The Random Fact thread

Hitch-Hiker

Ok, because I'm really bored and I just stumbled onto one of those fact pages, I'm gonna post one here, and then others post their random interesting facts. Let's see what we can learn.

"The dot of an i is called a tittle."

here#s a random fact generator in case you don't have any - http://www.mentalfloss.com/amazingfactgenerator/?p=243#scroll

pearljamjen

The word "tittle" makes me laugh

Here is one: The phrase “going commando” originated during the Vietnam War, a time when American troops spent extended periods of time in hot, humid jungles. Tight-fitting undergarments reduced ventilation and increased the risk of fungal infections in the groin area.

Drop The Leash 10

tittle!!!!!!!!! hahahahahah

Drop The Leash 10

The US interstate system requires that one in every fives miles of a highway to be straight. These straight strips serve as emergency purposes for airplanes and military causes.

chadwick

Teddy Roosevelt’s first wife and mother died on the same day in the same house. The day was Valentine’s Day 1884.

Hitch-Hiker

Drop The Leash 10 wrote:

The US interstate system requires that one in every fives miles of a highway to be straight. These straight strips serve as emergency purposes for airplanes and military causes.

That's an interesting one.


When you crack a whip, the tip is moving faster than the speed of sound. That is why it “cracks”, instead of making a “wooosh” sound.

Drop The Leash 10

To escape the jaws of a crocodile, push your thumbs into its eyes - it will release you instantly.



No NFL team which plays its home games in a dome has ever won a Superbowl

pearljamjen

chadwick wrote:

Teddy Roosevelt’s first wife and mother died on the same day in the same house. The day was Valentine’s Day 1884.

aww sad :(

chadwick

The state fish of Hawaii is the humuhumunukunukuapua’a. The Hawaiian name roughly translates to “the fish with a pig-like nose”. It’s English name is the Reef Triggerfish.

Though it’s rarely used, the word used to reference half a computer byte is a “nibble.”

pearljamjen

OMG :eek:

16th century plastic surgeon, Gaspare Tagliacozzi, built his aristocratic patients new noses out of the skins of the patients’ slaves.

Hitch-Hiker

chadwick wrote:

Though it’s rarely used, the word used to reference half a computer byte is a “nibble.”

Haha one of our lcturers told us that. We thought he was joking.

chadwick

pearljamjen wrote:

aww sad :(

i was just told that maybe someone tried offing Teddy Roosevelt
with poison or something but his wife and mother got it by accident instead.

like a poisoned cake/pie or something.

i dont know the facts of either death
but that sure is an odd happening.

chadwick

pearljamjen wrote:

OMG :eek:

16th century plastic surgeon, Gaspare Tagliacozzi, built his aristocratic patients new noses out of the skins of the patients’ slaves.

that is fucked.

if i was a slave back then
i'd hope he used my ass or scrotum skin
for these jerk offs' noses...

do you smell my ass or sack you bastard, yes/no?
crude fucker i am

Hitch-Hiker

Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones were college roommates.

chadwick

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones were college roommates.

did they engaged in homosexual activities, yes/no?

Drop The Leash 10

chadwick wrote:

did they engaged in homosexual activities, yes/no?

pearljamjen

chadwick wrote:

that is fucked.

if i was a slave back then
i'd hope he used my ass or scrotum skin
for these jerk offs' noses...

do you smell my ass or sack you bastard, yes/no?
crude fucker i am

HAHA!!

chadwick

Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr Seuss to write a book containing exactly 50 words. The result? Green Eggs and Ham.

comebackwoman

The hands of a watch in print ads are always positioned at 10:10

Solat13

In the Holy Roman Empire, going blonde wasn’t exactly a fashion statement. At the time, light-color hair was associated with the barbarian women of Gaul and Germany who often ended up as slaves in brothels. Consequently, Roman law required all prostitutes to dye their hair blonde in order to distinguish themselves from “proper,” dark-mane ladies.

xavier mcdaniel

William Henry Harrison gave the longest presidential inaugural address on March 4, 1841 and then died a month later because of pnemonuia due to not wearing an overcoat. He also is the best president ever - because he didn't have time to screw anything up...