Useless (but interesting) trivia

[martinjlm]

Modern day Jonah & the Whale. A lobster fisherman was swallowed by a humpback whale. The whale then came back up to the surface and spit him out. He survived the ordeal with seriously bruised legs and one whale of a cocktail story.

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[martinjlm]

In the early 1900s, Sakichi Toyoda invented the power loom. His invention was used to support Japan’s textile industry. Looms are used to weave silk and other fabrics.

Fast forward 100 years or so and the company he founded is back in the loom manufacturing business. But this time the looms are being used to weave carbon fiber to make hydrogen storage tanks. For Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles. Sakichi Toyoda was the founder of Toyota Motor Company, but before that he founded Toyota Industries Corporation which manufactured the looms. Now Toyota is setting up an industrial town, called Woven City. The name is a reference to the company’s beginnings manufacturing looms.

 

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[Vlad Soare]

So more or less even. That would have been my expectation, too.
I have a hunch that the more digits we consider, the more even their distribution will be.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Even more useless

 

[HoosierDaddy]

If pi is ever proven to be a normal number, RIAA and copywrite lawyers will hit the jackpot.

 

[martinjlm]

Marilyn Monroe was BRILLIANT. Evidence?

The average American has an IQ of 98.

Albert Einstein’s IQ was measured at 160.

Snoop Dogg’s IQ has been measured at 147.

Marilyn Monroe (dumb blond?) had an IQ of 165. Five points higher than Einstein.

 

[Vlad Soare]

This is an internet myth. I've yet to see any evidence that Marilyn Monroe had indeed an ultra-high IQ. Did she ever take an IQ test? When? Where? Why? Who tested her? How come such a fantastic score didn't make the headlines back then?
Nah. This is one of those things that get shared and re-shared over and over, until everyone starts taking them for granted.

 

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

 

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A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

 

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1. The “pound” key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

1. The “pound” key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.

Oh. Always thought it was a tictactroph.

 

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