Really TRUE odd factoids

[Tenkaykev]

Heat Death

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Kit Kats are made of Kit Kats.

https://www.delicious.com.au/food-files/article/you-know-kitkat-filling-made-broken-kitkats/jmcj29fl

 

[Punkawallah]

Current scientific consensus of most cosmologists is that the ultimate fate of the universe depends on its overall shape, how much dark energy it contains and on the equation of state which determines how the dark energy density responds to the expansion of the universe.

That's just, like, their opinion, man?

 

[Chromatic]

That's just, like, their opinion, man?

You are Professor Denzil Dexter AICMFP

 

[markemark]

Kit Kats are made of Kit Kats.

https://www.delicious.com.au/food-files/article/you-know-kitkat-filling-made-broken-kitkats/jmcj29fl

I saw this recently. Each Kit Kat is filled with broken Kit Kats from the past. I wonder if it’s like homeopathy nonsense where the first ever batch is diluted and diluted where the memory of the first kitkat lives on and every now and again you might find an atom from the first.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I saw this recently. Each Kit Kat is filled with broken Kit Kats from the past. I wonder if it’s like homeopathy nonsense where the first ever batch is diluted and diluted where the memory of the first kitkat lives on and every now and again you might find an atom from the first.

I once had a perfect four finger kitkat that was all chocolate. I'd previously had the occasional one where a finger might be all chocolate but never all of it.

 

[Chris S]

McDonald's invented the drive-through restaurant because US servicemen weren't allowed to get out of their personal vehicles while wearing uniform.

 

[Chris S]

Bagpuss is 50 years old today (12/02/24).

 

[Beebo]

Bagpuss is 50 years old today (12/02/24).

I thought he was older.
It was set much earlier.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The imperial family in Japan have no surname. The current emperor ascended to the throne in 2019. From this point he was no longer referred to by his given name of Naruhito, but as "The reigning emperor".

After he dies, he will be given a posthumous name, in his case, Emperor Reiwa.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Soho's original name was St Giles Field. The name Soho stems from the hunting cry of the period around 1600, So Ho.

I reckon they were hunting tube and bus stops.

 

[T4tomo]

I thought he was older.
It was set much earlier.

yesterday was 50 years since the first episode aired. a fact, not a true factoid

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

During his autopsy, Thomas Hardy's heart was left unattended in a biscuit tin and was subsequently found and eaten by his favourite cat, Cobby.

 

[Andy in Germany]

During his autopsy, Thomas Hardy's heart was left unattended in a biscuit tin and was subsequently found and eaten by his favourite cat, Cobby.

Tells you all you need to know about cats.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

If a polar bear attacks you, it won't kill you right away. It just starts eating.