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

[Jameshow]

LG - as in the tv and electronics giant is actually Lucky Goldstar, known once as a maker of cheap, low quality tat.

Life's good!

 

[Chris S]

I wondered why my neighbour's cat always smelt of rose water. Then I found out he uses rose water flavoured vapes.

 

[HLaB]

Last week I found out in order to keep the Bruce Lee genre going, Hollywood invented Bruce Le.

Last night I found out about Peterloo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre

 

[Andy in Germany]

I wondered why my neighbour's cat always smelt of rose water. Then I found out he uses rose water flavoured vapes.

I didn't know cats could use any vapes.

 

[Jameshow]

The river Tamar and Torrige two major rivers in Devon start within half a mile of each other!

 

[Reynard]

That even if you're the expert in your field and have been collecting for more than 30 years, there's always important stuff that you didn't notice first time around.

Whoopssssss.

 

[matticus]

The river Tamar and Torrige two major rivers in Devon start within half a mile of each other!

Similar to the Severn and Wye (which I visited maybe 5 years ago. I had no idea!)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That there’s a star system out there, where two planets are in the same orbit.

 

[Yellow Fang]

You should pronounce the 's' in 'Vanden Plas' because it is Flemish not French.

 

[Yellow Fang]

That there’s a star system out there, where two planets are in the same orbit.

That would make a good sci-fi film. If one planet was just a mile nearer its star than the other then its orbit would be slightly faster. Over geological time one planet would catch up with the other. You can have a film where a civilization has just evolved to recognise the significance of the huge planet in the sky. I expect the planets would go in orbit rather than crash, worse luck. Might cause big tides and rip off the atmosphere.

 

[Andy in Germany]

That would make a good sci-fi film. If one planet was just a mile nearer its star than the other then its orbit would be slightly faster. Over geological time one planet would catch up with the other. You can have a film where a civilization has just evolved to recognise the significance of the huge planet in the sky. I expect the planets would go in orbit rather than crash, worse luck. Might cause big tides and rip off the atmosphere.

I think Arthur C Clarke wrote a story with a similar plot.

 

[GuyBoden]

I didn't know that Remco Evenepoel had won the 2022 Vuelta. I forgot that I hadn't watched the race last year and was mis-remembering Primoz Roglic wins from previous years.

Is this the start of "necroptosis" - a form of cellular brain suicide.

 

[ColinJ]

Is this the start of "necroptosis" - a form of cellular brain suicide.

I'd love to explain that to you, but I have forgotten what I read about it...

 

[ColinJ]

Joking aside... Several times I have forgotten certain cycling facts, and have then found my own posts explaining them here on Cycle Chat when Googling for info!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Joking aside... Several times I have forgotten certain cycling facts, and have then found my own posts explaining them here on Cycle Chat when Googling for info!

I remember you were complaining about the difficulty of telling the Yates twins apart. I remembered that someone had posted the handy mnemonic Simon won in Spain.

I looked it up and it turned out that the originator was you.