What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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GregP Aug 2017 10:00am, 15 Aug 2017 94,939 posts	0 GregP I escape you then. I'm same group as TRO this year (J). I'm K next year for triathlon, D for crit racing. stortfordtri.org.uk
Jenelopy Aug 2017 10:20pm, 16 Aug 2017 136 posts	0 Jenelopy That the killer whale is in fact a dolphin (watched QI last night!)
Jenelopy Aug 2017 10:22pm, 16 Aug 2017 137 posts	0 Jenelopy That dolphins, porpoises, sperm whales and beaked whales are all Toothed Whales (according to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothed_whale)
ChrisHB Aug 2017 10:30pm, 16 Aug 2017 15,269 posts	0 ChrisHB That I cannot get into our car wearing a bike helmet (not surprising, I can hardly get into it at all.)
NDWDave Aug 2017 11:04am, 17 Aug 2017 4,239 posts	0 NDWDave The Icelandic word for computer directly translates as number witch or number fortune teller
GlennR Aug 2017 11:49am, 17 Aug 2017 29,884 posts	0 GlennR My sources have it as Prophetess of Numbers, which I think is even better.
Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2017 12:02pm, 17 Aug 2017 2,170 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend I'm a day late with this as I found out yesterday - zebras' stripes are more likely to be there to confuse biting insects, rather than for camouflage.
Markymarkmark Aug 2017 1:40pm, 17 Aug 2017 5,637 posts	0 Markymarkmark One Show, FDNB? The only thing I saw on tv last night was that article!
Frobester Aug 2017 1:54pm, 17 Aug 2017 26,311 posts	0 Frobester That Donna Summer's I Feel Love is a right banger, even today. Played in its entirety on the radio this morning.
TomahawkMike Aug 2017 2:39pm, 25 Aug 2017 889 posts	0 TomahawkMike That there is an amazing place helping track 'Near Earth Objects' called the Spaceguard Centre nr Knighton, Powys. spaceguardcentre.com This was one of the more interesting and revealing places I have visited on holiday for years.