Hit me with some mind blowing facts

[05_never_again]

Fresno, CA is the largest city in the US not served by an interstate (population of 542,107 with a metro area of just over 1 million).

 

[05_never_again]

A couple of my favorites from the Bible:

- The Bible does not specify how many wise men came from the East to see Jesus after he was born, nor does it specify when exactly after the birth that they showed up. Three have been popularly depicted in paintings and nativity scenes as being right there in the stable after the birth (even though it says in Matthew 2 they entered "the house"), probably because it says they came bringing gold, frankincense, and myrrh (3 types of gifts). But for all we know it could have been way more than just three, and there could have been some interval between the birth and their arrival (perhaps weeks or months, or even a few years later). The depiction of the Magi being there with Jesus in the stable right after he was born could be a conflating of the shepherds coming to see him, which the Bible does say did happen right after the birth. The Bible doesn't name any of Magi (Balthazar, etc.) nor mention that they were kings of any kind, as is popularly depicted.

- The Bible does not specify that the fruit that Adam and Eve ate from was an apple, or anything in particular. Just that it was a fruit. In art, it is almost always depicted as an apple, but Genesis does not specify.

 

[JCHateSteve]

Wearing a necktie can reduce blood flow to your brain by 7.5% and can have other negative health effects, including increased risk of glaucoma, cataracts, being a breeding ground for bacteria and pathogens in medical settings.

Explains a lot, doesn't it?

 

[GroverCleveland]

Adolf Hitler's father was born out-of-wedlock and did not legally change his name until he was 39, about 13 years before Adolf was born.

Until then, Adolf's father's name was that of his mother.

Somehow, "Heil Schicklgruber!" Just doesn't have the same ring to it.

(William L Shirer, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich)

 

[LouderVol]

Adolf Hitler's father was born out-of-wedlock and did not legally change his name until he was 39, about 13 years before Adolf was born.

Until then, Adolf's father's name was that of his mother.

Somehow, "Heil Schicklgruber!" Just doesn't have the same ring to it.

(William L Shirer, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich)

Hitler was saved from drowning as a little kid, by a priest.

 

[VolFaninFla]

This is pretty cool

 

[05_never_again]

Ryan Williams is the youngest person to lose in Neyland Stadium.

 

[Go aeiou]

My hometown of Elizabethton, Tennessee is closer to Canada (Middle Island, Lake Erie) than it is to Memphis, Tennessee.

But the drive time is longer I think?
Yeah, we lived in JC in the mid 80s. I had clients in Memphis. The choice was drive or fly. No direct flights from Tri Cities. You flew from JC to Charlotte to Memphis or you drove. Both took all day/8 hours.
Eventually moved to Ooltewah(Chattanooga). Liked the people and weather in JC.

 

[me_grag53]

Victoria Woodhull was first woman to run for president in 1872. She met widowed Cornelius Vanderbilt who shared her interest in spiritualism and set her and her sister up in a stockbrokerage firm that became very successful. She advocated at various times for free love, womens suffrage, and mystical socialism and legalized prostitution .Her Weekly published first english translation of The communist manifesto.

 

[me_grag53]

In the early 1800s a “common scold” was defined in English law as a troublesome and angry woman who, by her brawling and wrangling among her neighbors, doth break the public peace, and beget, cherish and increase public discord. The punishment was the dunking chair.

 

[me_grag53]

Standing Stone Monument Marker
Inscription.

The sandstone rock atop this lighthouse-shaped pedestal is the only known remaining fragment of the 16-ft dog-shaped monolith that stood for centuries ½ mile to the west, marking an area of peace for the American Indians who travelled and hunted the Cumberland Plateau. The origin of the stone monolith, Nee Yah Kah Tah Kee (Cherokee words meaning Standing Stone) pre-dates written history. On October 17, 1895, the monolith, diminished over time and finally removed by the railroad laying tracks to Monterey, was memorialized by the Fraternal organization Improved Order or Red Men, Narragansett Tribe, No. 25, and dedicated to Monterey before a crowd of 3,000.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Today I learned, a large praying mantis can actually ambush, kill and eat a hummingbird. I find this hard to believe, but they say it has been witnessed on multiple occasions.

 

[Tin Man]

Today I learned, a large praying mantis can actually ambush, kill and eat a hummingbird. I find this hard to believe, but they say it has been witnessed on multiple occasions.

IMO, that videographer wasn’t cool.

 

[Carl Pickens]

• The average cloud weighs over one million pounds.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Today I learned, a large praying mantis can actually ambush, kill and eat a hummingbird. I find this hard to believe, but they say it has been witnessed on multiple occasions.

I watched one pick up a huge wolf spider and systematically eat each of its legs one by one

 

[Carl Pickens]

A stolen bride responsible for Reelfoot lake.

In the winter of 1811-1812, the 150-mile long New Madrid fault line produced a series of four earthquakes so powerful that the Mississippi River was said to have flowed backward for 10-24 hours. This intensity created Reelfoot Lake, and shocks were felt as far away as Quebec. They remain the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the eastern United States. The lake now encompasses 15,000 acres, with an average depth of 5.5 feet (the maximum depth is 18 feet).

The lake's name comes from a legend about a 19th-century Chickasaw Indian chief who was called Reelfoot because he had a deformed foot. His defiance of the Great Spirit by stealing a bride from a neighboring tribe supposedly caused the earthquake that formed the lake.

Fished there as a kid once. I went to pull the stringer up to put another fish on and noticed the stringer was stuck up under a big stump in the water….. I pulled hard and it pulled back…, when I pulled harder it came up out of the water and a GIANT water moccasin had one of the fish in its mouth and wouldn’t let go…. So I did

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[superdave1984]

Fished there as a kid once. I went to pull the stringer up to put another fish on and noticed the stringer was stuck up under a big stump in the water….. I pulled hard and it pulled back…, when I pulled harder it came up out of the water and a GIANT water moccasin had one of the fish in its mouth and wouldn’t let go…. So I did

I have fished Reelfoot many times and visited there even more. NEVER have I been there and NOT seen a cottonmouth.

 

[Carl Pickens]

I have fished Reelfoot many times and visited there even more. NEVER have I been there and NOT seen a cottonmouth.

I believe it.

 

[Jackcrevol]

My hometown of Elizabethton, Tennessee is closer to Canada (Middle Island, Lake Erie) than it is to Memphis, Tennessee.

drivers from elizabethton tennessee (carter county) are oblivious to drivers from memphis, or canada, or anywhere else. and average 950 moving vehicle infractions everyday.

 

[Jackcrevol]

All odd numbers have the letter "e" in it.

numbers don't have letters in them, they're numbers.

 

[jp1]

numbers don't have letters in them, they're numbers.

Numbers for sure has an E in it.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Numbers for sure has an E in it.

#'s

 

[Carp]

Harriet Tubman was alive at the same time as both Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan.

 

[Carp]

The United States is only 3 people old. Harrison Ruffin Tyler, who turns 96 in 2 days, is the grandson of 10th President, John Tyler. John Tyler was born less than 1 year into George Washington's first term as President. His son (Ruffin's Dad), Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr, was born in 1853.