Really TRUE odd factoids

[Legs]

Apparently Peter Gabriel's first choice of duettist on Don't Give Up was not Kate Bush, but Dolly Parton.

https://petergabriel.com/release/dont-give-up/

 

[matticus]

The next sunset in Tromso, Norway is:

12:02
Monday 15 January 2024 (CET)

 

[Profpointy]

Citation?

I assume the joke is that it is genuinely possible to poison yourself by drinking a ridiculous amount of water. Nightclubbers who'd taken various drugs, maybe ecstasy were supposedly prone to this

 

[FishFright]

I assume the joke is that it is genuinely possible to poison yourself by drinking a ridiculous amount of water. Nightclubbers who'd taken various drugs, maybe ecstasy were supposedly prone to this

That's what killed Leah Betts

 

[Chris S]

Drum machines were originally intended to be rehearsal aids. Nobody ever thought they would be used on recordings.

 

[Beebo]

I assume the joke is that it is genuinely possible to poison yourself by drinking a ridiculous amount of water. Nightclubbers who'd taken various drugs, maybe ecstasy were supposedly prone to this

It was in the news recently that a lady was sectioned in a mental health ward and drank herself to death because the staff left her in a room with a sink!

Marathon runners can get into trouble too.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

 

[Legs]

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And what happens after that? Just repeats of Four In A Bed on All4?

 

[Chris S]

Heels on shoes originated in 10th century Persia. Their original purpose was to keep feet in stirrups.

 

[markemark]

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Indeed. A volume of zero mass and only energy. If you zoom out far enough, our entire universe is a singularity of energy and no matter. And that is the theoretical starting point of the Big Bang. There is a theory that each universe starts from the death of the previous but each time zoomed out a universe size.

 

[Punkawallah]

See? And you thought your Gran‘s wardrobe was big . . .

 

[Legs]

This is the original version:

View: https://youtu.be/l8DwGdnNKRE?si=Ozo3GU2TdBfZanVQ

 

[Andy in Germany]

There are more casinos in Las Vegas than the whole of Germany.

 

[Chris S]

Most of my Christmas cards come from my Muslim neighbours. Christmas isn't part of their tradition but Jesus is their second most important prophet.

 

[PeteXXX]

The first song played on Radio 1 was Flowers In The Rain by The Move.
On Radio 2, it was Julie Andrews singing The Sound Of Music.