Post Some Educational Trivia!

Don't know if this idea will take off, but I found a little piece that explained the difference between a bog, a swamp, a marsh & a fen (and I didn't even know that last one was even a thing!)

So, here it is for everyone's benefit:


See if you can find some interesting & educational trivia to share!

 

Not exactly trivia, but something that is frequently explained incorrectly & largely misunderstood.

Hopefully I used SPOILER correctly.

What Is a Squirting Orgasm?
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That was very imformative.. I learned from that



Stupid things I know.
The ball at the top of a flagpole is called a finial, some people in other countries call it a truck

 

Peacocks are the male peafowl. Peacocks is not the correct description for a group of mixed sex peafowl. There is no consensus on what to call a group of peafowl; I prefer murder because it sounds cool.

The above info should not be used to correct people who use peacock & peacocks incorrectly .

 

The Inuit don't have a fifty words for snow.
Conditions of snow, types of snowfall, etc. but not just snow.
Having words for all the kinds of snowfall, hard and crispy, soft and wet, etc. can make a huge difference in how you hunt or drive your dogs.
Here are a few:

• qanuk: 'snowflake'
• kaneq: 'frost'
• kanevvluk: 'fine snow'
• qanikcaq: 'snow on ground'
• muruaneq: 'soft deep snow'
• nutaryuk: 'fresh snow'
• pirta: 'blizzard'
• qengaruk: 'snow bank'

But they aren't the only ones.
The Scots have a similar number as do the Muotha, the indigenous people of Lapland and the Sami of Norway.