Today I Learned… #2

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That they make retractable sharpie pens. I spent too long trying to take the non existent lid off.
 
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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! 🤣
 
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"Holding back the years" by Simply red is actually by Simply red.
I always thought it was a cover version by them of someone elses song.
Anyhow I now feel I've been defrauded by the prancing ginger conman.
It's a rubbish song anyway now he did it so he can stick that up his jumper IMHO.
 
The special ingredient in that differentiates sticky (microwave) rice from plain (microwave) rice is sunflower oil . That surprised me a bit.
 
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But sticky rice is a different variety of rice
Sticky rice, also called sweet rice and glutinous rice, is used throughout Asia. This round-grained rice is immediately recognizable by its sticky, gluelike texture when cooked. It is the total or near absence of the starch amylose that makes sticky rice so sticky. Offered in long-grain and short-grain varieties, sticky rice is used in both sweet and savory Chinese dishes and is most often steamed. Sticky rice is more expensive than regular white rice, about double the price.

Other types of rice contain two types of starch—amylose and amylopectin—and the stickiness of the rice depends on the proportion between the two. While a higher amylose content in long-grain white rice (19 to 23 percent) means it will turn out nice and fluffy, the lower amylose content in short-grain white rice (12 to 19 percent) causes the grains to stick together. Sticky rice, on the other hand, contains a maximum of 1 percent amylose and a very high concentration of amylopectin, making it very sticky when cooked.
 
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Missing You was sung by a man (I found out watching the eponymous awful Netflix show). I always thought that was a woman's voice.
 
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Learned recently that people with dementia have trouble drawing clocks (Google dementia clock test)
 
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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.
 
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