OT: Interesting Facts (history, geography, science, etc.)

[Dove]

George Washington never knew there was such a thing as a dinosaur.

Yet he dated Betty White.


I'll show myself out.

 

[TheChamps990411]

George Washington never knew there was such a thing as a dinosaur.

Well considering they were identified as dinosaurs till 1842 thats not really surprising so the same can be said for anyone that lived and died before that year or even several years after.

 

[temery]

Only if you're limited to travelling by land. No borders need be crossed to reach it by boat. Or by truck if you're visiting in January or February.

They do actually drive across the ice for several months.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I live in Florida and am west of Detroit, Nashville, Indianapolis and Louisville and am about 3/10 of a degree east of Chicago.

“Detroit is east of Atlanta” always messes me up

 

[RichZ]

I spent a couple weeks some years back at a truly luxurious resort on one of the nearby Islands one summer, and the owner said that all the construction equipment and supplies are trucked in on 18 wheelers in Jan. & Feb.

 

[storrsroars]

They do actually drive across the ice for several months.

This is true in Canada. However, in the case of the NW Angle in Minnesota, they never needed to and didn't have one as it's a long distance and few people live up there to build one. So they didn't have ice road access in 2020, but pooled together enough resources to build one in 2021.

30 Miles to Paradise: Ice Road Opens - Lake of the Woods

The NW Angle has some of the best ice fishing in North America. Without a way for guests to drive up to the Angle due to the border closure, area businesses,

lakeofthewoodsmn.com

 

[CONN78SEJ]

The Iowa class Battleships (Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey, and Wisconsin) were not the largest class of battleship designed and ordered built by the US Navy. The Montana class approved by Congress and ordered built in 1939 was significantly larger, was much more heavily armored, and had significantly more throw weight from its main gun battery. Five named ships (BB-67 through BB-71) were authorized, the Montana, the Maine, the Ohio, the Louisiana, and the New Hampshire. Concurrently Congress also authorized the widening of the Panama Canal to accommodate the Montana’s. The construction of the Montana and her sister ships were delayed by the attack on Pearl Harbor and were ultimately cancelled after the sinking of the aircraft carriers Wasp, Hornet, Lexington, and the Yorktown in the Pacific war in favor of the much needed new Essex class aircraft carriers. The Montana’s would have been more than a match for the Yamato class battleships the Japanese were building as well as the German battleships the Bismarck and the Tirpitz.

Montana-class battleship - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[storrsroars]

The Iowa class Battleships (Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey, and Wisconsin) were not the largest class of battleship designed and ordered built by the US Navy. The Montana class approved by Congress and ordered built in 1939 was significantly larger, was much more heavily armored, and had significantly more throw weight from its main gun battery. Five named ships (BB-67 through BB-71) were authorized, the Montana, the Maine, the Ohio, the Louisiana, and the New Hampshire. Concurrently Congress also authorized the widening of the Panama Canal to accommodate the Montana’s. The construction of the Montana and her sister ships were delayed by the attack on Pearl Harbor and were ultimately cancelled after the sinking of the aircraft carriers Wasp, Hornet, Lexington, and the Yorktown in the Pacific war in favor of the much needed new Essex class aircraft carriers. The Montana’s would have been more than a match for the Yamato class battleships the Japanese were building as well as the German battleships the Bismarck and the Tirpitz.

Montana-class battleship - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Who needs battleships when you've got torpedoes coming from above and below.

Hitler really screwed up in not utilizing Tirpitz. That saga has many twists and turns.

 

[ChocRaisins]

The northernmost point of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is the southernmost point of Brazil.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Who needs battleships when you've got torpedoes coming from above and below.

Hitler really screwed up in not utilizing Tirpitz. That saga has many twists and turns.

It took 11 or 12 torpedoes and scores of 500lb bombs to sink the undefended Yamato. The Montana’s were designed to be better armored than any existing battleship (16.1 inches inclined at 19 degrees). The inclination is important in deflecting water line explosions from torpedoes. The Yamato did not have an inclined hull near the water line for torpedo protection, yet it still took 11 or 12 hits (and 25 500lb bombs) to sink it. As far as needing battleships, why were the Iowa’s reactivated years after the end of WW2? It’s an interesting debate with many active naval personnel and some in the government feeling the United States should not have retired the Iowa’s in 2011.

United States battleship retirement debate - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Dan W]

Erie Pennsylvania is farther north than Springfield Massachusetts.

 

[Delrayhoops]

The Mom from the movie A Christmas Story, also played Hanrahan’s wife who hooks up with Paul Newman in Slapshot.

Her name is Melinda Dillon.

 

[aburks41]

A funny one I like...the US has the 3 largest air forces in the world.

1) US Air Force
2) US Navy
3) US Army
4) Russia

lol

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

A funny one I like...the US has the 3 largest air forces in the world.

1) US Air Force
2) US Navy
3) US Army
4) Russia

lol

On a related note...

The U.S. Navy, by tonnage, is larger than the next 10 world navies combined (Russia, China, Japan, Great Britain, France, India, South Korea, Italy, Taiwan, and Indonesia).

 

[Husky Alien]

Some blood vessels in a blue whale are actually big enough for humans to swim through.

 

[Dove]

Just throwing it out there...Tyler Olander has 1 more National Title than Jim Boeheim.

 

[storrsroars]

Just throwing it out there...Tyler Olander has 1 more National Title than Jim Boeheim.

See post #8.

 

[bazz&boujee]

Cleopatra was not Egyptian. Egypts last queen wasn't born in Egypt. As far as historians can tell she was Greek and a descendant of Alexander the Great's Macedonian general Ptolemy. Am i the only one that had no idea of this until about a month ago?

Cleopatra was also closer in years to man walking on moon than she was the building of the pyramids

 

[Zanzman]

Just throwing it out there...Tyler Olander has 1 more National Title than Jim Boeheim.

Thought You let yourself out

 

[Dove]

Thought You let yourself out

That was last night.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Some blood vessels in a blue whale are actually big enough for humans to swim through.

nonsense.
'For instance, she disproves the idea that the blue whale's aorta is big enough for a person to swim through or drive a car through.'
Just how big is a blue whale's heart? See for yourself - CNET

 

[temery]

nonsense.
'For instance, she disproves the idea that the blue whale's aorta is big enough for a person to swim through or drive a car through.'
Just how big is a blue whale's heart? See for yourself - CNET

he didn't say aorta.

The Blue Whales Heart | Size, Weight, Blood Vessels and Other Facts

The blue whale is a massive creature and is the largest living animal globally, even larger than most dinosaurs. The largest of the blue whales can measure in at over 100 ft in length and

www.whalefacts.org

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Posted on Facebook by a TV actor of some note...

Red hair first appeared as the result of a genetic mutation with the first documented case of natural-born redhead occurring in Scotland.

• Less than 2% of the world's population have red hair.
• Scotland boasts the highest percentage of natural redheads while Ireland comes in second.
• Natural redheads are rare,the gene is recessive,meaning both parents must each be carrying the recessive gene for their child to have red hair.
• Natural red hair is less likely to go gray.
• A redhead’s ability to produce a pheomelanin also allows them to have a higher resistance to pain.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

The Mom from the movie A Christmas Story, also played Hanrahan’s wife who hooks up with Paul Newman in Slapshot.

Her name is Melinda Dillon.

Same year as "Slapshot," she was the mom in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

Hitler really screwed up in not utilizing Tirpitz.

I'm OK with that.

My entire family, for generations back, consists of nothing but ancestors.

This is true for me as well, and yet, we're not related.

 

[8893]

Posted on Facebook by a TV actor of some note...

Red hair first appeared as the result of a genetic mutation with the first documented case of natural-born redhead occurring in Scotland.

• Less than 2% of the world's population have red hair.
• Scotland boasts the highest percentage of natural redheads while Ireland comes in second.
• Natural redheads are rare,the gene is recessive,meaning both parents must each be carrying the recessive gene for their child to have red hair.
• Natural red hair is less likely to go gray.
• A redhead’s ability to produce a pheomelanin also allows them to have a higher resistance to pain.

Two of my three daughters are redheads.