Interesting Facts - Page 194

966

In his final years, actor Marlon Brando spent a lot of time in AOL chat rooms, having political arguments with strangers and being frequently banned for foul language.

967

As of 2012, Goldman Sachs had 12,000 people with the title "Vice President", which was more than 1/3rd of their employees.

968

A blue whale consumes about 1000 kilograms of krill every day. That's about 1 million individual krill per day, or nearly 30 billion krill in an eighty year lifespan.

969

Elon Musk's friendship with Google founder Larry Page ended over a disagreement about AI. When Musk expressed concern about the dangers of AI destroying humanity, Page accused Musk of being "specieist", irrationally preferring humans over future digital life forms.

970

The tip of a bullwhip is thought to be the first object designed by humans to break the sound barrier. The whip's telltale "crack" is actually a small sonic boom.

Page:1...192193194195196

Also see:

109 Recent Comments

Show comments >

+11

Level ∞

Mar 18, 2024

#966. Sound familiar?

Level ∞

Mar 27, 2024

#967 source:

https://www.goldmansachs.com/media-relations/in-the-news/archive/nyt-op-ed-response.html

Level 61

Apr 16, 2024

There are 797 cities in India named Rampur

Level 61

Apr 16, 2024

The northernmost and southernmost towns in the continental us both have populations above 2,500

Level 61

Apr 16, 2024

Rome is further east than venice

Tampa is further west than all of mainland south america

Level 61

Apr 16, 2024

Caracol, Belize had over 100,000 people in 800 BC.

No city in Belize in 2024 has over 75,000

I'm on a roll

Level 50

Apr 18, 2024

Caana at Caracol has also been the tallest building in Belize since the 9th century and still is the tallest at 43m

Level 17

Apr 18, 2024

That should be an interesting fact

Level 59

Apr 16, 2024

factor in

Rama-

and -pore

-puri

-puru

-puram

-pura

Level 59

Apr 18, 2024

You named 922 cities, with a total population of 1,763,772 (0.04% of the world urban population).

( i did the above)

Level 61

Apr 18, 2024

mm hm

Level 50

Apr 19, 2024

cityquiz.io?

Level 59

Apr 25, 2024

yep

Level 61

Apr 17, 2024

Illinois has the highest number of cities that share their name with a state capital of any other state with 24

Level 50

Apr 17, 2024

Montgomery, Phoenix, (Little Rock), (Denver), Hartford, Dover, Atlanta, Topeka, Frankfort, Augusta, Annapolis, Lansing, (Saint Paul), Lincoln, Concord, Trenton, Albany, Raleigh, Bismarck, Columbus, Salem, Harrisburg, (Providence), Columbia, Nashville, Richmond, Charleston, Madison

24 without, 28 with unincorporated communities

Level 61

Apr 18, 2024

Speciesist is spelled wrong

Level 17

Apr 18, 2024

Yeah I commented that earlier but I think after a certain window passes, QM doesn’t update interesting facts at all until he’s ready to post the next batch of facts

Level 59

Apr 20, 2024

fact 909 still says 'as as' instead of 'as a'

Level 60

May 2, 2024

I don't think it is spelled incorrectly here as it is a quote. It's also spelled specieist on this page referencing the incident.

Level 17

Apr 18, 2024

Regarding #968, with all those whales in the ocean, I wonder what any one individual krill’s odds are of being eaten by a blue whale any day

Level 50

Apr 18, 2024

10000-25000 blue whales \ 700 trn krill \ 1m krill per day

700 trn / 1 mil = 1 in 700 mil chance of being eaten by specific blue whale every day

700 mil / 10000 or 25000 = 1 in 70000 chance of being eaten by any blue whale every day for [10000 blue whales] or 1 in 28000 chance for [25000 blue whales]

the average lifespan of krill is 10 years

(69999/70000)^3652 = 94.92% chance of never being eaten by blue whale (entire life) so 1 in 18,67 chance of being eaten by blue whale (entire life), 5,08% of krill die by blue whale for [10000 blue whales]

(27999/28000)^3652 = 87.77% chance of never being eaten by blue whale (entire life) so 1 in 7,18 chance of being eaten by blue whale (entire life), 12,23% of krill die by blue whale for [25000 blue whales]

the chance as a krill of being eaten by a blue whale (somewhere between 5,08 and 12,23%) is about as high as being killed by another human (intentional or not), as a human (about 7,7%)

Level 17

Apr 18, 2024

that's amazing!

Level 59

Apr 25, 2024

glad you did 3652 instead of 3650

Level 17

Apr 18, 2024

Albuquerque has around 300,000 more people than Vladivostok.

Level 61

Apr 18, 2024

There is an official term for the 762-767th digits of pi, which is just 9s. It’s called Feynman’s Point.

Level 61

Apr 18, 2024

and as usual all my facts can be checked with a quick google search

Level 63

Apr 19, 2024

The official state vegetable of Oklahoma is the watermelon.

Level 17

Apr 19, 2024

That’s a fruit

Level 50

Apr 19, 2024

Oklahoma doesn't seem to care

Level 17

Apr 19, 2024

A new urban problem: dense areas and cities around the world are facing the issue of severe subsidence. Translation: they're sinking. Mexico City, New Delhi, Jakarta, most of the US East Coast, Tokyo, Cairo, nearly half of China's cities, the Netherlands, significant areas of California, and many more areas are all slowly sinking below sea level. This is due to a number of factors. In coastal areas like Jakarta, it's mostly due to sea level rise. In areas like California, it's more of a tectonic problem. In China, the main causes are groundwater over-extraction and rapid urban development. Mexico City is in a similar situation. In New York City: parts of Manhattan were built on a landfill, the sea is rising, and the massive buildings atop the ground are simply too heavy for the ground to hold them. The East Coast is eroding and also sinking due to urban overdevelopment.

It's insane.

Level 63

Apr 19, 2024

Sheesh. City Suicide

Level 67

Apr 19, 2024

I'm guessing a couple in Yapan, as well?

Level 17

Apr 21, 2024

Shanghai has actually sunk over 3 meters since 1920.

Level 47

Apr 22, 2024

Bernard shaw and Bob Dylan are the only two people to have an Oscar award AND a Nobel prize.

Level 50

Apr 22, 2024

In 1880, "Minnie" was the 5th most popular female first name in the US with 1746 kids born in 1880 in the US being named Minnie. As of 2022, it's barely in the Top 3000 with 55 kids born in the US in 2022 named Minnie

Level 50

Apr 25, 2024

In 2022 in the US, the name "Kacey" was given to exactly 202 girls and 202 boys. (This is also the case with Zohar (5) Viridian (5) Taren (5) Superior (5) Shaden (5) Nike (5) Maycen (5) Martine (5) Kirian (5) Kindred (5) Kilyn (5) Khamil (5) Kesiah (5) Keimoni (5) Kavani (5) Germaine (5) Fendi (5) Carmi (5) Breslin (5) Abiyah (5) Trhue (6) Oreoluwa (6) Lynox (6) Kapree (6) Jaspen (6) Goodness (6) Renny (7) Mauri (7) Evryn (7) Bellemy (7) Jerusalem (8) Crosley (8) Coley (8) Aaris (8) Syven (9) Nabi (9) Khodi (9) Hannan (9) Derin (9) Kentley (10) Nima (11) Psalms (12) Fortune (12) Lennex (13) Mercury (14) Devine (14) Bayler (21) Chosyn (24) Jayme (28) ) Honorable Mention: Javion (M) and Jayvion (M) at 119, Aubri (F) and Aubrey at 135, Darius (M, 400) and Dario (M, 402), Ila (F) and Iyla (F) at 428, Sylvie (F, 718) and Sylvia (F, 719), Valerie (F, 1974) and Valeria (F, 1994)

Level 17

Apr 22, 2024

You might think the only way to change time zones is to go west or east, but you'd be wrong! Because around 90% of China lives in the eastern third of the country, all of China is on one time zone, China Standard Time (UTC+8). This means you could travel directly south from China into Nepal Time (UTC+5.75). You could lose 2 hours and 15 minutes without changing longitude! Pretty interesting.

Level 63

Apr 23, 2024

doesn't India use a 15 minute plus or minus compared to Nepal? you could travel straight south from Tibet, enter Nepal and lose 2 hrs 15 mins, keep going until you reach India, and gain 15 minutes back again

Level 17

Apr 23, 2024

India's time zone is UTC+#:30 (I don't know what the hour is but I know there's a half hour involved as well. That's probably why there's the 15 minute difference.

Level 59

Apr 25, 2024

and since you could go into nepal at an angle, you could go against the rotation and lose time or whatevr

Level 59

Apr 27, 2024

Just go south from the Line Islands to go from utc+14 to utc -10

Level 17

Apr 28, 2024

time is such a silly concept

Level 61

Apr 22, 2024

Despite being over 1800 miles long, there are only 14 settlements on the nizhnyaya tunguska river.

Source google maps

Level 61

Apr 25, 2024

Maybe even cooler, the Olenyok River only has FOUR settlements, despite being over 1400 miles long

Level 63

Apr 25, 2024

that is interesting. most rivers have plenty of settlements. of course, being in Siberia probably helps

Level 59

May 1, 2024

I count 5 settlements on Olenyok: Kharyyalakh, Olenyok, Sklad, Taymylyr, and Ust-Olenyok

I count 18 settlements on Nizhnyaya Tunguska: Turukhansk, Tutonchany, Uchami, Nidym, Tura, Kislokan, Yukta, Inarigda, Nakanno, Khamakar, Yerbogachen, Oskino, Erema, Moga, Preobrazhenka, Kalinina, Nepa, and Podvoloshino

not using google maps

Level 61

May 1, 2024

Regardless, thats crazy

Level 67

Apr 23, 2024

There have been 6 U.S. Presidential elections where both major party candidates were registered in the same state, and in 4 of them both candidates were from New York. (In the other 2 both candidates were from Illinois and Ohio)

Level 61

Apr 24, 2024

You probably know that Mules are bred with a Jack and a Mare, but what about a Jenny and a Stallion? They're called Hinnies.

Level 50

Apr 28, 2024

Fun fact: in German, Mules are called Maultiere, literally "mouth animals"

Level 17

Apr 24, 2024

i need some new interesting facts pages soon i'm getting this weird itch

Level 63

Apr 25, 2024

Yeah we need more

Level 17

Apr 26, 2024

In November 2022, a Tesla on autopilot caused an 8-car pileup on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The self-driving vehicle turned into the leftmost lane and abruptly braked, causing 7 cars to chain rear-end it within around 20 seconds. Traffic was blocked on the bridge for over an hour.

Level 59

Apr 27, 2024

Blud he is NOT putting info about a crash as a interesting fact

Level 63

Apr 28, 2024

Yeah, he is

Level 17

Apr 28, 2024

I hate teslas now… they’re an interesting car but the company is getting worse, Elon is a nut, and autopilot is still awful

Level 50

Apr 26, 2024

Iran has more ski resorts than Colorado

Level 63

Apr 27, 2024

The song 'A Spoonful of Sugar' from the 1964 Mary Poppins film was inspired by the polio vaccine.

Level 61

Apr 27, 2024

84% of the incorporated communities in the US have less than 10k people

Level 50

Apr 27, 2024

Minnesota has the most incorporated places in comparison to census designated places. 93.4% of census places in MN are incorporated. IA is second with 91.6% and NE is third with 89.7%. At the bottom are NV with 14.3%, CT with 14%, NH with 13% and HI with 0%

Level 50

Apr 27, 2024

(not 100% sure) The longest census place name in the United States is "University of California-Santa Barbara" with 34 characters and 16 syllables

Level 54

Apr 27, 2024

Mount Erebus in Antarctica produce 80g of gold everyday. It costs about 4000 dollars!!

Level 59

Apr 28, 2024

That's cheap for buying a whole mountain. Is it on zillow so I can corroborate your stat?

Level 58

Apr 29, 2024

@McKenzieFam I know what we're doing today! Grab your infinite Australian banknotes and meet me on the Prince Edward Islands!

Level 17

Apr 29, 2024

Here we go again

Level 63

Apr 29, 2024

Oh yeah! Let's go!

Level 50

Apr 30, 2024

I'm in

Level 59

May 2, 2024

Me 3

Level 61

Apr 29, 2024

There are only 610 inuits in the entire province of Manitoba

Level 65

Apr 29, 2024

There are 0 Inuits in the town of Sazike, Uganda

Level 61

Apr 29, 2024

Manitoba is also 12.5 Million times larger in area and over 1000x more people

Level 65

Apr 29, 2024

And infinitely as many Inuits

Level 50

Apr 29, 2024

The original name for Los Angeles was El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de Los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula. The Current, full legal name of Santa Fe NM is La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís

Level 60

Apr 29, 2024

In the Chaco War, a territorial dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay, Paraguay was supported by Italy and Bolivia was supported by Czechoslovakia. (Source.)

Level 65

Apr 29, 2024

In 1962, Former President Kennedy asked for 1000 Petit Upmann cigars from his presidential aide by the next morning. The next morning, his aide gave him 1200 cigars, and right after, Kennedy signed a bill banning all Cuban products in the United States.

Level 59

Apr 30, 2024

fact 279

Level 65

Apr 30, 2024

Dang

Level 65

Apr 29, 2024

The small settlement of Grytviken, capital of the British territory of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, has no permanent residents, but they have 3 seasonal residents, who manage the only museum on the island.

Level 54

Apr 30, 2024

Jupiter is so large that it doesn't basically orbit the Sun. They both revolve around a point very close to surface of sun but outside the Sun

Level 54

Apr 30, 2024

You see The Moon upside down in Northern hemisphere as compared to Southern Hemisphere.

Level 54

Apr 30, 2024

We can taste Garlic by rubbing it with our feet

Level 73

Apr 30, 2024

Maybe you can, I don't think I'm able to

Level 50

Apr 30, 2024

what is more interesting than the fact we can taste garlic with our feet is that someone was actually dumb enough to try it

Level 54

May 1, 2024

Try searching or on Google and you will find how

Level 61

May 1, 2024

The 2023 UT Permian Basin football team outscored opponents 209-42 in their first three games

Level 61

May 1, 2024

Parts of California are further north than NYC

Level 51

May 1, 2024

Gabon spelt backwards is Nobag, but they don't have a particularly low level of plastic pollution.

Level 61

May 1, 2024

Similarly, over 65% of California's population is alive in 2024!

Level 67

May 2, 2024

USA spelt backwards is ASU, and, coincidentally, it is the location of Arizona State University.

Level 60

May 2, 2024

If every other letter of Russia is removed, USA is left over.

Level 59

May 3, 2024

Zimbabwe backwards is ewbabmiz. It is completely nonsensical.

Level 17

May 3, 2024

Whoa, that’s a harsh thing to say about an entire country

Level 73

May 3, 2024

UAE backwards is Eau, French for water, which coincidentally they seem to be lacking in the desert.

Level 17

May 3, 2024

(He said, days after Dubai suffered extreme flooding)

Level 50

May 3, 2024

UK backwards is KU even though the Ku Klux Klan is a primarily American Organization

Level 61

May 3, 2024

Or better yet, UK backwards is KU, even though Kansas University is in the US

Level 17

May 3, 2024

Oklahoma’s state abbreviation is OK, but its residents aren’t exactly known for being agreeable—or good at boxing.

Level 61

May 2, 2024

Palm Springs North, Florida is south of Palm Springs, Florida

Level 61

May 2, 2024

Similarly, Florida, the third most populated state in the us, has 0 cities with over 1,000,000 city proper population

Level 59

May 3, 2024

New Fact Absence Disorder (NFAD) or Fact Anxiety is the disorder caused by the absence of new facts. The first case was diagnosed in 2023 by a frequent user of jetpunk.com.

Common symptoms include anxiety, stress, lack of sleep, and spam messaging the Quizmaster for new facts. Symptoms can become more severe if no new facts are added after a prolonged period of time and may require emergency treatment.

Due to NFAD being only a recent phenomenon, very little research has been made. One known treatment is to touch grass, but the treatment is only temporary as once they go back inside, the patient will immediately go on their device and check if there are new facts.

Level 61

May 3, 2024

Been suffering since late 2023. Prayers for anyone else diagnosed🙏

Level 17

May 3, 2024

Once NFAD has manifested in a patient, cure is impossible. The addition of new facts to JetPunk has been shown to be an effective treatment for mere minutes, as the patient will simply read all the new facts immediately and go back to desiring more. NFAD can be combatted with dopamine and serotonin, meaning the acceptance of users’ own facts has a more prolonged treatment. The CDC recommends to all NFAD-positive patients healthy doses of socialization and exercise, although it admits that both are likely impossible for JetPunk users to accomplish.

Level 50

May 3, 2024

A Branch of the KKK was established in Fiji in 1874 until it was terminated by the British

Level 61

May 3, 2024

Hawaii has a bigger economy than the entire country of Slovakia

Level 50

May 3, 2024

Mexico City has a bigger GDP PPP than Ukraine

Level 61

May 3, 2024

In 1988, South Sudan had a birth rate of 8 Births Per Woman