Today I Learned… #2

[Captainmouse]

Electric vehicles cannot be towed!
so if you break down on the motorway you cannot keep warm and you will have to have a flat bed truck to recover you

 

[qqwertyy]

That the shoe company is called Skechers, not Sketchers with a t 🫣

 

[Kim Mild]

That Germany has islands. Someone I was talking too is going to a German island for their holidays soon .

 

[Upintheair83]

Probably extremely late to the party but.....
Brian Cox, the physicist, was in the 90s band D:ream! (Who did the 'Things can only get better' song)
Had no idea!

 

[HockyRorror]

Sloths are the only mammals that can’t fart

it would probably take them a decade to decide to or not to, then another decade to decide they just can’t be arsed.

 

[emmer_moans]

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

 

[thegrumpos]

That birds only use their nests in mating season and to keep eggs. The rest of the time they just hang out on branches and rooves and stuff

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

That it's no longer socially-acceptable to smile at / greet a stranger as you pass them by whilst out for a walk

 

[hehehe]

Not only is Alice Cooper still alive, he's also only in his 70s? I thought he'd be at least 90!

My mum, who's in her 70s, used to listen to him when School's Out was released, so how are they only a few years apart?

And not just that, he's been married to the same woman since 1976!

 

[Kim Mild]

That Daddy Pig actually did run the London marathon. His results have been on social media . He's down as Daddy Pig and did it in just under 6 hours.

 

[AliceInWanderLost]

Let's wake this thread up.

Polliwog is another word for tadpole.

not quite as cute as polliwog, but a baby porcupine is called a porcupette!

 

[Maisie842]

That the fi in WiFi doesn’t actually stand for anything. I’m going to start asking people for their IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence password from now on

 

[Wolfshead]

Bagpipes were introduced to the UK by Romans in 345 AD.

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

That I can't afford Charlotte Tilbury's stick foundation

 

[iLoveMeSomeCanoles]

Turkeys burp

 

[Captainmouse]

That wine expert Ollie smith was a pingu screenwriter

 

[Bettyboo2475]

Ah okay I guess it would be to do with things like sugar or protein in the drink slowing down the absorption. It's mostly sodium and potassium that would make a drink more hydrating but need to be careful with things like that as well especially in the heat and or if someone is training hard

For example I just found out the recently popular Prime drinks are marketed as hydration beverages but actually contain very little sodium to be that.

Also heard of a case of a guy who played tennis in the heat and was hydrating himself with coconut water, which is high in potassium and almost died

Its quite dangerous to drink lots of water as the body needs salt and other electrolytes. I guess that's why the pure water would be a problem. Potassium and sodium are finely balanced by the body so can easily be knocked out by illness or deficiency, (hyponatraemia (sodium) and hypokalaemia (potassium) and conversely when you have too much (hypernatremia and hyperkalaemia), especially as you get older too. Athletes tend to drink electrolyte drinks to replace those lost whilst they exercise. The body is amazing, its scary when it starts to go wrong.

 

[petitspois]

Thanks to another Tattle thread, I learned what a "cum gutter" is. Even more horrifying is it was used in context with Daniel O'Donnell. I'm 52 and clutching my pearls

I just googled it. How much jizz is being produced to allow it to ‘flow’? My god.

 

[Bettyboo2475]

Iv noticed people are so rude. When I do the school run I smile at all the mums- none smile back. I saw a woman and her little boy today at tesco, she dedicated recognised me and gave sort of a half smile, while I smiled and actually acknowledged her and said hi.
I don't know why I bother being friendly, I'm not going to bother anymore!

I say hi to the kids, they have better manners.

 

[Kim Mild]

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

Supermarkets are always lovely and cool on a hot day