Random facts thread

[spike]

mmm delicious bee vomit

[tree_]

I’m looking for the AI thread while driving and I realized it’s too dangerous so I’m just gonna post this thought here. I was just listening to a Darius Rucker song that sounds pretty new to me and it sounds like AI could have easily produced this product. I wonder how much more advanced the technology really is. Maybe only made available to certain people for certain purposes so far

[dpupenya]

"typewriter" is the longest word that can be typed out using only one row of a keyboard

[dpupenya]

The longest word in English is over 189,000 letters long and takes 3.5 hrs to pronounce. There is a YouTube video of someone doing so ....

[wease]

How the fuck can that even be real?

[epilogue]

Ba*mer is a terrible person.

[dpupenya]

Ba*mer is a terrible person.

This seems subjective. Can you quantify this statement? Mayhap a couple examples?

[JuanHamm]

I don't really get the Bammer hate. He's just a regular dude. He's not a psychopathic monster like Verb was.

[spike]

I don't really get the Bammer hate. He's just a regular dude. He's not a psychopathic monster like Verb was.

He tried to be verb after verb was banned though. Pretty heinous.

[BurtReynolds]

Back to the Future takes place in a fictional California town of Hill Valley.
The city name "Hill Valley" is a joke, being an oxymoron. However, an early script for Back to the Future Part II mentioned that Hill Valley was named after its founder, William "Bill" Hill.

[tree_]

In one of the Heaven's Gate documentary's most surprising moments, one former member of Heaven's Gate revealed that masturbating to MTV accidentally saved him from becoming one of the 38 people who died alongside cult leader Marshall 'Do' Applewhite, because the cult didn't approve of sensual activity.

[doug rr]

In one of the Heaven's Gate documentary's most surprising moments, one former member of Heaven's Gate revealed that masturbating to MTV accidentally saved him from becoming one of the 38 people who died alongside cult leader Marshall 'Do' Applewhite, because the cult didn't approve of sensual activity.

that man that left was none other than Tony Larussa..

[Bammer]

I can’t confirm the accuracy of this because I just saw it on Facebook, but …

Protective sports equipment introduced a testicular guard (cup) roughly 100 years before brain guard (helmet).

[BurtReynolds]

Romulus founded Rome in 760 BC.

1000 years later Rome fell to the barbarians and it’s last emperor was named Romulus.

Constantine founded Constantinople in 330 AD.

1000 years later Constantinople fell to the Ottomans and it’s last emperor was named Constantine.

[spike]

Now I’m worried Denzel’s going to run for President.

[JuanHamm]

The human brain can generate enough electricity to power a small light bulb.

[96583UP]

living is cheating if you’re not pulling oar

[BurtReynolds]

the world's largest cockroach by length and wingspan is M. longipennis.