Today I Learned… #2

[EllenDeGenerate]

....that loitering around the freezers at your local supermarket is a free and fantastic way to cool down on a day like today.

 

[MissTeddy]

Learned recently that people with dementia have trouble drawing clocks (Google dementia clock test)

After my mum had a stroke that was one of the things she had to do - there was a whole sheet of questions and tasks. They were the sort of thing that a 10 year old would find easy. It was absolutely heart-breaking watching my clever mum's confusion.

 

[avidsr]

That forgetting about someone who’s hurt you is possible, by not having contact for at least 2 weeks & to fill up your thoughts everyday with other people such as other close friends, saying hi to old friends who I’ve not had contact in months or years or even people you see on the street coz they matter more than this 1 particular person. It just worked for me and I feel so much at peace

 

[Maisie842]

That dogs love it when you laugh, recognise it as a play emotion and will go out of their way to make it happen. So the next time you laugh at something your dog is doing, it’s probably intentional 🥹

 

[Sketchy]

That seagulls eat other small birds.

My sister rang me this morning - after hearing the most almighty commotion out her back, which she said went on for what seemed like ages - and went out to investigate. Her neighbour, also alerted to the noise, told her that a flock of seagulls had swooped down and killed/taken a load of small birds as they were feeding from his bird-feeders. Both sister & neighbour were very upset, especially the neighbour who'd witnessed the whole thing. Urban area. So I had a google, and apparently this is quite common.

Anyway, this is what I learned today.

 

[Sancrow]

I learned that reddit has perverts lusting after Jane McDonald's feet.

 

[petitspois]

The following disasters all took place between 1987 and 1989:

Herald of free enterprise
Hungerford
King’s Cross fire
Piper Alpha
Clapham train crash
Lockerbie
Boeing plane crash on M1
Hillsborough
Marchioness sinking

 

[Bettyboo2475]

Saw this on Twitter

 

[ElectricDreams]

That the hearing aids I've been using for the last 2.5 years are Bluetooth and I can download an app to connect them to my phone so I can listen to music and hear phone calls through them

 

[Rosie glow]

That chickens can swim

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

Today I learned that I have lost my wedding ring

 

[CrimsonCountess]

That Shaun the Sheep is called Shaun because it's a play on shorn. I honestly felt so stupid when I realised

 

[Prince fan 1999]

A group of Pugs are called a grumble

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

That I've lost 4 pounds since starting my diet 12 days ago

 

[Wolfshead]

That seagulls eat other small birds.

My sister rang me this morning - after hearing the most almighty commotion out her back, which she said went on for what seemed like ages - and went out to investigate. Her neighbour, also alerted to the noise, told her that a flock of seagulls had swooped down and killed/taken a load of small birds as they were feeding from his bird-feeders. Both sister & neighbour were very upset, especially the neighbour who'd witnessed the whole thing. Urban area. So I had a google, and apparently this is quite common.

Anyway, this is what I learned today.

I once (unfortunately) saw a video of a seagull eating a rabbit. It took some doing, but it swallowed it whole!

 

[Boredofgrey]

Children of identical twins are siblings not cousins genetically. As the daughter of an identical twin this had fascinated me.

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

Today I learned that there is a shoal of Band-Aids floating at the bottom of the swimming pool at our gym.....

 

[nopenopenopejustno]

That Larry The Cat is a civil servant

 

[Sketchy]

... that the UK is the only nation that doesn't need to have the name of its country printed on postage stamps, as the postage stamp was invented in the UK by Sir Rowland Hill in 1840.

Thanks to The General Knowledge Section from repeats of the 1980s darts game show Bullseye.

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

That vegetables you grow yourself taste out if this world!