Today I learned...

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

49 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

TIL that the ingredient they put in nacho cheese sauce in the cinema to keep it runny and stop it congealing is sodium citrate, of which the chemical symbol is NaCHO.

That was from the Twitter thread of that lad with cheese in the chocolate fountain wasnt it. 

[Carbomb]

8 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

That was from the Twitter thread of that lad with cheese in the chocolate fountain wasnt it. 

Yep!

[PJ Power]

The second biggest selling single in the UK of the 1990's was "Barbie Girl" by Aqua with over 1.8 million copies sold, only kept off the top spot for the decade by "Candle In The Wind".

Edited November 2, 2020 by PJ Power
Clarify "in the UK"

[Bellenda Carlisle]

Doctor Jones was much better.

I found out recently that the Santana/Rob Thomas song Smooth was ranked the second most successful song of all time (whatever that means) by Billboard. And now it's stuck in my head.

[Devon Malcolm]

1 minute ago, Bellenda Carlisle said:

Doctor Jones was much better.

Nah, top tier Aqua was this.

Worth noting that Lene gets them out in the Danish film Deliver Us From Evil.

[Bellenda Carlisle]

I still prefer Dr Jones, the upvote was for the second part ofthe post

[wordsfromlee]

26 minutes ago, PJ Power said:

The second biggest selling single in the UK of the 1990's was "Barbie Girl" by Aqua with over 1.8 million copies sold, only kept off the top spot for the decade by "Candle In The Wind".

Looking up the biggest selling singles of the 2000s, number one was Will Young’s Popstars winning single, ‘Evergreen’. Number two was Gareth Gates runner up cover of ‘Unchained Melody’. Number three...

’It Wasn’t Me’ by Shaggy. 

[Guest]

33 minutes ago, Bellenda Carlisle said:

I found out recently that the Santana/Rob Thomas song Smooth was ranked the second most successful song of all time (whatever that means) by Billboard. And now it's stuck in my head.

Well, it's a hot one.

[Chest Rockwell]

1 hour ago, wordsfromlee said:

Looking up the biggest selling singles of the 2000s, number one was Will Young’s Popstars winning single, ‘Evergreen’. Number two was Gareth Gates runner up cover of ‘Unchained Melody’. Number three...

’It Wasn’t Me’ by Shaggy. 

Well at least one of them has stood the test of time.

[SuperBacon]

TIL that Man Utd defender Axel Tuanzebe holds the World Record for the fastest game of Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Will probably be the crowning glory of his career.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/431869-fastest-time-to-clear-a-game-of-hungry-hungry-hippos-individual

[Carbomb]

Courtesy of @Chris B on Twitter, TIL that a process that began in the Cretaceous Period formed the basis of a streak of Democrat constituencies in every US election since the 1970s.

A long-ish thread, but it's truly fascinating.

 

[Carbomb]

TIL something that probably loads of people on here know, that Rocky Balboa was most likely based on Chuck Wepner, not just for the fight with Ali, but also his wrestling match with André in 1976. Seems that Stallone outright denied the inspiration, but in 2003, Wepner sued him and got a settlement for an undisclosed amount. Makes sense, really - the fight alone might not have done it, but the parallel career progression of then exploiting the new-found fame the match got him to go and have a wrestling match makes it difficult to dispute.

EDIT: I liked that LOTM guessed what lead me to find out about the nacho cheese thing, so feel free to take a guess as to why I was looking up the factoid in this post. Inspiration came from here.

Edited November 5, 2020 by Carbomb

[AshC]

'It Wasn't Me' by Shaggy was Michael Jackson's favourite song. I didn't learn this today, it's a longtime favourite fact, that.

[Jazzy G]

Hasbro (yes, that one) through their purchase of Entertainment One now own the rights to everything ever published by Death Row records. 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/884amp/hasbro-now-owns-death-row-records-because-why-not-its-2020?utm_source=vicefbus&fbclid=IwAR2sFrHKFh4Nn04o1ahhERKdnR1Gvxk68dnRDhhhbMHCc3TBDzIKlh894Pw

Edited November 5, 2020 by jazzygeofferz

[Mr Lawrence]

16 hours ago, Carbomb said:

TIL something that probably loads of people on here know, that Rocky Balboa was most likely based on Chuck Wepner, not just for the fight with Ali, but also his wrestling match with André in 1976. Seems that Stallone outright denied the inspiration, but in 2003, Wepner sued him and got a settlement for an undisclosed amount. Makes sense, really - the fight alone might not have done it, but the parallel career progression of then exploiting the new-found fame the match got him to go and have a wrestling match makes it difficult to dispute.

 

This is the trailer to a very good documentary on Chuck Wepner, The Real Rocky. It is on Netflix. Theres also a film about him called “Chuck” 

Him and Stallone are now friends. Chuck actually made a lot of money doing appearances as The Real Rocky and tried out for a part as a sparring partner in Rocky 2, but turned up in no condition to perform and failed to land the role.

Edited November 6, 2020 by Mr Lawrence
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