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

[liverbloke]

Apparently after the Siege Of Liverpool buried treasure still remains in tunnels in the Everton district.

Website seems amateur but...

http://historyofliverpool.com/siege-liverpool/

[Brissyred]

Apparently after the Siege Of Liverpool buried treasure still remains in tunnels in the Everton district.

Website seems amateur but...

http://historyofliverpool.com/siege-liverpool/

So that's where Bill hid the Arteta money........

[Medellin]

Didn't know that someone's head could be mistaken for a ball..

Fucking hell what the fuck is this all about?

https://mobile.twitter.com/bewarmers/status/1224099950981795845

[soxfan]

Catatumbo Lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon in the country of Venezuela. It occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo. It originates from a mass of storm clouds at a height of more than 1 km, and occurs during 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour. It occurs over and around Lake Maracaibo, typically over the bog area formed where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake.

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[BlackandWhitePaul]

Barry Manilow did not write his hit "I Write the Songs."

[McrRed]

Barry Manilow did not write his hit "I Write the Songs."

[emoji23]

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Barry Manilow did not write his hit "I Write the Songs."

didn't know that.

Written by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys!

[rob1966]

Barry Manilow did not write his hit "I Write the Songs."

Wish he hadn't sung any either (My Ma loved him and played him all the time when I was a kid - one of her funeral songs was one of his)

[BlackandWhitePaul]

didn't know that.

Written by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys!

A'hhh now we're talking.

Sloop John B.

There's a really good song for you   

[liverbloke]

Wish he hadn't sung any either (My Ma loved him and played him all the time when I was a kid - one of her funeral songs was one of his)

He didn't write Mandy either - it was a cover version of a song called Brandy.

Guilty pleasure warning - I fuckin love the song Mandy (not Brandy) 

[liverbloke]

We say 'Bless you' when someone sneezes because during the plague sneezing would be a sign of you having caught the plague and what would follow would be a certain death so people would hope that God would bless you and hope that your life would be saved.

[liverbloke]

Football did actually cause a war to break out between 2 countries:

Wiki:

The Football War (Spanish: La guerra del fútbol; colloquial: Soccer War or the Hundred Hours' War also known as 100 Hour War) was a brief war fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. Existing tensions between the two countries coincided with rioting during a 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[1] The war began on 14 July 1969, when the Salvadoran military launched an attack against Honduras. The Organization of American States (OAS) negotiated a cease-fire on the night of 18 July (hence "100 Hour War"), which took full effect on 20 July. Salvadoran troops were withdrawn in early August.

And some people think banter is bad 

[Nitramdorf]

When flying at top speed, 2,200 mph, the SR 71 Blackbird cannot turn around inside the borders of the state of Ohio.

[Medellin]

Heard on the radio earlier..apparently only 30% of humans can flare their nostrils.

Random useless fact yep..

100% of people who read or hear this amazing fact try to flare their nostrils. 

[Mumm-Ra]

Tiger Lily..the daughter of Michael Hutchence, received £500 from his estate after his death.

You'd have to ask his lawyer Colin Diamond where the rest went.
How the fuck does that happen!?

Mystifies me mate

[24/7]

We say 'Bless you' when someone sneezes because during the plague sneezing would be a sign of you having caught the plague and what would follow would be a certain death so people would hope that God would bless you and hope that your life would be saved.

Hence the nursery rhyme "Ring a ring of roses, a pocket full of posies" - the rosy complexion being another symptom and the posies of herbs (mistakenly) thought to be a protection against said plague (in reality they simply masked smell), thus followed by the sneezing as you mentioned, with the final line "we all fall down" relating to the mass casualties that plagues inflicted in the Middle Ages.

Of course, all of this is a myth invented in the 20th century

It was just a kids' dance - in fact the German version is even clearer on that.

[rob1966]

Hence the nursery rhyme "Ring a ring of roses, a pocket full of posies" - the rosy complexion being another symptom and the posies of herbs (mistakenly) thought to be a protection against said plague (in reality they simply masked smell), thus followed by the sneezing as you mentioned, with the final line "we all fall down" relating to the mass casualties that plagues inflicted in the Middle Ages.

Of course, all of this is a myth invented in the 20th century

It was just a kids' dance - in fact the German version is even clearer on that.

Is there a 21st century version being done?

[afc tukrish]

Is there a 21st century version being done?

Ring around the noses, pocket full of dozys
Stashes, stashes, we all fall down?

[liversaint]

Mystifies me mate

 

[liversaint]

The line "Watch our for your cornhole, bud" from Office Space (movie), though still a reference to getting bummed, was about an actual game and not because your bum is a hole that corn came whole out of. Who knew?

Said game:

https://youtu.be/Hbw8UMcqUJ4?t=18

[Roopy]

This is about girl at work.

I was explaining to her how I am going to Argentina in June (we live in Australia) and how that it would also be winter there at that time.

She said "it can't be winter there, isn't Argentina really far away?" ... I started explaining "no its in the southern hemisphere, so it has the same season pattern as Australia"

She said "I have no idea what you just said there - whats southern hemisphere?"

This is when my head exploded... so I had to explain what the northern/southern hemisphere is and how the seasons work ... "ohhhh I never knew that!"

FMD - this chick is 29 yrs old, you learn this shit in year 1.

[soxfan]

A North American Cougar (aka mountain lion, puma) can jump up to 6m (19 ft) high, and up to 14m (46 ft) in distance with a running start. It can sprint up to 80 km/h (50 mph)

Despite weighing up to 100 kg (220 lbs), they are typically not considered one of the "big cats" as they cannot roar.  They lack the specialized larynx and hyoid apparatus of Panthera. They make sounds similar to domesticated cats, but are also known for their screams.

A large male cougar was recorded hunting & killing a 500 kg (1100 lb) bull moose.

[farawayred]

A North American Cougar (aka mountain lion, puma) can jump up to 6m (19 ft) high, and up to 14m (46 ft) in distance with a running start. It can sprint up to 80 km/h (50 mph)

Despite weighing up to 100 kg (220 lbs), they are typically not considered one of the "big cats" as they cannot roar.  They lack the specialized larynx and hyoid apparatus of Panthera. They make sounds similar to domesticated cats, but are also known for their screams.

A large male cougar was recorded hunting & killing a 500 kg (1100 lb) bull moose.

Mate, I was having nice time with beer and snacks, and when I read about a 200lb cougar I almost threw up...

Is "cougar" used world-wide for an older woman? I actually don't know the answer to that... In the U.S. it certainly is...

[rob1966]

This is about girl at work.

I was explaining to her how I am going to Argentina in June (we live in Australia) and how that it would also be winter there at that time.

She said "it can't be winter there, isn't Argentina really far away?" ... I started explaining "no its in the southern hemisphere, so it has the same season pattern as Australia"

She said "I have no idea what you just said there - whats southern hemisphere?"

This is when my head exploded... so I had to explain what the northern/southern hemisphere is and how the seasons work ... "ohhhh I never knew that!"

FMD - this chick is 29 yrs old, you learn this shit in year 1.

TV quiz show in the UK The Chase. Thick contestant on it the other day. Question was - the 2016 Summer Olympics was held wholly in the host countries winter - which country hosted it London, Tokyo or Rio?.  She answered Tokyo because it was cloudy all the time

[CraigDS]

Mate, I was having nice time with beer and snacks, and when I read about a 200lb cougar I almost threw up...

Is "cougar" used world-wide for an older woman? I actually don't know the answer to that... In the U.S. it certainly is...

Means it in the UK. Prob an Americanism though.

[liverbloke]

TV quiz show in the UK The Chase. Thick contestant on it the other day. Question was - the 2016 Summer Olympics was held wholly in the host countries winter - which country hosted it London, Tokyo or Rio?.  She answered Tokyo because it was cloudy all the time

Also on The Chase - the grown woman who had never heard of Salvador Dali 

[jackh]

Tiger Lily..the daughter of Michael Hutchence, received £500 from his estate after his death.

You'd have to ask his lawyer Colin Diamond where the rest went.
How the fuck does that happen!?

Watched the documentary about Hutchence that was recently shown on the BBC, Mystify - that it was an excellently put together film, that captured the iconic highs and tragic lows very well.  Would recommend.  Ultimately a very sad story 

[soxfan]

Mate, I was having nice time with beer and snacks, and when I read about a 200lb cougar I almost threw up...

Is "cougar" used world-wide for an older woman? I actually don't know the answer to that... In the U.S. it certainly is...

[AndyInVA]

Lilly The Pink by the Scaffold in 1968

had Paul McCartneys brother (Peter) in the Scaffold and had Reg Dwight (Elton John), Jack Bruce of Cream and Graham Nash of the Hollies as backing singers.

[Red_Bear]

Lilly The Pink by the Scaffold in 1968

had Paul McCartneys brother (Peter) in the Scaffold and had Reg Dwight (Elton John), Jack Bruce of Cream and Graham Nash of the Hollies as backing singers.

Paul McCartney's brother was in The Scaffold, but I'm pretty sure his name was Mike (he went by the stage name of Mike McGear), not Peter. The other two members of the band were Roger McGough, the poet, and the comedian (and Tiswas presenter) John Gorman. I didn' know that bit about Elton, Jack Bruce and Graham Nash though!

[AndyInVA]

Paul McCartney's brother was in The Scaffold, but I'm pretty sure his name was Mike (he went by the stage name of Mike McGear), not Peter. The other two members of the band were Roger McGough, the poet, and the comedian (and Tiswas presenter) John Gorman. I didn' know that bit about Elton, Jack Bruce and Graham Nash though!

I heard the factoid somewhere on a podcast. Wiki told me that Paul’s brother was called Peter McCartney but went by stage name Mike McGear

[Brissyred]

Apple won't let bad guys use iphones on camera.

[Barneylfc∗]

Donald Trump and Jimmy Greaves done the draw for the 91/92 League Cup quarter final on Saint and Greavsie

[ToneLa]

Sweet Christ on a cracker, why didn't I know who wrote this?

Somebody's knocking at the door
somebody's ringing the bell

... MACCA

[Lee1-6Liv]

The song ‘There’s a moose loose aboot this hoose’ is about a mouse not a moose.

[Tesco tearaway]

The song ‘There’s a moose loose aboot this hoose’ is about a mouse not a moose.

Also 'hoose' means house; not a very long hose.

[El Lobo]

And ‘loose’ means ‘louse’ and it refers to a very small species of woodlouse, which used to infest houses in Scotland in the 80s

[M(oaning) B(ecomes) E(mbarrassing)]

Although not unheard of for females to have the condition, nearly every person who has colour blindness is male. 

[soxfan]

The fastest fish is the world is the Black Marlin -- 129 km/h (80 mph). It swims faster than a cheetah can run!

[liverbloke]

I have done the National Lottery from day one and I haven't won a friggin thing - not even my (original) pound back.

Well, you lot never knew that did ye?

But it's true.

Maybe I should contact Guinness World Records or something?