MCM 2025: The Knowledge Tree

[Samurai Equine 58,091]

MCM '25: The Knowledge Tree

 

Sophie - MCM (Winter's Paradise).mp3

"Winter Paradise" by @Sophie.

 

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Knowledge grows like a tree; a holiday tree.

You can't always see every branch nor every leaf, but the knowledge is always there.

Hello there, everyone!  Welcome to the Knowledge Tree.

I openly invite you all to share any random facts you have that are absolutely fascinating. (Must be SFW and compliant with the Forum Guidelines.)
Do you know something cool or fascinating? Do you know something that might restore people's faith in humanity? Maybe some overlooked gems that more people should know about?
Now is the time to share!

Those who know me can tell you that I often like to comment on status updates with random facts (usually when I don't have much to say). So for that reason, I shall go first.

• Did you know there is a non-profit business built around kindness? The phrase “random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty” was first coined (as far as we know) in 1982 and later inspired a best-selling book and a worldwide movement encouraging spontaneous kindness. This helped lead to the creation of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation and the World Kindness Movement, which now promotes kindness across nations.
• Did you know that electroplating goes back further than you think? As an example, the Persian Empire may have created a primitive electrochemical battery (the Baghdad Battery) more than 2,000 years ago. It suggests ancient electrochemical technology well before modern electricity, showing early experimentation with electrical phenomena.
• Did you know that Charles Dickens, author of A Christmas Carol, is a bit of a hero? After getting caught in a serious train crash in 1865, he was there to help out the other passengers. And he also managed to save and preserve his manuscript of Our Mutual Friend as well.

I now leave the floor open to all of you. The facts don't have to be holiday related, but if you have some that are, that would be even better!

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[Paranoy 47]

 

• Twilight Sparkle's cutie mark has exactly 42 points if you count all the stars.

• In the episode "Fall Weather Friends," Twilight’s racing number is also 42.

• Applejack "survived" almost every generation

• King Sombra has died twice

[Snoopy Fan 16,102]

A Charlie Brown Christmas killed aluminum tree sales.
 

Aluminum Christmas trees were marketed beginning in 1958 and enjoyed fairly strong sales by eliminating pesky needles and tree sap. But the annual airings of A Charlie Brown Christmas swayed public thinking: In the special, Charlie Brown refuses to get a fake tree. Viewers began to do the same, and the product was virtually phased out by 1969. The leftovers are now collector’s items.

[Tao 9,934]

Pompeii:

Pompeii was famously a Roman city, right? Well, yes, but the Romans might not have been there first – some of the oldest structures unearthed in Pompeii appear to have been designed by ancient Greek settlers.

Did you know that Pompeii remained undiscovered for 1,500 years:
The city was unearthed by accident during the digging of a water tunnel in 1599. Real excavation didn’t begin until the 1700s.

 

 

 

 

[Shiny Silvermoon 4,614]

Did you know that there exist a shrimp capable of shooting high-velocity bubbles with one of it's claw? To kill their preys and defend themselves, Nature has gifted the Pistol Shrimp quite a fascinating weapon! It's claw can close with so much strength and speed that the pressure exerted on the water produces plasma. After shooting a projectile, the claw will be, for a short period of time, as hot as the surface of the sun from overheating. The noise caused by this release of energy is so loud that it can be heard from a boat. In fact, it is one of the loudest aquatic sounds, louder than a whale.

Although they aren't dangerous outside of water, do not attempt to approach one underwater! 
 

Edited 2 hours ago by Shiny Silvermoon