OT: Random facts that really surprised me

[dahliaclone]

• New York City is further south that Rome, Italy
• Not only is Reno, NV west of Los Angeles, but so are six state capitals
• If you walk south from Detroit, you actually walk into Canada
• A 'butt load' is an actual unit of measurement. It is the same as 126 gallons
• You can get a rough estimate of temperature by counting the number a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, then adding 37

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Not a random fact, but more of a shower thought I always enjoyed was if you go north for long enough, eventually you'll be going south, but if you go west, you'll always be going west.

 

[MeanDean]

**** the Hawks. Well - probably no one on THIS site is surprised by this fact.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

• New York City is further south that Rome, Italy
• Not only is Reno, NV west of Los Angeles, but so are six state capitals
• If you walk south from Detroit, you actually walk into Canada
• A 'butt load' is an actual unit of measurement. It is the same as 126 gallons
• You can get a rough estimate of temperature by counting the number a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, then adding 37

Not a random fact, but more of a shower thought I always enjoyed was if you go north for long enough, eventually you'll be going south, but if you go west, you'll always be going west.

So I guess all state capitals are west of LA?

 

[19clone91]

-More people live in the Des Moines Metro than the entire state of Wyoming.
-The entirety of Yellowstone National Park is higher than the highest point in the UK
-The largest car wash manufacturer in North America is in Grimes of all places (Ryko)

 

[ISU85]

The Vikings play farther north than the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field.

 

[Farnsworth]

• New York City is further south that Rome, Italy
• Not only is Reno, NV west of Los Angeles, but so are six state capitals
• If you walk south from Detroit, you actually walk into Canada
• A 'butt load' is an actual unit of measurement. It is the same as 126 gallons
• You can get a rough estimate of temperature by counting the number a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, then adding 37

This one surprised me for a bit until I realized I forgot about Alaska and Hawaii.

 

[EnhancedFujita]

There is one that is something like an atom is 99% empty space, so since we are made of atoms we are technically made up of 99% empty space.

 

[JHUNSY]

In the United States, the farthest point East is only 66.25 miles from the farthest point West.

 

[00clone]

There is one that is something like an atom is 99% empty space, so since we are made of atoms we are technically made up of 99% empty space.

And if you round up, we don't exist.

 

[00clone]

In the United States, the farthest point East is only 66.25 miles from the farthest point West.

Referencing Pants' statement, that just depends on where you set your reference from, and using the international date line or the greenwich meridian, that's not true for either of them. Only in the case of setting the starting point on the continent is that true, but again, that's just a random starting point.

 

[JSmoove]

Clair Patterson, the first person to accurately date the age of the earth, was from Mitchellville, IA and graduated from Grinnell.

 

[bos]

Not a random fact, but more of a shower thought I always enjoyed was if you go north for long enough, eventually you'll be going south, but if you go west, you'll always be going west.

I hate you. That will be in my head all day.

 

[KnappShack]

Racecar spelled backwards is......

 

[Mr Janny]

Humans have roughly the same density of body hair follicles as do chimpanzees. Our are just much finer and shorter.

 

[00clone]

Humans have roughly the same density of body hair follicles as do chimpanzees. Our are just much finer and shorter.

Speak for yourself, girlyman, I got lost in the zoo and they shot me with a tranq dart and put me in the apes exhibit.

 

[Mr Janny]

Speak for yourself, girlyman, I got lost in the zoo and they shot me with a tranq dart and put me in the apes exhibit.

You shouldn't have been throwing poop at other zoo patrons either.

 

[bos]

Humans have roughly the same density of body hair follicles as do chimpanzees. Our are just much finer and shorter.

Some of us.. some.

 

[00clone]

You shouldn't have been throwing poop at other zoo patrons either.

You sit and deal with Hawk fans all day and tell me that again.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

And if you round up, we don't exist.

one i don't understand is there is a halfway point from A to B. So if there is always a halfway point are we ever really at our destination?