Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[Drago]

You can buy bullet resistant clipboards for people doing surveys who might upset the wrong person.

 

[ColinJ]

You can get kids back packs that have a bullet proof back


when you start selling those then your country has gone badly wrong

That was exactly my reaction!

It made a much deeper impression on me than the main content of the video, which I have since forgotten...

 

[Dave7]

That garden snails have a very keen sense of smell. Unlike ours they have 'chemoreceptors' in a number of places.
I realised this early this morning when watching a snail making its way across a concrete path towards a flower bed.
Mr Google gave me the details.

 

[Punkawallah]

‘Tubeless ready’ wheels are sh1t. It’s as if some numpty thought to themselves ‘how can I make getting a tyre off more difficult’, then spent a fortune to realise his dream.

 

[ColinJ]

The scanners on Aldi self-checkouts have volume controls! The one that I used today was too quiet so I was getting confused by the beeps from adjacent devices. A staff member used the control on the left side of the screen to boost it to an audible level.

 

[presta]

Someone on Twitter recently pointed out that the number of pedestrians injured by cyclists have been on the rise for years, but it still took me a while to realise what happened in 2017:

 

[simongt]

The AA has yellow as it's trademark colour simply because it was the favorite colour of the 5th. Earl Lonsdale, an early motoring enthusiast who in 1905, was invited to be the AA's founding president.
The earl even made all his indoor staff wear yellow uniforms - !

 

[VinSumRox]

Someone on Twitter recently pointed out that the number of pedestrians injured by cyclists have been on the rise for years, but it still took me a while to realise what happened in 2017:

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What did happen in 2017?

 

[Dogtrousers]

What did happen in 2017?

A 40kg cheese was stolen from a tent in Yeovil
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...anishing-prize-winning-cheddar-idUSKBN1A31Z0/

Edit actually two 20kg cheeses

 

[Andy in Germany]

A 40kg cheese was stolen from a tent in Yeovil
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...anishing-prize-winning-cheddar-idUSKBN1A31Z0/

Edit actually two 20kg cheeses

It wasn't me: I was in Germany.

 

[Punkawallah]

Someone on Twitter recently pointed out that the number of pedestrians injured by cyclists have been on the rise for years, but it still took me a while to realise what happened in 2017:

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I'd imagine the population has increased since 2004 as well.

 

[Alex321]

What did happen in 2017?

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content...-remarks-hhj-wendy-joseph-qc-r-v-alliston.pdf

 

[sungod]

i always assumed that the flames were added on photographically, turns out they actually set him alight

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05e0z9lj3mo

 

[Chromatic]

Their last decent album.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Pringles caps make perfect wine glass covers to keep fruit flies out