Useless Facts

5 small, 1 takes up left pectoral

 

I don't have any tats but I do have a scar on my head from surgery as a kiddo, but it's covered by my hair. I do have another on my brow from having pool chlorine dumped on me as a kid as well. Pretty much everything fucked up happened to me as a kid. No wonder i'm so screwed up. .

 

In 1870, a French scholar named Charles Rohault de Fleury published a book in which he asserted that all the known fragments of the True Cross, even when multiplied by ten, did not make up enough volume to account for the entire instrument.

Also, there are sellers on eBay offering what they assert are relics of that same Cross. Even assuming they're genuine, I wonder what Josh Josephson, PBH, would have to say about that.

 

Josh Josephson, Peanut Butter and Honey, would probably say, "I know squat about Cross relics. But peanut butter and honey sure is tasty!"

If you're talking about THAT Josh Josephson, the one who died on the True Cross if you believe that story, he'd probably want his cut of the profits. 'Cause, you know, profits! According to Republicans, Josh was all about profits, and money was his primary motivation.

/threadjack

 

There is, at the moment if this post, 7 people sitting in my local library.

Neptune has 14 known satellites. It more importantly, it is the only planet to have been found in our solar system by mathematical prediction.

 

That's pretty cool. Mars's satellites, Phobos and Deimos, were also predicted by a (faulty) mathematical process. It was thought that since Venus has no moons, Earth has one, and Jupiter had four (known at the time), Mars must have two. Jonathan Swift was right, for all the wrong reasons.

 

There are sub-moons to Saturn's moons.

 

The older I get the less of a deterent ‘life in prison’ becomes.

 

I always thought life in prison can easily be confused with life is a prison. Both of which are true.

 

So it's not just me, aye!

 

Does @Moon know about this? And will he sue Saturn's moons and sub-moons for Trademark and Copyright violations and get the books about the moon pulled by Amazon?

 

The way I see it the main problem is if you ever get out it hurts your reputation and your ability to get a job back. Plus the experience in their might not be too bad to you but it would be harder to stay in touch with SOs, family, friends, pets, all that.

 

Or as I call it, retirement with health care.

 

If you add chocolate 2 milk and then add to Brandy, you get a special that I must try one day

 

Here is a set of oddball facts that may be entertaining

I have an odd number of socks in my cupboard.

There is a missing wheel from one of the chairs at my work.

Of the 1 person that came and contact me during my work today, all 100% had red hair

I am currently still at work and also very bored.

 

The volcanic nature of Io is caused by an electrical reaction with Jupiter.

 

This is likely an Australia/U.S. terminology difference, but I was entertained by the idea that someone keeps their socks in a kitchen cupboard next to plates and a cheese grater.

 

Where else would you keep your socks? The toilet tank is already full of underwear in sealed ziploc bags...

 

I thought it was the moon being squeezed by the constant tidal forces, but it could be a combination. Still not a good place to put a housing estate, but one could say the same for Hawaii

 

Perhaps it is, but I refer to one of these (or similar):


That said, I have never tried keeping my socks in the kitchen cupboard, but maybe I should try. I usually do put on my socks after having breakfast, so it might be more conveniently placed... Also would provide a nice distraction and a decent laugh when a say to a guest:

"Get me a cup from that cupboard over there."

Then, the guests opens the cupboard, a strange look on his face. "Hey... erm... why do you have socks in here...?"

"Well, you see John, it all started when that guy from these forums told me once....."

 

Went to Hawaii a few years back. I soooo wanted to do a heli-volcano tour...

Spin of Earth and forces of Sun and Moon keep it in a state of deformation, core stays hot, layers move, causing EM differentials, currents follow upwellings (or whatever) and define hotspots. my impression is that the hotspots are somehow connected to the Vortexes of legend. Turn of Earth and motion of hotspot currents is the engine of our magnetic shield. The twisting of currents corresponds to the magnetic variations (Australia, Bermuda etc) around the globe, and is the reason for ozone redistribution, and also why the poles flip every umpteen thousand years. They compare nearly directly to sunspot activity.
I actually have a fictional use for this...

 

I'd call that a wardrobe, or if it was of antique or vintage variety, I'd call it an armoire (sp? I cannot spell it today).

@Spencer1990 , know any New Yorkers who don't cook? Lots of interesting things kept in NYC kitchen cabinets and ovens...But I had the same reaction as you.

 

If the folks in Hawai’i would like to give another shot at human sacrefice to apease the volcano gods, I have a list of people they could start with.

 

This is the first comment I saw when I clicked on “Useless Facts”. Such a pleasant first impression of this thread, lmao.

 

In my introductory astronomy class, the professor said Io’s volcanic nature is due to tidal heating: “Io’s close orbit is made more elliptical because of orbital resonances with other Galilean moons. Hence, it comes close to Jupiter while orbiting, resulting in tidal bulges. These tidal bulges cause heating and keep Io’s interior hot.” Is what he wrote in one of the lessons... not sure how to cite this as a source, but the professor is Dr. Frank Timmes and the class is ASU: AST111.