Things that you probably didn't know - thread.

[Mr Haematocrit]

The world’s largest desert is Antarctica. That’s right, an area doesn’t have to be hot to qualify—it just needs to lose more moisture than it gains.

 

[slowwww]

Your nose and ears continue to grow for your whole life

 

[EltonFrog]

Judith Chalmers once walked into a jewellers shop in Windsor and walked out again.

 

[EltonFrog]

Most contributors to this thread are not taking it at all seriously.

 

[MontyVeda]

A selection from Shrewsbury:
...

it's actually pronounced Shrewsbury

 

[tyred]

Everyone is stupid except me.

 

[ColinJ]

[QUOTE 2311191, member: 45"]What would the monkeys have done before then?[/quote]
Invented ballpoint pens and then used them?

 

[GIOS]

I have no likes in this forum.

 

[tyred]

I have no likes in this forum.

You won't be able to say that again.

 

[GIOS]

tyred you little...

 

[Fnaar]

The male paper nautilus has a detachable penis which can swim independently to impregnate females. Do not try this at home.

Blimey, you don't encounter a detachable penis for ages, then two come along at once! Science Now has the following:

This colorful sea slug boasts the ultimate throwaway culture. It sloughs off its penis 15-30 minutes after sex—then grows a new one within about 24 hours. This is the first known case of copulation with what the researchers call a "disposable" penis. A coiled stretch of reproductive tissue inside the slug's body elongates into the new penis, allowing a superstud slug to have as many as 3 hookups in 3 days.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/02/scienceshot-sea-slug-sports-deta.html?ref=hp

 

[GIOS]

Blimey, you don't encounter a detachable penis for ages, then two come along at once! Science Now has the following:

This colorful sea slug boasts the ultimate throwaway culture. It sloughs off its penis 15-30 minutes after sex—then grows a new one within about 24 hours. This is the first known case of copulation with what the researchers call a "disposable" penis. A coiled stretch of reproductive tissue inside the slug's body elongates into the new penis, allowing a superstud slug to have as many as 3 hookups in 3 days.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/02/scienceshot-sea-slug-sports-deta.html?ref=hp

Disposable penis... that sounds so wrong.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

it's actually pronounced Shrewsbury

It's probably the only town in the country where people argue about the pronunciation.

 

[ColinJ]

Disposable penis... that sounds so wrong.

I know women who wouldn't agree with you!

(In fact, I've met one or two who would rather dispose of all of them ...)

 

[TVC]

It's probably the only town in the country where people argue about the pronunciation.

Southwell