Random, Useless, Interesting Facts

[madguy30]

Much of the western U.P. is in the eastern time zone.

Common carp release some sort of fermones or similar to warn others of a threat. They are an older species than bass etc but are more advanced in that way.

 

[zumbro clones]

"One aspen tree is actually only a small part of a larger organism. A stand or group of aspen trees is considered a singular organism with the main life force underground in the extensive root system. Before a single aspen trunk appears above the surface, the root system may lie dormant for many years until the conditions are just right, including sufficient sunlight. In a single stand, each tree is a genetic replicate of the other, hence the name a “clone” of aspens used to describe a stand.

Older than the massive Sequoias or the biblical Bristlecone Pines, the oldest known aspen clone has lived more than 80,000 years on Utah’s Fishlake National Forest. Not only is the clone the oldest living organism, weighing in at an estimated 6,600 tons, it is also the heaviest. Even if the trees of a stand are wiped out, it is very difficult to permanently extinguish an aspen’s root system due to the rapid rate in which it reproduces."

https://www.nationalforests.org/blo... of,just right, including sufficient sunlight.

 

[cyclones500]

Herbert Hoover’s life span (1874-1964) overlapped with the lifetime of 28 other U.S. presidents, beginning w/ Andrew Johnson and continuing (so far) through Joe Biden. (Grover Cleveland is counted only once, of course). It was close to 29 — Hoover was born five months after the death of Millard Fillmore.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Tyrannosaurus is closer in time to us than it was to Stegosaurus.

 

[inCyteful]

42

 

[CyCoug]

Almonds are members of the peach family

Spanish moss is related to pineapples.

 

[AgronAlum]

Mexico City is sinking at an average rate of 20 inches per year.

Maine has more tidal shoreline than California.

A sixth graders science fair project completely changed the way Florida is treating invasive Lionfish.

 

[dirtyninety]

Post Malone is jamming with Morgan Wallen and Hardy in a Joe Diffy Tribute.

 

[khardbored]

A sixth graders science fair project completely changed the way Florida is treating invasive Lionfish.

Undoubtedly because of the bi-fold stand-up poster board:

 

[CRcyclone6]

 

[Drew0311]

Lake of the Ozarks has more shoreline than the state of California

 

[Drew0311]

Eric Stoltz was supposed to play Marty McFly in back to the future. They switched to Michael J. Fox part way through filming.

Tom Selleck was originally going to play Indiana Jones, but had to back out due to scheduling with Magnum P.I.

Technically he did play Marty. He just got fired but did film scenes

 

[BCClone]

The Eiffel Tower gets taller in the summer.

Due to a process what boffins would call 'thermal expansion' the Paris landmark gains a few centimetres in the hot weather. The heat from the sun makes the metals used to stretch ever so slightly, but in the winter, it returns to its original height.

Vive la science!

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So it shrinks in the cold, I can understand that.

 

[intrepid27]

Mexico City is sinking at an average rate of 20 inches per year.

Maine has more tidal shoreline than California.

A sixth graders science fair project completely changed the way Florida is treating invasive Lionfish.

Lake of the Ozarks claims they have more miles of shoreline than California.

Here's another. If you laid all the economists in the world on the ground end to end they would not reach an accurate conclusion.

 

[stateofmind]

So it's gonna just slowly crawl around and kill everyone at...a sloth's pace? And nobody will think to just leave?

I'm in.

Reminds me of this.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Interesting facts. More pigs in Iowa than people. #1 in the U.S.

I'm the life of the party with those facts outside of the Midwest when asked about Iowa. A useless fact.

I use that one when I travel outside Iowa.

 

[Jdk]

Where ever you go there you are

 

[cyinne]

San Francisco celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge on May 24, 1987, with a bridge walk of 300,000 people packed onto it. The middle of the bridge sagged seven feet under the unprecedented weight, causing the iconic arch to flatten.

 

[Jer]

Interesting facts. More pigs in Iowa than people. #1 in the U.S.

I'm the life of the party with those facts outside of the Midwest when asked about Iowa. A useless fact.

If you remove Hawkeyes from the number of pigs, does it get closer?

 

[madguy30]

Reminds me of this.

Like an animal version of the blob.

Nobody thought to just...leave town?

'There's a mysterious slow moving blob eating people! Let's go into the warehouse and back ourselves into a room to fight it!'