Weirdest / most interesting fact you've learnt recently

[Baztrachian]

Armadillos are bulletproof (please no one test this)

Armadillos also carry leprosy.

 

[Baztrachian]

I have not investigated, but I was recently told that 90% of all honey sold for retail, is synthetic.

It's true. The telltale is that real honey crystallizes over time and the corn syrup shit doesn't.

 

[Luv2LickSweets]

It's true. The telltale is that real honey crystallizes over time and the corn syrup shit doesn't.

Good to know. Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[MisterChillax]

World’s oldest tortoise Jonathan is ALIVE after hoax he died at 193 having met late Queen & living through 40 presidents

 

[kathyisgr65]

Whales balls (I forgot what kind specifically) weigh 500lbs each.. that's a helluva cum partt

 

[mnbreastluver]

Barry Manilow did not, in fact, write “I Write The Songs.”

 

[latecomer91364]

Today I watched a video on the Making of the first Bond flick Dr. No, and after many prominent actors had turned down the role - mostly due to the possible franchise factor or their age: Cary Grant, Rod Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Stanley Baker, James Mason and Trevor Howard.

They chose Sean Connery, who had been portrayed as an earthy, manly character, but were concerned about the lowly born, former truck driver's ability to portray an aristocratic, smooth operator.

It was director Terence Young who took Connery under his wing - buying him suits and exposing him to the London elite and Sean was a quick study, mastering everything from the mannerisms to how the aristocratic smoked a cigarette

 

[Chillygirl]

I recently learned that when you get a kidney transplant they leave the bad kidney in your body. So now you’re walking around with 3 kidneys. They just attach the new kidney to other blood vessels (I think). I just find that so strange….you're already in there so why not take the bad kidney???

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

I recently learned that when you get a kidney transplant they leave the bad kidney in your body. So now you’re walking around with 3 kidneys. They just attach the new kidney to other blood vessels (I think). I just find that so strange….you're already in there so why not take the bad kidney???

As someone with chronic kidney disease, I find this fascinating and disturbing.

 

[Mrtenant]

The camera on my cellphone can detect hidden cameras.

 

[Fivemagicbeans]

I found out recently that Kangaroos can’t move there legs independently . Thats why they hop everywhere .

I had no idea

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

I found out recently that Kangaroos can’t move there legs independently . Thats why they hop everywhere .

I had no idea

Well, they can move their legs independently when swimming.

 

[Fivemagicbeans]

Well, they can move their legs independently when swimming.

Swimming ? There’s another thing that I’ve learnt today
Wow I had no idea

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

Swimming ? There’s another thing that I’ve learnt today
Wow I had no idea

They don't swim for pleasure per se, however they can swim

 

[bobb_sledd]

I recently learned that when you get a kidney transplant they leave the bad kidney in your body. So now you’re walking around with 3 kidneys. They just attach the new kidney to other blood vessels (I think). I just find that so strange….you're already in there so why not take the bad kidney???

I had to ask Google why...

The answer: Surgeons leave native kidneys in place during a transplant to avoid unnecessary, complex, and high-risk surgery, as removing them adds infection and bleeding risks with little benefit. The new kidney is placed in the lower abdomen for easier access to blood vessels, while the old kidneys typically shrink over time.

 

[CX726577]

That the actor Christopher Lee (Bond villain and various horror movie star) has 4 or 5 heavy metal albums.

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

I had to ask Google why...

The answer: Surgeons leave native kidneys in place during a transplant to avoid unnecessary, complex, and high-risk surgery, as removing them adds infection and bleeding risks with little benefit. The new kidney is placed in the lower abdomen for easier access to blood vessels, while the old kidneys typically shrink over time.

It's surprising how much extra room there is in the abdomen. Both my kidneys are about twice the size the should be due to cysts. If I ever get to the point of needing an implant, they'll have to remove whichever kidney they replace. It's kinda scary.

 

[MisterChillax]

According to the scientists and engineers leading this energy revolution, northwest China currently has almost 500 gigawatts of installed power-producing capacity. China finds the biggest treasure in its history in this desert, and it is half that of America.

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

When you're reading – even silently – the muscles of your mouth, tongue and larynx activate

 

[VoraciousValue]

In the 1980's, the Soviet Union built a reusable spacecraft called Buran (Буран), which was almost an exact copy of the Space Shuttle. However, Buran was able to automatically launch, descend and land up to an altitude of 100 km/62 miles. One unmanned test was made in 1988, but it never flew again.

 

[MisterChillax]

Florence was the original skunkworks: Botticelli, Lippi, Leonardo, Ghirlandaio, Donatello, Verrocchio, Perugino, Raphael. All products of the same 2.4-square-mile lab. In the 1470s Florence had 21 guilds regulating quality, controlling market entry, and running formal apprenticeship pipelines. Kids started at age 12, grinding pigments imported from Afghanistan, preparing wooden panels, and casting bronze. Verrocchio's workshop doubled as goldsmith, sculptor's studio, and engineering lab. This system produced polymaths like Michelangelo, who painted the Sistine ceiling, sculpted the David, and designed the dome of St. Peter's. Florence housed the largest bank in Europe: Banco dei Medici. It funded the masters, but more importantly? It funded the infrastructure that produced them. 40,000 people, 54 stone-carving studios, 84 woodcarving shops, and 270 wool mills behind the same city walls.

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

Your brain is constantly eating itself. Through a process called phagocytosis, brain cells remove damaged or unnecessary components to maintain health. This process is essential for brain function, but can become harmful if it occurs excessively, especially during sleep deprivation.

 

[Fivemagicbeans]

Some of the most tenacious people that play games are found in Australia

 

[CX726577]

Nabisco changed the Vanilla wafers (much thinner and not real vanilla flavoring) and the new ones suck.

 

[VoraciousValue]

In 1972, Milwaukee-born Arthur Bremer shot George Wallace, Alabama governor and noted segregationist, at a Presidential campaign stop in Laurel, Maryland. That I already knew and quite well. What I just found out is that Richard Nixon's campaign sent one of the notorious "Plumbers" to try to break into Bremer's Milwaukee apartment and plant campaign literature for eventual Democratic nominee George McGovern to try to make it look like an orchestrated hit by the McGovern campaign. The FBI unwittingly foiled this plan by finishing their work in the apartment very quickly.