Really TRUE odd factoids

[T4tomo]

Grand Chess Master, Magnus Carlsen, apparently cheats at chess by using vibrating anal beads....

There's got to be an easier way to cheat

wrong person and its an allegation not a factoid.

 

[PeteXXX]

wrong person and its an allegation not a factoid.

Apologies... It was, allegedly, Hans Mok Niemann. It was Magnus Carlsen who was, allegedly, the cheated..

 

[Jenkins]

Grand Chess Master, Magnus Carlsen, apparently cheats at chess by using vibrating anal beads....

There's got to be an easier way to cheat

But would any of them put a smile on your face?

 

[Dave7]

But would any of them put a smile on your face?

I enjoyed it the 1st 2 occasions I used them. Must have done something wrong the 3rd time as they were never seen again

 

[classic33]

In 2008 a Lebanese farmer dug up a potato that weighed nearly 25 pounds. It was bigger than his head.

 

[Beebo]

In 2008 a Lebanese farmer dug up a potato that weighed nearly 25 pounds. It was bigger than his head.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/73913-heaviest-potato

Not according to Guinness.

There are a recent 17lb “potato” found in New Zealand but DNA tests showed it wasn’t a potato!

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2...in-fact-a-potato-guinness-world-records-rules

 

[colly]

Molecules are very, very small.

There are as many molecules in a teaspoon full of water as there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
Give or take a couple.

 

[Beebo]

Molecules are very, very small.

There are as many molecules in a teaspoon full of water as there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
Give or take a couple.

In heard there are more atoms in a grain of sand, than grains of sand on earth.
But I haven’t counted them all.

 

[Chris S]

The Phoebus cartel was set up to deliberately reduce the lifespan of light bulbs. It was one of the first examples of planned obsolesence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

 

[Chris S]

Prince Harry has named his upcoming autobiography Spare. In the Black Country 'spare' means 'mentally defective'.

 

[T4tomo]

Prince Harry has named his upcoming autobiography Spare. In the Black Country 'spare' means 'mentally defective'.

I believe there is a typo in the title of his book. Appears to have added "P" and got the other letters mixed up.

 

[Dave7]

I found this mind boggling.

A fertile male human ejaculates between 2 and 5 mililiters(ml) of semen (on average about a teaspoon). In each ml there are normally about 100 million sperm. If the concentration falls below 20 million sperm per mililiter there is usually some trouble with fertility.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Peking Duck was introduced to the UK by the chef from the London Chinese embassy. He defected, got British citizenship and set himself up in Willesden, north London, in a humble place that had previously been a workman's cafe. The glitterati of the day, including Princess Margaret, then lined up outside* to get in - place had no phone and booking wasn't possible.
* Not Harold Wilson apparently who declined to stand in the street and sat in his car until called to the trough.

 

[Beebo]

Bombay duck is a fish.

 

[colly]

The total mass of Earth’s atmosphere is about 5.5 quadrillion tons, or roughly one millionth of Earth’s mass.

A quadrillion is :
1,000,000,000,000,000.