Something new you've learned today

[Zeock]

Q'aráq on Roaring Rapids at Shanghai Disneyland is pronounced 'Croc' not 'Karak'.

 

[rob666]

Don't use a small border spade to dig up a medium sized bamboo.
Even if it is a stainless steel supposed posh one, you will still probably snap the blade clean in two.

 

[Zeock]

Kärnan is pronounced 'Care-Naan' not 'Car-Nun'.

 

[John_P]

In the episode of Red Dwarf Me2 when you see the video of Rimmers death (Gazpacho soup!) the shots at the end of the snow globe smashing and his arm is a homage to the film Citizen Kane.

Must've seen it a hundred times and never realised it before.

 

[RyanUK]

Could be controversial but I live dangerously…

Scotland could now be damned more than ever with Yousaf taking the helm. Bye Nicola.

 

[rob666]

Why exactly...Little Miss Krankie has failed with her one issue party, why damned more than ever with the new leader?

 

[NuttySquirrel]

My husband tried to teach me about relativity over breakfast, pretty sure I didn't understand all of it but I now know that's it's possible to travel at the speed of light to a point in distant space in seconds, even though light itself would take millions of years to reach us from that point. Weird huh?

 

[Alsty]

Ah, but to travel at the speed of light you need to have zero mass

 

[rob666]

ISS spacemen/women are actually a little younger than they would have been if they had remained on earth.

 

[NuttySquirrel]

ISS spacemen/women are actually a little younger than they would have been if they had remained on earth.

Yes I found an article about that, Scott Kelly is now even younger than his twin because of the year he spent in space! Was kind of hoping it had been the other way around so he could have leapfrogged him!

In Space, Scott Kelly Aged Slower Than His Brother on Earth - And Here's Why

Here's something to wrap your head around: when astronaut Scott Kelly went into space and his slightly older twin brother Mark stayed on Earth, the age gap between them increased, thanks to Scott's time in orbit.

www.google.com

 

[Thameslink Rail]

The lowest number that isn't a bus route in the UK is 439.

 

[MattyH]

The lowest number that isn't a bus route in the UK is 439.

However, TFL has got plans to introduce a 439...

TfL confirms changes to 13 routes across Croydon and Sutton

Transport for London is going ahead with three new bus routes to serve Croydon and Sutton, with significant changes lined up for 13 existing south London routes. With no prospect of the long-reques…

insidecroydon.com

 

[Zeock]

The national legislature of Japan is called 'The National Diet'.

 

[RyanUK]

I know she’s fictional but I’ve always found Yvonne from Shameless a tough nut with an almighty gob. She is however, correct on the following:

“The three greatest lies of all time: Big is beautiful, the cheque's in the mail, and of course I won't come in your mouth.”

 

[Rick]

“The three greatest lies of all time: Big is beautiful, the cheque's in the mail, and of course I won't come in your mouth.”

This thread took a dark turn.

 

[Zeock]

A word for 'carrot' in Welsh is 'moron'.

 

[SMT_]

Not today but over the weekend on a walk I read on one of those little wooden information board that barred glass snakes, found in the UK, release a garlic odour from the anal gland as a defence mechanism to ward off predators.

 

[Matt N]

Today, I learned that Tupperware is an actual company rather than simply a name for a type of food container… it must be like Hoover, where the product became so synonymous with the company that people just autonomously named it after the company!

 

[rob666]

Oh dear Matt, a little young to remember Tupperware parties, highlight of the seventies.
They were a bit like Ann Summers parties, without the sex.
And without the fun.

 

[Jonathan]

Ah, generic trademarks. My gran had Tupperware containers in her kitchen when I was young - think they're still in use many years on.