Fact, snippets of useless information and all of that kind of thing makes up most of what’s in my brain – so I thought I would infect the general interweb with al of this and see what fact I can trawl for you!
Enjoy!
Did you know…
An orange will float on water – but will sink if you peel it? That peel must be magic…


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Now I need to buy an orange and try this! Not that I don’t believe you–I just want to see it:-)
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Let me know how it goes… That’s the thing with these facts… They’re intriguing
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That’s interesting Simon. It’s the kind of example you’d have an engineer or allied scientist use to explain a principal.
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That’s true it is, I’m not sure what the principle is though…
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Me neither, though I daresay if I listen to enough documentaries on Radio 4, it will crop up.
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It will I’m sure 🙂
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Always something new to learn.
‘Well. I didn’t know that,’
They would be great last words wouldn’t they?
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They would… the best.
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I have to try this one too, lol
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Let me know how it goes lol
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🤔
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Has that you you thinking?
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It does. One would think … lol
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It’s always good to think… Occasionally lol
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I guess I’m still young enough to learn, I’m going to try this with my grands….thanks for the magic
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We’re all young enough to learn… Happy to help I’m sure the grand kids will have fun!
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Hmm… really? Interesting.
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Ha, never thought about it nor tried it out. But it makes sense… lol
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Interesting! I guess the peel must have a really low density.
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