Things you were shockingly old when you learned

cartoon dude has a name (and a restaurant named after him) : https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/restaurants/bibendum

the Michelin Man is called "that which must be drunk" in Latin? this is getting stranger and stranger

(ah: https://www.logodesignlove.com/bibendum-michelin-man )

I am prob pointing out the well-known here but it's not on either of those pages so I'll stumble on: iirc the idea of the Michelin guides was because bicycles and later cars opened up greater possibilities to find yourself in an unknown town looking for somewhere good to eat/sleep, so that's the tie-in with rating restaurants and hotels - originally the restaurant/hotel ratings were quite a small part of a general road travellers' guide full of maps, petrol station + mechanic listings, basic repair instructions, etc, but they took on a life of their own

good Mog/Quatermass fact, a crossover v much up my street

I recently learned two fun facts involving elephants:
1) They have un-descended testicles (inside their body, up by the kidneys rather than outside in a scrotum)
2) hyraxes, those little ugly ground-dwelling things, are more closely related to elephants and manatees than to rodents.

I feel like I should have known the elephant nuts thing before now.

Why didn't anyone tell me about the elephant nuts thing!?

The prophecy says you don’t need to know it for another week.

I can still remember the day when my parents sat me down and told me about elephant nuts...

I also can still remember last Tuesday

god, I can't

Intersting information about elephant testes but this still doesn't explain why their penises are on the front of their bodies.

isn't yours?

lol

Touche, my friend. Touche.

Today I learned that human fingers don't have muscles in them. (They're operated by tendons linked to muscles in your hand.)

Arent the muscles in the forearm really?

Solstice means sun standing.

the blood orange guy is the same guy who was lightspeed champion

and the unfortunately named Test Icicles

I’m sure this is common knowledge but Matt Healy of The 1975’s dad is Tim Healy.

I had the solstice thing explained further that day since people were celebrating solstice at Rough Trade East.
Seems to be sun looks like it rises and sets at the same point. I haven't seen it myself so can't see if it's true or not.
Think I tend to be moving around town or something so don't have similar points of reference and tend to miss rise and set anyway.

Xp In a similar vein, I recently found out that “Ross from friends” is andrew weatherall’s son

(Hyped UK starlets in brats of UK media establishment types shocker, I know)

come back irritating as fuck mcgann brothers, all is forgiven in this era of 100% posh bastards!

mind you they probably very middle class tbf!

but seriously, the days of people finding their feet in the arts by signing on for 18 months or whatever are totally gone now, it is easy to see how only those with means and connections can ahead these days.

does any of this change when it turns out that Andrew Weatherall went from being a brickie to remixing Primal Scream, and that Ross From Friends is not his son?

1) no 2) a bit

Tbf Paul McGanns son is a pretty big dubstep producer

lol, I think Ron Perlman's is as well iirc.

Wow did not know that - Delroy Edwards has some good tunes.

The bumps on the bottom of salt and pepper shakers. (Video on facebook, not sure how to link it)

https://www.facebook.com/coplinsara/videos/2416120848459351/

oh well, c&p maybe.
https://www.facebook.com/coplinsara/videos/2416120848459351/

too risky; didn't c&p: To aid in making the pepper come out of the holes in the top, the salt shaker bottom is rubbed around the pepper shaker bottom in a circular motion, and the bumps on each cause a vibration that aids the pepper flow.

for when you need a full tablespoon of finely ground black pepper on your diner omelette?

Cooking, etc. And I'm a pepper fiend, so maybe that too.

The guys in Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show were white.

Learned today that, despite my affinity for spicy food, I can’t deal with a slice of a habanero.

it is a pretty strong fuckin pepper to be fair! two decades' worth of mellowed/cooked-down habanero sauce has obscured this relatively non-negotiable fact of life

Hamburgers are named after Hamburg. Motherfucker

(named after Motherfuck)

I’ve got bad news for you about frankfurters

Like I knew Frankfurter and Wiener but

actually I only worked out Wiener when I went to Wien last year tbf

Well that one’s news to me but considering how we pronounce it and what we call the city I think I can be forgiven for not being too quick on the draw.

this is a thread of forgiveness

http://i.imgur.com/rsGN3CS.png

wait til ye figure out what the dubliners were named for

yis oaves

Think abt if Kennedy gave the "I am a Berliner" speech in Hamburg

was gonna post exactly that but think Eddie Izzard did that routine once

I learned today that in some countries some nappy brands make different nappies for boys and girls

Hate to be the one to tell you this but. Boys and girls are built differently, especially around the nappy region. The difference is salient. I speak from 11+ years of experience changing both sorts.

I don't love the trucks vs. princesses or Hulk vs. Barbie stuff, but I think it's reasonable to acknowledge that boy pee and girl pee go in different directions.

I've had two babies and I don't think I've ever seen separate nappies for sale! I mean, it makes sense. If I was doing reusables I'd pad them out differently. I suddenly panicked and wondered if I should've been paying attention to whether the baby on the packaging picture was a boy or girl.

They had separately gendered nappies available when my kids needed them, over 20 years ago.

that 'beaner' is a derogatory term used for people of hispanic origin