Random strange facts

[Dave (in MA)]

It's a little known fact that if you go back in history and take every president, you'll find that the numerical value of each letter in their last name was equally divisible into the year in which they were elected.
By my calculations our next president has to be named Yelnik McGwawa.

[tdotdo]

9 out of 10 Americans believe that out of 10 people, one American will always disagree with the other 9.

[Scott Bails]

The Washington Post has apparently reported that 16.4 million American adults think chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

The sad part is that it's so believable.

[Dave (in MA)]

Well, chocolate milk is made out of milk, which comes from cows, and if you look for pictures of cows, about 30%-40% of them are brown, so maybe they thought it was a trick question and answered Yes.

[Camelogue]

Reports in Pittsburgh claimed that there were 650,000 attending the parade for the 2017 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.

This is approximately 28% of the people living in the Pittsburgh metro area.

Perhaps an overestimation similar to the last presidential election crowd?

[Sputnik]

Reports in Pittsburgh claimed that there were 650,000 attending the parade for the 2017 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.

This is approximately 28% of the people living in the Pittsburgh metro area.

Perhaps an overestimation similar to the last presidential election crowd?

More than a million fans were reportedly at the Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup parade. Boston's current metro area population is about 4.5 million, so 1 million fans is about 22% of the metro area population, and that million at the parade could be on the low side. 650,000 fans for the Penguins doesn't seem a stretch to me by any means, nor does 28% of the metro population, based on Boston's experience.

Bill

[ronmac]

The Washington Post has apparently reported that 16.4 million American adults think chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

The sad part is that it's so believable.

I was just going to post the same thing. Neither strange nor random: People are generally pretty dumb.

Reports in Pittsburgh claimed that there were 650,000 attending the parade for the 2017 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.

This is approximately 28% of the people living in the Pittsburgh metro area.

Perhaps an overestimation similar to the last presidential election crowd?

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We were there at the beginning of the parade right up front.

[notallwhowander]

Decomposition contributed to vampire scares, as little was known of decomposition in those days. Internal gases and expulsions of bodily fluids gave the impression of the body having just fed and dehydration pulls skin away from teeth, nails and hair, giving the impression that these things have grown. It is also believed, according to the book Supernatural Serial Killers, that werewolves and vampires were created in an effort to explain heinous acts and depravity committed by serial killers.

And if you think about it, driving a stake through the chest of decomposing corpse could force putrid gasses through the vocal chords, causing an unhallowed moan from the victim.

Do not forget that vampires are a folkloric way to understand disease. The vampire is "patient zero" when a mysterious plague hits a new settlement. This explains some of the prevention measures that have nothing to do with Christian ideas: don't invite one into your house, use lots of garlic, they can't cross water without help. So, if the village across the river is dying off, cut off any business with them, seal up the village, or at least your home, and start using lots of garlic.

[Vic2012]

And putrid gasses through the vocal chords.

Sounds like the type of band Jenn likes...........

[moecurlythanu]

So, if the village across the river is dying off, cut off any business with them, seal up the village, or at least your home, and start using lots of garlic.

Sounds like Italian Cooking Boot Camp.

[JKL2000]

Red velvet cupcakes are colored with ground-up bugs.

And Confectioner's Glaze is insect saliva!

Some soy sauce sold in China was actually made from human hair.

[zravkapt]

Science cannot explain how someone can balance themselves on a bicycle.

Apparently every blue-eyed person on Earth is descended from a single person born during the last ice age.

[Sputnik]

Some soy sauce sold in China was actually made from human hair.

Likely not, this is almost certainly an urban legend:

http://www.snopes.com/soy-sauce-made-human-hair/

[Dave (in MA)]

And Confectioner's Glaze is insect saliva!.

[Dave (in MA)]

Apparently every blue-eyed person on Earth is descended from a single person born during the last ice age.

Or, the mailman.

[Scott Bails]

Sounds like the type of band Jenn likes...........

[NogbadTheBad]

More than a million fans were reportedly at the Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup parade. Boston's current metro area population is about 4.5 million, so 1 million fans is about 22% of the metro area population, and that million at the parade could be on the low side. 650,000 fans for the Penguins doesn't seem a stretch to me by any means, nor does 28% of the metro population, based on Boston's experience.

Bill

Considering how empty work was last time the Pats won and how the whole city grinds to a halt I would not be surprised at all.

[Rune Blackwings]

Sounds like the type of band Jenn likes...........

LMAO!

[Rune Blackwings]

And Confectioner's Glaze is insect saliva!

Some soy sauce sold in China was actually made from human hair.

some cosmetics use whale vomit

[Dave (in MA)]

some cosmetics use whale vomit

I can never remember if it's Ambergris or Verdigris until I think about it for a moment..

[JKL2000]

The Washington Post has apparently reported that 16.4 million American adults think chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

The sad part is that it's so believable.

Since they say something like 50% of people believe in Angels.

[ronmac]

Since they say something like 50% of people believe in Angels.

But, that's more plausible, after centuries of indoctrination. Brown cows lactating chocolate milk defies logic.

[moecurlythanu]

Brown cows lactating chocolate milk defies logic.

We live in a time in this country where critical thinking skills are at their nadir. They are not taught in schools beyond elective courses at universities, and are actively spoken against from some pulpits. I expect it to get worse, not better.

[ronmac]

We live in a time in this country where critical thinking skills are at their nadir. They are not taught in schools beyond elective courses at universities, and are actively spoken against from some pulpits. I expect it to get worse, not better.

Agreed. The level of anti-intellectualism these days is appalling.

[Dave (in MA)]

Since they say something like 50% of people believe in Angels.

Well, Pujols is past his prime, so I don't know what they're thinking.