[Misc] Did You Know?

[Blue3]

This one is increadable lobsters in theory never grow old and could live forever, they are still susceptible to death by disease or attacks, lobsters can theoretically live forever because getting older does not raise their chance of dying. An enzyme known as telomerase prevents the DNA in lobsters' cells from being damaged as they are replicated,

 

[monty uk]

On Earth there are around 7 billion humans and for every human there are about 1.6 million ants (many called Dave) the total weight of all the ants is about the same as all the humans apparently

Can all the Dave ants fit on the Isle of Wight? And what happens if they all jump at the same time?

 

[RossyG]

People think factoid means a small fact.

In fact, it was coined to describe something that sounds like a fact but is incorrect, such as the myth that the Great Wall of China can be seen from the moon.

 

[Blue3]

This one was talked about on radio 4 today
Fungi of the genus Ophiocordyceps — so-called zombie ant fungi — need ants to complete their life cycle. When an ant comes across fungal spores while foraging, the fungus infects the insect and quickly spreads throughout its body.
Fungal cells in the ant's head release chemicals that hijack the insect's central nervous system. The fungus forces the ant to climb up vegetation and clamp down onto a leaf or twig before killing its hapless drone. It then grows a spore-releasing stalk out of the back of the victim's head to infect more ants on the ground below.

 

[Albion my Albion]

On Earth there are around 7 billion humans and for every human there are about 1.6 million ants (many called Dave) the total weight of all the ants is about the same as all the humans apparently

So I should probably sprinkle some holy water in Nottingham Forest to honour each of the 1.6 million ants (not including any Dec). Daves who?

 

[Blue3]

Can all the Dave ants fit on the Isle of Wight? And what happens if they all jump at the same time?

Sadley not as only one species of ant can jump that's one species out of 12,000 species of ant

 

[Albion my Albion]

Tickets for the Coliseum in Rome were made of terracotta and each entrance is numbered at the top of each arch.

Yes, but they were never offered a free ticket for buying season tickets.

 

[Heffle Gull]

Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners is closer in time to World War 2 than it is to us today.

Now you feel old.

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[El Presidente]

Crystal Palace is a small club.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners is closer in time to World War 2 than it is to us today.

Now you feel old.

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Yes, and Dexys Midnight Runners were named after a World War II prisoner of war group that would try and distract the German guards by running naked through the prison compound at midnight while other allied prisoners escaped. True Story. As true as Trump's innocence in his impeachment hearing.

Now you feel neive and old.

 

[banjo]

We’re gonna win the league. Now I know you’re not gonna believe it.

 

[Stephen Seagull]

I’m sure Dexys Midnight runners was about slinging drugs in Dublin

DYK that about 50% of people remain seated on the toilet when wiping their behind after a poo, the other 50% stand.

 

[SeagullinExile]

If you could get a bowl of water big enough to accommodate it, the planet Saturn would float.

 

[Is it PotG?]

A donkey will sink in quicksand, but a mule won't.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Skunks are in a family of their own.

The official name for the skunk family is Mephitidae, which means "stink." They used to be grouped with weasels, otters, badgers, and their relatives in the Mustelidae family - but unlike those animals, which have a duct that secretes scent markings, skunks spray their scent in a controllable stream from nipples in the anal gland.

After their DNA was decoded, scientists learned that skunks derived from a single common ancestor about 30 to 40 million years ago.

These days, the skunk family contains 10 different species of skunks, which come in different sizes and coloration, and two different species of stink badger, which are the only members of the Mephitidae family not native to North or South America.

Top marks for getting the words nipple and anal in the same sentence.

 

[beorhthelm]

The banana is in fact a herb!

a banana plant is a herbaceous plant, shortend to herb. a banana is a fruit or berry.

 

[Questions]

Dogs can't look up.

-Big Al

Can’t look up what ?

 

[Questions]

Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners is closer in time to World War 2 than it is to us today.

Now you feel old.

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Come on Eileen was also a low budget British porn film.

 

[drew]

If every adult is given one square foot to stand on, and all kids under age 11 are carried, the world's population can fit on the Isle of Wight

Had to look that up. Isle of Wight is approx 150 square miles which equates to 4,181,763,051. Earth's population is 7.7billion.

 

[Bakero]

No one knows the capital city of Honduras without looking it up, absolutely no one. Fact.

I once spent a night in Tegucigalpa. I wouldn't recommend it.