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I bet you didnt know that

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As people here work in various jobs / professions they might know things from work or study no one here knows yet. this is what this topic is about.

what do you know that we have never heard of?

Eg: you don't need to be great at maths to be an architect

this is obvious to me but everyone says to me "i wanted to be an architect but i was bad at math,i can barely add"

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Lorelli!

McDonald's are the world's largest distributor of toys.

Sleepy

Lego manufacture more tyres per year than Dunlop, Goodyear et al combined.

Ipso

Kat1170 wrote: »

Actually that is the best outcome of that situation*, introducing foreign Flora and Fauna to an area rarely works out well. :mad::mad: It is a worldwide problem and one that is here in Ireland as well.

Zebra Mussels.
Signal Crayfish.
Grey Squirrel.

The list goes on and on ………..

*Of course the best thing is not to introduce them in the first place.

Invasive species can be a massive problem, another non native species to New Zealand are Trout.
I’m conflicted in this one, as someone who fly fishes New Zealand is on the bucket list of fishing destinatios (as are other places where the fish are invasive such as Patagonia).

Rabbits wreaked havoc in Australia after they were introduced.

greenspurs

https://78.media.tumblr.com/8fe7af59399cc048def3a1e0f74fd28b/tumblr_p9iv7mKmZ71roqv59o1_500.png

VW 1

Interesting story on the eradication of invasive goats introduced to Pacific Island in the 1600s. When ground hunting failed, they resorted to sharpshooters from helicopters and what they termed "Judas Goats".

http://allthatsinteresting.com/project-isabela

sbsquarepants

cdeb wrote: »

Yeah, this was what I meant alright.

Also, the moose were brought in explicitly to be shot. It's not like they snuck in accidentally on a boat (as happens with smaller animals) and had to be eradicated

I can't be the only one who got a good giggle from the idea of a stowaway moose:D

wexie

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I can't be the only one who got a good giggle from the idea of a stowaway moose:D

nope

Big Nasty

VW 1 wrote: »

Interesting story on the eradication of invasive goats introduced to Pacific Island in the 1600s. When ground hunting failed, they resorted to sharpshooters from helicopters and what they termed "Judas Goats".

http://allthatsinteresting.com/project-isabela

I'm even more surprised that they had helicopters in the 1600s! :eek:

Professor Moriarty

Big Nasty wrote: »

I'm even more surprised that they had helicopters in the 1600s! :eek:

I bet you didn't know that.

New Home

I blame that Da Vinci kid.

New Home

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Capt'n Midnight

Big Nasty wrote: »

I'm even more surprised that they had helicopters in the 1600s! :eek:

Wibbs

New Home wrote: »

They're also one of the few venomous mammals around today. The males anyway. They produce a venom in glands in their hind legs that is injected through spurs on same, that while not fatal to humans causes truly excruciating pain, sometimes lasting for months, a pain that morphine doesn't dull. Though if my memory serves I think I posted this before...

wexie

Wibbs wrote: »

They're also one of the few venomous mammals around today. The males anyway. They produce a venom in glands in their hind legs that is injected through spurs on same, that while not fatal to humans causes truly excruciating pain, sometimes lasting for months, a pain that morphine doesn't dull. Though if my memory serves I think I posted this before...

I thought they were the only venomous mammals?

(and the memory aint 21 anymore either

)

mzungu

Mongolia is the worlds most sparsely populated country at 1.92 people per square kilometre. Although a rapidly increasing population may change this is the no so distant future. Ulaanbaatar is also the coldest capital city in the world (-1.3 degrees Celsius) thanks to the Siberian winds.

Wibbs

wexie wrote: »

I thought they were the only venomous mammals?

(and the memory aint 21 anymore either )

IIRC there are small insect eating shrews and a couple of bats with venomous saliva. The platypus has the most obvious and clear cut venom mind you.

New Home

Wibbs wrote: »

They're also one of the few venomous mammals around today. The males anyway. They produce a venom in glands in their hind legs that is injected through spurs on same, that while not fatal to humans causes truly excruciating pain, sometimes lasting for months, a pain that morphine doesn't dull. Though if my memory serves I think I posted this before...

Yep, I did know that! :pac:

wexie wrote: »

I thought they were the only venomous mammals?

(and the memory aint 21 anymore either )

Wibbs wrote: »

IIRC there are small insect eating shrews and a couple of bats with venomous saliva. The platypus has the most obvious and clear cut venom mind you.

You forgot about mothers-in-law! *badum tsss!* :pac:

pleas advice

cdeb

The slow loris is venomous too

(Insert Liverpool goalkeeper joke here...)

quickbeam

As they're Primates, I guess they're the closest venomous relative to us??

dinorebel

quickbeam wrote: »

As they're Primates, I guess they're the closest venomous relative to us??

You've obviously not met my wife.

Emmersonn

dinorebel wrote: »

You've obviously not met my wife.

Looks like we're married to sisters.

Ipso

mzungu wrote: »

Mongolia is the worlds most sparsely populated country at 1.92 people per square kilometre. Although a rapidly increasing population may change this is the no so distant future. Ulaanbaatar is also the coldest capital city in the world (-1.3 degrees Celsius) thanks to the Siberian winds.

They were also wuite good at doing the sparcing, back in the day.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_under_the_Mongol_Empire

Quazzie

cdeb wrote: »

The slow loris is venomous too

(Insert Liverpool goalkeeper joke here...)

Lloris is the Spurs keeper, Karius is the Liverpool keeper

Harambe

Quazzie wrote: »

Lloris is the Spurs keeper, Karius is the Liverpool keeper

Loris Karius is his name

thesandeman

dinorebel wrote: »

You've obviously not met my wife.

Soon to be ex wife if she reads that.

Quazzie

Harambe wrote: »

Loris Karius is his name

Well that's something I genuinely didn't know. Touché

retalivity

A 250th Anniversary is called a Semiquincentennial.

Its also a very satisfying word to say.

py2006

retalivity wrote: »

A 250th Anniversary is called a Semiquincentennial.

Its also a very satisfying word to say.

I can't say it

Ted_YNWA

py2006 wrote:

I can't say it

Break it down
Semi quin centennial
Half 5 century