Random factoids you can't help but remember

[Fartsniffage]

We cats clearly need to organize, i will start the fund raising.

That sounds like herding cats.

It's all about really long cattle prods....

[Nova Cyberia]

Tomatoes are actually fruit.

Blood isn't really blue until it comes into contact with oxygen. Light passing through our skin simply makes it appear blue.

Han Solo shot first.

[New Legland]

Tomatoes are actually fruit.

Cucumbers are actually fruit.

[Ethel mermania]

We cats clearly need to organize, i will start the fund raising.

That sounds like herding cats.

Jeebus, too much like my RL job, I will pass.

[Ifreann]

bananas are the most radioactive fruit.

I disagree. I'd argue it was whatever fruit was in the Chernobyl workers lunch bags....

Bananas. Hi-vis bananas.

[The Fascist Waffle Empire]

Sweden once had a nuclear weapons program, and were on the verge of creating a warhead, but they shut it down

[Alpes a Septentrionali Imperium]

It's better to squat on the toilet than sit with your legs straight

[Rainengrad]

Sweden once had a nuclear weapons program, and were on the verge of creating a warhead, but they shut it down

Did they? Or did the U.S of A shut it down for them? I know they did that with Argentina's, and for once, it was a good thing. Who knows what the fuck would the military junta of the time have done with nukes.

[Proctopeo]

William Henry Harrison died of enteric fever, potentially compounded by septic shock and pneumonia (his diagnosed cause of death). It's believed that Zachary Taylor also died of enteric fever, while James Polk caught it and lived.

This is because of human bodily waste in the well the white house used for its water at the time, as they didn't have a sewer system.

[The Fascist Waffle Empire]

Sweden once had a nuclear weapons program, and were on the verge of creating a warhead, but they shut it down

Did they? Or did the U.S of A shut it down for them? I know they did that with Argentina's, and for once, it was a good thing. Who knows what the fuck would the military junta of the time have done with nukes.

U.S “convinced” them.

[Kowani]

Ben Franklin May have been senile by the time of the signing of the Constitution.

[Valrifell]

Colgate, the toothpaste/dental care company, used to have a line of microwave meals.

[Chan Island]

Let's contribute some more random factoids.

In WW2 the UK experimented with the idea of building a ship out of ice and sawdust.

[New Legland]

Let's contribute some more random factoids.

In WW2 the UK experimented with the idea of building a ship out of ice and sawdust.

Pykrete, to be exact

[Valrifell]

Americans were experimenting with using napalm-covered bats to firebomb Japanese cities towards the end of WW2

The Japanese actually tried putting bombs on balloons and letting Pacific winds carry them. Most of them never made it to the mainland.

[Proctopeo]

During WWII, a misidentified weather balloon triggered an anti-air barrage that lead to five deaths.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Americans were experimenting with using napalm-covered bats to firebomb Japanese cities towards the end of WW2

The Japanese actually tried putting bombs on balloons and letting Pacific winds carry them. Most of them never made it to the mainland.

I say, i say boy what in the fuck

[Novus America]

Americans were experimenting with using napalm-covered bats to firebomb Japanese cities towards the end of WW2

The Japanese actually tried putting bombs on balloons and letting Pacific winds carry them. Most of them never made it to the mainland.

I say, i say boy what in the fuck

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

[Novus America]

Ford proposed a nuclear powered concept car.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon

[Fartsniffage]

Americans were experimenting with using napalm-covered bats to firebomb Japanese cities towards the end of WW2

The Japanese actually tried putting bombs on balloons and letting Pacific winds carry them. Most of them never made it to the mainland.

I say, i say boy what in the fuck

WW2 was a wild and lawless time. Bat bombs, pigeon guided cruise missiles, tank destroying dogs....if you could think of it then someone would fund it.

[Ifreann]

I say, i say boy what in the fuck

WW2 was a wild and lawless time. Bat bombs, pigeon guided cruise missiles, tank destroying dogs....if you could think of it then someone would fund it.

The Nazis wanted to build a giant mirror satellite in orbit and use it to focus sunlight.

[Northwest Slobovia]

Isaac Newton was born the same year Galileo died.

[Proctopeo]

Isaac Newton was born the same year Galileo died.

Actually, there's a gap of approximately one year; Isaac Newton was born four days before the one-year anniversary of Galileo's death.
Still, definitely noteworthy.

[Barboneia]

Ford proposed a nuclear powered concept car.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon

I wrote a paper on that back in middle school.

[Valrifell]

George Washington has two birthdays, February 11 1732 and February 22 1731

This is because he happened to be born as the British were transitioning from the Julian calendar, because unfortunately for all parties involved the Gregorian calendar was devised when people were starting to really not like the Pope. Because of that and because it was ye olden days, the transition wasn't even throughout Europe and the Anglos held out until ya boi Georgie's birthday. For the sake of consistent record keeping, new births were recorded using both dates.