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By *_Mr.K_x OP Man 25 weeks ago
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Share your random and interesting facts here:-
Did you know, that in the film Terminator 2.. Robert Patrick's T-1000 character NEVER blinks throughout the entire movie?
He did months of training and firearms training without blinking to get into character. |
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The word “chunder” meaning someone has been sick comes from “watch under”, this was shouted from the multi level boats when someone leaned over the side to be sick at sea so anyone below didn’t have the sick land on them |
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By (user no longer on site) 25 weeks ago
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Yesterday I had lunch in Leadenhall Market, London. Two facts: (1) it was built on the site of the Roman Londinium Forum c.70 CE and (2) it was used as the film location for Diagon Alley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
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"Share your random and interesting facts here:-
Did you know, that in the film Terminator 2.. Robert Patrick's T-1000 character NEVER blinks throughout the entire movie?
He did months of training and firearms training without blinking to get into character. "
Robert Patrick also manage to catch the motorbike john connor is riding several times whilst shooting the mall scene so he had to slow down |
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By *_Mr.K_x OP Man 25 weeks ago
North Worcestershire |
"Share your random and interesting facts here:-
Did you know, that in the film Terminator 2.. Robert Patrick's T-1000 character NEVER blinks throughout the entire movie?
He did months of training and firearms training without blinking to get into character.
Robert Patrick also manage to catch the motorbike john connor is riding several times whilst shooting the mall scene so he had to slow down "
This is also true. He was also originally cast to play the good guy, but was cast as the antagonist instead |
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Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae as humans do.
Human skin is striped, but the stripes are invisible to us; cats are able to see them, though! There are some people with a condition that makes them visible. |
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"Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae as humans do.
Human skin is striped, but the stripes are invisible to us; cats are able to see them, though! There are some people with a condition that makes them visible."
There also 30X more likely to get hit by lightning than humans
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By *ucka39Man 25 weeks ago
Newcastle |
Cheddar was discovered by accident over 800 years ago when a milkmaid left a pail of milk in the nearby Cheddar Gorge caves and returned some time later to find the milk had turned into a new tasty substance – cheese! |
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By *rispyDuckMan 25 weeks ago
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"Fun fact: ‘stressed’ spelt in reverse is ‘desserts’ 😋🍧 lol.
Now next time you stressed you know what to get 😉
Love this!! Instead of being stressed, i’ll end up being fat  "
It’s one or the other my guy 😂😂 the choice is clear 🤣 in my opinion |
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By *hilloutMan 25 weeks ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Share your random and interesting facts here:-
Did you know, that in the film Terminator 2.. Robert Patrick's T-1000 character NEVER blinks throughout the entire movie?
He did months of training and firearms training without blinking to get into character. "
Now that IS interesting!
One of the greatest films of all time. Director's cut _f course 😁 |
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"The sewer scenes from the original The Italian Job were filmed in Coventry and the jail scenes in Dublin.
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An uncredited Frank Kelly - Father Jack Hackett from Father Ted - is the prison officer esc0rting Michael Caine at the beginning of the film |
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"The sewer scenes from the original The Italian Job were filmed in Coventry and the jail scenes in Dublin.
An uncredited Frank Kelly - Father Jack Hackett from Father Ted - is the prison officer esc0rting Michael Caine at the beginning of the film"
Matt Dillon plays the cop throwing Shane MacGowan into jail in the video for Fairytale of New York |
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"Share your random and interesting facts here:-
Did you know, that in the film Terminator 2.. Robert Patrick's T-1000 character NEVER blinks throughout the entire movie?
He did months of training and firearms training without blinking to get into character. "
No blinking through the whole movie that's pretty incredible my eyes are watering just thinking about it lol, I know Tom Hanks did this also in Forest Gump in the table tennis scenes no blinking whatsoever  |
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By (user no longer on site) 24 weeks ago
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"clitoris is Greek for divine and goddess like  x"
First, may I say that my post is not intended to fact-shame anyone else's posts. But as this thread is about random (and interesting) facts, it would be great if we could learn the correct facts.
I'm afraid neither of your definitions is correct. The English spelling 'clitoris' is a borrowing from Latin; the etymology (origin) of which is from the ancient Greek 'kleitoris', meaning "little hill" and has absolutely nothing to do with divinity or ancient goddesses.
Posts on X, formerly Twitter, where your definitions are taken from, is merely light-hearted, opinionated hearsay x |
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"The “here’s Johnny” line in The Shining was improvised by Jack Nicholson 🤯 it wasn’t in the script y’all! "
Due to him being an ex fireman they had to reinforce the door he hacks through with an axe because he did it to quickly for the camera |
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"Share your random and interesting facts here:-
Did you know, that in the film Terminator 2.. Robert Patrick's T-1000 character NEVER blinks throughout the entire movie?
He did months of training and firearms training without blinking to get into character.
Robert Patrick also manage to catch the motorbike john connor is riding several times whilst shooting the mall scene so he had to slow down
This is also true. He was also originally cast to play the good guy, but was cast as the antagonist instead"
And he has 3 arms at one point. |
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"clitoris is Greek for divine and goddess like x
First, may I say that my post is not intended to fact-shame anyone else's posts. But as this thread is about random (and interesting) facts, it would be great if we could learn the correct facts.
I'm afraid neither of your definitions is correct. The English spelling 'clitoris' is a borrowing from Latin; the etymology (origin) of which is from the ancient Greek 'kleitoris', meaning "little hill" and has absolutely nothing to do with divinity or ancient goddesses.
Posts on X, formerly Twitter, where your definitions are taken from, is merely light-hearted, opinionated hearsay x"
When does a 'fact' become a 'fact' ?
I prefer the derivation from the verb to the form kleíein, meaning shut or sheath.
sheath seems far more probable than 'little hill' ......
Next Fact ! |
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By (user no longer on site) 24 weeks ago
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"When does a 'fact' become a 'fact' ?
I prefer the derivation from the verb to the form kleíein, meaning shut or sheath.
sheath seems far more probable than 'little hill' ......
Next Fact !"
More than happy to have a discussion with you on the etymology of Greek and Latin words, GrannyCrumpet ... just not today. Enjoy your evening |
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The rings of Saturn are about 175,000 miles wide but they are only about 10 meters thick! To put it in perspective if you scaled this down it would mean the rings are thinner than a sheet of paper!
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"clitoris is Greek for divine and goddess like x"
The history of the (discovery of?) The clitoris is actually really interesting.
The first description we have of it, distinct from the whole female genital area is from a monk, who described it's purpose 'for the devil to suck the soul out of the woman'. Several hundred years later a medical Dr described it as the organ that produces female sperm, that fight with the male sperm to decide the sex of the child.
What I want to know, is how a monk got an answer that is more accurate than the supposed Dr hundreds of years earlier? No wonder we don't trust science |
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The phrase ‘piss poor’ comes from the 1800s when family’s that were too poor to eat would save their urine to sell to tanners in leather factories. If you had to sell your piss to be able to eat you were piss poor |
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"...the etymology (origin) of which is from the ancient Greek 'kleitoris', meaning "little hill" "
I believe it can also be translated as to rub...which is actually thought to be an original play on words. |
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"The phrase ‘piss poor’ comes from the 1800s when family’s that were too poor to eat would save their urine to sell to tanners in leather factories. If you had to sell your piss to be able to eat you were piss poor"
Plus they used to keep it in a pot but if you were really poor and didn’t even have a pot that’s where the saying “haven’t got a pot to piss in” comes from. |
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