re: Random Knowledge/Interesting Facts

All mammals have 7 vertebrae in their neck except a Manatee it has 6

Heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday.

The Emu War was fought in 1932 between the Australian military and actual emus. An unorthodox attempt to use the military to cull the emu population, which was a major nuisance to farmers, the war must be considered an avian victory. The birds proved far too elusive for the military to effectively engage, with the Australian OIC praising their maneuverability and resilience in his official after-action report, although he was able to (thankfully, seriously, and hilariously) report no casualties on the human side.

This last post is going to need some splaining for my dumbass.

There are more tigers in Texas than there are in the wild in the rest of the world.

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Somewhere between 1-10 percent of people of European decent are immune to AIDS.

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Truly something I had no idea about.

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It is estimated that the proportion of people with some form of resistance to HIV is under 1%.

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In 1994, Stephen Crohn became the first person discovered to be completely resistant to HIV in all tests performed. In early 2000, researchers discovered a small group of sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya who were estimated to have sexual contact with 60 to 70 HIV positive clients a year without signs of infection. Researchers from Public Health Agency of Canada have identified 15 proteins unique to those virus-free prostitutes. Later, however some sex workers were discovered to have contracted the virus, leading Oxford University researcher Sarah Rowland-Jones to believe continual exposure is a requirement for maintaining immunity.

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Reno, NV is farther west than LA and San Diego.

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Wanted to call BS but looked it up and this is true.

Lafayette is further south than Gulf Shores (barely)

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Reno, NV is farther west than LA and San Diego.

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Because of the international dateline, Alaska is our northern most, western most, and eastern most state.

Marie Antoinette never actually said "let them eat cake." It was anti-monarch propaganda published at the time to discredit her (fake news).

ETA- There is a very small section of Panama where the sun rises on the Pacific Ocean and sets on the Atlantic Ocean. Only place in the world this occurs.

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The biggest baby ever born played football for LSU.

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Well, the biggest baby born in Louisiana, anyway.

I recently found out I can up/down vote twice on my cell phone. Been doing if for like 3 weeks now.