What didn't you know until recently?

[anxiouslondoner]

Where Venetian Snares got some of his audio samples from.
While some are just TV shows (such as Absolutely Fabulous, Batman The Animated Series) some are from infamous recordings made of actual suicides or murders

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Countries with the most blue- eyed people by percent:

1 Estonia 89
2 Finland 89
3 Sweden 78
4 Iceland 75.5
5 Netherlands 60.9
6 Denmark 59.6
7 Ireland 57
8 Norway 55
9 Poland 52.5
10 Scotland 50
11 England 48
12 Wales 45
13 Slovenia 44.7
14 Germany 39.6
15 Belgium 28.9
16 Ukraine 25
17 France 22 !
18 United States 16.6 !
19 Spain 16.3 !

[AuroraSky]

I'm half-Irish with green eyes like my mum, I'm surprised at so many blue eyed people. I thought the stereotype of songs like "when Irish eyes are smiling" made me think of green eyes.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

apparently green eyes is very high in Ireland, just behind blue eyes.

'Over half the population of Ireland has blue eyes and 77% of the Irish have “light eyes” (blue or green)'

Compared internationally- only 2% of the world has green eyes. Definitely interesting.

[genovese]

World Beating Inflation Busting Record High Investment

[Blackflies]

“From this we can conclude that all blue-eyed individuals are linked to the same ancestor,” said Professor Eiberg. “They have all inherited the same switch at exactly the same spot in their DNA.

Kinky aye.

I associate the Irish with striking blue eyes but they do all seem to love green so that would seem poetic that they have more green eyed folk.

My optician said light eyes are more at risk of diseases of the eye which surprised me. Mine are fine but super sensitive to light.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

definitely fascinating.

New tidbit. Census has been done and for first time it has numbers of sexualities. Something like 1.3m are Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual. And 250,000 are transgender.

[biscuits]

Originally Posted by affluenza

Countries with the most blue- eyed people by percent:

1 Estonia 89
2 Finland 89
3 Sweden 78
4 Iceland 75.5
5 Netherlands 60.9
6 Denmark 59.6
7 Ireland 57
8 Norway 55
9 Poland 52.5
10 Scotland 50
11 England 48
12 Wales 45
13 Slovenia 44.7
14 Germany 39.6
15 Belgium 28.9
16 Ukraine 25
17 France 22 !
18 United States 16.6 !
19 Spain 16.3 !

This is not at all surprising if you think of the ancestry and climate of each country. There aren't many people in Portugal with blue eyes because the gene for brown eyes is dominant. The gene for blue eyes is a mutation, so there's less variation - hence the common ancestor.

My mum has brown eyes and my dad has blue eyes. As no one in my Mum's family has ever had blue eyes she doesn't carry the gene for blue eyes. I have brown eyes - and because of my dad, I carry the recessive gene for blue eyes. That means I can have a blue eyed baby with someone who has the genes for blue eyes.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Ah ok that’s interesting. Have a blue eyed baby and England can catch up Scotland

[anxiouslondoner]

I don't even remember what colour of eyes I have.

[Tubbs]

I'm not entirely sure what my eye colour is, they're sort of a murky greenish-brown.

[Jam do Bronx]

My gf has this rare thing called central heterochromia. Heterochromia is when you have two different eye colour, like David Bowie has one blue eye and the other brown, but central heterochromia is when you have two colours in each eye. So her eyes are blue with a brown around each pupil. What's kind of cool is that my kids have central heterochromia too, but weirdly there eye colour is green with brown around their pupils.

Example:

[biscuits]

^^ oooh that looks gorgeous.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Is Spain the spiritual home for SA people?

[Ronnie_Pickering]

QI
'On average, being single costs £860 more a month than being partnered.'

!!

[Ronnie_Pickering]

40% of new cars being sold in the EU are SUVs.

[Dougella]

Originally Posted by affluenza

QI
'On average, being single costs £860 more a month than being partnered.'

!!

I suppose it's because you share some costs as a couple? That seems like a lot though!

[Ronnie_Pickering]

I guess it's people solo renting.

[Tembo]

John Cleese was 35 when he played Basil Fawlty.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Americans reintroduced Wolves to yellowstone. And they've been a huge success.

[anewyear]

^Liverpool are gonna have quite the trek tomorrow then. Kickoff is 3pm

[Ronnie_Pickering]

going by Wolves home form they might actually do better in Yellowstone:

[biscuits]

That January is over!

[Ronnie_Pickering]

yep thank god for that, worst month of the year.

[Percy]

Originally Posted by biscuits

That January is over!

It seems only yesterday it was christmas

[Gellerbing]

Originally Posted by Percy

It seems only yesterday it was christmas

It's gone surprisingly fast

[Captain Crunch]

That the boiler manufacturer "Vaillant" isn't "Valiant".

I've been calling it "Valiant" for years

[Percy]

Originally Posted by Gellerbing

It's gone surprisingly fast

Oh to be a kid again

[biscuits]

That diesel nozzles are too big to fit in an unleaded tank - as I realised yesterday when I almost filled my car with diesel. Zoiks!

[Ronnie_Pickering]

no way? They made them foolproof?