Random Facts Thread.

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: Your Fingertips are so sensitive that if they were the size of the planet earth you would still be able to feel the difference between a house and a car.

Read more here: Feeling small: Fingers can detect nano-scale wrinkles even on a seemingly smooth surface

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: The cookie Monsters real name is Sid.

Read More here: Cookie Monster’s First Name Is Sid, And Other Icon’s “Real” Names | Smart News | Smithsonian

 

[Sheltie]

Sherwood Schwartz, creator of Gilligan's Island, said in an interview that Gilligan's name was Willy Gilligan. They were going to reveal this in an episode some time during season 4 but the show was unexpectedly canceled at the end of season 3 even though the show was top ten in the ratings.

 

[nivek]

 

[Dejan Corovic]

Random Fact: Above the Supreme Court, there is a basketball court,

Affectionately known as the highest court in the land.

Read more here: The Highest Court of the Land

That ceiling is too low and any three point shot would scratch it.

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: The First Binary Computer Was Invented in the 1940s

ENIAC weighed 60,000 pounds and took up a room larger than most studio apartments (1,500 square feet)

Read More here: ENIAC - Wikipedia

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: Space Smells Like Seared Steak

according to some former astronauts, space does have a distinct odor that hangs around when they come back in the ship after a spacewalk. They’ve described it as “hot metal” or “searing steak.”

Read More Here:What Space Smells Like

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: “E” Is the Most Common Letter and Appears in 11 Percent of All English Words

Read More here: Can You Guess the Most Common Letters in the English Language?

 

[wwkirk]

Random Fact: “E” Is the Most Common Letter and Appears in 11 Percent of All English Words

Read More here: Can You Guess the Most Common Letters in the English Language?

Compared to the other random facts, I've known about this one for a long time.

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: In 1859 the U.S almost went to war with Canada over a Pig.

In 1859, the U.S. almost went to war with Canada because of a pig. a pig belonging to the British accidentally wandered onto the land of Lyman Cutlar, an American farmer. When Cutlar noticed the pig eating some of his potatoes he was incensed, and in a fit of rage shot and killed the pig Almost Sparking an international war.

Read More here: That Time the U.S. Almost Went to War With Canada

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: Kentucky has more Burbon than people.

If bourbon is your poison, then you might want to plan a road trip to Kentucky. The state is not only responsible for 95 percent of the world's bourbon, according to The Atlantic, but there is also so much of it that the 4.7 million barrels in the state's distilleries outnumber the 4.3 million people living in the area.

Read more here: Bourbon Facts - Kentucky Distillers Association

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: There is a town in Nebraska with a total population of 1.

Elsie Eiler lives in a town called Monowi, which is in the state of Nebraska—and she's the only one. She used to live there with her husband Rudy, but when he passed away in 2004, she became Monowi's sole resident. Elsie is also the town's mayor, bartender, and librarian, and is responsible for paying herself taxes and granting herself a liquor license. As of 2018, the tiny population makes Monowi the only incorporated town in the U.S. with only one resident.

Read More here: The Woman who is the Mayor, Bartender, Librarian and Sole Resident of her Town

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: The Earth is hit with more energy from the sun each hour than the population of planet earth can use in a year.

according to the U.S. Department of Energy, Solar panels are a popular choice for anyone who's interested in living a more planet-friendly existence. And if you ever thought there might not be enough sunlight to go around, then think again. Some 430 quintillion Joules of energy from the sun hits the Earth every hour, while the entire population of the planet only uses 410 quintillion Joules each year.

Read more here: https://www.sandia.gov/~jytsao/Solar FAQs.pdf

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: Scientists Can now Identify the Brain Waves That Signal Someone is Having an Angry Dream.

Scientists are getting better at decoding our dreams. A 2019 study published in the Journal of neuroscience included the fact that researchers had identified brain activity patterns that predict states of anger during dreams. Pilleriin Sikka, the lead author of the study from the University of skovde, explained, "Previous studies have shown that frontal alpha asymmetry is related to anger and self-regulation during wakefulness. We show that this asymmetrical brain activity is also related to anger experienced in dreams. Frontal alpha asymmetry may thus reflect our ability to regulate anger not only in the waking but also in the dreaming state."

Read more here: Brain waves for angry dreams discovered by sleep scientists

 

[wwkirk]

Random Fact: There is a town in Nebraska with a total population of 1.

Elsie Eiler lives in a town called Monowi, which is in the state of Nebraska—and she's the only one. She used to live there with her husband Rudy, but when he passed away in 2004, she became Monowi's sole resident. Elsie is also the town's mayor, bartender, and librarian, and is responsible for paying herself taxes and granting herself a liquor license. As of 2018, the tiny population makes Monowi the only incorporated town in the U.S. with only one resident.

Read More here: The Woman who is the Mayor, Bartender, Librarian and Sole Resident of her Town

That's so cool! Here's some pics from that town:

 

[pigfarmer]

Random Fact: In 1859 the U.S almost went to war with Canada over a Pig.

In 1859, the U.S. almost went to war with Canada because of a pig. a pig belonging to the British accidentally wandered onto the land of Lyman Cutlar, an American farmer. When Cutlar noticed the pig eating some of his potatoes he was incensed, and in a fit of rage shot and killed the pig Almost Sparking an international war.

Read More here: That Time the U.S. Almost Went to War With Canada

VINCENT
Want some bacon?
JULES
Naw, man, I don't eat pork.
VINCENT
Are you Jewish?
JULES
I ain't Jewish, I just don't dig on swine, that's all.
VINCENT
Why not?
JULES
Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
VINCENT
Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.
JULES
Hey, a sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie. But I'll never know 'cause I
Wouldn't eat the filthy motherfuckers. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's
A filthy animal. I ain't need nothin' that ain't got sense enough to
Disregard its own feces.
VINCENT
How about a dog? Dog eats its own feces.
JULES
I don't eat dog either.
VINCENT
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?
JULES
I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but they're definitely dirty.
But a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
VINCENT
So by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to
Be a filthy animal? Is that true?
JULES
Well, we'd have to be talkin' 'bout one charmin' motherfuckin' pig. I mean
He'd have to be ten times more charming that that [...] you know what
I'm sayin'?

 

[pigfarmer]

Random Fact: In 1859 the U.S almost went to war with Canada over a Pig.

In 1859, the U.S. almost went to war with Canada because of a pig. a pig belonging to the British accidentally wandered onto the land of Lyman Cutlar, an American farmer. When Cutlar noticed the pig eating some of his potatoes he was incensed, and in a fit of rage shot and killed the pig Almost Sparking an international war.

Read More here: That Time the U.S. Almost Went to War With Canada

More random facts. We already tried invading Canada once.
Before he was a traitor Benedict Arnold was a bad ass.
Benedict Arnold | The Canadian Encyclopedia

And a ship's captain who, from all accounts, was not someone you would f*** with.
He was the first captain of the USS Enterprise
Ships Named Enterprise: For More Than 240 Years, They’ve Boldly Served America’s Navy - Navy Live

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: The Majority Of Americans Choose Dogs over love.

Dogs have been known for the longest time as man's best friend, but Americans are increasingly taking that to a new level. A 2017 study from Rover.com conducted over three years found that 54 percent of dog owners are willing to end a relationship if their pup doesn't like their partner.

The study also found that 94 percent of dog owners consider their dogs to be a part of their family, and 78 percent include their pups in major family moments. Since one in four people said they bring their cuddly companions on first dates, maybe consider bringing dog treats instead of flowers next time.

Read More here: Rover.com Reveals New Research on “Dog People” | The Dog People by Rover.com

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: Your Liver can regrow itself in Three weeks.

In Greek Mythology, Prometheus was a Titan who was punished to have his liver eaten by an eagle every day, The liver would then Regrow at night, Just to have the eagle come back and dine upon his liver yet again. It turns out, the regenerative properties of this story are partially true: Doctors have found that the liver can regrow completely in as little as three weeks.

Read more here: Mumbai doctors bust myth, say liver grows back in 3 weeks | Mumbai News - Times of India

 

[Shadowprophet]

Random Fact: Most breakups, Happen on Mondays.

Searching through public facebook date, Lee Byron and David McCandless found that relationship statuses changed for the worse two weeks before Christmas, around Easter, and on Mondays. Though this data may be somewhat misleading, as people might not be live-updating their breakups, it shows an obvious trend.

Read more here: Using Facebook Updates to Chronicle Breakups "it's analytics like this, that scare me away from social media," That some company out there is keeping track of when you left Alicia.

I don't trust that.