What didn't you know until recently?

[Mo34]

That Howard Hughes after his near fatal airplane crash invented/designed the modern motorised hospital bed whilst recovering in bed with his injuries.

[Spectrelight]

Originally Posted by purplerose

That 'Lapland' is in Finland. I think I need some geography lessons.

It's in Sweden as well. I want to visit sometime, preferably in the summer for the midnight sun.

[purplerose]

^ ooo really ! My geography is appalling.
That does sound lovely, I always think it will be nice at Christmas.

[Spectrelight]

^ you were half right as it covers the north of both countries

[Sunshine Recorder]

That the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers were called the 'Mighty Power Rangers' in Malaysia, because 'Morphin' sounded too much like 'morphine'

[Appear]

Not to ever bother with M&S's pot of pesto pasta with spinach and pine kernels. I've chewed on more flavoursome lip skin (my own, mostly).

[Dougie Jones]

That Natalie Imbruglia's Torn is a cover.

[Rocket Spud]

^ I officially declare this the 'Rebka post of the month'

[flumpsy]

I have driven faster than the minimum takeoff speed for a unladen jetliner. I know it doesnt look that fast but I assumed it was an illusion.

Plus, it is possible to get so bored that you end up googling that kind of crap !!!

[Appear]

That these are a thing:



It's a wonder how often you learn something new in a service station toilet (there were ads for them above every other urinal).

[Ajax Amsterdam]

Originally Posted by biscuits

That Antarctica is considered to be a desert.

Yep. It gets less precipitation than the Sahara Desert.

Just two inches per year on average in its inner regions.


I didn't know that dogs can eat apples, oranges, bananas and watermelon... even though I've had dogs since 2005.
I also saw a woman feeding her dog blackberries straight from a bramble the other week. I didn't know dogs ate those either. Apparently, strawberries and blueberries are also really good for a pooch too.

[Fantastical]

Originally Posted by biscuits

That Antarctica is considered to be a desert.

I misread that and thought you said Antarctica is a dessert

[Ajax Amsterdam]

^

[Clementine]

^ Years ago I was bitten by a house spider, on the neck. It was in a shirt I was putting on.

I think you should train yourself a spider army.

[Clementine]

Aww I'm sorry Kooky! I love bugs and spiders, I forget that people are scared of them.

[Clementine]

^ Mantises are amazing Like little aliens.

[Clementine]

^ Show me if you do

[Mr. Nobody]

Originally Posted by Kooky Monster

I think there should be a thread devoted exclusively to spider talk so we arachnophobes can just avoid it.

Bitey spiders hiding in clothes. No, no, no!

oh dear,. reminds me of my story,..

had noticed a few spiders kicking about my bedroom doing their own thing,
so, I thought, fine, each to their own and ignored them,
went to bed one night, when it was cold,. wrapped up well and went to sleep,
during the night I had this awful pain in my nose, it felt awful and was bleeding,
being frozen and half asleep, I just blew my nose in a tissue and went back to sleep,
when I got up next day, I thought "wtf was all that bleeding about last night?"
I dug out the tissue, and on unravelling it, I saw a huge spider sat in the middle of it,
it had obviously crawled up my nose during the night for a heat and inadvertently bit or scratched my nose making it bleed,.. urgh..

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Cat Wine
https://www.meowingtons.com/products/cat-wine

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Originally Posted by Carbon(cycle)Fodder

oh dear,. reminds me of my story,..

had noticed a few spiders kicking about my bedroom doing their own thing,
so, I thought, fine, each to their own and ignored them,
went to bed one night, when it was cold,. wrapped up well and went to sleep,
during the night I had this awful pain in my nose, it felt awful and was bleeding,
being frozen and half asleep, I just blew my nose in a tissue and went back to sleep,
when I got up next day, I thought "wtf was all that bleeding about last night?"
I dug out the tissue, and on unravelling it, I saw a huge spider sat in the middle of it,
it had obviously crawled up my nose during the night for a heat and inadvertently bit or scratched my nose making it bleed,.. urgh..

ha crikey

[Fluorescent Grey]

I just realised that Bronn from Game of Thrones is Jerome Flynn from Soldier Soldier and the awful musical duo Robson and Jerome. Mind blown.

[Appear]

That packs of sandwich chicken now acknowledge the 'odour' emitted on opening:

[umm]

I have recently come into possession of an incredible piece of knowledge. I am actually not sure people are ready to hear it, but I can assure you it is absolutely astounding.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Originally Posted by Rebka

Oh I also discovered that spiders can poop because they still have an anus and I watched a video of a tarantula pooping

why Rebka why. lol

[umm]

^^

Okay.

Okay.

*deep breath*

Here goes:

Plants talk to each other via a mycelium fungus internet. And some of them use it to hack into others.

I've already said too much. We don't know who - or what - may be listening. What we do know is that the uprising has begun. Burn the forests down, people!

Here is a link. Keep it safe! And if I don't delete this post within the hour, you'll know they got to me.

[umm]

Originally Posted by Rebka

^ by the unholy Princes of Hell that is freaking awesome! A mycelium fungus internet! A information superhighway right beneath my feet this whole time! A wood wide web! Aw man, yay plants an fungi! It can all be so dark and "seedy" (ha! Seedy plant pun) and evil too, the way they spread toxins to othe- hello? Oh right yeh you've probably been gotten

...

... still awesome though right!

Hehe it's brilliant isn't it? Really gives me hope for the future, though I'm not entirely sure why Something about, oh, I dunno, just the neat way all this has evolved. Fungi are cool anyway. Weird, yes, but cool weird, what with their ability to travel through space (maybe), bestow visions (and insanity), produce alcohol and so on. It's as if we're all in service to our mad fungi overlords. Oh, and don't get me started on the cordyceps (the fungus, that is, not the SAUK user , good company though that user may be) It is a...

a...

a...

...a PARASITIC MIND-CONTROL FUNGUS that CONSUMES ITS HOST FROM WITHIN while making that host do INCREASINGLY BIZARRE THINGS to promote THE FUNGUS'S OWN SURVIVAL before LEAVING THE UNFORTUNATE CARRIER AN EMPTY AND HIDEOUSLY MISSHAPEN HUSK!

I mean, can you imagine - can you imagine if something like that developed a taste for human flesh?

Actually it would explain a lot. Anyway, excuse me while I just go and stand on one leg in the corner for 23 seconds for NO PARTICULAR REASON...

[kirbycrackle]

^ I've seen that ant- zombie thing before, it's creepy but kinda cool

[umm]

^

I hear you. The rapidly-atrophying human part of me boggles that I am so gee'ed up about this. Another, louder part of me feels like I would do literally anything to help usher in a new myco-civilization. Let the giant puffball hold dominion over us all, for we are all its spores!

Have I been compromised? Am I consumed by the 'shroom? I have been dreaming of death-caps lately, composing elegies to the destroying angel. What if - oh, shit, what if we are spreading the fungal imperative via this internet, via these messages? What if the regular world wide web and the woodsy, subterranean, gooky one are SOMEHOW CONNECTED?



*little mushroom voice in my head whispers: that'd be great!:D

[umm]

^
Zoiks! Humanity's doomed! In the coolest way possible!

[flumpsy]

^ 6th ones the charm As long as they dont ruin the first one by remaking it I can forgive the rest.