The Random Fact Thread

[Mnemonix 878]

A shrimp's heart is in it's head.

That's weird

Cattle have more than one stomach: multiple (forgot how many) to collect their chewed up cud in one spot to another until the cattle has fully digested them.

That's also weird Is it four?

Edited October 13, 2012 by Mnemonix

[Biff Wellington 1,834]

Texas state law prohibits taking more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

[Viviana98 686]

Section 30-1-3

Issue of incestuous marriages not deemed illegitimate in the state of Alabama.

It is illegal to fish with a bow and arrow in Kentucky

[orangepeaceful79 1,074]

The Viceroy butterfly is an animal that uses mimicry as a survival tactic. It looks nearly identical to the Monarch butterfly which birds find distasteful due to all the milkweed that the monarch feeds on during its larval stage. Birds avoid Monarchs and also Viceroys because of their close resemblance.

[Biff Wellington 1,834]

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

[orangepeaceful79 1,074]

Plate tectonics are made possible by the Asthenosphere - which is a narrow layer of very liquid molten rock that the Lithsosphere (the layer of the Earth's crust that the continental plates are made of) actually "floats" on. The earth's plates move an average of 2 cm per year. (I just taught this lesson to my 8th graders yesterday so its fresh in my mind.)

[Biff Wellington 1,834]

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

[Biff Wellington 1,834]

The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

[Viviana98 686]

It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.

Charles Dickens always faced north while sleeping

Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe.

[orangepeaceful79 1,074]

It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.

Thats pretty sad. And even in those times of relative peace you can rest assured that there were plenty of folks being horrible to each other on a smaller scale. Wonder if we'll ever learn?

[Viviana98 686]

Coca cola was originally green,

Thats pretty sad. And even in those times of relative peace you can rest assured that there were plenty of folks being horrible to each other on a smaller scale. Wonder if we'll ever learn?

Doesn't seem as though we ever will sadly.

[Viviana98 686]

Of the 262 men who have held the title of pope, 33 have died by violence

[orangepeaceful79 1,074]

On a 1999 Saab 9-3 to remove the wheels you actually remove lugBOLTS instead lugnuts. Different than any other car I have ever owned. Quirky damned Swedes.

[Viviana98 686]

Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.

[orangepeaceful79 1,074]

Of the 262 men who have held the title of pope, 33 have died by violence

Not surprising.

[orangepeaceful79 1,074]

Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.

For one year in 1943 pennies were minted in steel because of the shortage of copper that manufacturing shell casings for the war effort caused.

[Biff Wellington 1,834]

The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is *pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

[Biff Wellington 1,834]

Coca cola was originally green,

Doesn't seem as though we ever will sadly.

Peace is overrated... & boring.

[Solipsi Rai 1,069]

I do know a California Law prohibits anyone duck hunting from an airplane while in motion above the ground!

[Biff Wellington 1,834]

I forget where exactly but there is a law prohibiting one from putting pants on their house. There's also one not allowing you to allow your house to sleep in your tub.

[Solipsi Rai 1,069]

The largest nation in size in the world is Russia, only 3/4ths of the former Soviet Union once existed from 1917 to 1991, when the USSR collapsed to become 14 or 15 countries.

[orangepeaceful79 1,074]

A serving of regular Cheezits is equal to 27 crackers. 150 calories. 5.5 calories per cracker. Yum.

[Biff Wellington 1,834]

The term "Black Death" is recent. During the plague, it was called "the Great Mortality" or "the Pestilence."

Although the period known as the Black Death ended in 1351, the plague continued to return to Europe, with epidemics every few years through the end of the fifteenth century

[Biff Wellington 1,834]

Eau de Cologne and other perfumes were first used during the plague to cover up odors due to not bathing or changing clothing

[Aim4TheHead 1,217]

Eau de Cologne and other perfumes were first used during the plague to cover up odors due to not bathing or changing clothing

And people use it for that same reason today.