Things you only found out today

[filthyfox]

On 27/05/2026 at 17:52, FoxesDeb said:

Yes I also only learned that this year too, and also Eid in Tétouan means people buying live sheep from Carrefour to sacrifice at home 

I went to Ftench exchange with a Muskim family at "lamb Eid"

 

Saw the kamb slaughtered, and everything

 

Most AMAZING kebabs i have ever tasted!

[Free Falling Foxes]

The girl in the latest Sainsbury ad is an employee.

It is their policy to use their staff in ads apparently 

Not the voiceover in the ad though, that's Stephen Fry.

[STEVIE B]

.......That when England won the 1966 World Cup, only 16 teams took part. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

46 minutes ago, STEVIE B said:

.......That when England won the 1966 World Cup, only 16 teams took part. 

It annoys me (slightly) that people giving out stats such as the one I saw recently about Pickford having the most WC appearances, don't realise that this is because a) It's a lot easier to qualify due to more spaces and b) more teams qualifying means more games are played, often against easier teams (unlike earlier WC where you were immediately playing against the best). It's not because he is somehow one of our best keepers. Historically I'd place several ahead of him, though he's still a good keeper.

Edited 19 hours ago by Trav Le Bleu

[STEVIE B]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

It annoys me (slightly) that people giving out stats such as the one I saw recently about Pickford having the most WC appearances, don't realise that this is because a) It's a lot easier to qualify due to more spaces and b) more teams qualifying means more games are played, often against easier teams (unlike earlier WC where you were immediately playing against the best). It's not because he is somehow one of our best keepers. Historically I'd place several ahead of him, though he's still a good keeper.

Absolutely spot on. Lots of modern football, sporting facts & figures in general need an asterisk next to them. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, STEVIE B said:

Absolutely spot on. Lots of modern football, sporting facts & figures in general need an asterisk next to them. 

Most of the top scorers are because they played far more games than those who played when international travel was more expensive and why play games halfway round the world when nobody could watch it on very rare televisions.

 

I looked it up and even only going back to the 70s they'd play less than 10 games a year, max, whereas now it's 13-17 in the 2020s.

[Trav Le Bleu]

The longest insect in the UK is a stick insect.

 

 

The unarmed stick insect has established itself from New Zealand in Cornwall and Devon.

[Free Falling Foxes]

2 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

The longest insect in the UK is a stick insect.

 

 

The unarmed stick insect has established itself from New Zealand in Cornwall and Devon.

You've only just twigged that.

[Trav Le Bleu]

23 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

You've only just twigged that.

Tbh, I'm just glad it's not the armed stick insect.

[davieG]

That Southampton FC is our parent club but we're not getting their youngsters to prepare them for top level football we're getting their older players preparing them for retirement.