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

2101 sats \ 52 comments \ @sn 23 Feb 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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10.4k sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 23 Feb

Fun fact: How to receive more inbound liquidity

If you open a LN channel in Zeus node using the LSP option (wrapped invoices) with Olympus LSP and Voltage Flow LSP, you get 100k sats more inbound into that channel.

For example:

you do not have ANY LN channel or onchain funds in your Zeus node mobile
you open Zeus and make an invoice to receive 400k sats
pay that invoice from any other LN wallet
in matter of seconds you will get a 500k sats capacity channel from Olympus or Voltage
LSP will push your initial deposit sats (400k sats) on your side of the channel
and you get more 100k sats "space" as inbound liquidity.

Remember! You DO NOT get sats, you get INBOUND LIQUIDITY (is not the same)

Read more about using Zeus node here: https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/getting-started-zeus-mobile

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb 23 Feb

Now that's my kind of fun fact! Thanks!

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 24 Feb

How cool is that I can bookmark it

114 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bitman 23 Feb

Cowboys rarely wore 'cowboy hats'. They wore whatever came to hand - a sea captain's cap or a straw hat, but especially the bowler or 'derby'.

The Third QI Book of General Ignorance, John Lloyd et al, 2015.

Photo: Butch Cassidy circa 1900.

https://d3drajoq5gm85y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18220253/Butch-Cassidy-1900.jpg

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @ablunderfilledlife 23 Feb

What a baller

477 sats \ 10 replies \ @0357218382 23 Feb freebie

Fucking Austria

Fucking is an Austrian village in Tarsdorf (Upper Austria) inhabited by some 106 people. The settlement is believed to have been founded in the 6th century AD by Focko, a Bavarian nobleman. The ending -ing is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people belonging to the root word to which it is attached, thus Fucking means: “(place of) Focko's people”.

Fucking is best known for the four traffic signs at its entrances, to which many English-speaking tourists flock to have their photograph taken beside. These signs however attract a terrifying type of criminal - British tourists armed with a sense of humour and a screwdriver, but more on that later...

It all started after World War II, when British and United States soldiers noticed the name and began traveling to the village to have their photos taken with the signs. The local residents - the Fuckingers - were bemused, as they had not previously been aware of their village's name's meaning in English.

The town's road signs were regularly stolen by souvenir-hunting vandals, costing 300 euros each to replace! This however was put to a stop in 2005, when the signs were upgraded to be theft-resistant: welded and secured in concrete. In 2009, the village installed surveillance cameras to deter tourists from continuing to attempt to steal the road signs.

Augustina Lindlbauer, the manager of a local guesthouse, said that the area had lakes, forests and vistas worth visiting, but there was an “obsession with Fucking”. She continued: “Just this morning I had to tell an English lady who stopped by that there were no F---ing postcards.”

The mayor of Tarsdorf said that tourists were still welcome, though the local police chief firmly stated: “we will not stand for the Fucking signs being removed. It may be very amusing for you British, but Fucking is simply Fucking to us. What is this big Fucking joke?”

There was a campaign launched in 2004 to change the village's name to “Fugging”, however it failed. A second was launched in late 2020 which finally succeeded.

source
https://m.stacker.news/17225

62 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 23 Feb

https://m.stacker.news/17240

27 sats \ 1 reply \ @oliverweiss 23 Feb

A second was launched in late 2020 which finally succeeded.

So is it going to be renamed? This is then a sad fact after all. I am kidding, it’s hilarious ;) And the police chief is a Fucking legend!

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @0357218382 23 Feb

Indeed it was renamed 1st January 2021, a sad day for all Fucking visitors. He absolutely is!

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @justanumber 23 Feb

This has to be the fucking winner! If this doesn't win I'm gonna be so fucking surprised.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @SATsStandard 23 Feb

There sre 3 King in the world :

Smo King
Drin King
Fuc king 🙊

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 23 Feb

How about the two NGRY words:

Angry Hungry

For you pot smokers, Bongry.

For promiscuous Ladies, dongry.

I made the last two up. Try some on your own.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 23 Feb

Lol. It's probably pronounced fooking

25 sats \ 2 replies \ @justanumber 23 Feb

the area has lakes, forests and vistas worth visiting

It sounds like a very nice place. Just as well it's not a horrible place otherwise people could have called Fucking Hell 😂

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @0357218382 23 Feb freebie

Well that's ironic as there's actually a beer called Fucking Hell!

And in addition, the EU's trademark agency forbade them from marketing it, but in the end the brewery successfully argued that "hell" means "pale" in German, and that beer is produced in Fucking so after a year the EU gave in and granted them permission to use the name.

Here's a photo of the drink:

https://m.stacker.news/17248

make sure to zap my original entry and not this one lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @justanumber 23 Feb freebie

Omg this just gets better, too funny!! Ok good point, I gave you extra zaps on the original post (even tho' my mouse was hovering over this comment haha)

246 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 23 Feb

Before the first version of bitcoin Core came out, there was an earlier version that you could only get by asking Satoshi Nakamoto directly.

https://imgprxy.stacker.news/Ej4Q0ClCB12s9MdC1vgUs7qP1UQb7rJWk3kSBexE4XM/rs:fit:1920:1080/aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnN0YWNrZXIubmV3cy8xNjMzNA

225 sats \ 1 reply \ @0b1CoinObi 23 Feb

Lego is the largest tyre manufacturer in the world

The Danish toy maker is far and away the world’s largest tire maker. In fact, the company makes almost 100 million more tires than second place Michelin. Lego’s tire production peaked in 2010 when the company churned out 381 million tiny tires. These days, production floats around 306 million rubber tires every year.

https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/lego-tires.htm

https://m.stacker.news/17226

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 23 Feb

Heheh, nice to know

103 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taft 23 Feb

The Eiffel Tower gets taller in the summer...

https://m.stacker.news/17242

When temperatures rise, the Tower increases in size! This is a natural physical phenomenon called thermal expansion. Heat causes an increase in volume that makes the Eiffel Tower a few millimeters taller. This expansion also causes the Tower to tilt slightly away from the sun. The sun only hits one of the 4 sides of the Tower creating an imbalance with the other 3 sides, that remain stable, thus causing the Eiffel Tower to lean. In this way, the sun’s movement over the course of a clear day can cause the top of the Tower to move in a more or less circular curve measuring approximately 15 centimeters in diameter.

https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/history-and-culture/why-does-eiffel-tower-change-size#:~:text=When%20temperatures%20rise%2C%20the%20Tower,slightly%20away%20from%20the%20sun.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 23 Feb

Friday is the day for the goddess Venus in Romance languages.

Vendredi - French Viernes - Spanish शुक्रवार - Hindi / Sanskrit for Venus and Friday

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0

It's also for Freya the daughter of Odin (goddess).

In Islam it's the prayer day which is symbolized in the flag of the Moon and the star which is Venus.

Both the Moon and Venus embody feminine principal.

193 sats \ 0 replies \ @Voldemort 23 Feb

The ratio of miles to kilometers (1.609) is roughly equal to the golden ratio (1.618) so you can go between KM and miles by looking at successive numbers in fibonacci sequence.

1,1,2,3,5,8,13...

8 km is roughly 5 miles, 50 KPH is roughly 30 MPH, so on and so forth.

23 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 23 Feb

February is supposed to be the last month of the year. If the year starts in March, then Spring is the first season and all the numerical months make sense (sept, oct, nov, dec).

Learned from @Nuttall a few days ago.

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 24 Feb

Omg, I never thought about it

This is really fun fact

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 23 Feb

US consumers spent 11.2% of their disposable income on food in 2022, the highest share since 1991. And it’s crappier more processed garbage in smaller quantities!

https://m.stacker.news/17235

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 23 Feb

We bought more fresh vegetables and farm raised food.

89 sats \ 1 reply \ @co574 23 Feb

”Bitch the pot” is a phrase which means something a lot different in 2024, but in 1820, in generally meant ”to pour tea”.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 23 Feb

Interesting. In Gen Z slang, “spill the tea” means to gossip about others haha

531 sats \ 0 replies \ @Voldemort 23 Feb

The ratio of miles to kilometers (1.609) is roughly equal to the golden ratio (1.618) so you can go between KM and miles by looking at successive numbers in fibonacci sequence.

1,1,2,3,5,8,13...

8 km is roughly 5 miles, 50 KPH is roughly 30 MPH, so on and so forth.

52 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cowboy 23 Feb

German Chocolate Cake is named after an American baker by the name of Samuel German.

https://m.stacker.news/17231

It has no affiliation with the country of Germany.

111 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 23 Feb

https://m.stacker.news/17236

127 sats \ 0 replies \ @ablunderfilledlife 23 Feb

For over 300 years, scientists couldn't put a name on the Giant Tortoise, and it's not because they were stumped. Nope, it's because every time sailors tried to ship some back to Europe for study, they ended up eating them all on the way home. Even Charles Darwin couldn't resist a bite!

So why were these tortoises such a hot commodity? Well, turns out they were delicious. Explorers from the 16th century couldn't get enough, comparing the meat to everything from chicken to butter, but way better. And it wasn't just the taste – tortoises were like the all-you-can-eat buffet of the sea. You could chow down on as much as you wanted without feeling sick.

US Navy captain David Porter declared [in 1815] "after once tasting the Galapagos tortoises, every other animal food fell off greatly in our estimation ... "

"The meat of this animal is the easiest of digestion, and a quantity of it, exceeding that of any other food, can be eaten without experiencing the slightest of inconvenience."

But it wasn't just about the flavor. Tortoise fat was like a miracle cure for everything from colds to cramps. Plus, their ability to store water meant they were like walking water bottles for sailors. No wonder ships could stay at sea for weeks at a time!

A little more about the Galapagos tortoise. Recipes to follow!

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @bordalix 23 Feb

When launched in January 2009, Bitcoin's issuance was not caped to 21 million coins.

The bug was fixed on April 1, 2014 (fools' day) with BIP 42

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 23 Feb

The Internet was initially created for military purposes by the American’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) in the 1960s. It was their answer to the Soviet’s launch of the first man-made satellite into orbit- the Sputnik, during the Cold War.

122 sats \ 1 reply \ @Proofofwork 23 Feb

An Italian banker, Gilberto Baschiera, is considered a modern-day Robin Hood. Over the course of 7 years, he secretly diverted 1 million euros to poorer clients from the wealthy ones so they could qualify for loans. He made no profit and avoided jail in 2018 due to a plea bargain.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 23 Feb

He just increased the money supply so he stole from the savers as well.

12 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 23 Feb

Did you know that the Greek mathematician Pythagoras considered the odd numbers masculine, symbolising things pertaining to the heavens, and the even numbers feminine, representing things belonging to the earth?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 23 Feb

0 zero is the egg feminine 1 one is the lingum, obelisk masculine

12 sats \ 2 replies \ @398ja 23 Feb

The African Samurai

Did you know, for instance, that a black east African slave made his way to Japan in the late 16th Century and ultimately became a celebrated samurai warrior? His name was Yasuke. He befriended the powerful, unifying warlord Oda Nobunaga, who was initially so shocked by the black man’s color that he ordered it to be scrubbed out. When Yasuke emerged from the “cleaning” as black as before, he earned special respect from Nobunaga and the Japanese people.

Source: https://fee.org/articles/how-japan-went-from-high-culture-to-a-samurai-culture/

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @ablunderfilledlife 23 Feb

That would have been a much better reference/inclusion in Samurai Jack than David Allen Grier's Da Samurai

https://m.stacker.news/17252

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 23 Feb

The Bhagavad Gita is a story between the black guy (Deva) Krishna and Arjuna (white) guy.

Krishna has a similar linguistic link to Christos which means anointed.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @SATsStandard 23 Feb

Nintendo trademarked the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong” in 2010.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @UCantDoThatDotRugged 23 Feb

The Bodleian Library near London, England houses over 120,000 untranslated ancient manuscripts in hundreds of languages. The library is the main research library of the University of Oxford and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It acts as a global resource for scholars and researchers worldwide.

Browse and search over 13 million library items: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/home

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodleian_Library

https://m.stacker.news/17239 https://m.stacker.news/17238

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 23 Feb

Wow! I've got to check this out!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 23 Feb

Did you hear the reason for the AT&T outage?

https://m.stacker.news/17260

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jessikabtc 24 Feb

The treadmill was actually an instrument of punishment in prisons. The expression "to dance on a step mill" (as the prototype of the treadmill was called) meant "to serve a sentence in a jail".

In 1902, the step ladder was recognized as inhumane and its use was banned. Eleven years later, Henry Ford slightly modified the design of the "step mill" and turned it into a transporter. And some time later it became a familiar workout machine.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker 24 Feb

It seems all these contributers, @k00b, @kr, @sn, @ekzyis have ZERO stacked sats on SN. I guess they are busy zapping.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 24 Feb

https://m.stacker.news/17297

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DudeJLebowski 24 Feb

Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @oraltosun 23 Feb

Croissant's story; where its shape come from? Legend has it, Viennese bakers working throughout the night heard the Turks as they tried to tunnel beneath the city during a 1683 invasion. They alerted the city’s defenders, in essence saving it from the Ottoman siege. In celebration, the bakers created a pastry that would symbolize the crescent moon, which is also a prominent symbol on the Turkish flag. The German word kipferl, or crescent, became a culinary re-enactment of Vienna’s victory over the Turks. https://altohartley.com/a-brief-history-of-the-croissant/

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker 23 Feb

https://m.stacker.news/17255

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 23 Feb

According to economist David Rosenberg, A recession is likely to hit the US economy in 2024.

Economies currently in recession: 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇨🇦 Canada 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇯🇵 Japan 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇵🇪 Peru 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

https://m.stacker.news/17244