I bet you didnt know that

Cartouche · 14-01-2017 03:28PM #1

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"

Advbrd · 14-01-2017 03:30PM

A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-01-2017 03:40PM

The RIAI state that English and Maths are required Leaving Cert subjects as geometry, trigonometry and calculus are involved in the courses, so some decent grasp of Maths is required. Of course, the definition of 'good at' is wide open.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-01-2017 03:42PM

Rats and Horses can't vomit.

Noveight · 14-01-2017 03:43PM

You never see elephants hiding in trees because they're just that fúcking good at it.

maudgonner · 14-01-2017 03:47PM

Cattle & sheep are not native to Ireland.

Wolves & bears are (or were, I don't think there are that many left hanging around these days. Except in Leitrim).

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-01-2017 03:49PM

Apples have more genes than a Human.

This could go on for years.......

Outlaw Pete · 14-01-2017 03:52PM

Lillo Brancato, the guy who played De Niro's son in A Bronx Tale (after they discovered him by trawling New York for someone who looked like De Niro) was charged with second-degree murder after a cop was killed in a shoot-out right after he came across Brancato and another man (his girlfriend's father) attempting to break into a house to get drugs. He was found not guilty but was still sentenced to ten years for the burglary and was released on NYE 2013.

Now, bet you didn't know that and you wondering why his career hadn't taken off.

KERSPLAT! · 14-01-2017 03:55PM

maudgonner wrote: »

Cattle & sheep are not native to Ireland.

Wolves & bears are (or were, I don't think there are that many left hanging around these days. Except in Leitrim).

Leitrim isn't a real place.

Turtyturd · 14-01-2017 04:00PM

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

Apples have more genes than a Human.

This could go on for years.......

But more humans are named Gene than apples.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 14-01-2017 04:00PM

You can fix a broken nail using a teabag

The_Valeyard · 14-01-2017 04:02PM

This our version of TIL?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-01-2017 04:05PM

The most northerly point in Ireland is in the South.

RobertKK · 14-01-2017 04:13PM

While around 10% of Irish people have red hair (ginger) 46% of Irish people carry the red hair genes.
If both parents carry red hair genes, their offspring have a 25% of having red hair.

Del2005 · 14-01-2017 04:17PM

Deedsie wrote: »

Ireland is a metric country since the 1970's. Some people don't seem to realise.

The USA is also a Metric country, their armed forces use Metric.

drunkmonkey · 14-01-2017 04:21PM

Full fat Milk is a low fat drink.

People who drink full (whole) milk have a 46% less chance of diabetes than people who drink low fat/skimmed milk.

Elemonator · 14-01-2017 04:21PM

1. That in common law countries (former British Empire), a lot of law is based on and developed by precedents decided before hand, as many already know. In civil law countries (the remainder, Europe) they legislate every possible situation before it can happen.

2. Some sections of the Magna Carta is still in effect in Ireland.

Cartouche · 14-01-2017 04:35PM

US law forbids renting of vinyl records

maudgonner · 14-01-2017 04:43PM

Elemonator wrote: »

1. That in common law countries (former British Empire), a lot of law is based on and developed by precedents decided before hand, as many already know. In civil law countries (the remainder, Europe) they legislate every possible situation before it can happen.

2. Some sections of the Magna Carta is still in effect in Ireland.

Early Irish laws are interesting. No fault divorce. A man could beat his wife, but if he left a mark she was entitled to compensation. The highest rank of poet had the same status as bishops and kings.

My favourite is one that describes how a king spends his week:

Sunday is for drinking ale, Monday is for judging, Tuesday is for playing fidchell, Wednesday is for watching hounds hunt, Thursday is for sexual union, Friday is for racing horses, and Saturday is for judging (a different word from Monday, but the distinction is unclear).

Much better than Craig David!

Fr_Dougal · 14-01-2017 04:49PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

You can fix a broken nail using a teabag

How?

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

The most northerly point in Ireland is in the South.

Can you give a little bit more info please?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 14-01-2017 04:59PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

How?

Can you give a little bit more info please?

You cut a little square from the teabag paper, you use a tiny little piece of nail glue to stick it like a bandaid over the broken part of the nail, and you use a gentle file/buffer over it to blend it into the natural nail. Paint over it with a coat of two of base coat/top coat/colour

Allinall · 14-01-2017 05:02PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

You cut a little square from the teabag paper, you use a tiny little piece of nail glue to stick it like a bandaid over the broken part of the nail, and you use a gentle file/buffer over it to blend it into the natural nail. Paint over it with a coat of two of base coat/top coat/colour

Just to add to this- Malin Head is in Donegal.

alchemist33 · 14-01-2017 05:06PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

You cut a little square from the teabag paper, you use a tiny little piece of nail glue to stick it like a bandaid over the broken part of the nail, and you use a gentle file/buffer over it to blend it into the natural nail. Paint over it with a coat of two of base coat/top coat/colour

But its going to break again the second you bit it with a hammer.

somesoldiers · 14-01-2017 05:39PM

Cartouche wrote: »

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"

I have heard people use that excuse because they can't do Sudoku

Yourself isit · 14-01-2017 05:42PM

The earliest sunset is about December 12th not the 21st. There's a stretch in evenings by the 21st.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-01-2017 05:47PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Can you give a little bit more info please?

Malin Head is in The South i.e. not in The North.

Cartouche · 14-01-2017 06:10PM

John F. Kennedy was dating Miss Denmark in the 1940's, and when they stayed at Summer House in Charleston the FBI bugged their room because they thought she may be a Nazi spy. Turns out they didn't hear a lot of conversation, but instead a lot of NSFW time. Tapes are in the Library of Congress

Capt'n Midnight · 14-01-2017 06:30PM

Deedsie wrote: »

Ireland is a metric country since the 1970's. Some people don't seem to realise.

Irish mainline railways have been using 1600 mm since 1843.

Needless to say today the Luas uses 4 feet 8 1⁄2 inches because :rolleyes:

Capt'n Midnight · 14-01-2017 06:31PM

maudgonner wrote: »

Cattle & sheep are not native to Ireland.

Wolves & bears are (or were, I don't think there are that many left hanging around these days. Except in Leitrim).

Wolves and bears were all killed off.

Rabbits aren't native here.

alchemist33 · 14-01-2017 06:34PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Wolves and bears were all killed off.

Rabbits aren't native here.

The imported rabbits killed off our wolves and bears? Jaysus!

Buford T. Justice XIX · 14-01-2017 06:38PM

Deedsie wrote: »

Ireland is a metric country since the 1970's. Some people don't seem to realise.

But we're getting there, inch by inch.

I bet you didnt know that

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