When Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, its Internet domain name went from .yu to .me.

From 1948, until 2013, Voice of America was forbidden to broadcast directly to American citizens to protect the American public from propaganda actions by their own government.

The only reason for the ban being dropped in 2013 was that the Internet had allowed U.S. citizens to hear it for years anyway...

https://wikiless.org/wiki/Voice_of_America?lang=en

Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum, was one of the founders of Bitcoin Magazine.

When ocean-going container ships unload some containers at a port of call, they must retain a balanced weight distribution throughout the vessel. To do this, they fill giant tanks of water that they have on either side, called "ballast water tanks", to compensate for uneven weight distribution.

However, ballast water picked up at one port could contain aquatic species that would be invasive at the next port if the ballast water were to be discharged there, causing ecological damage to the local environment. This has been the cause of many disturbances in the past.

Therefore, there are several regulations and best practices surrounding the management of ballast water on ocean-going vessels.

Rare Satoshi SupplyRare Satoshi Supply

Total Supply :Total Supply :

• common: 2.1 quadrillion
• uncommon: 6,929,999
• rare: 3437
• epic: 32
• legendary: 5
• mythic: 1

Current Supply :Current Supply :

• common: 1.9 quadrillion
• uncommon: 808,262
• rare: 369
• epic: 3
• legendary: 0
• mythic: 1

source

A cat has been the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska for 15 years.

In Japan, Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald due to a lack of a clear "r" sound in Japanese.

Charlie Sheen once bought 2,600 seats at a baseball game so he could catch a home run ball.

On a ship, a toilet is called ahead (or heads). The name derives from sailing ships in which the toilet area for the regular sailors was placed at the head or bow of the ship.

Jim Carrey used to send funny letters to rapper Tupac Shakur when he was in prison.

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. (Hence, the light bulb?).

Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips.

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

The word 'censorship' is censored in China.

The Hundred Years' War lasted for 116 years.

There are some soldiers that fought in the American Civil War that lived to see Ivy Mike, the first hydrogen bomb detonation.

You can remember the value of Pi (3.1415926) by counting the letters of each word in the phrase "May I have a large container of coffee?"

Gorilla is the scientific name for the animal gorilla.

Playing in a marching band is considered to be a moderate exercise.

51% Of People Think Stormy Weather Affects Cloud Computing.

There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat.

In Las Vegas, casinos do not have any clocks.

Wal-Mart has a lower acceptance rate (2.6%) than Harvard University (8.9%).

The citrus soda "7 UP" was created in 1929. The original name of the popular drink was "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda", but it got changed to "7 UP.".

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

The Boeing 737 is nicknamed the Fat Albert.

West Side Story was originally called East Side Story.

Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37% fewer mistakes.

55% of Americans think they are smarter than the average American.

In the U.S., there's an official Rock Paper Scissors League.

Leo Fender, inventor of the Telecaster and Stratocaster, could not play guitar.

Many birds live alone, but crows live in a group called a murder. Most people would call it a Flock of Crows.

The only member of the band "ZZ Top" without a beard is Frank Beard.

There is a town named Dildo in the province of Newfoundland, Canada.

"Fart Battles" were a popular art scrolls created in Japan during the Edo period.

2.6 million Kenyans practice the "sport" of naked night-running.

Amar Bharati stuck his arm up over 45 years ago as a symbol of peace, and has never lowered it since (is unable to at this point :o ) https://m.stacker.news/5144

A bug led to the accidental creation of 184 billion BTC in 2010 Known as the value overflow incident, this bug led to the accidental creation of a huge number of coins in August of 2010 at block height 74638. Satoshi or another developer fixed the error within 5 hours of its occurrence by releasing a patched Bitcoin client (version 0.3.10) which ignored the excess coins. As a majority of miners and nodes accepted this new client, the error was “forked out” and erased from the blockchain.

The cornea is the only part of your body that didn't get any blood. It gets oxygen directly from the air

Bitcoin faucets were originally created to dispense 5 BTC per visitor an incredible amount given today’s value.

In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar.

Fungi are genetically closer to humans than plants

"Nos da" in Welsh translates to "good night" in English

There are more planes under water than there are submarines.

Old faithful here: The first commercial cryptocurrency transaction was for pizza. On May 22, 2010, a man in Florida paid 10,000 bitcoins (BTC) for two pizzas

The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungle.

penguins have been known to commit suicide for losing their monogamous partner.

American flags left on the moon will eventually get bleached white by the sun

New Zealand has a government position officially titled "Chief Censor."

What could go wrong?

Sea Urchin is an animal that don’t have a single bone in their bodies.

Fun Fact - Going all in is actually better than DCA-ing.

https://m.stacker.news/5139

Ah damn it, I had a fun fact kept for days, waiting for this post and now I forgot where I save it...

Please don't zap this rant... I am angry that I lost it and it was really fun.

Ancient depictions of the Eye of Horus encode the time of the synodic month (full moon to full moon 29.53 days) to within 57 seconds of the modern known value.

https://m.stacker.news/5135

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