[Misc] The official “Well I never knew that” thread

[portlock seagull]

Asked petrol cashier “Why, randomly, when filling up the nozzle cuts out sometimes but not other?”

It’s because if you let your tank get low, air fills in and the censor on the end of the nozzle is triggered believing the tank to be full.

“Thanks Petrol guy! Well, I never knew that…”

 

[Jim in the West]

I somehow started reading an article the other day about the benefits (or not) of using sunscreen to stop your skin ageing (too late for me!). Apparently it's UVA radiation that causes skin damage, whereas most sunscreens just stop UVB radiation (the type which causes skin cancer). The SPF number just refers to how well the sunscreen protects against UVB. So - if you are also concerned about skin damage (from an ageing perspective) you need to check the UVA rating (which should be at least 4-star). Perhaps I'm the only person who didn't know that!
[Also, the article says that pretty much no UVB radiation reaches us in the UK in the period from October to March, as the sun is too low in the sky. But UVA is still a danger, so still worth using a five-star rated UVA block sunscreen in the winter]

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Until THIS WEEK I didn't realised it was "razed" to the ground. I'd only heard it before (and not noticed it in writing) so assumed it was RAISED, which didn't make sense to be fair....

I'm 38

 

[portlock seagull]

I somehow started reading an article the other day about the benefits (or not) of using sunscreen to stop your skin ageing (too late for me!). Apparently it's UVA radiation that causes skin damage, whereas most sunscreens just stop UVB radiation (the type which causes skin cancer). The SPF number just refers to how well the sunscreen protects against UVB. So - if you are also concerned about skin damage (from an ageing perspective) you need to check the UVA rating (which should be at least 4-star). Perhaps I'm the only person who didn't know that!
[Also, the article says that pretty much no UVB radiation reaches us in the UK in the period from October to March, as the sun is too low in the sky. But UVA is still a danger, so still worth using a five-star rated UVA block sunscreen in the winter]

Thanks JITW! "Well I never knew that..." either!

 

[pay no mind]

I was recently told this is a football forum but I don't believe it.

 

[portlock seagull]

I was recently told this is a football forum but I don't believe it.

It's Tuesday. Adjust your settings, yer JCL!

 

[Brovion]

I was recently told this is a football forum but I don't believe it.

You were quite right not to believe it - It isn't a football forum. It's a forum for Brighton fans.

 

[Bodian]

I somehow started reading an article the other day about the benefits (or not) of using sunscreen to stop your skin ageing (too late for me!). Apparently it's UVA radiation that causes skin damage, whereas most sunscreens just stop UVB radiation (the type which causes skin cancer). The SPF number just refers to how well the sunscreen protects against UVB. So - if you are also concerned about skin damage (from an ageing perspective) you need to check the UVA rating (which should be at least 4-star). Perhaps I'm the only person who didn't know that!
[Also, the article says that pretty much no UVB radiation reaches us in the UK in the period from October to March, as the sun is too low in the sky. But UVA is still a danger, so still worth using a five-star rated UVA block sunscreen in the winter]

I never knew this either. But then again, I've only once bought sunscreen once in my life - and it im/exploded in my bag in the aeroplane - so I had sunblock lotion all over my clothes. Never bought it again - I prefer a hat!

 

[GJN1]

Until THIS WEEK I didn't realised it was "razed" to the ground. I'd only heard it before (and not noticed it in writing) so assumed it was RAISED, which didn't make sense to be fair....

I'm 38

You don't even need "to the ground" after razed. It's a tautology.

 

[Questions]

Until THIS WEEK I didn't realised it was "razed" to the ground. I'd only heard it before (and not noticed it in writing) so assumed it was RAISED, which didn't make sense to be fair....

I'm 38

I never knew that

 

[Titanic]

I was today years old when NSC finally got a thread like this.

Actually I haven't searched, so it could well be bollocks.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

You don't even need "to the ground" after razed. It's a tautology.

Today I learnt what a tautology is

 

[Dick Swiveller]

The arrow on your petrol indicator points to the side the cap is.

*This was in this category years ago but now undiscovered tribes know it.

 

[HangletonGull]

That Tony Slattery was gay

 

[Algernon]

But UVA is still a danger, so still worth using a five-star rated UVA block sunscreen in the winter

What is this "sun" you mention?

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Someone I was on a teams call with today , learnt that the phrase is not: "consigned to Bolivian", after he used it.

I don't think he was too happy to be told it was in fact consigned to oblivion.

 

[schmunk]

Someone I was on a teams call with today , learnt that the phrase is not: "consigned to Bolivian", after he used it.

I don't think he was too happy to be told it was in fact consigned to oblivion.

You mean it's not named after Alton Towers' South American-themed rollercoaster? I never knew that.

 

[pasty]

That Tony Slattery was gay

Only found that out today too. RIP Tony

 

[Coldeanseagull]

The arrow on your petrol indicator points to the side the cap is.

*This was in this category years ago but now undiscovered tribes know it.

We have three cars in my household, two point to direction of the cap, one doesn't

 

[el punal]

Why is it that when something is difficult it‘s an uphill struggle but if you fail it’s downhill from now on in. Weird.