The "Interesting Facts" thread

[332_RC]

I wonder how many a schnauzer has? Louies hair was soo dense. He didn't shed, got trims, it would bog a trimmer down. I do know their fur is in 3 layers. Flys or ticks or bees can't hurt, sting or bite their skin. I had to check between his paw pads for that. And he hated water or swimming.

I do know schnauzers have a head full of teeth!

 

[WickedFog]

Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, with 1 million hairs per square inch.

That explains why their fur looks more like dolphin skin huh? Interesting

 

[Jerold]

Just a bit of research I've been looking into. AI assisted, maybe not exact but it seems to be on the correct order of magnitude.

If FANG (Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet))+ Nvidia were a country, their combined economic wealth, measured by annual revenue, would place them as the 11th largest economy in the world, just behind Canada and ahead of Russia, Mexico, and Australia.

FANG + Nvidia vs. Global Economies (2024)​

Rank	Country / Entity	GDP / Revenue (USD trillions)
9	Italy	~$2.33
10	Canada	~$2.24
11	FANG + Nvidia	~$2.15–2.25
12	Russia	~$2.05
13	Mexico	~$2.02
14	Australia	~$1.79

Their combined market capitalization (stock market value) exceeds $8 trillion, which would place “FANG+N Nation” among the top 3 wealthiest entities globally if market cap were used as a proxy for national wealth

The impact of the employee taxes and spending on the California economy is astounding:
Direct Fiscal Contribution (taxes): ~$260–315 billion annually Indirect Economic Activity (spending): ~$1.2–1.5 trillion annually
Indirect Economic Activity (spending): ~$1.2–1.5 trillion annually

This contributes ~$1.46–1.82 trillion annually or about 35–44% of California’s total GDP!

 

[Littlemotor]

I do know schnauzers have a head full of teeth!

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Reminds me of Fizgig-from The Dark Crystal..

 

[Warby]

I didn't know this.

Hearn's Hobbies in Melbourne, Australia (opened 1947) is cited as one of the oldest hobby stores. Hamleys of London is the world's oldest toy store, founded in 1760, and offers a vast collection of hobby items. Hobbyco is another long-standing Australian hobby shop, operating since 1935.

 

[Chubaka]

Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, with 1 million hairs per square inch.

Have you studied wookies?

 

[Doom!]

Have you studied wookies?

I was referring to species native to earth.

 

[332_RC]

Clouded Leopards can't roar like other big cats. Clouded Leopards are considered a medium cat, & have different bones in their neck, not allowing them to roar.

 

[Jerold]

I learned that Kentucky is basically a series of covered up caves, and occasionally the roof falls in.

The fixed this with creating a new floor/cave ceiling and the building still stands. There is a hole in the floor that is a tunnel straight to the bottom of the cave. Unfortunately you can't go down there.

 

[332_RC]

I learned that Kentucky is basically a series of covered up caves, and occasionally the roof falls in.

The fixed this with creating a new floor/cave ceiling and the building still stands. There is a hole in the floor that is a tunnel straight to the bottom of the cave. Unfortunately you can't go down there.

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But that's where all the Corvettes are!

 

[Chubaka]

I learned that Kentucky is basically a series of covered up caves, and occasionally the roof falls in.

The fixed this with creating a new floor/cave ceiling and the building still stands. There is a hole in the floor that is a tunnel straight to the bottom of the cave. Unfortunately you can't go down there.

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The ground was low on iron.

 

[Doom!]

But that's where all the Corvettes are!

Safer when they are not on the road.

 

[332_RC]

Safer when they are not on the road.

You're thinking of Mustangs!

 

[Doom!]

You're thinking of Mustangs!

I was thinking of vettes, the only people who drive them in our area are old geezers who drive under the limit, and drug dealers who can't handle them. Mustangs deserve their own category though.

 

[WickedFog]

I learned that Kentucky is basically a series of covered up caves, and occasionally the roof falls in.

The fixed this with creating a new floor/cave ceiling and the building still stands. There is a hole in the floor that is a tunnel straight to the bottom of the cave. Unfortunately you can't go down there.

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That was years ago. We actually went through there a few weeks before that happened.

 

[luke66]

I learned that Kentucky is basically a series of covered up caves, and occasionally the roof falls in.

The fixed this with creating a new floor/cave ceiling and the building still stands. There is a hole in the floor that is a tunnel straight to the bottom of the cave. Unfortunately you can't go down there.

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Was there a couple months back. The sinkhole exhibit was taken away, so the museum doesn't even mention this sinkhole other then on the info sign for the C6 ZR1 'Blue Devil'

 

[racerEX]

You're thinking of Mustangs!

Hey now!

 

[racerEX]

Mustangs rule!

 

[majin]

I learned that Kentucky is basically a series of covered up caves, and occasionally the roof falls in.

The fixed this with creating a new floor/cave ceiling and the building still stands. There is a hole in the floor that is a tunnel straight to the bottom of the cave. Unfortunately you can't go down there.

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i was in bowling green when it happened it was nuts it shut the whole city down basically

 

[Finesavageboy2]

I learned that Kentucky is basically a series of covered up caves, and occasionally the roof falls in.

The fixed this with creating a new floor/cave ceiling and the building still stands. There is a hole in the floor that is a tunnel straight to the bottom of the cave. Unfortunately you can't go down there.

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That brings me back to that one episode of Roadkill where freiburger and Finnegan bought a clapped out C3 Corvette and did a road trip to it, and then proceeded to ask if they could put their C3 Corvette in the hole and bury it. They said no, so they just gave it back to the previous owners