Topic: Gulleysucker's 'well I never knew that' thread

[Spanish Al]

It is impossible to break an egg by placing your thumb on the bottom of it, your index finger on the top of it and squeezing.

Also impossible to break it if you squeeze it in the palm of your hand.

[Cribertinokes]

It is impossible to break an egg by placing your thumb on the bottom of it, your index finger on the top of it and squeezing.

I tried this and then someone told me that if you drop an egg like that it won't smash either so I did and it didn't smash and everything was alright. Great day that was.

[Slave]

Columbo's first name was Frank.

[jaffod]

Horses can survive under water for up to 3 hours.

[Rococo]

Daily you will breathe in 1 litre of other peoples anal gases.

[Corkboy]

Daily you will breathe in 1 litre of other peoples anal gases.

But you breathe about 10 litres of air per minute, so it's all good.

[BIGdavalad]

You sure about that?

Fairly sure. The stories in the Bible might all be rubbish (curing lepers, turning water into wine, dying and coming back to life three days later and all that), but the chances are that a fella called Jesus was wandering around the Middle East roughly 2000 years ago preaching a new religion which became known as Christianity.

[Corkboy]

Fairly sure. The stories in the Bible might all be rubbish (curing lepers, turning water into wine, dying and coming back to life three days later and all that), but the chances are that a fella called Jesus was wandering around the Middle East roughly 2000 years ago preaching a new religion which became known as Christianity.

I'll go with you as far as there being a fella, but he seems to have had many different names, and the christianity is really a hotch potch of lots of different stuff.

[macca888]

But you breathe about 10 litres of air per minute, so it's all good.

Well, about 99.993% but we know what you mean 

[Crosby Nick]

Fred Perry was from Stockport. The wannabe Manc twat.

[Matt S]

They did 5 series of Ironside. The show starred Raymond Burr, who eventually quit as he was sick of getting pushed around.

[RigBon1892]

There's a statue of him outside Leicester train station.

Yeah thats how I knew!

[RigBon1892]

There are no muscles in your fingers.

[Slave]

Fairly sure. The stories in the Bible might all be rubbish (curing lepers, turning water into wine, dying and coming back to life three days later and all that), but the chances are that a fella called Jesus was wandering around the Middle East roughly 2000 years ago preaching a new religion which became known as Christianity.

You can only be fairly sure. There are no contemporary accounts of his life outside of the Gospels, and since they were a complete fabrication it makes me wonder. Maybe (probably?) a mad Rabbi existed called Jesus, but the evidence is scant.

[jaffod]

Neutron stars are the most dense objects known to man. They are so dense that one sugar cube of Neutron star material could weigh up to 100 million tons.

[AshbourneRed]

There are no muscles in your fingers.

Found this out 2 years ago when I broke my hand. It's all tendons or something?

[Cribertinokes]

Neutron stars are the most dense objects known to man. They are so dense that one sugar cube of Neutron star material could weigh up to 100 million tons.

Would absolutely ruin a cup of tea that.

/shit joke

[jaffod]

Would absolutely ruin a cup of tea that.

/shit joke

  I found it quite funny.

[Mouth]

The William Wallace Memorial near Stirling Castle in Scotland is actually a statue of Mel Gibson in Braveheart.

[TheoRacle]

lol... how crap is that!

[jaffod]

You are never more than 6 feet away from a rat.

[Rusty Oysterburger]

The William Wallace Memorial near Stirling Castle in Scotland is actually a statue of Mel Gibson in Braveheart.

Hahahaha, I knocked up better models in pottery class in year 8. You know it's shit when they have to write the name of the film on it so people know who it's supposed to be.

"I'm not gonna get raped by a pack of Englishmen"

[ThepepeReina]

You are never more than 6 feet away from a rat.

what if your in a hot air balloon?

[Spanish Al]

what if your in a hot air balloon?

Seagulls. Rats of the sky

[ThepepeReina]

Seagulls. Rats of the sky

haha  always thought that was pidgeons tho? just rats with wings!

[Crosby Nick]

You are never more than 6 feet away from a rat.

Or an Aussie...or is that just in London?

[OsirisMVZ]

Horses can survive under water for up to 3 hours.

Ants can survive underwater for 2 weeks

[BIGdavalad]

Arthur Ridley, who played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army, saw active service with the Somerset Light Infantry in World War 1 including fighting on the Somme where his left arm was badly damaged. He also received serious injuries to his legs and suffered blackouts throughout his life because of a blow to the head from a German rifle butt. He was also recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery. He rejoined the Army for World War 2 and was made a Major and saw active service with the British Expeditionary Force in France at the beginning of the war before being discharged because of the legacy of his wounds.

You wouldn't expect that from the old fella in Dad's Army, would you?

[deadlybuzz]

The easiest way to gain money in a bet is to get someone to try and eat a teaspoon of cinnamon. They will most likely fail.


Ok not a fact of any sort but if someone wants to make a quick bit of money, there you go.

[CheshireDave]

Fred Perry was from Stockport. The wannabe Manc twat.

My brother used to own the house next door to where he grew up. Had one of those blue plaques on the outside wall.

[Cribertinokes]

The easiest way to gain money in a bet is to get someone to try and eat a teaspoon of cinnamon. They will most likely fail.


Ok not a fact of any sort but if someone wants to make a quick bit of money, there you go.

I heard that's how everyone living Dubai got rich!

[electricghost]

You are never more than 6 feet away from a rat.

Even when you are in orbit ? 

[electricghost]

Fucking massive hornet wasp thingies can kill you with their sting, but only if they sting your head.


The proof

one time i smacked this massive hornet wasp thing, i don't know what you call them in england, or if you even have them. they're fucking massive, about two inches long, and have been known to kill, if they sting you on the head. 

[jaffod]

Even when you are in orbit ? 

Yes.

[RigBon1892]

Found this out 2 years ago when I broke my hand. It's all tendons or something?

Yeah.

Found it out from QI

[BIGdavalad]

Hadrian (he of the Jockland wall) was a homosexual who, when his much younger lover died during a sightseeing trip to Egypt, deified him as a God.

The cult that grew up around the young man was so popular that it rivalled Christianity in the early part of the second century.

[Corkboy]

Hadrian (he of the Jockland wall) was a homosexual who, when his much younger lover died during a sightseeing trip to Egypt, deified him as a God.

The cult that grew up around the young man was so popular that it rivalled Christianity in the early part of the second century.

How the fuck do you go on a sightseeing trip to North Africa in the second century? Wouldn't it take a couple of years?

[Harry_Wong]

Hadrian (he of the Jockland wall) was a homosexual who, when his much younger lover died during a sightseeing trip to Egypt, deified him as a God.

The cult that grew up around the young man was so popular that it rivalled Christianity in the early part of the second century.

Sounds like Ancient X-Factor.

[BIGdavalad]

How the fuck do you go on a sightseeing trip to North Africa in the second century? Wouldn't it take a couple of years?

Hadrian was famous for spending very little time in Rome. He was in Egypt en-route from Mauretania (Morocco) to Judea during a massive tour of the Empire which included ordering walls built in Britannia and on the Rhine to mark the edges of the Empire, I believe. When he got to Judea he ordered a clamp down on Judaism which caused the Third Jewish Revolt which ended in total defeat for the Jews and with their homeland being renamed Palestine in order to try and purge any memory of them from the world.

Sounds like Ancient X-Factor.

 

[MidwestWool]

Neutron stars are the most dense objects known to man. They are so dense that one sugar cube of Neutron star material could weigh up to 100 million tons.

Studied about that in Astronomy. Was a boss class that.