Today I Learned… #2

[Captainmouse]

did you know that baby echidnas are called puggles?

No, but I did know that baby puffins are called pufflings

 

[Fishwife]

That Bram as in Bram Stoker creator of Dracula is short for Abraham.

 

[MitziAdele]

TIL.

 

[Kim Mild]

Let's wake this thread up.

Polliwog is another word for tadpole.

 

[Melian]

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

I once had a seagull drop a rat near me. Horrible!

 

[Wolfshead]

I really want to know how you discovered this!

One of the treatments for asthma many many years ago was... tobacco / cigarettes. For many of us it's actually a trigger

The Surprising History of Smoking for Asthma

Was there a time in history when smoking was recommended?

asthma.net

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.

 

[Kim Mild]

That a goes through metamorphosis in a chrysalis , a moth goes through metamorphosis in a cocoon.

 

[Nelly's mum]

That micellar water in tesco has gone up to £8 a bottle!!

The Garnier micellar water is £5 in Lidl for a big 700ml bottle

 

[Melian]

That bananas conduct electricity and work on touchscreens

 

[Mamacita]

Dogs can have a litter with different dads

So can people! Well not litters, twins etc

 

[greenvelvet]

If you’re not super computer savvy and are downloading files from random websites (most people won’t unless you are pirating stuff) one thing I’d recommend is this website

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/

You can upload files and links to it and it can detect malware.

The TIL comes from the fact that if you are downloading a zip file, just because the folder is marked as having no malware, doesn’t mean it’s safe. When I unzipped it I scanned one of the files and that contained malware.

I was trying to download an old version of a sims mod ffs. Imagine the stress over something so stupid. Didn’t open the files and sent them straight to the bin, then deleted them from there and my computer says it’s fine.

 

[50sGirl]

That vegetables you grow yourself taste out if this world!

Home grown strawberries are the best.

 

[Tea and Toast]

This always annoyed me and often I wanted to say something but my child wasn't fussed.

Im.that person who DOES wave back . .. or toot my hooter if I'm driving, to see that excitement on a child's face is priceless

 

[Pesky Tarian]

Sloths can't fart!

I know this from one of my children's books. They climb down their tree once a week and do a 3 kg poo!!!.

 

[Starfishface]

What, ever? So it could essentially be a free bookshop!?

I work for a library service, if it's the same as us we don't charge late fines, but after a certain period of time the book will be considered lost and you have to pay the full repurchase price.

 

[Sketchy]

Yes, sort of. I didn't realise what the video was going to show. I thought it was something "nice" about a seagull. Well, I suppose it was nice for the seagull but not so nice for the rabbit.

Nature is wonderful but it can also be very cruel.

 

[MitziAdele]

Sloths can't fart!

 

[Interestingbitsnbats]

That your brain tissues have no pain receptors.

Oh is that why on horror films can cut out parts of brain without them screaming. Obvs the skill part hurts but never shows them scream having parts taken out.

 

[Upintheair83]

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

I only came across it by mistake. I was looking at someone's insta stories and they were on safari. It showed a lion eating a giraffe!! And I couldnt believe it! It sounds so silly but I had to Google it, because I thought it was a joke at first!! I know its just nature and its the food chain, but it really upset me seeing such a beautiful animal like that. I think lions are stunning too but there's something so graceful about giraffes and it really did upset me.

 

[troglodyte]

A bloat of hippos and a prickle of porcupines