| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know 08:26 - Apr 9 with 3824 views | Keno |
apparently there is a bear in the Toblerone logo!!!
what other amazingly earth shattering pieces of information have you lot got to astonish and amaze your fellow posters with today?? |  |
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| “Idiotic Eureka moments”…. on 11:39 - Apr 9 with 1210 views | Bloots |
….copyright Frank Skinner. |  |
| "The sooner he comes back the better, this place has been a disaster without him" - TWTD User (July 2025) |
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| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 12:13 - Apr 9 with 1178 views | blueasfook |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 11:31 - Apr 9 by bluelagos |
Shhh - don't tell em.
*I was in my 50s before stumbling on this nugget of info. Life changing I tell ya. |
I just thought it meant "pull over and get petrol" when the orange light came on! |  |
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| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 14:46 - Apr 9 with 1102 views | Churchman |
293,000 panes of glass were used to make Paxton’s Crystal Palace in Hyde Park.
Each pane was 49 x 10 inches. That was the max size to make them hail/weather resistant yet large enough for the design. They were made in Birmingham by Chance brothers.
The Crystal Palace was prefabricated and constructed in 39 weeks. It was the wonder of the age. |  | | |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 16:41 - Apr 9 with 1088 views | blueislander |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 09:47 - Apr 9 by ArnoldMoorhen |
The Rolling Stones first chart hit was written for them by Lennon and McCartney.
And one from QI: the size of the Space Shuttle was determined by the size of horses..
The launch booster rockets were delivered by rail.
Railway standard guage was based on the size of Stagecoaches, because coachbuilders built the carriages and their workshops had entrances built to size for stagecoaches to come in and out.
Stagecoaches were built to a uniform size because horse drawn waggons created ruts and if they didn't fit the ruts then the wheels would break.
Roads from the Roman period onwards were built for two carriageways- based on the width of their chariots.
The Roman chariot was derived from the Ancient Babylonian war chariot.
Babylonian war chariots size was determined by the size of horses. |
A point of oreder.
The Stones first chart hit was Come on written by Chuck Berry. |  | | |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 17:58 - Apr 9 with 1044 views | Keno |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 16:41 - Apr 9 by blueislander |
A point of oreder.
The Stones first chart hit was Come on written by Chuck Berry. |
My old boss Barry was at a concert on Clapham Common in the 60s
On hearing a new band declared they are crap and won’t amount to much
it was the Rolling Stones | |
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| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 20:27 - Apr 9 with 1020 views | blueislander |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 17:58 - Apr 9 by Keno |
My old boss Barry was at a concert on Clapham Common in the 60s
On hearing a new band declared they are crap and won’t amount to much
it was the Rolling Stones |
I saw them at The Gaumont in 1963 , bottom of the bill behind Everley Brothers, Little Richard, and Bo Diddley. | | | |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 21:41 - Apr 9 with 992 views | Churchman |
My dad knew and worked with Michael Heseltine. | | | |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 13:26 - Apr 10 with 893 views | eireblue |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 09:11 - Apr 9 by bluelagos |
There's a hitch hiker on the new £20 note. If anyone finds it and posts a pic you win TWTD for the day. |
FFS don’t start all that again. |  | | |
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| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 00:59 - Apr 13 with 722 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 16:41 - Apr 9 by blueislander |
A point of oreder.
The Stones first chart hit was Come on written by Chuck Berry. |
Ah yes!
First Top 20 hit, then. | | | |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 07:52 - Apr 13 with 662 views | NthQldITFC |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 10:28 - Apr 9 by blueasfook |
This is almost as big a revelation as when i realised the little arrow symbol on the petrol pump light on your dashboard tells you what side your filler cap is on. |
That's mental - I haven't even got a car, but I've written this down on a piece of paper so I don't forget it. Does it matter if it's an electrical car? |  |
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| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 08:37 - Apr 13 with 617 views | catch74 |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 07:52 - Apr 13 by NthQldITFC |
That's mental - I haven't even got a car, but I've written this down on a piece of paper so I don't forget it. Does it matter if it's an electrical car? |
I think there can be an issue if you put petrol in an electric car, diesel is fine though I’m pretty sure. |  |
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| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 08:42 - Apr 13 with 599 views | Keno |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 08:37 - Apr 13 by catch74 |
I think there can be an issue if you put petrol in an electric car, diesel is fine though I’m pretty sure. |
I put petrol on my electric car | |
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| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 08:52 - Apr 13 with 584 views | backwaywhen |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 09:11 - Apr 9 by bluelagos |
There's a hitch hiker on the new £20 note. If anyone finds it and posts a pic you win TWTD for the day. |
The one with the backpack on ? | | | |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 10:34 - Apr 13 with 531 views | Bluespeed225 |
Football goals are based on the size of castle entrance door openings. Armour for goalposts?
When describing something really big, British people can only guage it by football pitches or double decker buses. | | | |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 10:58 - Apr 13 with 513 views | mutters |
A couple of classics:
There used to be a website for the Therapy community, makes sense that somebody set up the website therapist.com. until you realise that there are two words in that website.
Same with Pen Island. Come one, come all buy your pens here:
penisland.com.... |  |
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| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 11:26 - Apr 13 with 490 views | NthQldITFC |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 10:58 - Apr 13 by mutters |
A couple of classics:
There used to be a website for the Therapy community, makes sense that somebody set up the website therapist.com. until you realise that there are two words in that website.
Same with Pen Island. Come one, come all buy your pens here:
penisland.com.... |
Powergen's Italian branch was a myth, I believe, but Les Bocages is indeed a French website dedicated to la 'conception, création et entretien de
jardins vivants', with or without kinky hanging features for enthusiastic ladies. | |
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| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 11:56 - Apr 13 with 461 views | catch74 |
| I'm bored and just found out something I didnt know on 09:11 - Apr 9 by bluelagos |
There's a hitch hiker on the new £20 note. If anyone finds it and posts a pic you win TWTD for the day. |
The old £10 note John McEnroe was good too.
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