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Fun Fact Friday - Best Fun Fact Gets 10,000 Sats

2372 sats \ 41 comments \ @sn 26 Jan meta

Let's hear all your best fun facts, any topic counts!

The best comment as voted by the "top" filter at 9am CT tomorrow gets 10,000 sats.

Bonus sats for including a source link to your fun fact!

If you missed our last edition, here are lots of fun facts stackers shared.

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11k sats \ 1 reply \ @oliverweiss 26 Jan

During the Victorian era of the 1800s, Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt threw open the Gates of Egypt’s history for the Europeans. At that time, mummies were not accorded the respect that they deserved from the European elites and in fact, mummies could be purchased from street vendors (as shown in the picture) to be used as the main event for parties and social gatherings that took place in the 18th century. The elites of the era would often hold “Mummy Unwrapping Parties”, which, as the name suggests, had the main theme in which a Mummy would be unwrapped in front of a boisterous audience, cheering and applauding at the same time. Source: @national_archaeology

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @m4 28 Jan

Looks like a shitcoin seller.

600 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 26 Jan

In the 1940s in the US, a chicken called Mike lived for 18 months without a head

He had been almost completely beheaded with an axe, but crucially the jugular vein and most of the brainstem were left intact. This left just enough brain function for essential functions, like breathing, and Mike was fed with an eyedropper through the stump of his neck.

... read more

985 sats \ 1 reply \ @0b1CoinObi 26 Jan

Boiled penguin eggs have transparent whites.

Penguin egg whites turn clear when boiled. This is because the glycoprotein that would typically make chicken eggs white, ovalbumin, is less present in penguin eggs; there is more of another glycoprotein, called penalalbumin.

This makes the egg more cold resistant. In their natural state, boiled penguin eggs are a pale greenish-white on their coating, and have a pear shape to them. They’re approximately 12cm long and 8cm wide in size.

46 sats \ 0 replies \ @JuanMiguel 26 Jan

722 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 26 Jan

One of President John Tyler’s grandsons is still alive today—and he was born in 1790. How is this possible? President Tyler, the 10th US president, was 63 when his son Lyon Tyler was born in 1853; Lyon’s son was born when he was 75. President Tyler’s living grandson, Harrison Tyler is 94. Lyon's other son Lyon Jr. passed away in 2020 at the age of 95. The Tyler family still maintains the President’s home, Sherwood Forest Plantation in Virginia.

http://www.sherwoodforest.org/Genealogy.html

784 sats \ 0 replies \ @justanumber 26 Jan

Get rid of those ties guys!

Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per cent. A study in 2018 found that wearing a necktie can reduce the blood flow to your brain by up to 7.5 per cent, which can make you feel dizzy, nauseous, and cause headaches. They can also increase the pressure in your eyes if on too tight and are great at carrying germs.

Is your tie killing you?

According to a study published in the medical journal Neuroradiology, wearing a necktie leads to a decrease in cerebral blood flow, which allows blood to enter the brain.

Decreased blood flow to the brain can create a myriad of health problems including brain ischemia, which can cause blindness, speaking impairments and unconsciousness.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29961088/

https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/careers/your-necktie-could-be-reducing-blood-flow-to-your-brain-study-says/

546 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 26 Jan

Cancer Absolutely Hates Mushrooms.

Pennsylvania State University researchers analyzed mushroom consumption on cancer risk, involving 19,500 patients.

The subjects in the highest-consumption - 2/3 of an ounce of mushrooms daily - had a 45% lower risk of developing cancer.

467 sats \ 0 replies \ @ElectronicsQuestions 26 Jan

The mathematical units for fuel consumption of a vehicle (MPG, L/100km) can be rearranged and/or simplified down to be expressed as an area. This area corresponds to the area of a "string" or "tube" of fuel, on the path of travel, that would be needed for the vehicle as it drives along it.

Source:

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536 sats \ 0 replies \ @0357218382 26 Jan

"hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia" ironically, it means the fear of long words. It originally was referred to as Sesquipedalophobia but was changed at some point to sound more intimidating. Standing at 35 letters and 15 syllables makes it the longest word in the dictionary!

The phobia affects a horrifying 3-15% of the population!

Sources: www.verywellmind.com psychcentral.com

314 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshiplanet 26 Jan

This is my hand (literally) after zapping SN for 36 cowboy hats

283 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xB10C 26 Jan

The P2SH address 38fEX6RbBBMmpu3nbbuULku1xyrrzqqqnE is both:

a 1-of-2 multisig
a 1-or-2 multisig

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

The private keys that can spent from it are 1 and 2.

410 sats \ 0 replies \ @JuanMiguel 26 Jan

Democracy is just a 51% attack.

270 sats \ 1 reply \ @deyner1984 26 Jan

English man find his ancestor from 10,000 years ago! (...and the resemblance is undeniable)

Skeleton found in a cave in Cheddar, England was tested for DNA and compared with nearby families living in the same location just to find out that a local resident named Adrian Target was a DIRECT descendant, thinking back 300 generations and 10,000 years ago.

The guy lived only 1/2 miles away from where the skeleton was found and, surprisingly, is a history teacher.

https://mymodernmet.com/cheddar-man-relative/

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @deyner1984 26 Jan

10 sats \ 7 replies \ @south_korea_ln 26 Jan

A fun fact is that this sentence won't end up as the best comment in this thread.

15 sats \ 6 replies \ @Darth 26 Jan

Fun facts is not the same as it's use to be, (It's like first come first serve : basis) @0xbitcoiner always be on top in this space, never give opportunity to win others here! @sn should look into this and do need full to everyone.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @justanumber 26 Jan

well that's definitely weird 👀🤔

1 sat \ 4 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 26 Jan

It's true that I try hard to be the first to post, but in the end, it's the stackers who vote.

2 sats \ 1 reply \ @justanumber 26 Jan

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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 26 Jan

It was some stacker who came in at that moment and zap it up, I don't know what to tell you. One thing I can tell you for sure, I'm not manipulating this.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @Cowboy 26 Jan

People here usually as i know, ZAP top comments

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 26 Jan

It's not very correct to upvote top comments without reading/liking them. I don't do it, but everyone is free to do what they want.

62 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 26 Jan

Consider a healthier diet with food that swims or walks or that comes from plants not made in plants.

Fiat food is mass produced in plants and loaded with SUGAR!

They try to disguise it, to hide it from us, but now that we realize how harmful it is to our health.

133 sats \ 0 replies \ @SATsStandard 26 Jan

🇸🇻 El Salvador mines #Bitcoin    with 100% renewable energy from volcanoes 🌋

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 26 Jan

Did you know that the sex of a sea turtle is determined by the temperature of the sand incubating their eggs? So higher temperatures favour the production of female turtles 🐢

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @erict875 26 Jan

The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasting only 38 minutes.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OriginalSize 26 Jan

The name for the Pringles shape is a hyperbolic paraboloid.

The saddle shape of a Pringles chip is known in math as a hyperbolic paraboloid. Pringles were made in this shape because it allows the chips to be stacked easily and kept in place during packaging.

Source: math