Really TRUE odd factoids

[swee'pea99]

If they used the same word to refer to both then nobody would know what they meant.

And then where would we be?

In other news...just came across

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Owls cannot move their eyes. This is because their eyes are locked in place by bones called sclerotic rings. That's why owls rotate their heads up to 270 degrees left and right, and 90 degrees up and down.

 

[Chris S]

Leaving the garlic out of a curry makes your farts less pungent.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Leaving the garlic out of a curry makes your farts less pungent.

But I want my farts to be ss pungent as possible!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The world's only museum dedicated to Phil "Sergeant Bilko" Silvers is in Coventry

 

[Dave7]

Foxes 'scream' at night as they are trying to attract a mate.
The prime time of year for this is January as that is their mating season.
I can testify to that as we have one that wakes us at 0230 every morning

 

[Blue Hills]

Foxes 'scream' at night as they are trying to attract a mate.
The prime time of year for this is January as that is their mating season.
I can testify to that as we have one that wakes us at 0230 every morning

There was a story that the screaming was the male stuck inside the female but probably just rubbish?
I used to live somewhere near foxes - the first time I heard them I thought it was someone doing something appalling to a young child.
News that it was foxes having a bit of fun came as a great relief.

 

[sheddy]

^ True - scroll down
https://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/animals/article/red-fox-breeding-mating-monogamy

 

[classic33]

Three of the most significant world disasters were caused to some extent by sleep deprivation including the 1989 Exxon oil spill, The Challenger space shuttle disaster, and the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown.

 

[Blue Hills]

The Supremes had their own brand of white bread:

Looking good on it:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1FFOMshiO0

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Ancient Athenians had ‘ostracism’ elections in which everyone voted for the most hated citizen. That citizen would then be banished for 10 years.

 

[Beebo]

Ancient Athenians had ‘ostracism’ elections in which everyone voted for the most hated citizen. That citizen would then be banished for 10 years.

Can we do that on Cycle Chat?

 

[classic33]

In The Green Mile the straitjackets that are used on the prisoners are depicted as having buckles. However buckles weren't introduced into straitjackets until the 1980's. Before that they were laced up.

 

[Chris S]

Liberace successfully sued the Daily Mirror for claiming that he was gay.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The official world record for "Longest Time Spent Masturbating" is 10 hours and 10 minutes. That record was achieved at the 2012 San Francisco "masturbate-a-thon".