Random fact thread

[I used to be a stranger 7,989]

The Olympic and Titanic were both the same size however, the Titanic weighed slightly more and so it was considered bigger

 

Both the Britannic and Olympic went on for service careers as hospital ships and transports in World War I.

The Britannic hit a mine and sank in the Aegean sea in 1916, killing 30.

The Olympic became known as "Old Reliable", and was retired in 1935 after suffering a minor collision with a ship called the Nantucket.

 

All members of the Olympic class of ocean liners were noted for having poor steering characteristics, owing to their proportionately very small rudders.

Edited November 18, 2015 by Blue

[Scrubbed user 3,415]

Women have a higher risk of getting pregnant than men.

[LunaDream 331]

The tallest building in the world is in Dubai. It is called the Burj Khalifa and it is 2,717 ft. tall. 

[PastelBread 147]

10% of the world's population is left handed.

[PastelHorses 69]

Women Over 30 in the UK got the vote in 1918

[Catpone Cerberus 23,426]

This sentence is on page 19 in this thread.

Edited November 23, 2015 by The Cerberus

[redaxted 1,765]

Alex Hirsch, the creator of Gravity Falls (also the voice of Grunkle Stan, Soos, and Bill Cipher) played the voice of Clamantha in the show Fish Hooks.

Edited December 3, 2015 by Wolves

[BurningBrony 11]

When you eat pineapples, the pineapples eat YOU. The fruit's flesh contains enzymes which digest your tongue, leading to the weird sensation you feel on your tongue when you eat pineapple.

The center of the Milky Way tastes like raspberry.

Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.

When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

The average woman uses her height in lipstick every 5 years.

 

Lol I'm obsessed with trivia....... One more

The ancient Romans used the word trivia to describe where one road split or forked into two roads. Trivia was formed from tri (three) and via (road) – meaning "three roads", and sometimes "public place" and hence the meaning "commonplace"

[I used to be a stranger 7,989]

Black holes emit radiation when they eat things. If they're eating a lot of stuff, like a star, they can actually push that thing away from the radiation pressure alone. The point where a black hole in this way can "starve" itself, is called the Eddington limit.

[N.W. 3,619]

The Kornet-E ATGM can penetrate 1200mm of armor after explosive reactive armor.

The next generation of Russian shoulder and tripod mounted AT missiles will likely feature a mini missile that goes ahead of the primary to trigger any active defense system the target vehicle may have.

[Vulcan 3,254]

Baguio City is considered the most polluted city in the Philippines by the WHO

due to (what many suggest)  an error in data collection,

But It's actually the cleanest city in the country.

Edited November 27, 2015 by Vulcan

[skbl17 199]

- The current three-box BBC logo was adopted in 1997.

- Atlanta used to be named after a governor's daughter (Marthasville).

- Even though cars in both countries drive on the right, most trains in France and Argentina move on the left.

- While most of the U.S. drives on the right, vehicles in the U.S. Virgin Islands drive on the left.

- There is a city in Washington (Point Roberts) where you must drive through Canada to reach the rest of the state.

 

Hey, you wanted random facts.

[I used to be a stranger 7,989]

- There is a city in Washington (Point Roberts) where you must drive through Canada to reach the rest of the state.

 

Hey, you wanted random facts.

#manifestdestiny #tradeforlakeofthewoods Edited November 27, 2015 by Blue

[Spikey-Wikey 378]

DiC Entertainment opened in 1971, and merged with Cookie Jar Entertainment in 2008, which was originally called Cinar until 2004 from when it opened it 1976, and now it is called DHX Media Cookie Jar since it merged with DHX Media in 2012, and that company was the result of Decode Entertainment and Halifax Film merging in 2006.

 

 

That was around 7 facts in 1.

[Catpone Cerberus 23,426]

Pagophagia is a disorder involving the compulsion to chew ice.

[MoltenKitten 341]

Pagophagia is a disorder involving the compulsion to chew ice.

I have this disorder apparently 

[Hazy Skies 1,010]

Tomatoes and Potatoes are poisonous for horses (including ponies), It can cause weakness, depression, and severe abdominal pain..

[Spikey-Wikey 378]

Today is the eight anniversary of the Avatar: The Last Airbender two part special called "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion" and "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse".

 

Happy eight anniversary to them

[DashieOfRainbows 122]

Fact: I like pizza. And cheese. 

[Side Bird 565]

Paul Revere never actually yelled the British are coming.

1+2=3. There are three numbers in 9/11. 9. 1. 1. 9 plus one is ten, ten minus one is nine. There are nine points in a nonagon. If you cut a nonagon in half you get five points. There are five points in a star. There are fifty stars on the American flag. There are eight letters in American. There are twelve letters in the United States. Eight plus twelve equals twenty. Fifty minus twenty equals thirty. The Thirty Tyrants ruled in ancient Athens. Athens has six letters. Athens and Sparta were two big city states, and lots of our modern day things come from Rome. Rome has four letters. Six plus four equals ten. Ten divided by two is five. Five has four letters. Five plus four is nine. There are three sides in a triangle. Nine divided by three is three. The illuminati has a triangle as their symbol. That has three sides. Three equals three.

 

The illuminati is real. 

Edited December 2, 2015 by Side Bird

[mars 4,861]

I learned this the other day in history class and thought it might be cool to share:
Back in World War II, to make sure that the Japanese couldn't decipher America's messages, the US hired code talkers. They were Native Americans (mainly Navajo) who used their native tongue to create obscure codes that America's enemies couldn't figure out. (source)

[Brobocop 167]

In World War 1, there was a condition in combat, where a fighting person's nervous system would reach its absolute limit and snap. That condition was called "shell shock". Almost 100 years later, we know it now as "post-traumatic stress disorder".

 

And I got accepted to Baylor University last week.

[Life Fiber Infused 41]

A Kill La Kill cosplayer was arrested, because a woman who was attending a church service in the same convention center where there was a anime convention was offended by it and called the police. The cosplay was Ryuko in her Kamui Senketsu base form, which displays underboob

Edited December 12, 2015 by Life Fiber Infused

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

- The woman in this music video also provided the voice for Opal in Steven Universe:

 

- Andrea Libman was in an episode of The X-Files when she was a child

 

- The voice of Amethyst from Steven Universe also provided the voice of Riff from Barney

[DJW 142]

A thread reminded me of something I found recently: Graham's Number.

 

In maths there is an ongoing 'competition' to find the 'biggest' number. Of course you can simply take the previous 'biggest' number and add any given amount, or simply quote infinity, but in this context, the number has to have an actual mathematical use, is not arbitrary and is not infinity.

 

Firstly we need to learn a new method of notation: Knuth's Up Arrow Notation.

I'm going to use | in place of an up arrow for want of a symbol.

While multiplication is an iterative addition and an exponential is an iterative multiplication, the Up Arrow deals with iterative exponentials.

 

For example:

 

3|3 is pretty much the same as 3^3, and gives the same result; 27.

 

3||3 is 3|3|3. In this case 3^3^3 = 3^27 = ~7.6 x 10^12. Pretty big number right?

 

But 3|||3 = 3||3||3 = 3||(3|3|3) = etc., which turns out to be a chain of over seven point six trillion exponents. A ridiculously big number.

 

So now we arrive at 3||||3 (which is 3|||3|||3), an exponential chain of 3 repeatedly raised to the power of 3, 3|||3 times.

 

But we're not done yet.

 

Take the number that results from 3||||3 and call it G1.

 

Then create G2 which is 3(G1|)3 - that's a G1 number of up arrows in case you missed it.

 

We're not done yet.

 

Then use that number to create G3 with 3(G2|)3, and then find out 3(G3|)3 to find out 3(G4|)3, to find out.....

 

And keep going until you reach 3(G63|)3 = G64 - Graham's Number.

 

 

And the crazy thing? It's not the biggest number. Not by a long shot.