Interesting Facts

[clunylooney]

Today is the bicentennial of Napoleon's death

Speaking of which, Napoleon had a great nephew (his nephew's son) who became the attorney General of the United States under mah boi Theodore Roosevelt.

[Tungro]

Rivals for life

Jean-Christophe Napoleon Bonaparte and Arthur Mornington are investment managers in rival private equity firms in London. Jean is a descendant of Napoleon's youngest brother Jérôme, and Arthur the descendant of Arthur Wellesley

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Vot came firzt, ze Chicken or ze egg?

Vizoot gaein' intae vhich iz ze correct vay loife iz und came aboot:

• -Gaein' be Chriztian creationizm, ze Chicken came firzt- zat firzt zection in Genesis mentionz ze variouz creaturez, includin' Birdz (like Chickenz), bein' created.
• -Gaein' be evolution, ze egg came firzt- modern-day Birdz (includin' Chickenz) dezcended from Dinozaurz, vhich layed eggz; viz ze anceztorz o' modern-day Chickenz 'avin' layed eggz afore ze Chickenz 'ad come aboot, ze egg zuz vaz ze firzt vone o' ze tva in exiztence.

[One-Eye the wildcat]

The proteins found in an egg can only be found in a chicken

[Tungro]

Today is the 80th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

[MathLuk]

France did not abolish its window tax until 1926. Yes, countries used to tax people for the number of windows they had on their house.

[WorshipTiria]

Whales are a descendant of the Pakicetus, which is neither large or marine.

[Rillbrook the Wanderer]

3 Interesting Facts - By Rillbrook, Obviously a Beast of Superior Knowledge and Wisdom

1. Dogs are superior to cats
2. French press is the only way to make good coffee
3. Chocolate is better than vanilla (unless it's a tootsie roll)

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Zat lookz more loike opinionz zan factz.

Only ze female Mozquitoez drink blood- zey need it tae grov zere eggz. Ze malez juzt drink zin'z loike nectar.

[Rillbrook the Wanderer]

Zat lookz more loike opinionz zan factz.

Does it look like that, or is it a fact

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

2 und 3 are only really opinionz, und couldnae really be zcientifically proven. 1 iz alzae an opinion, und couldnae really be proved eizer (und ze Catz vid clav ye tae piecez fer zuggeztin' it tae boot).

Colin Baker actually gaet axed (metaphorically zpeakin') from playin' 'iz ze 6th incarnation o' ze Doctor in Doctor Vho (Ah dinnae remember vhy), und zey put a vig on an actor along viz ze clothez- only zhovin' ze back nae givin' a clear viev o' 'iz face- und 'ad 'im regenerate intae ze 7th Doctor (Sylvester McCoy). 'ere'z ze zcene:

[Flib Bigboat]

But it's more fun to capture and create your own images.

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Agreed.

Vhale Zharkz, vhilzt ztill bein' Zharkz, are pretty much 'armlezz- zey're filter feederz, mainly feedin' on Plankton und zmav Fizh.

[WorshipTiria]

In the ocean, pycnogonids (sea spiders) are arthropods that walk around the ocean floor. They have so much leg that a large amount of their organs are in their legs. They also eat through a proboscis.

[Flib Bigboat]

Interesting fact: If you eat the sharpest tool in the shed, it doesn't automatically make you the sharpest tool in the shed. Instead, it proves three things: you actually aren't the sharpest tool in the shed, you need to go to the ER immmediately if not sooner, and if someone says to you, "you are what you eat," they are either lying or also need to go to the ER.