User reactivated Fun Fact Friday. Bounty included.
The bounty will be sats given by the stackers in the form of zaps on this post.
So, let’s hear all your best fun facts, any topic counts!
The best comment as voted by the "top" filter at 1pm CT tomorrow gets the bounty.
Did you know...?Did you know...?
Africa occupies all 4 Hemispheres (Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern)
https://m.stacker.news/31387
And the bounty of 779 sats goes to @freebookspls congrats 🎉🍾🎈
yeehaw!
It's not obvious that Africa is in the SW hemisphere. Assuming there is an island there?
I guess the map needed some work to be more clear.
A hemisphere is half a sphere. SW hemisphere does not exist.
There are two lines that create the 4 hemispheres:
https://m.stacker.news/31653
I get it. My observation was more along the lines that Africa has land in both the Eastern and Western half of the Northern hemisphere, but only occupies land in Eastern half of the Southern hemisphere. But your initial observation that Africa occupies territory in all 4 hemispheres is spot on.
The North Pole is a city in AlaskaThe North Pole is a city in Alaska
The North Pole exists outside of Christmas movies and stories — it’s a festive little town just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. Complete with year-round decorations and streets called “Santa Claus Lane” and “Kris Kringle Drive”, it’s a must-see if you love Christmas!
https://m.stacker.news/31382
Indeed, and they actually answer childrens' letters to Santa there.
Yes, truly amazing and a lively-lovely Christmas spot.
But Santa lives in Lapland
"Maybe" and "Maybe not" mean the same thing.
Not really.
Do you have a counterexample?
maybe not
https://m.stacker.news/31384
The average Bitcoiner is a male European or American between 25 to 34 years of age
https://www.coinmama.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/who-uses-bitcoin.jpg
not today, CIA
The CIA already knows I'm an 87yo stingy nonbinary Taiwanese orthodox commie jew, so I don't know what the hell this infographic is talking about!
your sarcasm gives away much more than you think.
Good things come to those who wait. But only the things left by those who hustle.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Speaking of which: Nacho keys, nacho cheese.
Baby sloths sometimes confuse their own arm for a branch, try to grab it and fall down from a tree.
it is okay, Baby sloths fall in slow motion
DID YOU KNOW...?DID YOU KNOW...?
... if we stack all golden coins ever produced by humanity in the thousands of years it has been making golden coins we would end up with a tall pile of coins that could easily be tipped over?
What is the one creature that poops cubes?
Spongebob Squarepants is not the correct answer.
Wombats poop cubes.
https://m.stacker.news/31414
might seem like a tall tale, but when you wake up in the morning, you're actually a tiny bit taller than you were when you went to bed. This is due to the pressure put on joints throughout the day.
As you go about your activities, this pressure causes the cartilage in your spine to compress—just fractions of an inch, but enough to push everything down. As you relax in your sleep, it eases the pressure on your spinal disks, thus allowing you to return to your full height.
In "Raiders of the Lost Ark," there's this well known scene where Indiana Jones faces a skilled swordsman (who performs an impressive display of swordsmanship).
Instead of engaging in a difficult fight, Indy just shoots him.
The scene wasn't in the original script. Harrison Ford was suffering from dysentery at the time and couldn't perform the scheduled choreographed fight, so he improvised by pulling out his gun and shooting the swordsman instead. The director, Steven Spielberg, loved it and kept it in the film. It turned into one of the most iconic and humorous moments in the series!
https://m.stacker.news/31388
Japan has 1 vending machine for every 40 peopleJapan has 1 vending machine for every 40 people
Very nice.
Here is one from my 13 year old:
The original Donkey Kong video game actually started as a Popeye the Sailor Man project but Nintendo failed to secure the license for Popeye and created Donkey Kong (and thus Mario) instead.
Did you know pigs can't look up?
Armadillos are bulletproof. (This is NOT an invitation to test this fact.)
too late
What other people think of me is none of my business.
The Sahara Desert is not the biggest desert on Earth. Antarctica is.The Sahara Desert is not the biggest desert on Earth. Antarctica is.
https://m.stacker.news/31391
Peanuts are not nuts. Technically they are legumes.Peanuts are not nuts. Technically they are legumes.
https://m.stacker.news/31389
Did you know...?Did you know...?
Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt.
Egypt has 118 (identified) pyramids
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids#Number_and_location_of_pyramids
Sudan has 255
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_pyramids#Pyramids
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what?