Hit me with some mind blowing facts

[Tin Man]

Noooo. I don't wanna be that guy.

Must I remind you of the time that you posted a gif of the hallway guy in response to a post from me?

 

[McDad]

Must I remind you of the time that you posted a gif of the hallway guy in response to a post from me?

That wasn't me. That was the one-armed man.

And yes, you must. But now that you mention it, I have a vague recollection of said event.

 

[Tin Man]

Winter, slumbering in the open air, wears on its smiling face a dream… of Spring. Ciao.

 

[McDad]

Winter, slumbering in the open air, wears on its smiling face a dream… of Spring. Ciao.

What's disturbing to me is that as I read your line from Bill Murray's character, I perked just a bit just like the hallway guy did.

Maybe I AM hallway guy!?!?!

 

[YankeeVol]

Baked beans aren’t baked. They’re stewed.

 

[YankeeVol]

The opposite sides of a die will always add up to seven.

 

[YankeeVol]

Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Baked beans aren’t baked.

Mine are

 

[YankeeVol]

There is a McDonald’s in every continent except Antarctica. ​

Montpelier, Vermont, is the only U.S. capital without a McDonald's.

 

[kiddiedoc]

The opposite sides of a die will always add up to seven.

Not a Craps player, I take it.

 

[YankeeVol]

There's a city called "Rome" on every continent except Antarctica

 

[YankeeVol]

Sloths can hold their breath for longer than dolphins.

 

[YankeeVol]

There are more Lego mini-figures than there are people on Earth.

 

[LouderVol]

There are more Lego mini-figures than there are people on Earth.

Lego produces the most tires in the world by number. The compounds that make up their tires is the same as most road vehicles. or at least meets the same requirements.

 

[LouderVol]

Maine is the closest state to Africa.

 

[LouderVol]

It is chronologically possible for Abraham Lincoln to have sent a fax to a real Japanese Samurai.

Lincoln was killed in 1865.
Samurai were ended in 1867.
The Electronic Printing Telegraph was built in 1843.

 

[LouderVol]

science doesn't really understand how an unridden bicycle stays upright.

It was thought to be a gyroscopic force, but they did a test to negate that, and found an unridden bicycle moving at a nominal speed will stay upright. and self correct its balance a bit if something hits it

 

[LouderVol]

It is more accurate to say a T-Rex rode a unicycle than fought a stegosaurus. T-Rex lived about 66 million years ago, while Stegosaurus was about 150 million years ago.

 

[05_never_again]

John Tyler, who lived from 1790 to 1862 and was President from 1841 to 1845, has a living grandson.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[LouderVol]

wombat poop is cube shaped.

 

[LouderVol]

the first woman, Jeannette Rankin, elected to Congress 4 years before women could even vote.

 

[05_never_again]

Was lobster really prison food?
lobster was so abundant and detested that it was considered a “poor man's meal”, reserved for prisoners, apprentices, and enslaved people.

They called it the "bug of the sea." It's amazing what marketing can do.

The "real name" of Chilean sea bass is a Patagonian toothfish. It's a marketing name someone came up with in the 70s. Who wants to eat something called a toothfish?

 

[LouderVol]

All British tanks come with the necessary equipment to make tea. they have had it for a while, can't remember when they started but its been a while.

 

[YankeeVol]

Lego produces the most tires in the world by number. The compounds that make up their tires is the same as most road vehicles. or at least meets the same requirements.

I remember hearing that a few years back.

 

[n_huffhines]

Was lobster really prison food?
lobster was so abundant and detested that it was considered a “poor man's meal”, reserved for prisoners, apprentices, and enslaved people.