Random factoids you can't help but remember

[Novus America]

The U.S. has lost several nuclear warheads at sea, and that says nothing of the Soviet Union.

Related, during the Cold War US nuclear weapons were set to the code 00000000

[New haven america]

Pluto has 5 moons, more than Earth.

Despite being the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter only has 4 spheroid moons.

The planet with the most spheroid moons is Saturn.

[Pasong Tirad]

Less than or only around a third of the 7,600++ islands in the Philippines are inhabited, with around half living in one island (Luzon).

Also the number of islands changes depending on the tide, apparently.

[The Republic of Fore]

In all but ten US states the highest paid public employee is a sports coach.

[Chinese Japanese And Koreans]

Your Bones Are Wet,from the moment you're born,untill your death

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

The U.S. has lost several nuclear warheads at sea, and that says nothing of the Soviet Union.

Related, during the Cold War US nuclear weapons were set to the code 00000000

I wonder if they are 12345678 now.

[The Alma Mater]

Related, during the Cold War US nuclear weapons were set to the code 00000000

I wonder if they are 12345678 now.

That's the code I use for my suitcases

[Yansu]

The ancient Persian king Xerxes ordered a bridge to be built so he could attack Greece, but it was destroyed by storms. Enraged by this, he ordered that the sea be punished by being whipped and having hot brands and shackles thrown in. Similar to that Caligula story.

[Mystic Warriors]

Snails can sleep for 3 years

[Alvecia]

Jamaica is the only nation whose flag does not contain the colours red, white, or blue.

Sri Lanka is on the fence depending on whether or not you’d consider it red or purple

[Turbofolkia]

Australia's largest mountain range receives more snow than the Swiss Alps.

[La Paz de Los Ricos]

It's theorized that some black holes can travel at speeds near the speed of light, which meant that if one were to come our way, we'd likely not know until too late.

EDIT: this factoid is incorrect, as some fellow NSGers have pointed out. However, I'm gonna leave it here as a testament to the fact that everybody makes mistakes. (It's just that I made a pretty big one)

[Pax Nerdvana]

The U.S. has lost several nuclear warheads at sea, and that says nothing of the Soviet Union.

Related, during the Cold War US nuclear weapons were set to the code 00000000

Really? On a related note, the government seems to be fond of vintage IBMs in crucial places.

[Valrifell]

Titan's atmospheric pressure is 1.45 that of Earth's so colonies could exist on that moon without pressure suits.

One factoid that fascinates me dates back to the early solar system. Apparently, back then Jupiter's moon Europa had a global ocean and atmosphere warmed by the heat from the forming Jupiter before it finally froze into the solid ice crust we know today.

It's thought that Jupiter's gravity stretching and squashing Europa has created enough thermal energy for it to still have a global ocean under all that ice.

[Window Land]

Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system.

[Shanhwa]

I'm sure we all remember this one, and uhh, trigger warning for middle school science but

The powerhouse of the cell?

M I T O C H O N D R I A

[Ethel mermania]

Related, during the Cold War US nuclear weapons were set to the code 00000000

Really? On a related note, the government seems to be fond of vintage IBMs in crucial places.

NASA needs fortran IV, and assembly language coders to talk to Voyager

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/ ... -engineer/

[Treadwellia]

To quote my old middle school science teacher with his facts of the day. . . .

"Science is everywhere! Science is fun!"

and

"The fulcrum's in the middle of a first class lever."

[Pax Nerdvana]

Really? On a related note, the government seems to be fond of vintage IBMs in crucial places.

NASA needs fortran IV, and assembly language coders to talk to Voyager

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/ ... -engineer/

That's interesting.

[The Alma Mater]

Really? On a related note, the government seems to be fond of vintage IBMs in crucial places.

NASA needs fortran IV, and assembly language coders to talk to Voyager

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/ ... -engineer/

And Cobol it claims.. odd that. Makes me wonder how reliable the article is. Also because fortran and assembler were still widely taught in the 80s and 90s due to many useful physics libraries - people with that knowledge are not rare.
Still. Time to send in my resume

[New Legland]

It's theorized that some black holes can travel at speeds near the speed of light, which meant that if one were to come our way, we'd likely not know until too late.

If something as destructive as a black hole were headed our way near the speed of light, we'd notice it thousands of years before it ever hit.

[Partybus]

The band Lynyrd Skynyrd is named after Leonard Skinner, the principal of the founders' school.

You my good sir have a plethora of random facts, but, Leonard Skinner was their Phys Ed teacher, not the principal...

[Icelandic Military Junta]

It's theorized that some black holes can travel at speeds near the speed of light, which meant that if one were to come our way, we'd likely not know until too late.

If something as destructive as a black hole were headed our way near the speed of light, we'd notice it thousands of years before it ever hit.

The closest one is around 3000 light-years away. If it were to come towards us at light-speed, it would still take nearly 3000 years to reach us.

We'd know it would hit us before it actually does.

[Tkheti]

Every 60 Seconds In Africa, A Minute Passes

[Ethel mermania]

NASA needs fortran IV, and assembly language coders to talk to Voyager

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/ ... -engineer/

And Cobol it claims.. odd that. Makes me wonder how reliable the article is. Also because fortran and assembler were still widely taught in the 80s and 90s due to many useful physics libraries - people with that knowledge are not rare.
Still. Time to send in my resume

Surprisingly enough there is still demand for cobal coders, I have a friend who worked as a consultant doing cobol. He retired about 10 years ago, he was never on the beach unless he wanted to be.