@John - oh amazing! I used to keep rats so they're very dear to my heart so rat facts was so cool.

I used this exact phone the day after to call for a rat fact:
_[dial tone]_
RSPCR: "Hello rat facts"
Me: "Hello, I would like a rat fact please."
RSPCR: "Certainly. When you see rats gathered around musician ensure you pay them or they will steal your children."
Me: "That is a very helpful fact, thank you for that."
RSPCR: "Not a problem, have a nice day."
_[extremely satisfying clunk hangup]_

@FroggyMakes @John Hold on, was rat facts run by people managing a hotline

@John @FroggyMakes Extremely regretting not calling Rat Facts

@jonty @John We've got cat, bat and rat facts. EMF2026 is just going to be a series of ad-hoc call centres keeping everyone informed on animal trivia.

Dibs on mole facts. Moles are weird.

@FroggyMakes @jonty

Hi is this Vole Facts?

@FroggyMakes @jonty @John dibs on tru'fax.

Now I just need to figure out fax machines.

@pieceofthepie @FroggyMakes @jonty @John
Nobody’s done hat facts yet…? Or perhaps even bureaucrat and aristocrat facts…

What about facts about faxes?! People could send a fax with a fact to fax facts!!!

@herdingdata @pieceofthepie@social.n8e.dev @FroggyMakes @jonty @John I for one would love to fax fax facts facts.

@herdingdata @pieceofthepie @FroggyMakes @jonty @John @Floppy @pikesley we need to nab Hat Facts for Hat Village in 2026!

@wamonite @pikesley Hat Fact #1: Richard Feynman theorised that there is only one hat, but it moves backwards and forwards through time.

@Floppy @wamonite

ALT

@jon @FroggyMakes @jonty @John this idea is not 10 minutes old and I am already chatting with @blue about implementation details. I feel like we need to make this happen 😃

@John @FroggyMakes @jonty might have to branch out into Tardigrade Facts next time. Perhaps a combined call centre with one of those big “calls waiting” type displays would be in order.

@John @FroggyMakes Operated by the technovoles themselves. They just reply with annoyed squeaks (at 140bpm)