What interesting fact or ridiculous fact do you know?

[debm55]

[True Dough]

1. Prepare to have your mind blown, debm!

[debm55]

2. thank you True Dough

[Niagara]

3. The Eiffel Tower gets approximately 6 inches taller in the summer months.

https://www.sciencestudios.com.sg/blog-science-studios/matter-gains-heat-expands

[debm55]

5. Thank you Niagara.

[Niagara]

8. My pleasure, Debbie!

[True Dough]

78. Those French,

always trying to show off!

[Niagara]

92. I wish that I could add a few inches to my height in the summer, True.

Yesterday, I had to use a reach tool to snag an item out of the upper kitchen cabinets. Sometimes it's not easy getting into the upper kitchen cabinets.

[True Dough]

98. Put the snacks

at no higher than eye-level!

[Niagara]

103. I did find a solution.

On Thursday, I purchased a $5 small woven from the Dollar Tree. I originally purchased this basket for the bathroom and I discovered that this particular baskets fits perfectly in my kitchen cabinets.

Yesterday, I purchased 2 more of these baskets for the kitchen cabinets. The item that I couldn't reach yesterday was a disposable takeout food container. That's why I needed to use the old lady reacher. Lol!

Now that I have placed the discolored disposable takeout food container in the recycling, I have my Keto sugars in one of the woven baskets, sitting on the top shelf. I can actually reach it since it has a handle! It's very easy to take the basket out and place it back in.

Win, win! I love finding solutions!

[True Dough]

107. Weaving your own solutions!

Well done, Niagara!

[Niagara]

110. It was definitely a net gain, True!

[Phoenix61]

4. Armadillos always give birth to identical quadruplets. nt

[debm55]

6. Thank you Phoenix61

[Niagara]

7. Butterflies taste items using their feet.

https://worldstrides.com/blog/2011/12/butterfly-taste-buds/

[debm55]

10. Thank you Niagara.

[hlthe2b]

9. A dog's nose print is absolutely unique--like human fingerprints...

So, you can nail the guilty party!

[debm55]

14. Thank you hlthe2b. That is so funny. Thanks for the fact. I didn;t now about the dog noses.

[hlthe2b]

11. Three dogs survived the historical sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

Two Pomeranians and 1 Pekingese - all from First Class. (and no, they didn't have to dog paddle)

[debm55]

15. Th hlthe2b.Interesting.

[hlthe2b]

12. Dog's spend time finding just the right "spot" because they are attempting to align their "poop" with the earth's

magnetic field. And even more to the point, the North-South axis. Yes, really.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/dogs-poop-in-alignment-with-earths-magnetic-field-study-finds

[debm55]

16. Ty Is that why dogs do the little circle dance before they poop?

[hlthe2b]

18. Depends. Do your dogs wear little tutus?

[SWBTATTReg]

46. Can't resist...I have to laugh!!! Ha hahh heh...

[debm55]

100. HAHAHAHAHAHAH, No but Dolly walks in a circle before she poops. I thought all dogs do that.

[Niagara]

13. Not only is today is weed day ......

But today is also 4/20/2024.


The date is palindrome day, meaning it can be read left to right and in reverse.

[debm55]

17. Thank you Niagara.

[grumpyduck]

54. Oooo nooo!

Wasn't that mentioned in Angels and Demons?

[Niagara]

88. I can't confirm this, grumpyduck.

I haven't seen that film yet.



Although, it is on my to watch list.

[GreenWave]

108. Sit on a potato pan Otis

[ultralite001]

114. My interesting fact is also a palindrome...

Yreka Bakery spelled backwards is Yreka Bakery...

My mom was born in Yreka, CA... She about bust a nut when she heard Johnny Carson mention the Yreka Bakery palindrome on his show one night long ago...

[link:https://factrepublic.com/facts/21836/|

[debm55]

116. Thank you ultralite001

[ultralite001]

115. My interesting fact is also a palindrome...

Yreka Bakery spelled backwards is Yreka Bakery...

My mom was born in Yreka, CA... She about bust a nut when she heard Johnny Carson mention the Yreka Bakery palindrome on his show one night long ago...

[link:https://factrepublic.com/facts/21836/|

[Upthevibe]

119. Niagara.......

Wouldn't that be 4/20/20?

[Niagara]

123. Upthevibe ...

This info came up on one of my news feeds today. I didn't even realize today was a palindrome date.


Here's a brief article if you're interested my friend.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2024/03/28/420-stoner-eclipse-in-2024-rare-palindrome-event/73122873007/


P.S. The last few hours in my house have been chaotic (new dishwasher, bad shut-off valve, no hot water). I currently have a massive headache so any brain activity on my part is pretty much nonexistent at this moment.

[Upthevibe]

125. Niagara............

Thank you!

I'll check out this thread..

I hope your headache situation is remedied soon!

[Niagara]

126. You're welcome, Upthevibe

Thank you, your well wishes for a remedied headache are much appreciated.

[Clash City Rocker]

130. As are the next nine days

[DUgosh]

19. Hummingbirds cannot walk

Their little feet can only roost them

[debm55]

20. Thank you DUgosh.

[FirefighterJo]

21. What s the difference between...

White and dark raisins ?

[debm55]

23. I give up , Firefighter Jo. what is the diference between white an dark raisins?

[FirefighterJo]

28. It doesn t depend on the grape

Both red and white grapes give dark raisins. The 'white' ones have been treated/washed with hydrochloric acid.

[debm55]

35. Thank you, I didn;t know that. I really wouldn't want to eat one now. ty for your fact.

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[FirefighterJo]

36. You are very welcome

I believe in the hive : sharing knowledge, how silly it might be sometimes, makes us grow as a person and as a community.

[FirefighterJo]

22. Why does aluminium foil...

Has a matted side and a gleaming one

[debm55]

26. I would say one reflects the heat better then the other. I may be wrong.

[FirefighterJo]

29. It s because of the elasticity of the metal

In order to obtain a certain thickness, you need to mill the foil thinner as it will partly bounce back. But when aiming for the paper thin foil thickness, you would be grinding the milling cilinders against each other. That is why foil is doubled when going through the mill: two sheets in one pass. The matted side is the side that doubles with the second sheet. The gleaming side is in contact with the cilinders and polished.

[debm55]

38. Interesting . Thank you Firefighter Jo

[FirefighterJo]

40. Sharing is caring ;)

[FirefighterJo]

24. How much hairline cracks

Does a 40 year old plane has in it s fuselage if you would put them in a straight line?

[debm55]

39. I don't know. but thank you for the question.

[FirefighterJo]

41. Hold on to your bootstraps....

46 kilometers, or 30 miles

[FirefighterJo]

42. On average

[spooky3]

65. FFJ, you should go on Jeopardy! Nt

[debm55]

66. spooky3----------------

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He is very smart , Knows a lot about a lot of things.

[spooky3]

72. Hi debm55!

[FirefighterJo]

87. I m just being me

Yes I have a lot of knowledge that I like to share. Yes I have a lot of experience as an engineer (master, not operator), a firefighter, a medic and major within the belgian FEMA. I have an iq above 165 and am one of the experts when nuclear goes to smitherinnes (Did you know Belgium is the number one in the world in sanitizing nuclear sites intö residential areas? Ever heard about Mhyrra, the first sub critical nuclear reactor?) But I will never forget where I come from. I will always honour my 'simple' parents (My mother as a 16 year old was heavily committed to fighting the nazi s with a unique mission, every week for four years.) who were witloof (there is an English term but I don t recall) farmers and gave me the opportunity to study and become who I am. Only love and mutual understanding is what counts. And humour 😉

[Glorfindel]

102. Thanks for teaching me a new word, Firefighter Jo!

Definitions of witloof. widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched. synonyms: Cichorium endivia, endive.

[FirefighterJo]

91. I rather care

To share. No interest in winning
We win as a whole or not

[FirefighterJo]

93. And yes

I would clean up. As long as there are no sports or celebrities involved

[debm55]

68. TY . That is alot.

[FirefighterJo]

132. It os mindblowing

Buy still that old cluncker of 40 is prrpared yo stay safe

[debm55]

134. Thank you

[Ocelot II]

25. A horseshoe crab's blood is blue because it's based on copper rather than iron.

[debm55]

27. Interesting, Ocelot II Ty

[3catwoman3]

53. Should Spock's blood have been blue...

...instead of green?

[debm55]

69. Ty, Can I ask why.

[MiHale]

30. Buy the correct 14 calendars you'll never have to buy another...

14, 1 for a year beginning on each day of the week for both leap and non-leap years.

[debm55]

70. Ty MiHale.

[Glorfindel]

31. Saturn's moon Iapetus has a 12-mile-high mountain range

running along its equator. And that's not even the strangest thing about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_ridge_on_Iapetus

[debm55]

71. TY Glorifindel. That is interesting.

[mymomwasright]

32. Denim jeans don't need to be washed daily

They can be used until soiled or smelling.

[AllaN01Bear]

55. or walk away.

[debm55]

75. My aunt would say to say to my cousin ---those jeans can stand in the corner by themselves.

[AllaN01Bear]

86. so did my mum

back.

[debm55]

73. TY I didn't know that. My new jeans say to dry clean.

[Aristus]

33. More photographs will be taken in the next two minutes

than were taken in all of the 19th Century.

[debm55]

77. Ty Articus.

[Niagara]

34. Every month that begins on a Sunday always has a Friday the 13th.

[debm55]

79. Ty Niagara. Didn't know that.

[FirefighterJo]

37. Did you know a boeing 747...

Has depleted uranium in it s tail?

[debm55]

50. Firefighter Jo, I did not know TY for the information. But why.

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[FirefighterJo]

76. Do you want to know why ;)

[debm55]

81. Ty, yes why?

[FirefighterJo]

90. Boeing has a special configuration

I do not know where it started, but the wing are more to the front and more 'hawkish' then for instance Airbus, Embraer, the lot. For the 747 it meant a problem. Or Boeing would change the wing configuration, or they would find another solution. Hence the depleted uranium and why I never sit behind the wing.

[debm55]

95. Ty We always sit behind the wing, I really don't like to fly in planes. I really like the take off and landing.

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otherwise it is boring. My husband (PhD in Chemical Engineering ) told me that is the two worst time of flying. But I love it.

[FirefighterJo]

120. I choose in front of the wing

But you re right take off and landing are fun

[debm55]

121. TH I will have to remember that at about the wing. The only time I am worried about take off and landing is at Logan

in Boston. Since my husband is from Boston. The runway ends/begins at the ocean.

[FirefighterJo]

122. Which brings us to another silly gem

Protocol dictates that take off is performed manually by both pilots. It used to be hand in hand pushing the throttles. Landing is done solely by the plane...

[debm55]

124. TY. And then don't they put in autopilot?

[FirefighterJo]

127. There are two ways to fly a plane

You have ILS , instrument landing system and VFR, visual flight rules. Protocol nowadays demands commercial flights to maximize on ILS.

[FirefighterJo]

131. The reason

Behind the both hands trotthle up is a dual signal. On one one side, both pilots need to feel confident about the plane before switching land to air. But by taking the throttle together they send the clear message of we have each other s back. The horror tales that are 0.0001% of daily life are to be dismissed. 99.999% of the pilots are able masters. So enjoy the flight

[debm55]

133. ty

[underpants]

43. Something I just learned today

What a giant banana 🍌 would look like orbiting the Earth 🌍


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10182002316

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=3VBm1LJ8j8qLp6JTs_8J2A

[debm55]

47. Thank you underpants. That is so funny.

[underpants]

51. Today's date is a palindrome

I forgot where I read that though

[debm55]

84. Thank you underpants.

[FirefighterJo]

44. The fission cauldron of a nuclear reactor

Is riddled with cracks from the start. Every metallurgist will confirm it is impossible to cool down that mass of metal without it. No worries though.... From the start every crack is documented and followed up on a yearly basis

[debm55]

49. TY Firefighter Jo,

[Permanut]

45. The Atlantic Ocean is getting wider every year by an inch and a half.

[debm55]

48. Thank you Permanut.

[Permanut]

56. This is an important one..

So it will take longer a year from now to fly from, say, New York to London. Important when you're making travel plans.

[debm55]

58. Thank you Permanut. May I ask why?

[Permanut]

67. You're going to have to travel an inch and a half farther..

Okay, I admit that joke needs some work.

[debm55]

85. Ty Agree.

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[RobertDevereaux]

52. The word "exist" comes from the Latin ex-sistere, meaning to stand out (as from a background)

So if you notice something, you bring it into existence.

[debm55]

57. Thank you RobertDevereaux.

[Brother Buzz]

59. Pat Paulsen held the Junior Varsity pole vaulting record at Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, Ca...

that stood for over thirty years.

He also played basketball at Tamalpais. Pat scored 36 points one year, second highest on the team. They passed the ball around a lot.

[debm55]

89. Thank you Brother Buzz. Did not know.

[Brother Buzz]

96. Did you know Pat Paulsen played basketball in the same gymnasium that....

George Lucas filmed the 'Sock Hop' scene in American Graffiti?

Another useless bit of trivia.

Robert Redford gave a speech in the gymnasium the film, The Candidate.

Yep, I'm deep into the weeds....

[debm55]

97. Thank you that is interesting.

[underpants]

60. The Cavendish banana 🍌 is unable to reproduce sexually.

They are unable to reproduce sexually, instead being propagated via identical clones. Due to this, the genetic diversity of the Cavendish banana is very low. This, combined with the fact the Cavendish is planted in dense chunks in a monoculture without other natural species to serve as a buffer, makes the Cavendish extremely vulnerable to disease, fungal outbreaks, and genetic mutation, possibly leading to eventual commercial extinction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_banana

[debm55]

61. Thank you underpants. I didn't know bananas had sex, Thought they were fruit from a tree.Cool fact.

[underpants]

63. Corn does

We grew some corn a few years ago and after dinner my wife had to go outside and “sex up” the corn. Shake it a bit to get cross pollination I think. As you can imagine I wanted to watch. The house didn’t have any windows on that side other than up in the attic. Really dusty up there.

[debm55]

64. Yes I understand cross pollination. Did you know that to grow pears you have to have a male tree and a female tree?

[underpants]

74. Yes it takes a pair

Holly trees do too. But I hate holly trees with the fire of a thousand suns.

[debm55]

80. Thank you underpants. I hate holly trees too.

[yellowdogintexas]

166. also pecans. Although my mother in law had a very prolific pear tree, and it was the only tree in her yard

It would yield a couple of bushels at least, every year.

[underpants]

62. A Quick Look at the Modern History of Bananas 🍌

https://humwp.ucsc.edu/cwh/bananas/Site/Modern%20History%20of%20the%20Banana.html

[debm55]

82. TY ubderpants.

[gordianot]

83. Clarence Thomas was a lecherous creep in the 1970s long before he became a justice on the Supreme Court.

[debm55]

101. Oh yes I knew that . I watched the hearings. Ty gordianot.

[gordianot]

104. He was literally referred to as the "creep" by coeds whom he hit on.

As disgusting as he was his first wife was a wonderful person. Years later after Jack Danforth sponsored him for the Supreme Court when I saw his face my reaction was OMG it is the “CREEP”!

[OnDoutside]

94. Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law was Bridget Dowling from Dublin.

It's a pretty staggering fact that I still find hard to comprehend.

Bridget Dowling

[link:https://g.co/kgs/HwSxyjA|

[debm55]

99. Ty. That is weird.

[Tikki]

105. WINX. A retired Australian race horse..

Winx (AUS) Sire:Street Cry (IRE) Dam: Vegas Showgirl (NZ) total wins monies:$26,451,174 wins/losses 37-3-0



Tikki

[debm55]

106. Beautiful horse. ty Tikki.

[GreenWave]

109. Glass is a liquid. Very slow viscosity.

[debm55]

111. TY GreenWave. New fact to me.

[GreenWave]

112. I was in tech at a glass factory for a few years.

We could never figure out why a batch of mixed glass (half fresh mix, half broken glass) was so much more durable than mere fresh batch.

[debm55]

118. Thank you GreenWave.

[eppur_se_muova]

113. Three from the late Michael O'Donohue (Nat'l Lampoon, SNL) ...

The average human skin weighs six pounds.

A polar bear only kills with its left paw.

The Klamath tribe of Oregon once used woodpecker scalps as money.


Unfortunately, I can't personally vouch for any of these.
(BTW, this was offered in response to the question "Oh, yeah, wise guy ? What else do you know ?" after "Mister Mike" correctly answered the rhetorical question "who invented Cellophane, anyway ?".

[debm55]

117. That you eppur_se_muova. It's interesting.

[sdfernando]

128. There are more

Airplanes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.

[nature-lover]

129. To determine if you see a dog or cat paw print, dog prints have toenail marks, cats' do not. Their claws are retracted.

[debm55]

135. Thank you, That makes sense. Aren't their toes in a different alignment?

[ailsagirl]

136. Ancient Romans used to drop a piece of toast into their wine for good health - hence why we 'raise a toast'.

At least, that's what I read. I always did wonder why "toast" had anything to do with liquor.

[debm55]

137. Thank you ailsagirl

[if..fish..had..wings]

138. Frenchie and Minnie's children are

Herbert, Julius, Leonard, Milton and Adolph

[debm55]

145. Thank you, if..fish..had..wings...

[if..fish..had..wings]

146. You're welcome

Do you know who they are?

[yellowdogintexas]

167. Marx Brothers. I can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like growing up in that house!!!

I probably would have literally died laughing

[Goodheart]

139. I think the most amazing fact of American history is that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day....

the two great political rivals... exactly 50 years to the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

And, just as an aside, I believe that John Adams is the most underrated American hero of them all. Without Adams there simply would be no United States of America. HE, not Washington, not Jefferson, not Madison... was the persuasive force that got agreement that we should be independent from Britain.

If you haven't seen it, "John Adams" the HBO series is just about the finest thing they've ever done.

[debm55]

144. TY Goodheart. I agree.

[applegrove]

140. Canada has longest circumferance in the world. #2? Norway.

https://www.threads.net/@civixplorer/post/C56KSylNoYO/?xmt=AQGz7NnRdSZTkFGZ1Wt0Ajcf5_WtHRQqHufSrZfGCK4tvw

[debm55]

143. TY applegrove.

[Emile]

141. Sweet corn is totally indigestible and goes straight through you.

[debm55]

142. Ty Didn't know that.

[Harker]

147. The longest word in the English language that can be spelled using only the uppermost row of letters is

'typewriter.'

[debm55]

148. Thank you Harker. There are so many things on this thread of things I didn't know.

[Harker]

151. You have a way of bringing it out in us...

[debm55]

156. It's my sweetness and 43 years of teaching.

[Harker]

161. It works! n/t

[Emile]

149. Short people have longer lifespans than tall people.

[debm55]

155. TY Emile, when I was in nursing school, we were taught that taller people have more heart problems.

[Harker]

150. Also... today is the 106th anniversary of the death of Manfred von Richthofen.

I don't celebrate it, but do think about every April 21.

[debm55]

154. TY Harker, but who the heck is he???????

[Harker]

160. He was a German aviator known as The Red Baron. n/t

[debm55]

162. TY Harker

[Chainfire]

152. I don't know nothing...

Wait, yes I do, I know the difference in a stack vent and a vent stack.

[debm55]

153. Ty Chainfire, But you didn't tell us what the difference is.?????????

[Chainfire]

163. I am sorry Deb. It is a closely held secret of the Plumber's Guild. If I disclosed the answer

they would take the tassel from my hat.

[debm55]

168. TY don't want you to get in trouble

[lpbk2713]

157. Pie are round.

Not square.

[debm55]

158. TY Are you bringing up the Pizza thread???????????

[lpbk2713]

159. Well ...

you did say ridiculous.

[debm55]

165. HAHAHHAHAHAHAH. TY

[Chainfire]

164. Of course, pie are square is just liberal lies. Everyone knows that cornbread are square.

That is the kind of disinformation that Republicans are fighting to eliminate in our schools. Bless their hearts.

[debm55]

170. Chainfire, some pizza are square.

[yellowdogintexas]

169. cornbread (or cake) are square nt

[yellowdogintexas]

171. Our National Park System includes the World's Longest Cave, Largest Geyser Field and Largest Canyon

The current mileage measurement for Mammoth Cave is 425 miles. It is still being mapped

Since its incorportion into the National Park System, all mapping work has been carried out by volunteers (Cave Research Foundation). Their work has expanded into the other caves within the National Park System.

[debm55]

174. Ty yellowdogintexas , Very interesting.

[LeonidPlanck]

172. The temperature of the water at the bottom of Lake Superior on January 1, 1901

Was 4 degrees C.

How do I know? Because, as a chemist, I know the strange water molecule has a cool dipole moment with an asymmetrical stretch that affords it a unique property: water is most dense at 4 degrees C. It’s always at the bottom of the lake. Anything warmer is less dense, anything colder is less dense.

[debm55]

173. Thank you for this fact. LeonidPlanck.

[Hotler]

175. The starting procedure for vintage F1 (V-10) race cars can take up to 2-hours. nt

[debm55]

176. Ty Hotler.