Alex's "Random Fact Of The Day" Thread

[NightExplorer96]

Hello all,
I have done this before on other forums and many people enjoyed it for one reason or another so I thought why not give it a try.

What is this thread?
I will every-day(at least try to depending on my internet acess) be posting a reply on this thread with an interesting fact. These facts may range from fascinating to strange or even unbelievable. Make sure to check back each day for a new fact!!!
Hope you spend as much time enjoying this thread as much as I enjoy finding amazing facts to add!

January 13th 2014:
Space
Fact: Neptune’s moon Triton is the coldest place in the Solar System, with surface temperatures of -236°C, at these temperature you would freeze instantly!!!
Dry ice is about -78.5°C
Liquid Nitrogen is about −196 °C


Source:
125 Amazing Space Facts You Should Know About Space, Universe, Planets, Solar System, Galaxy, Astronomy and Stars

 

[Speedy78]

Can others post random facts?

 

[NightExplorer96]

Can others post random facts?

Sure! Why not make it more interesting

 

[KRNAZNBOY]

You mean Neptune's mooN right, not mood?

Just making sure, that is interesting though!

How cold is -236C. Try comparing it with liquid nitrogen, and dry ice, etc so people get a feel of just how cold that is

Kewl THread

-Matt

 

[Speedy78]

I like this idea. To stick to the skys:


The rumblings of a black hole in the Perseus galaxy is 57 octaves below middle C. For comparison, a typical piano has 7 octaves.

 

[NightExplorer96]

You mean Neptune's mooN right, not mood?

Just making sure, that is interesting though!

How cold is -236C. Try comparing it with liquid nitrogen, and dry ice, etc so people get a feel of just how cold that is

Kewl THread

-Matt

Fixed the typo. Alright, I will add that to the OP as well, glad you like the thread :yh:

 

[NightExplorer96]

I like this idea. To stick to the skys:


The rumblings of a black hole in the Perseus galaxy is 57 octaves below middle C. For comparison, a typical piano has 7 octaves.

Thanks Speedy! Glad you like it

 

[ARG]

Fact: Neptune’s moon Triton is the coldest place in the Solar System, with surface temperatures of -236°C, at these temperature you would freeze instantly!!!

37 kelvin for anyone wondering. Had to do the conversion

It's a fact that your LG Aquarius is Underspec'd 4.9mW

If it were overspec than it wouldn't be legal in many countries. LG keeps it under 5mW for a reason.

 

[NightExplorer96]

January 14th 2014:
Human Body
Fact: One human hair can support 3.5 ounces. If you ever need to carry something, think about using your hair!!


Source:
100 Very Cool Facts About The Human Body - Yes, ICantSeeYou

 

[trencheel303]

Rats can't vomit - that's why rat poison works.

The indented area in a brick is called the frog.

Crows (in multiple) are referred to as a murder of crows.

 

[CheeseHasLeafs]

1) Warfarin, a widely-used anticoagulant for blood, was discovered when a farmer put out rat poison in his fields and castrated his cows the same day. His cows all died of blood loss and he found them there the next day.
Source: Hospital nurse told me this, confirmed by some doctors tho it could well be a widely accepted myth haha.

2) There is a medical procedure called fecal bacteriotherapy. What it involves is transplanting poop from one patient to another.
Story goes that a woman was on heavy antibiotics and as a result began to suffer from infection in the gut due to the antibiotics clearing out the natural flora of the gut (which provided space for the less beneficial bacteria to grow). A well known-side effect of prolonged antibiotic usage. Doctors couldn't treat it, until some bright spark got the idea of transplanting faeces from her husband into her gut. The introduced faeces repopulated her gut with bacteria and cured her infection.

Wikipedia article here. Origin story told to me by another nurse, confirmed by some more doctors tho that could also be a myth. Seems just as plausible as the cow one though.

 

[Deleted member 16589]

The earth is Not actually round but rather an oblate spheroid and the distance from the center to see level is 13 miles greater at the equator than at the poles.

Source Strange but True: Earth Is Not Round: Scientific American

Also do to the centrifugal force of the earth's spin you would weigh less at the equator then on the poles

Source NASA IMAGE satellite,Ask the Space Scientist Archive

 

[Cyparagon]

The rumblings of a black hole in the Perseus galaxy is 57 octaves below middle C. For comparison, a typical piano has 7 octaves.

According to my calculations, 261.6*2^-57 is 17 million years per cycle. So it's not even moving and you can't call that rumbling.

Rats can't vomit - that's why rat poison works.

I can vomit. That means rat poison wouldn't work on me.

 

[Speedy78]

Sure it is. Lol. Just very very very slowly.

 

[NightExplorer96]

January 15th 2014:
Cats
Fact: 25% of cat owners admit to blow drying their cat's hair after a bath.


Source: 25 Strange yet Interesting Facts About Cats - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com

 

[bloompyle]

Random marine biology fact!

Many coral species can be very "aggressive". Whereas some corals are completely fine with merging into each other, or growing off of each other, or even mixing with each other. Most simply will not let this happen without a fight.

At night, the battle rages. Inside the hard shell of the coral, are smaller, softer, polyps. These generally consist of tentacles, some large, some small. At night, these polyps shoot out thin tentacles that sting the enemy coral, and kills them slowly. Some even use these tentacles to digest the polyps of the enemy coral, and uses them to feed.

Check it out here!