Daily Random Facts

[DaveM]

Contestants in the 2017 Miss Peru competition used their platform to bring awareness to violence against women. Instead of stating their body measurements when they stepped up to the mic, the women reported statistics like “the 65% of university women assaulted by their partners” and “more than 80% of women in my city suffer from...

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[DaveM]

Contestants in the 2017 Miss Peru competition used their platform to bring awareness to violence against women. Instead of stating their body measurements when they stepped up to the mic, the women reported statistics like “the 65% of university women assaulted by their partners” and “more than 80% of women in my city suffer from...

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This is a big thing my side right now as the violence against women is really out of hand right now. The protesters hit our city hall the other night with graffiti

https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/...ce-spray-painted-at-port-elizabeth-city-hall/
This is our city hall

 

[DaveM]

The man who created the Pringles can, Fredric Baur, was so proud of his invention that he had some of his ashes buried in one when he died in 2008. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[CarlS]

Now that is a really important fact!

 

[DaveM]

I wonder what flavor he was

 

[CarlS]

Probably barbecued.

 

[DaveM]

Dogs sometimes lie awake at night worrying about their problems. (Source, Source 2)

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[DaveM]

Iridescent deli meat is perfectly normal. A rainbow or ‘oil slick’ effect sometimes happens when meat is cut ‘against the grain,’ because slicing through bundles of muscle fibers can result in a greasy surface that is perfect for light diffraction- but it’s still safe to eat. (Source, Source 2)

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[DaveM]

Anxiety and depression medications are 3 times more likely to make you feel better if you think they’re going to work. (Source, Source 2)

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[CarlS]

Anxiety and depression medications are 3 times more likely to make you feel better if you think they’re going to work. (Source, Source 2)

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I believe that!

 

[DaveM]

There’s a section of Yellowstone National Park where you could probably get away with murder. The ‘Zone of Death’ is a 50- square-mile area on the Idaho side of the park that’s entirely uninhabited. If you committed a crime within the zone, there could be no jury because nobody lives there, a trial would be...

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[CarlS]

That area is wild for sure!

 

[DaveM]

Having frequent sex can boost brain activity in people over 50. (Source, Source 2)

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[DaveM]

‘Share tables’ help keep kids from going hungry and reduce food waste in schools across the US. When schools set up share tables in their lunchrooms, anyone can leave their unopened food and drinks on the table instead of throwing them away, other kids can stop by and take whatever they’d like, and the leftovers...

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[DaveM]

Here is something intresting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code

 

[Rocky]

That does it! No more life of crime for me

 

[CarlS]

Here is something intresting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code
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Interesting I did not know that! Guess I will have to buy a throw away printer!

 

[DaveM]

Interesting I did not know that! Guess I will have to buy a throw away printer!

And you thought Google was your friend now you just found out you have a new one

 

[CarlS]

And you thought Google was your friend now you just found out you have a new one

 

[DaveM]

People who find it easy to keep time musically are more likely to have a high IQ. Even if you’re not a ‘musical person’, if you can accurately tap out a beat, you’re probably more intelligent than someone who can’t. (Source, Source 2)

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