Odd factoids

[glasgowcyclist]

The common bread ingredient L-cysteine, is derived from human hair.

It's highly unlikely that you would find human hair to be the source as it's specifically forbidden as a source by European food legislation. While it *can* be derived from human hair, it's also available from the feathers of ducks, geese and chickens or can be made synthetically.

Producers of industrialised supermarket bread use it to speed up rising times so they can churn out more loaves in a shorter time, you won't find it in homemade bread. Just another good reason to bake your own!

 

[Dirk]

@classic33 - sorry matey, you've lost me completely.

 

[classic33]

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..

 

[Tim Hall]

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h..

It's a well known fact.

 

[bruce1530]

Surely sneezes come out of your nose?

 

[Drago]

Carrots do not help you see in the dark.

during England V Germany II the bosche were wondering why the RAF had become suddenly so effective at intercepting the hun aircraft. Of course, it was due to various experimental radar interception systems, one of which was code-named 'CARROT'. It is possible the Nazzies somehow became aware of this code-name but not the truth behind it, and discovered that CARROT was helping RAF pilots to see in the dark. This was seized upon but the Air Ministry, who started publishing disinformation in the press about fictitious flying officers who were attributing their supreme night vision and Jerry slotting abilities to copious carrot consumption.

Feel sorry for the Turd Reich pilots who almost died of carrot poisoning trying to emulate this.

While they are full of tasty goodness, there is no chemical, protein or vitamin in carrots that can improve ones visual acuity.

 

[NorthernDave]

Carrots do not help you see in the dark.

during England V Germany II the bosche were wondering why the RAF had become suddenly so effective at intercepting the hun aircraft. Of course, it was due to various experimental radar interception systems, one of which was code-named 'CARROT'. It is possible the Nazzies somehow became aware of this code-name but not the truth behind it, and discovered that CARROT was helping RAF pilots to see in the dark. This was seized upon but the Air Ministry, who started publishing disinformation in the press about fictitious flying officers who were attributing their supreme night vision and Jerry slotting abilities to copious carrot consumption.

Feel sorry for the Turd Reich pilots who almost died of carrot poisoning trying to emulate this.

While they are full of tasty goodness, there is no chemical, protein or vitamin in carrots that can improve ones visual acuity.

In fact, carrots can significantly worsen your vision if you're poked in the eye with one...

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Carrots do not help you see in the dark.

during England V Germany II the bosche were wondering why the RAF had become suddenly so effective at intercepting the hun aircraft. Of course, it was due to various experimental radar interception systems, one of which was code-named 'CARROT'. It is possible the Nazzies somehow became aware of this code-name but not the truth behind it, and discovered that CARROT was helping RAF pilots to see in the dark. This was seized upon but the Air Ministry, who started publishing disinformation in the press about fictitious flying officers who were attributing their supreme night vision and Jerry slotting abilities to copious carrot consumption.

Feel sorry for the Turd Reich pilots who almost died of carrot poisoning trying to emulate this.

While they are full of tasty goodness, there is no chemical, protein or vitamin in carrots that can improve ones visual acuity.

You are confusing carrots with parrots. Parrots have excellent vision and were often carried on blind sailor's shoulders as "seeing-eye" birds. Given their rudimentary language skills, they excelled at this task.

They are also full of tasty goodness.

 

[classic33]

Carrots do not help you see in the dark.

during England V Germany II the bosche were wondering why the RAF had become suddenly so effective at intercepting the hun aircraft. Of course, it was due to various experimental radar interception systems, one of which was code-named 'CARROT'. It is possible the Nazzies somehow became aware of this code-name but not the truth behind it, and discovered that CARROT was helping RAF pilots to see in the dark. This was seized upon but the Air Ministry, who started publishing disinformation in the press about fictitious flying officers who were attributing their supreme night vision and Jerry slotting abilities to copious carrot consumption.

Feel sorry for the Turd Reich pilots who almost died of carrot poisoning trying to emulate this.

While they are full of tasty goodness, there is no chemical, protein or vitamin in carrots that can improve ones visual acuity.

Wonder if they got this one wrong as well?

 

[classic33]

On a clear, moonless night a person standing on a mountain can detect a match being struck 50 miles away

 

[winjim]

Carrots do not help you see in the dark.

during England V Germany II the bosche were wondering why the RAF had become suddenly so effective at intercepting the hun aircraft. Of course, it was due to various experimental radar interception systems, one of which was code-named 'CARROT'. It is possible the Nazzies somehow became aware of this code-name but not the truth behind it, and discovered that CARROT was helping RAF pilots to see in the dark. This was seized upon but the Air Ministry, who started publishing disinformation in the press about fictitious flying officers who were attributing their supreme night vision and Jerry slotting abilities to copious carrot consumption.

Feel sorry for the Turd Reich pilots who almost died of carrot poisoning trying to emulate this.

While they are full of tasty goodness, there is no chemical, protein or vitamin in carrots that can improve ones visual acuity.

They are a source of vitamin A, which is required for good vision.

 

[Lozz360]

385 posts to this thread and every single contributor is male, aged between 40 and 60 and sometimes rides a bike.

 

[Dirk]

385 posts to this thread and every single contributor is male, aged between 40 and 60 and sometimes rides a bike.

 

[Markymark]

Orange is called orange because of oranges.

Aka the colour previously known as a red

Indeed. And the fruit is called orange from a derivation of naranja, the Spanish word for the fruit.

 

[raleighnut]

385 posts to this thread and every single contributor is male, aged between 40 and 60 and sometimes rides a bike.

Or at least owns one.