Stuff you can't believe you didn't know

Metallifux · 4 Mar 2011 at 15:55

bam0 said:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/aug/30/filmnews.filmcensorship

An article from the time the 12A certificate came in, talking about this issue and how Spiderman was being reclassified to take advantage of it, but that the first film to be released with a 12A certificate is The Bourne Identity.
The 12A didn't exist when Spiderman was classified or released.

I bow to your superior linkage finding.

Cosimo · 4 Mar 2011 at 15:56

Tomsk said:
I can't believe it's not butter.

Nether can I:

Ascendancy · 4 Mar 2011 at 16:06

Telescopi said:
Nope, it's a trombone or something similar.

Well, Wikipedia desputes this

The eleven cries of "Batman!" were originally thought to be sung by a female chorus; however, Adam West's book Back to the Batcave reveals the "voices" to actually be instrumental, rather than vocal. This claim is contradicted by another book -TV's Biggest Hits by Jon Burlingame. The book, published in 1966, focuses exclusively on TV theme songs, and includes an interview with Neal Hefti about the creation of the Batman theme song. According to Burlingame, the song consisted of "bass guitar, low brass and percussion to create a driving rhythm, while an eight-voice chorus sings 'Batman!' in harmony with the trumpets."[1]

Tonyator · 4 Mar 2011 at 16:33

Belmit said:
Cashew nuts are actually a single seed, each one growing individually off the bottom of a cashew apple. I still find this hard to believe even though I've known it for years. I'm surprised cashew nuts are not more expensive because of it.

Pics: http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=cashew+apple

Wow, I can't believe I never new that. Awesome!

JBuk · 4 Mar 2011 at 17:07

Ocuk forum is not Ebay technical support

Duke_ · 4 Mar 2011 at 17:39

skippi90 said:
There is an arrow in the FedEx logo. Took me ages before I noticed it.

Damn you, now everytime I look at it, it's like one of those magic eye pictures - all I can see is this arrow....!

cu3ed · 4 Mar 2011 at 18:13

When you hit your funny bone its not the bone being hit that causes that awful sensation, its actually the Ulnar nerve that runs over the bone in a small gap.

cu3ed · 4 Mar 2011 at 18:16

Die Hard as we know it starring Brice WIllis originally was going to be called Commando 2, after the orginal with Arnie, Arnie was due to play the starring role, vest and all, till other commitments meant he coudlnt do it..and so, Bruce Willis was cast for it..some say saving his career.

cu3ed · 4 Mar 2011 at 18:17

THe shortest musical note that can be played is a - HemiSemiDemiQuaver.

Thats all I can think of in my own data base of uesless info.

bam0 · 4 Mar 2011 at 18:37

cu3ed said:
THe shortest musical note that can be played is a - HemiSemiDemiQuaver.

Thats all I can think of in my own data base of uesless info.

Sorry, that's not right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_twenty-eighth_note

cu3ed · 4 Mar 2011 at 18:49

huh...grade 8 and never came across one lol.

Hmm reading that I wonder if it applies to a certain set of instruments?

Either?...waht other one was wrong?

mistercrabb · 4 Mar 2011 at 18:57

Colbaker said:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are witren, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

This isn't necessarily true:
I wulod lkie a hooauitmppps.

Can you read the last word? I'm sure the letters have to be in some sort of order to be readable.

bam0 · 4 Mar 2011 at 19:02

cu3ed said:
huh...grade 8 and never came across one lol.

Hmm reading that I wonder if it applies to a certain set of instruments?

Either?...waht other one was wrong?

Sorry, no idea why I put "either" in there, must have been thinking about something else at the same time.

Cosimo · 4 Mar 2011 at 19:05

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language.

cu3ed · 4 Mar 2011 at 19:43

What does it mean?

Destination · 4 Mar 2011 at 20:14

[FnG]magnolia;18595215 said:
Daniel Day-Lewis is British.

When I first heard this, some years ago I was amazed and checked it up, turns out one of his parents was Irish but not himself.
Surprised me at the time.
Not really sure why, but always thought he was Irish.

Destination · 4 Mar 2011 at 20:15

cu3ed said:
When you hit your funny bone its not the bone being hit that causes that awful sensation, its actually the Ulnar nerve that runs over the bone in a small gap.

Indeed, and the earlier chap saying something about the funny bone being called the humerous.... What? Utter Gubbins.

Russinating · 4 Mar 2011 at 20:29

Lazy, but: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

Russinating · 4 Mar 2011 at 20:31

mistercrabb said:
This isn't necessarily true:
I wulod lkie a hooauitmppps.

Can you read the last word? I'm sure the letters have to be in some sort of order to be readable.

Hippopotamus.

ChroniC · 4 Mar 2011 at 20:34

Russinating said:
Hippopotamus.

Thats what I got, without thinking.