Daily Random Facts

[DaveM]

Bill Murray once took a cab and found out the driver, who played the saxophone, never got to practice his instrument because he worked 14-hour days. Murray forced him to pull over, traded places with him, and drove the cab around while the cabbie played his sax in the back seat. BM: “I said, ‘When...

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[DaveM]

George R.R Martin was the first person ever to buy a ticket to Comicon. In 1964, the future Game of Thrones author attended the world’s first Comicon, and he also bought the very first ticket – making him the very first person to ever pay admission for a comic convention. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[DaveM]

If you have a bottle of champagne that has recently gone flat, drop a raisin in it. The carbon dioxide left in the bottle will cling to all the grooves in the raisin and release back into the liquid, making it bubbly again. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[DaveM]

Greyhounds are universal blood donors. Most greyhounds have a blood type that can be given to almost any other breed of dog on the planet. (Source, Source 2)

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[DaveM]

Half the atoms in our galaxy– including the atoms in your body – likely came from outside the Milky Way. Basically, according to research, parts of you came from across the universe. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[Ferret]

Half the atoms in our galaxy– including the atoms in your body – likely came from outside the Milky Way. Basically, according to research, parts of you came from across the universe. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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Half the atoms in our galaxy– including the atoms in your body – likely came from outside the Milky Way. Basically, according to research, parts of you came from across the universe. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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That could explain why some people seem spaced out.

 

[DaveM]

If you’re confronting someone whose behavior has upset you, one way to diffuse tension is to start by saying “The story I’m making up is…” and continue the sentence with the assumptions you’ve made about that person’s actions. This not only allows you to explain your feelings to them, it also provides a passive perspective...

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[DaveM]

In 1926, Poland sent the US a birthday card with over 5 million signatures. Polish citizen Leopold Kotnowski visited the White House to present the card for America’s 150th birthday. It has 30,000 pages full of art, photos, poems and pressed flowers. Volumes 14-110 were digitized by the Library of Congress, and some are available...

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[DaveM]

In your lifetime, your heart will beat over 2.5 billion times and pump about 1 million barrels of blood – which circulates through your body 3 times a minute and travels 12,000 miles (the equivalent of 4 trips across the US) in a single day. (Source)

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[Rocky]

Stunning facts that we never think about as it happens every second.

 

[CarlS]

Stunning facts that we never think about as it happens every second.

The human heart is an amazing organ. I have difficulty believing this happened by chance.

 

[DaveM]

In 1998, Bill Morgan died, came back to life, and won the lottery twice. A car wreck had left him clinically dead for 14 minutes before he was revived into a 12- day coma. Within a year, he recovered, got engaged, and won a $17k car on a scratch card. When he was interviewed by...

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[DaveM]

When John and Theodore Copsey helped build California’s Lower Lake Stone Jail in 1876, they didn’t expect they’d become the first people to ever be jailed there- but that’s exactly what happened after they celebrated their finished project a little too much at the local saloon. After remembering they’d forgotten to secure the roof, they...

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[DaveM]

Neurotic people live longer. Studies show those who are often stressed, get irritated easily, and worry about things tend to have longer life spans than people who are more laid back. (Source, Source 2)

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[Greyfell]

Neurotic people live longer. Studies show those who are often stressed, get irritated easily, and worry about things tend to have longer life spans than people who are more laid back.

Sounds like that has the intended purpose of giving them more time in which to be neurotic.

 

[DaveM]

Vivian from Paper Mario 2004 is a transgender woman. It is openly stated in the Japanese version that she ‘appears to be a girl but is really a boy’ seeking acceptance from her sisters, who finally see her as female in the end. The entire story was censored in America. (Source)

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[Greyfell]

Was that worth repeating?

 

[DaveM]

If you’re trying to tell the difference between a fossil and a rock, give it a lick. Because it’s so porous, bone becomes slightly sticky when wet- so if your tongue sticks to the specimen, there’s a good chance it’s a fossil. (Source, Source 2)

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[CarlS]

Hmm, I don't usually go around licking rocks!

 

[DaveM]

Witches were never burned at the stake during the Salem Witch Trials. Out of all the women and men convicted, 19 were sentenced to death by hanging, one was pressed to death under heavy stones, and others died in jail while awaiting trial- but no witches were executed by burning in the English colonies of...

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