What is a relatively unknown fact you know?

[Bootes Void]

This could be related to politics, geography, economics, anything.  What is a fact or information you know that you  have never had the opportunity to share before?

[TDAS04]

Oh my, where do I start?  (Typical autistic)

There are 768 teaspoons in a gallon.

[Chips]

More than 5% of Americans believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

[Chips]

Here's a funny one: A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana back in 1877.

[brucejoel99]

The official intelligence report on the circumstances surrounding the sinking of future President John F. Kennedy's PT-109 was written by then-LTJG Byron White, who'd later be appointed to the Supreme Court by none other than Kennedy.

[DINGO Joe]

The official intelligence report on the circumstances surrounding the sinking of future President John F. Kennedy's PT-109 was written by then-LTJG Byron White, who'd later be appointed to the Supreme Court by none other than Kennedy.

Deep state

[Conservatopia]

On Excel Ctrl+D will copy the cell above.

This is often a lot easier than dragging down the little green box which will mess up dates and numbers etc.

[vitoNova]

The people who plotted Abraham Lincoln's assassination were Opus Dei cultists who lived above a Chinese restaurant.   

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Napoleon III had a mistress originary of my city of La Spezia (Virginia Oldoini) who was instrumental in making him more favourable towards the cause of Italian unification.

[JoeInator]

Agatha Christie holds the record for the most translated author ever.

[The Dowager Mod]

15 USC §234 & §235 make it a federal crime to sell a barrel of cranberries if the barrel's head is smaller than sixteen and one-fourth inches in diameter.

[Joe Biden 2024]

George Lucas initially killed off Darth Vader when he was making A New Hope. Then he left him alive to tease a sequel and the rest is history.

[Torie]

The four most densely populated cities in the U.S. are all in Hudson County, NJ.

[sting in the rafters]

The Eagles took JJ Arcega Whiteside over DK Metcalf in the 2nd round of the 2019 NFL Draft. JJ Arcega Whiteside has 254 career receiving yards. Metcalf had 269 between Weeks 8-9 of the 2020 season.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

The Eagles took JJ Arcega Whiteside over DK Metcalf in the 2nd round of the 2019 NFL Draft. JJ Arcega Whiteside has 254 career receiving yards. Metcalf had 269 between Weeks 8-9 of the 2020 season.

Fire Howie.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

I know who really killed JFK.

[It's Perro Sanxe wot won it]

There is a certain number of Sevillians that bear the surname “Japón” (Japan). This is because they descend from a 17th century Japanese diplomatic delegation. Instead of returning to its home country, the delegation chose to stay in Spain, and mixed with the local population under the previously mentioned surname.

[Tender Branson]

There’s a huge underground bunker next to my city, Zell am See, which serves as a backup hiding place for the Austrian government and President and which can withstand a nuclear weapon impact.

[DINGO Joe]

There’s a huge underground bunker next to my city, Zell am See, which serves as a backup hiding place for the Austrian government and President and which can withstand a nuclear weapon impact.

Deep State

[͘]

My father and grandfather have their own Wikipedia pages. (don't ask, I'm not doxxing myself)

[President Johnson]

I don't know whether it counts, but I wonder whether non-German, especially non-European posters here know that a substantial part of German highways have no speed limit? We're the only country in the world that has no speed limit. It's basically our second amendment; and political attempts to impose a speed limit on all highways have repeatedly failed.

[dead0man]

I don't know whether it counts, but I wonder whether non-German, especially non-European posters here know that a substantial part of German highways have no speed limit? We're the only country in the world that has no speed limit. It's basically our second amendment; and political attempts to impose a speed limit on all highways have repeatedly failed.

that's one of those things that almost everyone knows.  Usually we get it wrong in the other direction...as in "did you know there are no speed limits in Germany?"

[Torie]

I don't know whether it counts, but I wonder whether non-German, especially non-European posters here know that a substantial part of German highways have no speed limit? We're the only country in the world that has no speed limit. It's basically our second amendment; and political attempts to impose a speed limit on all highways have repeatedly failed.

that's one of those things that almost everyone knows.  Usually we get it wrong in the other direction...as in "did you know there are no speed limits in Germany?"

I have been told that is why Porches are designed to go 100 mph with some stability and "safety."

[dead0man]

I don't know whether it counts, but I wonder whether non-German, especially non-European posters here know that a substantial part of German highways have no speed limit? We're the only country in the world that has no speed limit. It's basically our second amendment; and political attempts to impose a speed limit on all highways have repeatedly failed.

that's one of those things that almost everyone knows.  Usually we get it wrong in the other direction...as in "did you know there are no speed limits in Germany?"

I have been told that is why Porches are designed to go 100 mph with some stability and "safety."

indeed, and have been for decades.  I'd wager most non-econoboxes* can do ~100mph  safely these days.  A modern Porsche 911 can run at 150 all day.


*depending on how one defines that term.  My Mazda 3, which many people might consider an econobox, can do 100-110 without it getting squirrely.

[Meclazine for Israel]

Although God ordered Noah to put two of each animal on the Ark, Noah grabbed a few extra cows because he liked pot roast.

and...

Dick Cheney sneers in his sleep.