That's True That Is

Hate

njwrigley — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:48:49 +0000

All objects in the universe are moving away from one another. This repulsive force was summarised by the conjecture of Austrian physicist Naif Brodski, who in 1903 proposed that this was because, on an atomic scale, particles simply hate one another. In 2018 this was proven, and the modern physics branch of “hateful physics” was born. Thus far, hate is the best description we have of the universe as a whole.

Football

njwrigley — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:42:21 +0000

The game of football was invented in 1364 in the English village of Fethbell. Villagers, looking for something to do during a summer drought, kicked an inflated pigs bladder around the village green. It proved to be fun. Goals were added to the game in 1381, and the rectangular shape of the pitch 3 years after that. At this time the game lasted up to 14 days and it was within the rules to use weapons to “club your opponents to submission”.

Pregnant

njwrigley — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:49:57 +0000

Pregnant woman are able to perceive things more quickly. It’s thought that this is an evolutionary advantage; being able to sense and avoid danger. Typically a pregnant woman can sense as much as half a second ahead of other women. This would make them ideal goalies in football tournaments and Formula 1 drivers, were it not for the fact that they’re pregnant, and would likely harm the baby.

Beetles

njwrigley — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:09:04 +0000

Every beetle contains two, completely separate living creatures. They govern the front and rear legs respectively. Food and liquid is shared equally via the mouth parts. Once in a while you will be able to observe a beetle “argument”, in which the front and rear disagree about which direction they should go. In 80% of cases the front wins, but this can cause “beetle tension” in which the rear legs simply lock up and prevent movement.

Space Station

njwrigley — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:13:21 +0000

In 2035 the International Space Station will be retired. It will be broken up into small pieces and shipped back to Earth. Once all of the pieces have arrived, it will be reassembled and put in a theme park called “Space Station Fun”. Tickets are expected to cost a lot, given that it’s really small and uninteresting because it’s no longer in space.

Riots

njwrigley — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:34:44 +0000

The English ‘bread riots’ of 1734 had nothing to do with bread. Dissatisfied with their lot, and wanting to topple the monarchy, the rebellious organisers dropped their original slogan, ‘unfasten the yoke of oppression, and join the steadfast band of the justified populace’, because ‘bread riots’ was easier to say, and people liked bread more than the royal family.

Work

njwrigley — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:40:02 +0000

The inventor of the 5 day work week, Eugine Ferberer, was beaten to death in 1673 by members of the rival “1 day work week” political party.

In a recent study it has been calculated that Eugine’s invention has caused more combined unhappiness than any other decision ever made.

Norway

njwrigley — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:50:40 +0000

The years 1268 to 1293 do not exist in Norway. Due to a clerical error by the monk Nerveigan. He accidentally erased all trace of them from the monastic documents which later became the official version of Norwegian history.

America

njwrigley — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 17:10:50 +0000

In the year 906, an Irish fisherman in a tiny boat called a ‘coracle’ got washed out to sea. By great fortune he’d loaded up the vessel with food. 56 days later, he ‘discovered’ America. He wrote details of this expedition down on planks of wood which were discovered in 2013.

Napoleon

njwrigley — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:35:38 +0000

Napoleon was enormous. 6 ft 9 inches tall. After his death, his detractors removed all traces of this great size from history. They also recommissioned major works of art to illustrate a much smaller version of him, thinking that it was easier to hate.

Grasshopper

njwrigley — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 12:47:01 +0000

Grasshoppers powerful rear legs are not in fact legs. Their correct name is: hunfrigomantioptimapulia. Nobody uses this term though as it’s significantly more difficult to spell than ‘legs’ and means exactly the same thing.

Sprint

njwrigley — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:57:36 +0000

The fact that the letter M can stand for miles and meters led to the last minute cancellation of the 100m sprint during the Paris Olympics of 1900. Concerns about the “exorbitant cost” of track construction had been completely ignored.

Celery

njwrigley — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:56:10 +0000

Celery is neither vegetable nor fruit. In Linnaean taxonomy it occupies a branch called “mangibles”. The only other things on this branch are turnips and bison.

Boson

njwrigley — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:54:33 +0000

The Higgs boson sub-atomic particle is so small that if you lined up 100 million of them they would be smaller than 100 million larger particles.

Compass

njwrigley — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:51:16 +0000

Early maps show that there were originally 5 cardinal points of the compass. North, south, east, west and funt. The usage of funt was officially dropped in 1368 as it was viewed as “silly, and possibly evil”.

Slapping

njwrigley — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:48:21 +0000

A peculiar, unrepealed, law in England allows anyone with the name Conrad to slap a member of the House of Lords on 13th July between the hours of 7am and 2pm. The Lord / Lady being slapped must furnish the slapper with a bowl of soup.

Soil

njwrigley — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:07:57 +0000

Archaeology shows that the further down you dig, the futher back in time you go. It’s predicted that by the year 3000 CE your home will be under 600m of soil.

Tolkien

njwrigley — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:56:01 +0000

Prior to writing his most well known works, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote 12 books about Bottom and Top Earth. Sadly, they were all lost in a fire at his family home.

Einstein

njwrigley — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:05:54 +0000

Although Albert Einstein is most well know for his theories on relativity, his first scientific break through was proving that a bird in the hand is not worth two in the bush.

Whisper

njwrigley — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:52:11 +0000

The Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London is so effective at bouncing sound around that scientists, with finely tuned audio equipment, can still hear conversations from the 18th century.

Flies

njwrigley — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:21:34 +0000

Flies perceive events so rapidly that if you put them in a high speed train, they can see into the future.

Spinach

njwrigley — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:05:48 +0000

If cooked incorrectly spinach can break your teeth due to the high concentrations of iron in it.

Venezuela

njwrigley — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:18:10 +0000

In 1964 scientists from Venezuela discovered that you can cannot see Venezuela from space.