Today I Learned… #2

[Meringue22]

If you get lily pollen on your clothes, in my case WHITE shorts, give the item a good shake outside and leave in the sun. It actually works! Gone! Magic 🪄

 

[RaveChampion]

It's Thursday and not Friday like I anticipated. Which leads to the next assertion.
Wishes don't come true,

 

[Lalalalaaaaaa85]

If you get lily pollen on your clothes, in my case WHITE shorts, give the item a good shake outside and leave in the sun. It actually works! Gone! Magic 🪄

Same works for poo. Maybe not the shake part but the sun will bleach it out. And before anyone thinks I’m pooing myself it’s from when my child was a baby that I know this

 

[CallMeHollywood]

After his wife divorced him for being “so boring”, Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner are now together 🥹

 

[Captainmouse]

That the headrests in cars pull out, they have a pointed end designed for breaking the windows

 

[Bettyboo2475]

Today I learnt what a debris field is. Rip

 

[CrazyGiraffeLady]

That Lions eat Giraffes! I have no idea why I didn't know that. Makes me sad though because I think giraffes are beautiful
I suppose that's just nature though right!??? But shocked me!

Oh no I love giraffes. Didn’t think lions ate them tbh

 

[Lalalalaaaaaa85]

That the headrests in cars pull out, they have a pointed end designed for breaking the windows

Whilst I knew they pulled out I never considered the pointed ends could be used for that! That’s a really good tip though so thank you

 

[JE172]

I'm from a family of coal miners. They were told that smoking helped them to cough up the coal dust and was therefore beneficial.

It’s mad to think some of the treatments or supplements etc that we take these days will be considered this bizarre in a hundred years too!

 

[Ravenstown]

Today I learned that only ice cream labelled dairy contains cream, the rest is made from vegetable fat

Grim.

 

[Captainmouse]

Today I learned that most of the dried herbs and spices on our supermarket shelves are contaminated with, eg toxins such as lead, even salmonella! It can come from the soil at source, or unsanitary storage or packaging conditions. I checked my own extensive collection, not even one stated the origin of the contents. Guess what? I tossed them all out. I'm fuming. I will be ordering some online from a reliable, certified supplier - of which there are few.

There is an episode of food unwrapped about herbs, the majority of which are often not what is on the label. ‘Diluted' with cheaper ingredients, more is sold than is grown

 

[Islawight]

All the chicken in my local McDonald’s is from Thailand.

 

[Maisie842]

today I learnt that the collective noun for a group of kangaroos is called a court....!

I knew this one but never attributed it to the phrase Kangaroo Court for some reason. I think a better name for a group of Kangaroos would be bouncers, for obvious reasons plus they look like they’d be really good at that job

 

[klarakluckbag]

When compared to the view in UK, the Moon in Australia appears upside-down

 

[Miss.Chanandler.Bong]

That wrongly imprisoned people in UK still have to pay bed and board fees after being freed

Today I learned that they’re getting rid of this rule

Andy Malkinson: Living costs deduction scrapped for wrongly convicted

Andy Malkinson, who cleared his name after 17 years in jail, tells the BBC more still needs to be done.

www.bbc.com

 

[Captainmouse]

Sitars are made from pumpkin's

 

[littlepup]

Whilst I knew they pulled out I never considered the pointed ends could be used for that! That’s a really good tip though so thank you

It is but I’ve never really thought you’d have the presence of mind and/or capability to turn and release the headrest. They’re a bugger to get out!
You can buy seat belt cutter with window breakers for about £7 on Amazon. If I regularly drive near waterways I’d certainly buy one.

 

[AliceInWanderLost]

today I learnt that the collective noun for a group of kangaroos is called a court....!

 

[neverbeeninfluenced]

That app is short for application.

 

[hehehe]

King Arthur is a fictional character.

Didn't exist.

Never had a magical sword.

Didn't fight any dragons.