Really TRUE odd factoids
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rikki
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Chris S
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Beebo
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Pre his AC DC fame, Brian Johnston was singing jingles for Hoover adverts.
View: https://youtu.be/NfNXQXz20r8
View: https://youtu.be/NfNXQXz20r8
classic33
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The first pylon, in the UK, was put up at Bonnyfield near Falkirk in Scotland on 14 July 1928, but the CEB's new transmission grid didn't begin operating until 1933, when it was run as a series of regional grids.
The grid became a truly national system in 1938, ten years after the first pylon was set up.
The grid became a truly national system in 1938, ten years after the first pylon was set up.
ClichéGuevara
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Sunglasses were originally designed for Chinese judges to hide their facial expressions in court.
ClichéGuevara
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The tea bag was an accidental invention.
In 1908, New York tea merchant Thomas Sullivan sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in small silken bags. Many of the recipients assumed that the bags were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers. So, they put the entire bag into the teapot, rather than emptying out its contents.
After such positive feedback from the happy accident, Sullivan designed intentional teabags for commercial production. In the 1920s, his sachets made of gauze—and later, paper—included the string with the tag hanging over the side so the bag could be easily removed.
In 1908, New York tea merchant Thomas Sullivan sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in small silken bags. Many of the recipients assumed that the bags were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers. So, they put the entire bag into the teapot, rather than emptying out its contents.
After such positive feedback from the happy accident, Sullivan designed intentional teabags for commercial production. In the 1920s, his sachets made of gauze—and later, paper—included the string with the tag hanging over the side so the bag could be easily removed.
ClichéGuevara
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It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose
ClichéGuevara
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One 18-inch pizza is more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas.
Chris S
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I just have?
Dave7
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Check your pulse.....if you don't have one it didn't work.
I tried and managed one and a bit hum.
ClichéGuevara
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The process by which bread toasts is called the “Maillard Reaction.”
ClichéGuevara
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Tyromancy is the practice of predicting the future with cheese.
Chris S
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I can hum for as long as I have breath in my lungs.
