Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

[kiwigtx]

There is no single-word synonym for the word 'synonym'.

 

[DeltaV]

Before 1903, the New York Stock Exchange used a Chinese gong.​

 

[bm02tj]

And most comic strip relate to real life

 

[Photon440]

As well as bees, some wasps also make honey. Honey from Honey Wasps is harvested mostly in Brazil and Mexico.

 

[Photon440]

The largest man-made uncut diamond is 150.42 carats, produced in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2021.

Meanwhile, the largest cut and faceted synthetic diamond is 34.59 carats, grown in India in 2023.

 

[DeltaV]

Lighters were invented before modern matches.​

 

[Photon440]

Currently, there are 417 nuclear power plants in operation around the world, with 62 new ones under construction.

 

[69conv]

An AI test....
Unfortunately, the provided context does not contain specific information on the number of cans of sardines sold in the US. However, it does mention that sardines are sold in basically every grocery store, gas station, and dollar store across the country, indicating a widespread availability of the product.

It doesn't have to be the right answer, just an answer!

 

[YY1]

3 Ways to Undo a Bra One Handed - wikiHow

 

[440 4 speed]

That's just stupid.
If you get arrested, do you have to plead not guilty to drunk sitting?

In our province, if you are in a car, and sleeping and the keys are in the ignition you can be asked for a breathalyzer. If not you are okay.

 

[Photon440]

In our province, if you are in a car, and sleeping and the keys are in the ignition you can be asked for a breathalyzer. If not you are okay.

I remember a lawyer, fifty years ago, talking to us in school. He said if you're drunk and get pulled over when driving you should throw the keys on the ground, pull out a bottle and start drinking. That way, they'll get you for drinking in public, but can't prove that you were over the limit prior to that.

 

[440 4 speed]

I remember a lawyer, fifty years ago, talking to us in school. He said if you're drunk and get pulled over when driving you should throw the keys on the ground, pull out a bottle and start drinking. That way, they'll get you for drinking in public, but can't prove that you were over the limit prior to that.

In the 70’s a neighbour of my parents actually did that, in a parking lot across from the pub. Police were parked in the lot. He was going to get in the car, had his keys in one hand and a beer in the other. Saw the cruiser, put his keys in his pocket closed the door and stood outside. He was charged, case was dismissed because he didn’t get in the car.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Johny Cash has a younger brother, Tommy, who is a better singer than Johny.

 

[DeltaV]

Apollo 12 left a piece of art on the moon.​

Post in thread 'the NASA thread and anything related' the NASA thread and anything related

 

[Photon440]

Years before he was in The Monkees, Davy Jones acted in the 1963 Broadway production of 'Oliver!', playing the part of The Artful Dodger.

 

[1STMP]

Studebaker became the first American car company to offer disc brakes as standard equipment on the Studebaker Avanti in 1963.
Crosley and Chrysler made prior
attempts in 1949, but reverted back
to drums.

 

[Kern Dog]

In the town Barrow located in Alaska, the sun sets on November 18th and rises on January 23rd. During this period, there is darkness for 67 days.

Without saliva, humans are unable to taste food.

When a lioness is in heat, she mates up to 50 times a day with multiple partners over a period of five days.
Sounds like a girl I used to date......