound for pound there's more sugar in a lemon than a strawberry

[Alf]

The above statement is actually incorrect. But I couldn't resist one of Brent's facts.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The above statement is actually incorrect. But I couldn't resist one of Brent's facts.

"oh ffs!"

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[Ammi]

…the only two remaining Northern white rhinos in the world, Najin and Fatu, are protected by an armed rhino protection squad 24 hours a day…


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[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

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[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Potatoes were the first food grown in space