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

[So… Howard Philips]

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?

He was also a successful song writer who lost all of his money in a con and went on to Dad's Army to make a living.

[BlackandWhitePaul]

What about Jaffa Cakes though?

What are they, cakes or biscuit's?

[BarryCrocker]

What are they, cakes or biscuit's?

Cake.

Categorisation as cake or biscuit for VAT

In the United Kingdom, value added tax is payable on chocolate-covered biscuits, but not on chocolate-covered cakes. McVities defended its classification of Jaffa Cakes as cakes at a VAT tribunal in 1991, against the ruling that Jaffa Cakes were biscuits due to their size and shape, and the fact that they were often eaten in place of biscuits. McVities insisted that the product was a cake, and allegedly produced a giant Jaffa Cake in court to illustrate its point. The product was assessed on the following criteria:
>The product's name was regarded as a minor consideration.
>The ingredients were regarded as similar to those of a cake, producing a thin cake-like batter rather than the thick dough of a biscuit.
>The product's texture was regarded as being that of a sponge cake.
>The product hardens when stale, in the manner of a cake.
>A substantial part of the Jaffa Cake, in terms of bulk and texture, is sponge.
>In size, the Jaffa Cake is more like a biscuit than a cake.
>The product was generally displayed for sale alongside other biscuits, rather than with cakes.
>The product is presented as a snack and eaten with the fingers, like a biscuit, rather than with a fork as a cake might be. The tribunal also considered that children would eat them in "a few mouthfuls", in the manner of a sweet.

The court found in favour of McVities and ruled that the product should be considered a cake, meaning that VAT is not paid on Jaffa Cakes in the United Kingdom.

In Ireland, Jaffa Cakes are regarded as cakes by Revenue as their moisture content is greater than 12%. As a result, they are charged the reduced rate of VAT (13.5% as of 2016).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes#Categorisation_as_cake_or_biscuit_for_VAT

[Rysoph76]

Nena has never sung '99 red balloons' live in English as they don't like that version so only sing the German version '99 Luftballons' when they perform

[Kenneth the Messiah]

Found out on a trip through Lichtenstein that they are the largest producer of false teeth

[Crosby Nick]

Found out on a trip through Lichtenstein that they are the largest producer of false teeth

That's common knowledge,  denture know anything?

[Kenneth the Messiah]

That's common knowledge,  denture know anything?

Wasn't braced for that...

[TepidT2O]

Wasn't braced for that...

Filling gaps in your knowledge for years... that's RAWK.

[Trada]

Female kangaroos have three vaginas.

[Crimson_Tank]

Nena has never sung '99 red balloons' live in English as they don't like that version so only sing the German version '99 Luftballons' when they perform

It is better in the German.

But I have seen a recorded (music video I believe) where they sing the English version and there are people about...

[Alan_X]

Female kangaroos have three vaginas.

And two uteruses (uteri?). So they can be constantly pregnant. Fascinating adaptation.

[Nessy76]

And two uteruses (uteri?). So they can be constantly pregnant. Fascinating adaptation.

So where does the third vagina lead?

[Derzyjudek]

Female kangaroos have three vaginas.

So i guess they get fucked left right and centre?

[Barneylfc∗]

So i guess they get fucked left right and centre?

 

[zero zero]

So where does the third vagina lead?

Narnia

[KERRYKOP]

Female kangaroos have three vaginas.

Not much room for error there

[ChaChaMooMoo]

Female kangaroos have three vaginas.

Shhh.. Dont let Donald Trump know about this.

[Nessy76]

Narnia

 

[JLStretton]

That sloths can swim.

[Beard]

Butterflies taste with their feet

I kew that becuase the Wiggles sing about it in one of their songs.

Also in that song I learned elephants are rhe only animals with 4 knees and snails can sleep for 3 years.

The Wiggles, fun and educational.

[smithng]

I kew that becuase the Wiggles sing about it in one of their songs.

Also in that song I learned elephants are rhe only animals with 4 knees and snails can sleep for 3 years.

The Wiggles, fun and educational.

Elephants only have 2 knees, the front "knees" are actually wrists.

[SP]

Elephants only have 2 knees, the front "knees" are actually wrists.

Wouldn't they be elbows rather than wrists? Wrists map to ankles.

[smithng]

Wouldn't they be elbows rather than wrists? Wrists map to ankles.

Not sure myself, but ...
http://www.askabiologist.org.uk/answers/viewtopic.php?id=8416
"Elephants, like all tetrapods, only have two knees (i.e. joints of the hindlimb that bend forwards). They have joints in their forelimbs that bend backwards, but those are the equivalent of our wrist joints"
There's a nice link to an elephant skeleton picture on that page too ...

[Alan_X]

So where does the third vagina lead?

The central one delivers the baby and the two others allow for sperm to fertilise eggs so that there's always an embryo ready.

[KERRYKOP]

Every single human outside of Africa is related to one African woman who left the continent 40,000 years ago

[Beard]

Every single human outside of Africa is related to one African woman who left the continent 40,000 years ago

Wizards sleeve

[SP]

Every single human outside of Africa is related to one African woman who left the continent 40,000 years ago

Your time line is out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve

[KERRYKOP]

Your time line is out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve

Yeah correct, 40,000 years ago to when humans first arrived in Europe, 70,000 when they left Africa for the Levant. I was being Eurocentric.

[Corkboy]

Yeah correct, 40,000 years ago to when humans first arrived in Europe, 70,000 when they left Africa for the Levant. I was being Eurocentric.

Fucking immigrants.

[KERRYKOP]

Fucking immigrants.

The Neanderthals had a point. Homosapien ability to unite over large distances through a shared culture of music and art drove Europe's original settlers to extinction. Neanderthals had better tools and their brains were bigger but they operated in small groups and were more aloof. Where as we interacted with each other all over Europe. We succeeded on this continent through partnership, oh the irony.

[redbyrdz]

The Neanderthals had a point. Homosapien ability to unite over large distances through a shared culture of music and art drove Europe's original settlers to extinction. Neanderthals had better tools and their brains were bigger but they operated in small groups and were more aloof. Where as we interacted with each other all over Europe. We succeeded on this continent through partnership, oh the irony.

This isn't thought to be entirely true anymore ' genetic studues have shown that sapiens and neanderthals mixed, and a lot of us carry genetic markers of both.

[KERRYKOP]

This isn't thought to be entirely true anymore ' genetic studues have shown that sapiens and neanderthals mixed, and a lot of us carry genetic markers of both.

Yeah we did mix, Europeans have between 1% and 5% Neanderthal DNA. They still went instinct after being pushed across Europe to their final settlements in Gibraltar where it's believed they died out because of low birth rate brought about by dwindling numbers, a lot like Panda's for instance.

We didn't breed them from existence, would you shag a Neanderthal? I know it was the stoneage but they probably had standards too.

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

We didn't breed them from existence, would you shag a Neanderthal? I know it was the stoneage but they probably had standards too.

Have you seen town on a Saturday night after payday? It's still going on

[Nessy76]

Yeah we did mix, Europeans have between 1% and 5% Neanderthal DNA. They still went instinct after being pushed across Europe to their final settlements in Gibraltar where it's believed they died out because of low birth rate brought about by dwindling numbers, a lot like Panda's for instance.

We didn't breed them from existence, would you shag a Neanderthal? I know it was the stoneage but they probably had standards too.

I think current thinking is that we just absorbed their populations rather than driving them to extinction. They're still here. They're us. 5% of your DNA is a big old chunk. That didn't get there from just a one-off knee-trembler on the mammoth hide rug. That suggests generations of inter-breeding went on, although we have no idea if that was consensual or some kind of ritual sex-slavery going on.

[KERRYKOP]

I think current thinking is that we just absorbed their populations rather than driving them to extinction. They're still here. They're us. 5% of your DNA is a big old chunk. That didn't get there from just a one-off knee-trembler on the mammoth hide rug. That suggests generations of inter-breeding went on, although we have no idea if that was consensual or some kind of ritual sex-slavery going on.

I'm going on what the BBC4 documentary told me last week! Let's just say there are a number of theories. My gut feeling is I side with the experts who believe mating with Neanderthal's was rare, basically because they are so unattractive to us, we have the same hard-wiring as early man after all. Although Sam makes a good case for their genome being strong still to this day.   

[Nessy76]

I'm going on what the BBC4 documentary told me last week! Let's just say there are a number of theories. My gut feeling is I side with the experts who believe mating with Neanderthal's was rare, basically because they are so unattractive to us, we have the same hard-wiring as early man after all. Although Sam makes a good case for their genome being strong still to this day.

"We" might not have had much say in it. :/

And typical Homo Sapiens from 60,000 years ago probably weren't exactly Bond girls, either.

[Alan_X]

What about the Denisovans? We know about the Neanderthals because they left physical evidence but there could be other hominid species that we simply don't know about.


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160328133514.htm

[bigbonedrawky]

I'm going on what the BBC4 documentary told me last week! Let's just say there are a number of theories. My gut feeling is I side with the experts who believe mating with Neanderthal's was rare, basically because they are so unattractive to us, we have the same hard-wiring as early man after all. Although Sam makes a good case for their genome being strong still to this day.

You're forgetting about stone age beer goggles.

[Haemoglobin]

You're forgetting about stone age beer goggles.

Poison froggles?

[Ray K]

I'm going on what the BBC4 documentary told me last week! Let's just say there are a number of theories. My gut feeling is I side with the experts who believe mating with Neanderthal's was rare, basically because they are so unattractive to us, we have the same hard-wiring as early man after all. Although Sam makes a good case for their genome being strong still to this day.   

I've been to Kerry many times.  It's pretty obvious there was cross-breeding with neanderthals going on.

Speaking of which, I got to meet Danny Healy Rae last week.  Good times.