Little-known facts

[Free Ian Brown]

Tyrannosaurus Rex was extant closer to the present day than it was to Stegosaurus.

That's a really good one

 

[Two Gun Bob]

For every human on Earth there are 1.6 million Ants.
You listening Dec ?

 

[Ghandi's Flip Flops]

Despite the film there were no Americans involved in the Great Escape.

That depends on what you mean by 'involved'.

Quite a few Americans were 'involved' in digging the tunnels, but then they all got moved to their own camp before the tunnels were finished, and hence were unable to take part in the actual escape part.

 

[aguero93:20]

When the star Betelgeuse explodes (it's the orangey looking one at Orion's shoulder), it will be brighter than the moon at night, and easily visible in broad daylight for about 2-3 months, despite being around 640 light years away.

Wrong. That won't happen until around 640 years after it explodes.

 

[feelymcfeel]

Wrong. That won't happen until around 640 years after it explodes.

Alright, Dr Science. But correct you are.

 

[aguero93:20]

Alright, Dr Science. But correct you are.

:)

 

[Damocles]

The reason apples crunch when you bite them is because your biting creates a small sonic boom as the apple cracks.

Also, an apple is a type of rose.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

There are only two words in English with all the vowels in order.
Facetious and abstemious

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_words_that_use_all_vowels_in_alphabetical_order

 

[Damocles]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_words_that_use_all_vowels_in_alphabetical_order

To be fair, all of them are either root words of the above, marked as obsolete terms that are no longer used, or terms used specifically within scientific circles for extremely precise events.

He's not right but he's close enough for credit

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Sir Ray Davies (The Kinks) older sister bought him his first guitar on his 14th birthday then died later that evening whilst dancing at the local palladium. A sad story which is partly told in their 1983 hit, Come Dancing. God Bless his sister..imagine a world without Waterloo sunset, Autumn Almanac or Lola etc?? Neither can I.