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Stuff I didn't know.....

By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Until well into adulthood but probably should have, like the fact that pineapples don't grow on trees.

Today my sister tried to argue that Timbuktu wasn't a real place. I had to get the kids' Atlas if the World out to convince her otherwise

What facts have you learned as an adult that you probably should have known long long ago?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That there really isn't a father Christmas

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Bulls milk isn't milk

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"That there really isn't a father Christmas

my nearly 8 year old is becoming sceptical....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That centipedes don't actually have a hundred legs...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I knew my mum wasn't made of money and it didn't grow on trees but no one ever told me how to make more than I needed.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That centipedes don't actually have a hundred legs..."

And millipedes?

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation."

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The Christmas Carol 'We wish you a merry Christmas'

.....glad tidings we bring, to you and your KIN!!!

I always thought it was 'to you and your KING!!

Just learnt that at the school play, and im 58.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That centipedes don't actually have a hundred legs...

And millipedes?"

Not a clue

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That centipedes don't actually have a hundred legs...

And millipedes?

Not a clue

Spooky things if they had 1000 legs.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

That's feasible,it's not taught anywhere where food grows. I thought peanuts grew on trees until I saw something about Jimmy Carter's peanut butter

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That there really isn't a father Christmas

my nearly 8 year old is becoming sceptical...."

Awww that's a shame

Its so amazing when they believe x

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear"

Dare I Google it?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Don't laugh,I thought Andover was in Holland until I was well into adulthood

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"That there really isn't a father Christmas

my nearly 8 year old is becoming sceptical....

Awww that's a shame

Its so amazing when they believe x "

He's been trying to work out how many children are in the world and at what speed the sleigh would have to fly in order to reach everyone by Xmas morning....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That centipedes don't actually have a hundred legs...

And millipedes?

Not a clue

Spooky things if they had 1000 legs. "

No thank you

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Don't laugh,I thought Andover was in Holland until I was well into adulthood

I thought Carlisle was in Scotland

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

I found out that pineapples didn't grow on trees on my honeymoon. Went on a tour of the island and we stopped at what the driver told us was pineapple plantation. I looked around and declared "fucking idiot, there's not a tree in sight."

I then made it worse by quoting Agadoo as my iron clad reason for being right while the tour guide was wrong...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That there really isn't a father Christmas

my nearly 8 year old is becoming sceptical....

Awww that's a shame

Its so amazing when they believe x

He's been trying to work out how many children are in the world and at what speed the sleigh would have to fly in order to reach everyone by Xmas morning...."

What did you say to him ??

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

And I thought Holland was a country until I was about 25

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

I then made it worse by quoting Agadoo as my iron clad reason for being right while the tour guide was wrong...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

I then made it worse by quoting Agadoo as my iron clad reason for being right while the tour guide was wrong...

That just made me

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By *lectrumMan over a year ago

south shields

"Until well into adulthood but probably should have, like the fact that pineapples don't grow on trees.

Today my sister tried to argue that Timbuktu wasn't a real place. I had to get the kids' Atlas if the World out to convince her otherwise

What facts have you learned as an adult that you probably should have known long long ago?"

That woman fart

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"And I thought Holland was a country until I was about 25

Me too. I didn't realise it was a province within the Netherlands.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

"Don't laugh,I thought Andover was in Holland until I was well into adulthood

I thought Carlisle was in Scotland

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so did I and that Holyhead was a region of !iverpool

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Don't laugh,I thought Andover was in Holland until I was well into adulthood

I thought Carlisle was in Scotland

Oh yes,that's another one. It sounds Scottish

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By *ikeC81Man over a year ago

harrow

London was not paved with gold

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

I then made it worse by quoting Agadoo as my iron clad reason for being right while the tour guide was wrong...

That just made me

They even look like palm trees ffs!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

And I only leant this in July... too much South African brandy makes me a bit ill

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"And I thought Holland was a country until I was about 25

You mean it's not??

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

"And I thought Holland was a country until I was about 25

You mean it's not?? "
Holland is an area in the Netherlands so if someone said they where going to Holland it would be like someone saying they where going to Yorkshire instead of England

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By *ibbyhunterCouple over a year ago

keighley

When at school I thought it was just the British and Americans that defeated the Nazi's.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I never that cats knew exactly what time it is and demand i wake up and feed them even though it is a day off work and i deserve a lie-in

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

And now I know......

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By *urious.coupleCouple over a year ago

Manchester

Cucumbers are everything!!!

Pickles = cucumbers

Gherkins = cucumbers

Cucumbers = cucumbers!!!!

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

I thought bletchley park was an area in London, long after I'd seen the Alan Turing film. I found out by accident

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

And now I know......"

So do I

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

And now I know......

So do I

Make that 3...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Cucumbers are everything!!!

Pickles = cucumbers

Gherkins = cucumbers

Cucumbers = cucumbers!!!!"

I found out recently that cats are mortified of cucumbers!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That bananas don't grow on trees either

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

"Cucumbers are everything!!!

Pickles = cucumbers

Gherkins = cucumbers

Cucumbers = cucumbers!!!!

I found out recently that cats are mortified of cucumbers!! "
or e en terrified

I found out recently as well

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Cucumbers are everything!!!

Pickles = cucumbers

Gherkins = cucumbers

Cucumbers = cucumbers!!!!

I found out recently that cats are mortified of cucumbers!! "

I tested this on my cat yesterday. She didn't give a fuck! She's clearly defective.....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

And now I know......

So do I

Make that 3... "

Don't ever try it... I for one would kill you

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By *illyjohnyCouple over a year ago

brighton

It's amazing how many people think that Skegness is in Scotland

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"It's amazing how many people think that Skegness is in Scotland "

I've come across that a lot too. The 'ness' part does sound very Scottish, to be fair.

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By *illyjohnyCouple over a year ago

brighton

"It's amazing how many people think that Skegness is in Scotland

I've come across that a lot too. The 'ness' part does sound very Scottish, to be fair."

The same with Shearness

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"And I thought Holland was a country until I was about 25

You mean it's not?? Holland is an area in the Netherlands so if someone said they where going to Holland it would be like someone saying they where going to Yorkshire instead of England

I've learned something new today

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"It's amazing how many people think that Skegness is in Scotland "

Known as skegvagas to us up north

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

I had to have a look

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By *enard ArgenteMan over a year ago

London and France

That there is only one Lake in the Lake District.

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By *illyjohnyCouple over a year ago

brighton

"It's amazing how many people think that Skegness is in Scotland

Known as skegvagas to us up north

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

And now I know......

So do I

Make that 3...

Don't ever try it... I for one would kill you

I wouldn't dream of it!!

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By *illyjohnyCouple over a year ago

brighton

"That there is only one Lake in the Lake District."
That is why it's not called the lakes district

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By *llebWoman over a year ago

Poulton Le Fylde

"That there is only one Lake in the Lake District."

Is there really? .... Duhhhh I always thought there were two, or did it just feel like two when I was being made to walk round ?

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By *yrdwomanWoman over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"It's amazing how many people think that Skegness is in Scotland "

I always thought, until recently, that Culdrose was in Scotland.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That madagasgar is a real place. Also have a very funny story about totquay from when i was in my late teens...capital of turkey ahe thought

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By *rs DCouple over a year ago

far

"London was not paved with gold "
try telling the europeans that

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By *enard ArgenteMan over a year ago

London and France

"That there is only one Lake in the Lake District.

Is there really? .... Duhhhh I always thought there were two, or did it just feel like two when I was being made to walk round ?"

There are loads of bodies of water, but they are all called either:

"Xxxxxxxx Tarn"

"Xxxxxxxx Water"

"Xxxxxxxxmere"

Only one, is called a lake: Lake Bassenthwaite

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By *llebWoman over a year ago

Poulton Le Fylde

"That there is only one Lake in the Lake District.

Is there really? .... Duhhhh I always thought there were two, or did it just feel like two when I was being made to walk round ?

There are loads of bodies of water, but they are all called either:

"Xxxxxxxx Tarn"

"Xxxxxxxx Water"

"Xxxxxxxxmere"

Only one, is called a lake: Lake Bassenthwaite"

We've always called it Lake Windermere

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By *illyjohnyCouple over a year ago

brighton

"London was not paved with gold try telling the europeans that

Not just Europeans

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I've learned all kinds of new things just reading this thread, Holland isn't a country, well I never. And the Santa not being real thing, I just can't believe it, my whole life feels like a lie

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Last year I learned that lemmings don't actually commit mass suicide by hurling themselves off cliffs

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"It's amazing how many people think that Skegness is in Scotland

Known as skegvagas to us up north

When we went to Butlins in Skegness my children came running in after playing on the playground shouting that everyone was a foreigner.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

And now I know......

So do I

Make that 3...

Don't ever try it... I for one would kill you

I wouldn't dream of it!!

Good to hear

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By *gentNoSpringChickenWoman over a year ago

leeds

Peanuts aren,t really nuts!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Last year I learned that lemmings don't actually commit mass suicide by hurling themselves off cliffs

I watched a documentary on that. They fell asleep in the snow over a ravine, I think, and fell when the snow melted. Very sad

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Peanuts aren,t really nuts!"

Other nuts aren't nuts either,they are seeds.

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By *illyjohnyCouple over a year ago

brighton

"I've learned all kinds of new things just reading this thread, Holland isn't a country, well I never. And the Santa not being real thing, I just can't believe it, my whole life feels like a lie

"
He is real he lives in Santapod though not the north pole

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Last year I learned that lemmings don't actually commit mass suicide by hurling themselves off cliffs

I watched a documentary on that. They fell asleep in the snow over a ravine, I think, and fell when the snow melted. Very sad"

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I think it was from a thread on here - apparently you can get get pregnant if you get cum in your belly button?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

All of the geographical 1s mentioned, other than skegness (vagus), I thought wrong.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

To this day when I hear somebody lives in pontefract...I go... Oh I love Wales

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I've found out a few things just reading this post

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Strawberries aren't actually berries.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I think it was from a thread on here - apparently you can get get pregnant if you get cum in your belly button?

Wtf

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By *gentNoSpringChickenWoman over a year ago

leeds

"Peanuts aren,t really nuts!

Other nuts aren't nuts either,they are seeds."

Peanuts are legumes apparently!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"It's amazing how many people think that Skegness is in Scotland

I always thought, until recently, that Culdrose was in Scotland."

I've learnt something today

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I think it was from a thread on here - apparently you can get get pregnant if you get cum in your belly button?

Wtf

It's true

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I thought birds migrated to Wales from England in the winter

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

I then made it worse by quoting Agadoo as my iron clad reason for being right while the tour guide was wrong...

That's fantastic.

Did they break it to you gently?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I think it was from a thread on here - apparently you can get get pregnant if you get cum in your belly button?

Wtf

It's true

But can you get pregnant from having cock snot up your fart pipe ?

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By *oxy_minxWoman over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

I had to have a look

When will you lot ever learn?

I stopped looking after blue waffle!

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By *illyjohnyCouple over a year ago

brighton

"I think it was from a thread on here - apparently you can get get pregnant if you get cum in your belly button?

Wtf

It's true

But can you get pregnant from having cock snot up your fart pipe ? "

How do you think Mr Hanky the Christmas poo got a family

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

I was in an ancient history lecture, speaking of Roman cartography.

In the Med, the Romans were reasonably accurate with their geography and distances but towards the fringes of their known world things can go askew.

For instance, the British Isles are typically shown squeezed and half way between Spain and Germany.

A student at the back piped up:

"But, couldn't it have got there through continental drift?"

ffs.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

one thing that will stay with me all my life and makes me feel so stupid - when i had first child and started to breastfeed i totally thought a nipple had one hole in (like a bottle teat has) - my face when it sprayed in all directions must have been a picture- joys of living a sheltered only child life with prudish parents i guess

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I thought pontefract was in Wales till non long ago :/

Thought pp was Welsh because of it and read his posts in an accent

Sorry fella

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Not*

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Dogs can't look up

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Dogs can't look up

If there's a whiff of a chew stick, mine can see round fkin corners

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By *illyjohnyCouple over a year ago

brighton

"Dogs can't look up

If there's a whiff of a chew stick, mine can see round fkin corners

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Dogs can't look up

If there's a whiff of a chew stick, mine can see round fkin corners

but it cant look up tho can it

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I too had a full on argument with a work colleague over timbuktu because I swear to god I thought that was where the Mr Men lived so how could it be a real place..... somehow an atlas was found and I was an idiot lol xx

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

I had a friend in school who knew of two places that were oddly similar... one the teachers told him about, Egypt, where they had pyramids and funny gods and another he'd read about called Eggyput where they also built pyramids and...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Nearly every map of the world you've ever seen is not actuate in either size or position of countries or continents!, for instance Africa is actually over twice as big as America but on the maps is almost the same size..

And the UK is tiny and way way way up at the top if you look on a proper scale map like gall-peters

If i remember correctly it apparently stems from the two main cartographers around the 1600s being of German and British decent and deliberate act of increasing European prominence!

A bit like an olden day cock thread!

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Nearly every map of the world you've ever seen is not actuate in either size or position of countries or continents!, for instance Africa is actually over twice as big as America but on the maps is almost the same size..

And the UK is tiny and way way way up at the top if you look on a proper scale map like gall-peters

If i remember correctly it apparently stems from the two main cartographers around the 1600s being of German and British decent and deliberate act of increasing European prominence!

A bit like an olden day cock thread!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQWPR9TM0Gk

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

i thought knotty ash was a place for the diddymen only

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

We're all doooomed

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

I then made it worse by quoting Agadoo as my iron clad reason for being right while the tour guide was wrong...

That's fantastic.

Did they break it to you gently? "

No. They laughed. Lots. Husband wondered if it was too late to get it annulled...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That the Greeks considered haveing a big penis as Evil and devil like .

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Dogs can't look up

If there's a whiff of a chew stick, mine can see round fkin corners

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Dogs can't look up

My dad's look up..

They look at me from the garden in the upstairs Windows if I whistle or call them

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That the Greeks considered haveing a big penis as Evil and devil like .

We're just jealous is all

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

And the UK is tiny and way way way up at the top if you look on a proper scale map like gall-peters

If i remember correctly it apparently stems from the two main cartographers around the 1600s being of German and British decent and deliberate act of increasing European prominence!

A bit like an olden day cock thread!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQWPR9TM0Gk

"
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Gotta love a bit of harry and Paul!.

Watch "World map without distortion" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/KAHWyfwHB8U

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By *inky-MinxWoman over a year ago

Grantham

That Lincolnshire isn't flat.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Wow. I never knew that x

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By *rs TootyWoman over a year ago

Ayrshire

Around 15 years ago, a friend who was around 25 argued black was blue with me that the 'land' we could see from our beach was France.

We live in Scotland.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Around 15 years ago, a friend who was around 25 argued black was blue with me that the 'land' we could see from our beach was France.

We live in Scotland. "
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Out of curiosity... What was it?

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

And the UK is tiny and way way way up at the top if you look on a proper scale map like gall-peters

If i remember correctly it apparently stems from the two main cartographers around the 1600s being of German and British decent and deliberate act of increasing European prominence!

A bit like an olden day cock thread!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQWPR9TM0Gk

Gotta love a bit of harry and Paul!.

Watch "World map without distortion" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/KAHWyfwHB8U"

But of course - how to represent 3 dimensions on 2.

Gerhard Mercator n' that...

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"That the Greeks considered haveing a big penis as Evil and devil like .

We're just jealous is all "

That's not quite untrue...

Greek culture has left a legacy in terms of portraying penis size as small in art.

Although Greeks have demonstrated an interest in the genitals, but they were not preoccupied with size.

This coincides with the nature of the Greek art as Greeks considered a large phallus to be humorous, and their art was supposed to be austere.

In the arts, small penis identified the ideal or intellectual aspect of the human male, whilst in theatre for example, the person playing the "fool" role wore something like an oversized phallus to indicate his stupidity, the idea being he was therefore closer to animals and less human than his opponent.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

That Chas and Dave weren't a giant hoax

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By *inky-MinxWoman over a year ago

Grantham

"whilst in theatre for example, the person playing the "fool" role wore something like an oversized phallus to indicate his stupidity, the idea being he was therefore closer to animals and less human than his opponent.

This makes a ton of sense

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It was slightly before adulthood; but for years I did believe that Haggis did infact have one leg longer than the other on account of them running around mountains in one direction only!!

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By *trawberry-popWoman over a year ago

South East Midlands NOT

And the UK is tiny and way way way up at the top if you look on a proper scale map like gall-peters

If i remember correctly it apparently stems from the two main cartographers around the 1600s being of German and British decent and deliberate act of increasing European prominence!

A bit like an olden day cock thread!"

I'm only posting on this thread to bookmark this for myself...must look at a 'proper' map!

Can't think of anything I didn't know...I must be a born know it all!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"The Christmas Carol 'We wish you a merry Christmas'

.....glad tidings we bring, to you and your KIN!!!

I always thought it was 'to you and your KING!!

Just learnt that at the school play, and im 58.

I never knew that! I googled to make sure. I'm 56

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By *icky999Man over a year ago

warrington

chemical castration didnt use some sort of acid

bout 26

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By *aucy tiggerWoman over a year ago

Back where I belong

"just found out a new meaning to angry dragon...,

oh dear

Dare I Google it?

Nope- don't do it!!

And now I know......

So do I

Make that 3...

Don't ever try it... I for one would kill you

I wouldn't dream of it!!

I wish people wouldn't do he, because I have to google it x

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By *oudnproudWoman over a year ago

penrith

I learnt that the ice cream man HAS icecream when his tunes play

not that he plays his tunes when hes run out ha ha

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By *moothies.Couple over a year ago

Woodthorpe

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

I then made it worse by quoting Agadoo as my iron clad reason for being right while the tour guide was wrong...

PMSL I love this

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Sucking a cock will not make my boobs grow bigger.

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By *nleashedCrakenMan over a year ago

Widnes

"That there really isn't a father Christmas

my nearly 8 year old is becoming sceptical....

Awww that's a shame

Its so amazing when they believe x

He's been trying to work out how many children are in the world and at what speed the sleigh would have to fly in order to reach everyone by Xmas morning...."

Well he has all day for people living North of the article circle. For the rest, provided he stays ahead of the dawn line from its southern most point on the international date line he should have about 24 hours and 4 minutes. Unfortunately anyone living south of the antarctic circle gets no visit as it's never night at Christmas down there.

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By *each_PittWoman over a year ago

Belfast

"And I thought Holland was a country until I was about 25

Me too. I didn't realise it was a province within the Netherlands."

Well there's something I've just learned now!

Also I only recently learnt that slimline tonic isn't a brand but is actually diet tonic water and ordinary tonic has calories. Still struggling with this a wee bit

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By *nleashedCrakenMan over a year ago

Widnes

"Last year I learned that lemmings don't actually commit mass suicide by hurling themselves off cliffs

How do they do it then?

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By *nleashedCrakenMan over a year ago

Widnes

"Peanuts aren,t really nuts!"

Do Charley Brown and Snoopy know this?

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By *nleashedCrakenMan over a year ago

Widnes

"Peanuts aren,t really nuts!

Other nuts aren't nuts either,they are seeds.

Peanuts are legumes apparently!

They're actually a bean in the same family as a pea.

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By *an_WoodMan over a year ago

Stafford

"Sucking a cock will not make my boobs grow bigger. "

I think that needs more scientific proof and suggest some more ... ahem .. experiments just to put your mind at rest

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By *nleashedCrakenMan over a year ago

Widnes

And the UK is tiny and way way way up at the top if you look on a proper scale map like gall-peters

If i remember correctly it apparently stems from the two main cartographers around the 1600s being of German and British decent and deliberate act of increasing European prominence!

A bit like an olden day cock thread!"

Actually it's got nothing to do with cartographers being European and everything to do with the fact that the distance between longitudinal lines decrease as you move further away from the equator but maps are normally drawn with them being equidistant apart. This has the affect of making regions nearer the two poles look large than they actually are.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

we had a young woman work for us few years ago,she would not accept hovercrafts are real,she reckoned the idea is just there to mess with your head,thank god for google lol my neice from london had never seen a living cow or sheep,she was 15 at the time

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By *nleashedCrakenMan over a year ago

Widnes

"we had a young woman work for us few years ago,she would not accept hovercrafts are real,she reckoned the idea is just there to mess with your head,thank god for google lol my neice from london had never seen a living cow or sheep,she was 15 at the time"

I will only realised just this minute that a woman with such a very sexy arse lives only an hour or so away from me.

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By *enard ArgenteMan over a year ago

London and France

And the UK is tiny and way way way up at the top if you look on a proper scale map like gall-peters

If i remember correctly it apparently stems from the two main cartographers around the 1600s being of German and British decent and deliberate act of increasing European prominence!

A bit like an olden day cock thread!

Correct; it's called a " projection".

A map is flat; the world is a sphere : if you want to show a map of the whole world on a flat piece of paper, then it will always have inaccuracies. The " Normally used Mercator projection gives dimensions of things accurately; more importantly, it therefore gives the directions " bearing" between objects correctly, and as straight lines, so it is essential for navigation; Gall-Peters projection is an " equal area" projection; so the areas of places are correct, but the directions are wrong; you can't navigate using a Peters projection, as the " straight lines" have to be shown as curves.

Mercator is used, because the most important thing is navigation. Peters is useful when using maps to determine areas of country; or population density etc. it's nothing to do with " political" reasons.

There are several versions of all of these types; any map that tries to depict the world as flat will be " wrong " somewhere.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That there really isn't a father Christmas

my nearly 8 year old is becoming sceptical....

Awww that's a shame

Its so amazing when they believe x

He's been trying to work out how many children are in the world and at what speed the sleigh would have to fly in order to reach everyone by Xmas morning...."

Norad has it on thier site along with radar tracking :p

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By *enard ArgenteMan over a year ago

London and France

"It was slightly before adulthood; but for years I did believe that Haggis did infact have one leg longer than the other on account of them running around mountains in one direction only!!

But did you know there are two species of Haggis: west Scotland haggis have the left legs shorter, because they run round mountains anti clockwise , East Scotland Haggis have right legs shorter as they run round clockwise .

Haggis also lay their eggs under the heather; the eggs have a meaty covering; you harvest them and cook them, that's where you get " scotch eggs " from.

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By *odareyouMan over a year ago

not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds)

A girl I went to school with thought you put vinegar on chips to cool them down..

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By *trawberry-popWoman over a year ago

South East Midlands NOT

And the UK is tiny and way way way up at the top if you look on a proper scale map like gall-peters

If i remember correctly it apparently stems from the two main cartographers around the 1600s being of German and British decent and deliberate act of increasing European prominence!

A bit like an olden day cock thread!

I'm only posting on this thread to bookmark this for myself...must look at a 'proper' map!

Can't think of anything I didn't know...I must be a born know it all!

I just had a look at the Gall-Peters projection. Fascinating!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

My sister downright refuses to believe there is such a thing as autopilot and that airline pilots actually use it.

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By *estmidscoupleCouple over a year ago

West Midlands

I was assured by a primary school teacher we know that Brussels is the capital of Belgium, however Belgium isn't a real country but actually a region of Germany....!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Great fact about Holland. Can see people telling people up and down the country now and the recipitants thinking. Mmm your on fab sent you.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

"I was assured by a primary school teacher we know that Brussels is the capital of Belgium, however Belgium isn't a real country but actually a region of Germany....! "
Belgium is classed as a country but Brussels is part Netherlands.

There are some strange borders in Belgium and the netherlands

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That there really isn't a father Christmas

my nearly 8 year old is becoming sceptical....

Awww that's a shame

Its so amazing when they believe x

He's been trying to work out how many children are in the world and at what speed the sleigh would have to fly in order to reach everyone by Xmas morning...."
we tell ours that Santa can slow down time,

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I was assured by a primary school teacher we know that Brussels is the capital of Belgium, however Belgium isn't a real country but actually a region of Germany....! Belgium is classed as a country but Brussels is part Netherlands.

There are some strange borders in Belgium and the netherlands"

Tell me about it...cycling round Brugge, stopped in a little town...when i got back realised i was in Netherland...that explained the many sex shops lol

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By *enard ArgenteMan over a year ago

London and France

There are some strange borders in Belgium and the netherlands"

Belguim is a country;

Brussels is the Capital

At one point,Belguim was a Province of the " Netherlands" . It became independent in 1830.

In the 17th century, it was briefly part of France.

Belgium has 3 languages;

Flemish ( a variation of Dutch, spoken by the Flemish in the Northern half;)

French; spoken by the Walloons in the Southern half, and German, spoken by a few in the eastern side, on the German border.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

There are some strange borders in Belgium and the netherlands

Belguim is a country;

Brussels is the Capital

At one point,Belguim was a Province of the " Netherlands" . It became independent in 1830.

In the 17th century, it was briefly part of France.

Belgium has 3 languages;

Flemish ( a variation of Dutch, spoken by the Flemish in the Northern half;)

French; spoken by the Walloons in the Southern half, and German, spoken by a few in the eastern side, on the German border."
the north half is actually called Flanders

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By *ilacWoman over a year ago

Cheshire

I didn't know until I was 30 that Britan didn't have wild bears. Just thought we didn't have many in the north west. My ex took great pleasure in mocking me over that for years.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Dogs can't look up

Shaun Of The Dead isn't the best movie for facts!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Already told my first victim about Holland.

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By *icky999Man over a year ago

warrington

"Already told my first victim about Holland.

it is a country.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That there isn't really a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Already told my first victim about Holland.

it is a country."

Nope it's a region

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

9/11 was an inside job

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"And I thought Holland was a country until I was about 25

You mean it's not?? Holland is an area in the Netherlands so if someone said they where going to Holland it would be like someone saying they where going to Yorkshire instead of England

Not quite true. While it certainly was the case, the Dutch officially encourage the use of the word Holland to mean the Netherlands. This is stated on their official tourist web site.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That despite the Emancipation Act, slaves were still pretty much kept as slaves but were instead referred to as apprentices...who needed to work for little or no compensation in order to prepare themselves for freedom.

Thank you Radio 4

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By *ibbyhunterCouple over a year ago

keighley

"And I thought Holland was a country until I was about 25

You mean it's not?? Holland is an area in the Netherlands so if someone said they where going to Holland it would be like someone saying they where going to Yorkshire instead of England

Not quite true. While it certainly was the case, the Dutch officially encourage the use of the word Holland to mean the Netherlands. This is stated on their official tourist web site."

The dutch football fans always chant Holland, Holland not Netherlands.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

So why are the people called Dutch? lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That raisins were dried grapes...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"And I thought Holland was a country until I was about 25

You mean it's not?? Holland is an area in the Netherlands so if someone said they where going to Holland it would be like someone saying they where going to Yorkshire instead of England

Not quite true. While it certainly was the case, the Dutch officially encourage the use of the word Holland to mean the Netherlands. This is stated on their official tourist web site.

The dutch football fans always chant Holland, Holland not Netherlands."

Why do people wear club shirts to England games

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"So why are the people called Dutch? lol"

From the old English word Duch, meaning German low countryman. Now you know yet one more useless fact.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Would of thought Nordic was more of a better answer than English as English comes from old Germanic which came from either latin/arabic

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Would of thought Nordic was more of a better answer than English as English comes from old Germanic which came from either latin/arabic"

Middle English. But of course that evolved from other languages, which probably began as, "Grunt," meaning "Get off. You're standing on my toe."

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

And the UK is tiny and way way way up at the top if you look on a proper scale map like gall-peters

If i remember correctly it apparently stems from the two main cartographers around the 1600s being of German and British decent and deliberate act of increasing European prominence!

A bit like an olden day cock thread!

Correct; it's called a " projection".

There are several versions of all of these types; any map that tries to depict the world as flat will be " wrong " somewhere."
.

Yeah I read that on wiki as well... But then I read further down, where it said it was completely useless for navigation for 200 years for the fact navigators used magnetic direction not geographical direction and it wasn't until Harris's "watch" came along that allowed them to use the mercator map for navigational use!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"The Christmas Carol 'We wish you a merry Christmas'

.....glad tidings we bring, to you and your KIN!!!

I always thought it was 'to you and your KING!!

Just learnt that at the school play, and im 58.

O M G

and ive just learnt this now haha

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By *ust RachelTV/TS over a year ago

Horsham

What flying abroad that putting a fragile label on something, is the best way to get it broken.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS over a year ago

Horsham

It is easy to lose weight when younger, bloody hard when an adult.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Sea otters hold hands to stop themselves drifting away from each other during sleep? Not really something you would expect to know but its cute... and I like otters lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I didn't know there was a solution to what I felt as a child.

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By *inky-MinxWoman over a year ago

Grantham

"Sea otters hold hands to stop themselves drifting away from each other during sleep? Not really something you would expect to know but its cute... and I like otters lol"

I only learned that recently, it's proper awwwww

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By *inky-MinxWoman over a year ago

Grantham

That all rainbows are round

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You've never seen Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley? Some of it was filmed on a Pineapple plantation.

No, I haven't had the pleasure. I found out about pineapple plants when I was at uni at age 21ish.

there is a reason peanuts other name is ground nut

That's feasible,it's not taught anywhere where food grows. I thought peanuts grew on trees until I saw something about Jimmy Carter's peanut butter

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By *eMontresMan over a year ago

Halesowen

Only recent found out that in a diesel engine, the fuel is added after compression - I always assumed that it was mixed with air during the intake stroke. This is significant, because it makes them inherently suitable for 2 stroke engines, suffering from none of the disadvantages petrol 2 strokes.

Which begs the question that whilst they have been developed for marine and locomotive use, why has no-one developed one for cars? (renault is working on it)

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Only recent found out that in a diesel engine, the fuel is added after compression - I always assumed that it was mixed with air during the intake stroke. This is significant, because it makes them inherently suitable for 2 stroke engines, suffering from none of the disadvantages petrol 2 strokes.

Which begs the question that whilst they have been developed for marine and locomotive use, why has no-one developed one for cars? (renault is working on it)"

If Renault is working on it then its doomed for failure!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Until well into adulthood but probably should have, like the fact that pineapples don't grow on trees. "

Pineapples don't grow on trees????

Never knew that!

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By *rightonsteveMan over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I know something (see below)

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By *rightonsteveMan over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

That in going to be the last one on this thread.

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By *nleashedCrakenMan over a year ago

Widnes

"Would of thought Nordic was more of a better answer than English as English comes from old Germanic which came from either latin/arabic"

Actually it's routs are Iron Age Scandinavian.

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