[Misc] Random facts

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Ho Chi Minh, former president of North Vietnam, worked as a pastry chef on the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry

 

[Questions]

If you throw your dirty laundry on the bedroom floor it will somehow find itself washed and ironed and back in your drawer within 1-2 days.

 

[Bakero]

Ho Chi Minh, former president of North Vietnam, worked as a pastry chef on the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry

 

[Bakero]

South Korean babies are one year old (gestation period rounded up) on the day of their birth. A year is added to their age every January 1st, regardless of their actual birthdate.

Not anymore. They scrapped it this year and made everyone a year or two younger

BBC

 

[Pevenseagull]

The Amazon river has no bridges.

 

[jessiejames]

1 in 7 dwarves are hsppy

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

According to Tommy Shelby on his great radio show, half of the world's spiders are yet to be discovered.

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How does anyone know how many spiders have yet to be discovered, if they haven't been discovered? It could just as easily be a third or two-thirds or nine-tenths, or just one spider.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

1 in 7 dwarves are hsppy

And drunk by the looks of it!

 

[Simster]

Sharks have been on Earth longer than trees.

 

[FatSuperman]

Sharks have been on Earth longer than trees.

Please see post #14.

In the US, ~1 million dogs are named as prime beneficiaries in their owner's will.

 

[Van Cleef]

Ho Chi Minh didn't believe that sharks had been on earth longer than trees.

 

[Sirnormangall]

Ho Chi Minh, former president of North Vietnam, worked as a pastry chef on the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry

Interesting career path

 

[Yes Chef]

Crocodiles used to be bipedal

But they kept walking into trees so they got back in the water where the sharks were waiting

 

[Is it PotG?]

In 1999, both of skydiver Joan Murray's parachutes malfunctioned, leaving her to free-fall 14,500 feet above North Carolina.

Miraculously, Murray survived, thanks to the fact that she landed directly on a mound of fire ants.

Doctors believe that the intense shock of being stung over 200 times by the ants released a surge of adrenaline, which kept her heart beating.

 

[METALMICKY]

With the cost of living crisis and soaring energy costs this is a little known energy saving tip

Boil the kettle ten minutes before you fancy a cup of tea or coffee. When you actually come to make the drink, your kettle will take less time to boil, thus saving energy!

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