Fun facts thread

Ross_Alumni

That tribe needed a visit to the hairdressers clearly @spankie76  

Scientists believe humans could have upwards of 23 senses, rather than just 5

leeCal

I don’t doubt it @Ross_Scope, for example I can sense when I’ve spent too much ?

Ross_Alumni

leeCal said:

I don’t doubt it @Ross_Scope, for example I can sense when I’ve spent too much ?

I know how you feel there I can sense when I've eaten too much

Dragonslayer

Apparently if you point your car keys at your head it increases the signal. (The brain acts as a transmitter)
I 'think I'll try that? ?
There is no train service in Iceland?

leeCal

Stroking a pin with silk magnetises it.

(if you’re lost in the wilderness, magnetise the pin, find a hollow stump with water in, place the pin on a small leaf and watch it spin north. But only if you haven’t got a mobile phone signal ??)

Tori_Scope

Apparently if you point your car keys at your head it increases the signal. (The brain acts as a transmitter)
I 'think I'll try that? ?

You'll have to let us know whether it works @Dragonslayer  

66Mustang

Tori_Scope said:

Apparently if you point your car keys at your head it increases the signal. (The brain acts as a transmitter)
I 'think I'll try that? ?

You'll have to let us know whether it works @Dragonslayer  

Reminds me of this
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jACSPipPSE

Dragonslayer

@66Mustang
I have never seen that video before.
Now I see it does work. Worth remembering.
Thanks for that.

[Deleted User]

1 million seconds is 8 days, 1 billion seconds is 22 years

Dragonslayer

Apparently, you can get fined for driving a dirty car in Russia
The Millenium Falcon was based on a burger