re: Useless trivia thread

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I’m a multiple repeat offender with this one, but I never tire of pointing out that: Dalhart, TX is closer to six other state capitals than it is to Austin, TX.

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Theres a point in Mississippi (near Rolling Fork, in the Delta) that is almost precisely* equidistant from four MLB stadiums.

Astros
Rangers
Cardinals
Braves

*within a mile or two, if mammalry serves.

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If you made a solar system model with the Sun 1 cm in diameter, the only object you would be able to see without magnification would be Jupiter, and just barely at that. The most distant planet, Neptune, would be approximately 40 meters away from the Sun.

Space is big.

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Inner space is big too.

A solid block of pure lead is 99.9999% empty space.

The distance between the United States and Russia is 2.4 miles.

The rabbit is the only animal that can be infected with human syphilis worms

Lol. Ouch. That's true but brutal. Nice work

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You can't hum while holding your nose.

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I just tried it and you are fake news.

Millburn Drysdale's son was a Beta at So. Cal

Jethro went to Eaton.

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In 1969, meteorologist John Hope's daughter graduated from high school. While in school she did a research project on hurricanes.

Hope's boss, impressed with her work, asked him to add her name to the list of hurricanes for that year.

It would end up being a nightmare.

Her name? Camille.

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There's more to the story...

In 1969, Hope's daughter Camille graduated from high school. Although "Carol" was assigned to the 1969 list of names, there was concern over reusing the retired name, as papers continued to be published about its 1954 incarnation. Dr. Banner Miller was impressed with Camille Hope's high school project—which involved hurricane research—and asked John to add her name to the list of potential hurricane names that year.[2] They had no way of knowing that the storm named after John Hope's daughter – Camille – would become one of the most powerful and destructive hurricanes to ever hit the United States when it slammed into Mississippi as a Category five hurricane. Camille Hope is married to former U.S. Representative Jim Marshall of Georgia.

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Every fig has a dead wasp inside.


Fig trees are literally hunting us.

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Per Google that isn't true, at least not physically:

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No, there are no dead wasps in figs that people eat. Before figs are eaten, female figs produce an enzyme called ficin that breaks down the wasp's body and turns it into protein that the plant absorbs. The crunchy bits in figs are actually seeds, not wasp parts.

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If the wasp climbs into a female fig, she pollinates it, but cannot lay her eggs and just dies alone. Luckily for us, the female fig produces an enzyme that digests this wasp completely. The crunchy bits are seeds, not wasp parts.

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