Really TRUE odd factoids

[Chris S]

Candy floss was invented by a dentist.

 

[PeteXXX]

Maggie Thatcher was part of the scientific team that invented soft scoop ice cream 🍦

 

[classic33]

York is home to the oldest working Convent in England – and you can even book Bed and Breakfast with the nuns.

 

[classic33]

The next time you see the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, take a closer look at Leonardo and you might just see Russell Crowe's eyes and Nelson Mandela's mouth. Bill Murray's face, and demeanor, inspired Michelangelo. Donatello did a face meld with Spock. And Raphael has Clint Eastwood's snarl. Splinter, never one to be left out, embodies famed Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune right down to his samurai rat bun.

 

[Chris S]

Woodbine, a name synonymous with a cigarette brand, is actually another name for honeysuckle.

 

[classic33]

If you were to get a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Bear to mate, their offspring would be called a “Pizzy Bear”.

 

[Chris S]

Are you having a senior moment? You've posted this before
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/really-true-odd-factoids.257630/page-70#post-6368907

 

[ClichéGuevara]

 

[classic33]

Think skimmed milk is a recent innovation, think again.
It even gets mentioned by Shakespeare!
"Skim Milk First Used:Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene iii, Hotspur Soliloquy -- “O, I could divide myself and go to buffets, for moving such a dish of skim milk with so honourable an action!” "

 

[classic33]

If you sneeze whilst traveling at 60 mph, your eyes are closed for an average of 50 feet.

 

[classic33]

All new FBI special agents and intelligence analysts are required to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/n...ning-what-new-agents-learn-from-the-holocaust

 

[Dave7]

Salmonella (the bacteria) was discovered in 1885 by..........
...........
Dr Daniel Salmon.

 

[classic33]

Your small intestine is about four times as long as the average adult is tall. If it weren't looped back and forth upon itself, its length of 18 to 23 feet wouldn't fit into the abdominal cavity, making things rather messy.

 

[classic33]

According to research from security firm Symantec, religious websites carry three times more malware threats than pornography sites.

Symantec found that the average number of security threats on religious sites was around 115, compared to adult content sites which carried around 25. In fact, only 2.4 percent of adult sites were infected with malware.

 

[classic33]

An essential function of earwax is to clean your ears. A bit like a conveyor belt like you see in the grocery store checkout.* Dirt, dead skin cells and bacteria get stuck in the earwax to create the belt. When the eardrum beats or the jaw moves, the belt goes towards the opening of the ear canal, taking all that debris with it.
The movement of the jaw is responsible for loosening the wax from the wall of the ear canal so that it can be sent through the ear opening as waste.

*Only there's nothing to pay for letting it it do it's job.