Daily Random Facts

[DaveM]

Women of all ages are more likely to survive in times of crisis. A study of the last 250 years shows that women have longer life spans during famine or disease epidemics, and female survival rates are especially higher during infancy. (Source, Source 2)

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[DaveM]

If you dip your face into freshly-fallen snow and take a picture of the imprint with your flash on, you’ll likely end up with a 3D image of your face. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[CarlS]

That's funny , in the Movies, they describe small change as "Nicole and Dime's"....
So the penny is 1 cent ?

Yes, a penny is one cent.

 

[DaveM]

Being forgetful is not only normal, it makes you smarter. The main function of memory is to improve decision making, and forgetting irrelevant details helps you to be more intelligent and make informed decisions. (Source, Source 2)

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[Rocky]

Hmm, maybe.
I hate it, for example, when I go upstairs or down in the basement and when I get there I forget why
But after a few moments I remember why - and don't feel any smarter

 

[DaveM]

The National Academy of Sciences provides a free ‘science hotline’ for filmmakers in order to encourage more scientifically accurate movies. The service is free to both professional and amateur films, as well as TV and video game projects. (Source)

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[DaveM]

During the filming of Schindler’s List, Robin Williams called Steven Spielberg and told him jokes to cheer him up. “I called him when I was representing People for the Valdheimer’s Association, a society devoted to helping raise money for older Germans who had forgotten everything before 1945. I remember him laughing and going ‘thank you.’” ...

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[DaveM]

In 2001, Pennsylvania’s Beaver College had to change its name to Arcadia University. Aside from the school being made fun of across the country, they were recruiting 30% fewer students, and anti-porn filters kept blocking access to their website. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[DaveM]

After her mother died, JK Rowling was severely depressed. The Dementors in Harry Potter represent her experience with depression: “…it’s not sadness. I know sadness. Sadness is to cry and to feel. But it’s that cold absence of feeling – that really hollowed-out feeling. That’s what Dementors are.” (Source)

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[DaveM]

The world has an international language. It’s based on a mix of English, German, French, and Spanish, has just 16 rules, and each letter has only one pronunciation. It was created in 1887 by a Polish doctor, who named it Esperanto – meaning ‘hope’– because he hoped it could bring the world together. (Source, Source...

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[Rocky]

I only speak two languages - English and foul

 

[CarlS]

I only speak two languages - English and foul

 

[DaveM]

Well I come from a country that has 12 official languages and out of them all I really only speak one, I can understand a second and could get by speaking it if I must.

 

[DaveM]

When Disney was making The Lion King, they didn’t think real lions’ roars were powerful enough for some of the more dramatic scenes – so the sounds of the lions roaring in the film were made by a voice actor growling and yelling into a small metal trash can. (Source)

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[tubatrophy]

Fun Fact: William Shatner once starred in an Esperanto language film.

 

[Qship]

Fun Fact: William Shatner once starred in an Esperanto language film.

Must have been trying to come up with a common language on Star Trek so he could get 'lucky' with the alien ladies.

 

[DaveM]

Little girls start believing gender stereotypes by age 6. A 2017 study found the stereotype of brilliance being more associated with men influences children as young as 6, an age when girls begin to ignore activities that are said to be for ‘smart people’. At age 5, the kids in the study saw both genders...

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[Greyfell]

Little girls start believing gender stereotypes by age 6. A 2017 study found the stereotype of brilliance being more associated with men influences children as young as 6, an age when girls begin to ignore activities that are said to be for ‘smart people’. At age 5, the kids in the study saw both genders...

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Such a shame! Those stereotypes NEED to be broken.

 

[DaveM]

The female praying mantis has been known to bite the head off her partner during sex – and the male praying mantis has been known to keep right on mating with her, despite having just been decapitated in a violent sex act. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[Linkdog]

The female praying mantis has been known to bite the head off her partner during sex – and the male praying mantis has been known to keep right on mating with her, despite having just been decapitated in a violent sex act. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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I'll keep that in mind.