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

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

That your brain tissues have no pain receptors.

 

[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.

 

[neverbeeninfluenced]

That app is short for application.

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

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.

 

[nopenopenopejustno]

Through an amazing lady on Tiktok who works in a crematorium, I found out that "early non viable human tissue" is treated with respect, and not dumped in an incinerator. Apologies if this upsets anyone, I didn't want to write the actual words because I don't know how to put things behind a spoiler. This small act gave me a tiny bit of peace

 

[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

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

Today I learned that I have lost my wedding ring

 

[AliceInWanderLost]

today i learnt that the prototype for the modern chainsaw was made in the 18th century, originally invented for the purpose of being a surgical instrument to assist in difficult childbirths!

 

[Wolfshead]

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

 

[MitziAdele]

In their early days, Simon and Garfunkel were known as Tom and Jerry

 

[Rosie glow]

I've got an extremely low tolerance threshold

 

[Kim Mild]

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

 

[petitspois]

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

Yes, I didn’t know that either. Islands kind of feel a bit too fun for the German psyche.

 

[Scarlett O' Hara]

Yes, I didn’t know that either. Islands kind of feel a bit too fun for the German psyche.

What is the German psyche?

 

[Kim Mild]

That our local wetherspoons does take away coffee. Inspired by another thread I was commenting on , I like wetherspoons coffee and I've bought the same beans for home.

 

[Captainmouse]

That half of the world’s bluebells, are here in the U.K.

 

[qqwertyy]

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

 

[emmer_moans]

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

my brain has been autocorrecting that all this time, then! whoa.

 

[ElectricDreams]

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

I had this very realisation the other day...I've always thought there was a t in there!