Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

Fun Fact .. More Americans Went To the Library Than To the Movies Last Year

Last year, Americans visited the library more than they went to the movies, live sporting events, museums, concerts, amusement parks and casinos, among other activities, according to a Gallup poll released.

US adults reported taking 10.5 trips to the library on average in 2019, the poll found — about twice as many times as they went to the movies. They went to live music or theatrical events and national or historic parks roughly four times last year, and visited museums and casinos about 2.5 times. Trips to amusement parks and zoos were the least common activities on the list.

https://fox6now.com/2020/01/28/more...r-than-to-the-movies-a-new-gallup-poll-finds/
 

hollydolly said:
There is now technology built into some guns in America that allow a gun’s owner to control the safety-catch using their smartphone or tablet.
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Interesting, but I prefer the responsibility to be completely on the owner, instead of technology. That leaves much less room for error:
V-Line 1394-S Brute Quick Access Pistol Safe
 
Double RR and Ms Dolly are banished to stand in corner until they come up with
factoids that will rock this site-Yea, do that, uh hu , yea...
 
It takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup. That's why it's so high in sugar - 1/4 cup has 53 gms sugar. By comparison, a 12-ounce soft drink has 40 gms sugar.

I'm surprised I'm still here. As a child, I drank it straight from the bottle.....no pancakes needed. :D
 
win231 said:
It takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup. That's why it's so high in sugar - 1/4 cup has 53 gms sugar. By comparison, a 12-ounce soft drink has 40 gms sugar.

I'm surprised I'm still here. As a child, I drank it straight from the bottle.....no pancakes needed. :D
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I do know about maple syrup production ... grew up with this yearly festival in the area: http://pancaketown-usa.com
 
The Barbie doll’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair. (barbiemedia.com)

The oldest-known living land animal is a tortoise named Jonathan, who is 187 years old. He was born in 1832 and has lived on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean since 1882. (guinnessworldrecords.com)

Polar bears have black skin. And actually, their fur isn’t white—it’s see-through, so it appears white as it reflects light.
 
A Unique App has been developed in Iceland.

The risk of Icelanders accidentally sleeping with a relative is apparently high enough to justify the creation of a smartphone app to help prevent it.

Iceland isn't a big country. Most Icelanders are descended from the Norse and Celtic settlers that first began arriving on the island some time in the 700s and 800s, with few additions to the gene pool. Roughly two-thirds of its 320,000 population live in and around the capital, Reykjavík, so the chances that you're at least not-too-distantly-related to most of the strangers you walk past in the street are high. Or, indeed, someone you might meet in a bar and go home with.

The solution to this? Developers from Sad Engineers Studios created ÍslendingaApp SES(Beta), an Android app that seeks to save any incredibly awkward revelations in the future by making things clear now. It uses as its resource Íslendingabók, an online genealogical database that contains records of more than 720,000 Icelanders going back 1,200 years using as many records (church documents, census information, and so on) as possible.
 
hollydolly said:
A Unique App has been developed in Iceland.

The risk of Icelanders accidentally sleeping with a relative is apparently high enough to justify the creation of a smartphone app to help prevent it.

Iceland isn't a big country. Most Icelanders are descended from the Norse and Celtic settlers that first began arriving on the island some time in the 700s and 800s, with few additions to the gene pool. Roughly two-thirds of its 320,000 population live in and around the capital, Reykjavík, so the chances that you're at least not-too-distantly-related to most of the strangers you walk past in the street are high. Or, indeed, someone you might meet in a bar and go home with.

The solution to this? Developers from Sad Engineers Studios created ÍslendingaApp SES(Beta), an Android app that seeks to save any incredibly awkward revelations in the future by making things clear now. It uses as its resource Íslendingabók, an online genealogical database that contains records of more than 720,000 Icelanders going back 1,200 years using as many records (church documents, census information, and so on) as possible.
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Somewhat related:
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Queen Elizabeth II is distantly related to Vlad the Impaler (Dracula)​

Quite an interest fact about her majesty. Vlad the Impaler is known to be the real inspiration for the famous vampire character known as Dracula. Her ancestry can be traced back to Vlad the Impaler, which means she’s distantly related to him.

There’s an annual cheese rolling competition​

This is definitely one of the more interesting and unique facts about England. The first written evidence is a message from 1826, but it’s said that the cheese roll tradition is way older than that. Nowadays even international visitors can take part in this fascinating event.
 

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