Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[cats_09]

TIL South Africa have won the Rugby World Cup 4 times. The most ever

As was pointed out on Nike's post about this, technically not true

South Africa's 4th win is the most for men's teams, with the New Zealand women having won 6 times

Yes it's two different competitions, but a few years ago the rugby union governing body removed the gender title, so both are simply known as the Rugby World Cup, meaning that the New Zealand women are 6 times Rugby World Cup Champions

And as an example of the change in naming, the next women's event is in 2025, and the it's title is Rugby World Cup 2025

 

[Gough]

The actresses who played Janey in Metal Mickey is now known as Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE.

 

[MP_]

It is illegal in the UK to feed your kitchen waste and scraps to your backyard chickens unless your home is completely vegan. This law came into place in 2001 because of foot and mouth disease. I'm doing a poultry course at the moment and this blew me away.

 

[MP_]

Also the colour of a chickens eggs is determined by the colour of its earlobes.

 

[Shell]

Don't they still have TV licenses and an actual tax on the number of bedrooms you have in your house?

 

[Gough]

It is illegal in the UK to feed your kitchen waste and scraps to your backyard chickens unless your home is completely vegan. This law came into place in 2001 because of foot and mouth disease. I'm doing a poultry course at the moment and this blew me away.

For a nation with such a haphazard approach to food the Brits can get really weird about eating. They also love a good scare, reminds of the Blitz or something like that.

 

[MP_]

For a nation with such a haphazard approach to food the Brits can get really weird about eating. They also love a good scare, reminds of the Blitz or something like that.

Never trust country who names a dessert spotted dick

 

[Shell]

Never trust country who names a dessert spotted dick

THATS A DESSERT?!?!?!

 

[Shell]

That country is weird.

So's Scotland

 

[MP_]

 

[Gough]

Never trust country who names a dessert spotted dick

Toad in the hole, or my fave the Bedfordshire Clanger which is a like a sausage rollbut with half savoury meat and the other half is sweet fruit jam.

 

[dogs105]

It is illegal in the UK to feed your kitchen waste and scraps to your backyard chickens unless your home is completely vegan. This law came into place in 2001 because of foot and mouth disease. I'm doing a poultry course at the moment and this blew me away.

I remember this.


Makes sense for the country that pioneered taking herbivores (cows), and feeding them other cows.

 

[MP_]

I remember this.


Makes sense for the country that pioneered taking herbivores (cows), and feeding them other cows.

Yeah my sister couldn’t donate blood for over 20 years because she spent time in England during the mad cow era

 

[MP_]

Toad in the hole, or my fave the Bedfordshire Clanger which is a like a sausage rollbut with half savoury meat and the other half is sweet fruit jam.

Loved toad in the hole when I travelled through the uk.

 

[Mofra]

Stevie Wonder's first name is not Stephen, it's Stevland

 

[Gough]

Yeah my sister couldn’t donate blood for over 20 years because she spent time in England during the mad cow era

At one point I pretty much filled the cannot donate blood bingo card.

 

[MP_]

At one point I pretty much filled the cannot donate blood bingo card.

i just need to get my blood pressure down so i can donate again

 

[MP_]

Stevie Wonder's first name is not Stephen, it's Stevland

do you think he's even blind or should i ask this on the conspiracy board?

 

[Shell]

Stevie Wonder's first name is not Stephen, it's Stevland

I never even considered Stevie Wonder to be anything but a Stevie. Not even a Steven or Stephen.

Well there you go.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Stevie Wonder's first name is not Stephen, it's Stevland

Steveland Judkins?

 

[ioppolo]

Also the colour of a chickens eggs is determined by the colour of its earlobes.

Afaik it's determined by how long it's in their body being made for.

 

[MP_]

Afaik it's determined by how long it's in their body being made for.

Nope, I’m doing a poultry course and am just quoting what I learnt.

 

[MP_]

Afaik it's determined by how long it's in their body being made for.

May is National Egg Month, and it is an “egg-cellent” time to discuss how chicken eggs get their coloring. Most ears listen to secrets but a hen’s earlobe actually tells a secret. According to Gregory Archer, AgriLife Texas A&M University Extension Specialist in the Department of Poultry Science, if a hen has white earlobes, she will produce white eggs and if she has darker earlobes she will produce colored eggs like blue, brown, or green.

 

[ioppolo]

May is National Egg Month, and it is an “egg-cellent” time to discuss how chicken eggs get their coloring. Most ears listen to secrets but a hen’s earlobe actually tells a secret. According to Gregory Archer, AgriLife Texas A&M University Extension Specialist in the Department of Poultry Science, if a hen has white earlobes, she will produce white eggs and if she has darker earlobes she will produce colored eggs like blue, brown, or green.

I'll have to check out my chicken's ear lobes.

 

[MP_]

I'll have to check out my chicken's ear lobes.

There’s probably a technical reason for the colour but at least you can tell by the ear lobes.