Today I Learned…

[HockyRorror]

The reason pirates wear eyepatches is because when they invade ships, the crew of the invaded ship all run down to the cabins to hide and arm themselves in an attempt to fight back. The pirates, when landed on the invaded ship, go down to the cabin and switch the eyepatch from left to right (or vice versa) so they have one eye to see better in the dark, more so than their sunlight-exposed victims

For some reason, people think pirates with eyepatches are from olden times, or even fictional - a pirate ship invaded a Swedish ship just last week!

 

[WilmaHun]

Did you watch a prison documentary ? Because that’s where I learned this out recently too

No I learnt it from someone who is in there

 

[Norfolking Good]

I lived with what used to be called windfall vegetarian (fruit must have fallen and not been picked) and they got hospitalised with malnutrition. Seems a ridiculous way to live.

 

[HockyRorror]

That actress Clare Danes is banned from entering the Philippines and has been for 25 years!

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

That making your own sourdough starter and sourdough bread is not worth all the hassle, and that it is expensive to buy for very good reason.

 

[Jellybean79]

Today I learned Mardi Gras is the same as Pancake Day. Mind blown.

 

[OnlyHereForTheLolz]

That you should crush your cans like this so it stops animals getting stuck in them. How did this never occur to me before! It makes so much sense!

Stock photo taken from the interweb

 

[Tharsheblows]

I was told this at a party on Saturday, apparently the other woman even speaks the same as me, same mannerisms too! Imagine meeting your double? Freaky!!

I was on holiday in Bruges a few years ago and walked into a Waffle House, I was surprised when the owner ran over to me, speaking away in her mother tongue and embraced me. When I didn’t react she pulled away and looked at me oddly. I laughed and then she clicked that I wasn’t the person she thought I was. I am from England and this woman thought I was her German long time friend who had come to surprise her (my hair, the style of my clothes my face was all her double!) she only really believed I wasn’t her friend when I spoke as her friend did not speak much English at all, let alone with an English accent. The woman was lovely tho, told us to order anything we wanted from the menu and it would be on her. She kept looking over the whole time ad shaking her head as if she couldn’t believe I wasn’t her friend. Weird huh!

 

[Mrs Fluff]

That the HP in HP sauce stands for Houses of Parliament

 

[under the ivy]

That men are indeed, dicks

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Today I learned that there are still people who don't know that TLDR means Too Long Didn't Read.

 

[Luce0331]

Just learned that Celine Dion is only 55, I thought she was at least late 60s?? This means she was only 30 when she sang My Heart Will Go On

 

[HockyRorror]

Human babies are born about 6 or 7 months premature in an evolutionary sense, to accommodate our superior brain power compared to other mammals, as any longer would make it impossible for the woman to fit her child through her birth canal, which is why the young of most mammals and especially our nearest match - primates - are far more capable and aware and can run, graze, and are aware of surroundings than human babies.

 

[Halliestar]

I learnt that the fluffy wristbands tennis players wear are not for looking cool and all tennisy, They’re for wiping the sweat off your forehead instead of using your naked forearm and getting sweaty hands.
Mind was blown.

Omg back in 2004 me and my friends at school was obsessed with sweatbands! I remember wearing one on each arm to school and I even had one with a watch face on it from Claire’s

 

[AliceInWanderLost]

That's alright for me. I'm one of those who basically has warm bread
Usually have it set on 2 and don't let it go the whole time

argh, i hate that! it's just warm, soggy bread! my toaster is set on a solid 4 - and on the scale of toasted bread, i fall between a "furious" and a "NO"!

 

[HoGi]

Apparently getting a pool cleaned and refilled is an expensive process. I learned that from an advice thread on here.

So expensive you need to charge people to use it

 

[Pinkii]

That you should wear a red bra not nude under white outfits if you don’t want your underwear show.

my friend told me this yesterday and I tried it and couldn’t believe it!

 

[itsjustt]

33 years old & until today i didnt know….

That ducks could fly

 

[didn't want to join]

I'm over 50 and today I learned that the Heads of Easter Island (the big stone ones) actually have bodies

Two were excavated years back and they have full torso's which are around 33 feet.

 

[kurtCobainsguitar]

That Stephen Bear is a real person that uses a machine to fuck his ars