Weird things you never knew

drofluf

fob said:

Devil#20 said:

There are 4 types of knowledge. 
1) Things that you know.
2) Things that you know but you don't know that you know. 
3) Things that you don't know and you know that you don't know.
4) Things that you don't know and you don't know that you don't know. 

If you ignore or don't care about 3) that shows lack of intelligence. 

So if you don't know how to speak Swahili and don't particularly care then you lack intelligence?

My interpretation of ” If you ignore or don't care about 3) that shows lack of intelligence.” is that if you don’t care about things generally that you don’t then it shows a lack of intelligence. To know that you don’t speak Swahili specifically but not care about it because it offers you no benefits. 

sev112

Jambo

drofluf

sev112 said:

Jambo

Habari yaku?

EricTheWeary

I suspect this is old news to many people but a weird thing I didn't know until today is what happens when you use Google to look up the word askew.
If you don't know the answer it's one to try yourself.   

fretmeister

During a cremation there is a point when the meat is perfectly cooked.

EricTheWeary

fretmeister said:

During a cremation there is a point when the meat is perfectly cooked.

I might not sleep tonight now. 

EricTheWeary

A few years ago an old friend of mine died and was cremated in Redditch. The excess heat from Redditch crematorium is used to help heat the nearby swimming pool so as well as being perfectly cooked for a brief moment she was also helping some children learn how to swim (possibly).  

fretmeister

Nice.

I hope my death is as useful when the time comes.

Kittyfrisk

^  I thought you had decided to be left in a swimming pool?

fretmeister

Nah - I'm actually going to medical science.

Transplant what they can - but my Brain and Spine to one of the brain banks for research. So few brains are donated that it is a real problem for research into dementia in particular.

They want healthy and unhealthy brains - all information is good for that cause.

Kittyfrisk

fretmeister said:

Nah - I'm actually going to medical science.

Transplant what they can - but my Brain and Spine to one of the brain banks for research. So few brains are donated that it is a real problem for research into dementia in particular.

They want healthy and unhealthy brains - all information is good for that cause.

Good call. My mum has had that arranged for years, as have I.

tanihhiavlt

Offset said:

Adey said:

Can dogs look up? (Shaun of the Dead reference)

Yep.  My lab follows his ball/frisbee through the ether every time I chuck it.  I guess coming from Pegg, it should be taken with a pinch of salt.  Never forgave him for what he did to Scotty.

I think the point being argued in the film is they cannot look up with their eyes... they look up by lifting their head.

Anyone who's eaten food in front of a Spaniel will know they can look up with their eyes it's a vital part of mooching for food. Therefore this is a myth. 

Weird fact: no one knows how long sloths live for.

EricTheWeary

EricTheWeary said:

A few years ago an old friend of mine died and was cremated in Redditch. The excess heat from Redditch crematorium is used to help heat the nearby swimming pool so as well as being perfectly cooked for a brief moment she was also helping some children learn how to swim (possibly).  

Another word to Google ( you have to use actual Google for these things):

recursion 

Hootsmon

2x 50% fat free chocolate bars does not = 100% fat free snack

Troof

breakstuff

EricTheWeary said:

I suspect this is old news to many people but a weird thing I didn't know until today is what happens when you use Google to look up the word askew.
If you don't know the answer it's one to try yourself.   

Just got the wife to do that, and it took her five minutes before she noticed anything afoot, and that was only when I asked her what askew means. I think a trip to Specsavers is in order.

boogieman

breakstuff said:

EricTheWeary said:

I suspect this is old news to many people but a weird thing I didn't know until today is what happens when you use Google to look up the word askew.
If you don't know the answer it's one to try yourself.   

Just got the wife to do that, and it took her five minutes before she noticed anything afoot, and that was only when I asked her what askew means. I think a trip to Specsavers is in order.

I just tried it as well but I spotted it straight away. Then I tried “wonky” but it comes out straight. 

Getting back to weird facts… my wife is reading Miriam Margoyles’ autobiography and showed me one particular bit. Apparently before Ms M came out or even fully recognised she was gay, when she was at Cambridge she was rather good at giving blowjobs. In fact she enjoyed doing it so much she’d sometimes offer to suck off random strangers. 

Dominic

I can't stand her ( Margoyles)
But on a different note ;
Jesus had 5 brothers and 2 sisters ( and was not the oldest )
James was older .
This was glossed over in the 4/5th century by the early Catholic Church because it called into Question the Virgin Birth myth .The best they could come up with was that the older relatives were only half brothers and sisters and not the progeny of Mary although at least two were younger .

HerbieTheRadDorklift

USA 10th President John Tyler, born 1790, has a living grandson

skullfunkerry

Hootsmon said:

2x 50% fat free chocolate bars does not = 100% fat free snack

Troof

I suspect Right Said Fred think it does though:

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2021/09/02/right-said-fred-covid-maths-wrong/

skullfunkerry

I found out a fact last night that while not weird as such, absolutely amazed me:

If the guns of HMS Belfast were fired from where she’s moored in London, they’d score a direct hit on London Gateway services on the M1.