Although goosebumps may not serve many purposes to humans nowadays in terms of a threatening display, it is evident in the wildlife around us on cold wintery mornings or when a threatened animal has a similar reaction to fear or intimidation, causing its fur to be puffed out and making itself appear bigger or more dangerous.

https://m.stacker.news/41749
Perhaps a more dramatic example of ‘goosebumps’ in animals is that of the porcupine, which puffs out its quills when sensing danger making even a pride of lions rethink their meal choice. Porcupines’ ability to erect the quills is a voluntary action helping in their defence

Source

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby OP 26 Jul

Nice fact.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 26 Jul

Are marine mammals included?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 26 Jul

I believe they do! Before we were seperated from our hairy ancestors we used it as technique to defend or attack much like animals. Because Marine mammals also defend or attack, assuming this they also have goosebumps.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 26 Jul

Thanks!

93 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 26 Jul

The "turboencabulator" is a famous inner-joke within the engineering world. It was born in a student's journal in 1944, and it became part of engineering lore so that much that actual companies have made fully featured presentations of the "invention", with professionally made data-sheets included (in the case of General Electric, they included a full data-sheet in their General Electric Handbook).

The joke pokes fun at excessive technobabble by using made-up "technical" words that describe an imaginary (yet undecipherable) invention.

Known videos where made with actors that worked for serious engineering presentations:

This one was the first live presentation, made by Bud Haggert (top voice-over talent on technical films), at his request, who after making an actual training film for General Motors convinced everyone to remain in the set to make the sketch:

This one was made by Chrysler (in the description it haves links to other presentations made by other high-profile companies):

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @supercyclone 26 Jul

Dr. Eggman who is the main villain of the Sonic the Hedgehog game series was originally designed to be a potential protagonist for the game.

Once the character was rejected as a protagonist the team retooled him into the game's main antagonist.

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 26 Jul

Nashville is named after a revolutionary war general.

Nashville gets its name from patriot general Francis Nash. General Nash was a revolutionary war hero who fell in battle. Nash’s name was also used for the now historical landmark of Fort Nashborough. As an additional fun fact: Andrew Jackson’s wife Rachel Donelson lived in Fort Nashborough as a young woman.

https://m.stacker.news/41737

https://scalemusiccity.com/7-little-known-facts-about-nashville/

53 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 26 Jul

Great and timely fact.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 26 Jul

the bitcoin event was the driving force behind the theme selection 🤠

30 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satoshi__Nakamoto 26 Jul

Hunting unicorns is legal in Michigan. Lake Superior State University even offers a unicorn hunting license. The "chief herald of the Unicorn Hunters" once said, "The pursuit of the unicorn is a lonely quest." 🦄🌟

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 26 Jul

Hilarious!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lux 27 Jul

it's not legal if you need a license :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 26 Jul

That is definitely a fun fact.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @hasherstacker 26 Jul

The bumblebee bat is the world’s smallest mammal.

https://m.stacker.news/41803

Weighing in at 0.05 to 0.07 ounces, with a head-to-body length of 1.14 to 1.29 inches and a wingspan of 5.1 to 5.7 inches, the bumblebee bat

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr 27 Jul

that looks yummy fried

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cowboy 27 Jul

The world’s first computer which was named the Z1, was invented by Konrad Zuse in 1936. His next invention, the Z2 was finished in 1939 and was the first fully functioning electro-mechanical computer.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @jagjothS 27 Jul

Let’s give it some No- Brainers!!

https://m.stacker.news/41838

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @karanjajes 26 Jul

Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @plebone 26 Jul

All Fruit Loops are the same flavor.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 26 Jul

Sugar?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebone 26 Jul

Not sure what flavour, but all the different colors do not represent different fruit, all taste the same.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @NRS 26 Jul

Spiders can release silk from each of their legs. This means a spider can have multiple threads attached at once, helping it build a strong and complex web. Some spiders can even create webs in ways that are completely invisible to the human eye, using extremely fine silk.

https://m.stacker.news/41783

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 26 Jul

Incredible

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 26 Jul

Ritchie Blackmore's smoke on the water is actually Beethoven's 5th. ;)

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 26 Jul

Nice. Just looked it up and saw an interview where he was talking about being inspired by it and that he owed Beethoven a lot of money. Haha.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 26 Jul

I only found out the other day. Was talking about it in Throwback Thursday yesterday, crazy fun fact.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @OneOneSeven 26 Jul

One of the most infamous UFO sightings in the US were The Phoenix Lights in 1997. https://youtu.be/1mKF5mgtJLc One witness was a pilot that reported seeing the lights above Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

That pilot was Kurt Russell. https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/KurtRussell.167448.jpg

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 26 Jul

Do we know for sure Kurt is not an alien?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 26 Jul

No, not for sure. But either him or Keith David, one of them is!!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 26 Jul

Q followed by U is a feature of English and Romance languages like Spanish and French. However, in Arabic, Q is sometimes followed by A.

https://m.stacker.news/41755

Source: my Malay colleague

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Melisa 26 Jul

Coincidence? 🤔

https://m.stacker.news/41743

63 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 26 Jul

Men don't want to get verified! Lol!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @oliverweiss 26 Jul

Or live on this planet that long…

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 26 Jul

Nope, I know one Yogi from India who is 127 years old and still alive.

https://www.firstpost.com/india/the-125-year-old-yogi-winning-hearts-who-is-swami-sivananda-the-oldest-man-ever-to-receive-a-padma-shri-10478111.html

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 26 Jul

My great grandmother lived to 99. Just missed 100 by a couple months.

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter 27 Jul

I think there's some problem. The top comment is not the one you zapped according to top filter on ~meta. Kindly look at it here and select the custom dates of last 2 days here..

https://stacker.news/~meta/top/comments/day

CC: @grayruby @Athena

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby OP 27 Jul

Please see attached screenshots.

Here are the comments within the post sorted by top filter when I view logged in as grayruby.

https://m.stacker.news/41980

Here are the comments within the post sorted by top filter when I view as anon.

https://m.stacker.news/41981

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 27 Jul

I did see them. But I'm talking about the top ranked comments in the territory. Select top>territory>comments

It was in the day!!

https://m.stacker.news/41987

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 27 Jul

I don't know why the difference between the top in the post and the ranking in the territory but the bounty has always been based on the top ranking within the post. I am not 100% sure but I think top comments and posts in overall rankings and territory rankings are time weighted to favour news posts/comments so stackers are routinely seeing new content but there is no bias for timing within a post.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 27 Jul

I have no objection to the bounty but the difference was quite visible! I looked at it just to confirm because I zapped the comment of @Athena and just wanted to see if it makes a difference. I found that the comment from @Athena came on top of all other comments but did not come on top on the post. I also asked the same think to @k00b but he isn't there and I thought you might know about it. But that's fine, according to the rule it's fine!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Octopus 26 Jul outlawed

stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NaOD 26 Jul outlawed

stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.