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Share your best facts for a chance to win 10k sats. (One fact per comment please)
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Roger Ver for a long period of time believed Craig Wright was Satoshi Nakamoto. (Together with Jihan and Craig, Ver ignited the blocksize wars advocating for an increased block size in an attempt to attack Bitcoin Core whilst being convinced a larger block size would eventually make Bitcoin a digital peer-to-peer cash).
It was only until Roger found out that Craig Wright (a.k.a. "Faketoshi") didn't know an extended pub key address contains its own checksum that Ver understood Craig couldn't possibly be Satoshi, the writer of the whitepaper and inventor of Bitcoin.
Source: Youtube - Interview with Vlad, S15 E26 Roger Ver on the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast to discuss the Hijacking Bitcoin Book
Is it possible to pay bounties to anons?
I believe so but the sats would go to the rewards pool.
very good one!
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0snnVAJjx8
Annually, New Yorkers bite 10 times more people than sharks do worldwide.Annually, New Yorkers bite 10 times more people than sharks do worldwide.
https://m.stacker.news/44783
Thatās not a joke. You can take a look at the stats here. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/nyc-biting-injuries/ Or here https://www.hows.tech/2024/05/how-many-new-yorkers-bite-year.html?m=1
Wow. Some people are taking the name "the big apple" a bit too seriously.
You got me here! This is encroachment of fact inside another fact! Lol!!
I'm surprised to see that US does so much data collection on everything.
US is doing it to tell us spices for Fun Fact Fridays.
Lol! š¤£ This is funny!!!
Thanks you liked it! I hope you also understood what @grayruby meant by 'the big apple'.
I know it's just another name for NY. You think you know everything!
Did you know that in the past one could win an Olympic medal for a painting or statue?Did you know that in the past one could win an Olympic medal for a painting or statue?
https://m.stacker.news/44724
John Russell Pope, the architect of the Jefferson's Memorial, won a silver medal at the Games in Los Angeles in 1932 for his design of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium built at Yale University.
Among other significant participants of the Olympic art competitions were, e.g., Italian sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti, American illustrator Percy Crosby, Irish writer Oliver St. John Gogarty or Dutch painter Isaac Israƫls.
https://m.stacker.news/44725 This is painting by John Butler Yeats, younger brother of W.B. Yeats that won a Gold Medal
https://www.sportin.art/en/article-detail/artists-competing-for-olympic-medals
Could you please confirm whether it's a fun fact or a sports fact or a history fact? You're too much obsessed with Sports! What's fun! I need to confirm it from @Undisciplined and @grayruby
What's the definition of a fun fact according to you?
There is no specific subject. Only restriction I put in place is one fact per comment. Have at it.
Thanks!!
Nice fact.
Thank!
It also establishes our agenda of making sports great again! š
I already posted this in music yesterday, but...you know...a fact's a fact.
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https://m.stacker.news/44757
boom!
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Gotta save your best for Friday sir. Sats are on the line.
I need to acquire your sense of discipline and wisdom. I have too low of a time preference to capitalize on fun fact Fridays!
It'll pass it's just variable block completion
"Did you know? The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime... but somehow always forgets where they left their keys."
Great! This is a true fun fact for everyone! I always, I mean always forget where I left the keys!
My wife can never find her keys or phone. For me it's the remote control for the tv.
For my kids it's water bottle.
Oh my goodness yes. My kids leave their water bottles all over the house and then just go get a new one. Then we have 5 or 6 open waters.
Same thing happens with me too.
The best of the facts so far! Who hasn't experienced it? Who can deny?
A sperm has 37.5 MB of DNA info. One ejaculation transfers 15,875 GB of data (in 5 to 10 seconds) equivalent to that held on 7,500 laptops
And you thought 5G was fast??And you thought 5G was fast??
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view on x.comNature is undefeated.
And only one wins the race!! šš„
The fastest also!!
Good one!
16+ fun fact only š
Superfast!
"Bitcoin is the internet's treasure chest. It's mined without a pickaxe, stored without a vault, and can make you feel rich... until you remember you bought pizza with 10,000 Bitcoins in 2010. Who knew virtual coins could be worth more than gold? Now, if only we could find that forgotten wallet password!" https://m.stacker.news/44786
It can make you feel rich or it makes you rich? I'm certain it makes me rich!!
In the Netherlands, citizens with disabilities receive money from the Government as part of the 'Hookers for the Handicapped' program, to pay for sexual services up to 12 times a year. This move has drastically reduced depression among the disabled, many of whom have never had a chance to explore their sexuality.
https://m.stacker.news/44701
https://dutchreview.com/culture/relationships/sex-care-in-the-netherlands-helping-the-disabled-find-intimacy/
That's quite the fun fact. Not sure there needs to be a government program for that but glad those folks get to enjoy the red light district once a month.
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Thanks! Social security is being pretty generous about it. The article goes into more detail.
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Gen. 1 = Pi, John 1 = E:
Arguably the two most important constants in Math are Pi = 3.14159... and E = 2.718281... ā What is interesting is that if you take the numerical values of the letters and words in both the Old Testament Hebrew of Genesis 1:1 and the New Testament Greek of John 1:1 and apply the same formula to each of these verses regarding creation, Genesis 1:1 equals the Mathematical constant Pi and John 1:1 equals the Mathematical constant e.
https://www.gods-abcs.com/copy-of-hebrew-names-meanings
"The head of John".
Interesting please expand on this..
Pi describes the circumference of a circle to its diameter. That relationship then can be said to describe "all knowledge where the circle is involved". The Greeks decided that relationship never ended in the how they went about defining PI. Ouroboros biting its tail and all that. You could argue, though, that there is a definite beginning and a definite ending at a given point on the circle. Some of that, of course, depends on where you start, but that's another story.
Matthew was an accountant. "None had risen higher" than John, and John was the fellow who Baptized Messiah. The culmination then of all knowledge up to that point was to be found in John, who was preparing the way for Messiah. Later John takes this further, and creates an entire Revelation, which makes the "accounting" of Matthew complete.
Therefore, the construct is pointing to the "Head of John" from a mathematical perspective. (A head is a kind of circle, after all)
I could talk about these coincidences for days!
No such thing. ;)
AMEN TO THAT!
I should have said connections.
How is this not blowing anyoneās mind? š¤Æ
There are more privately owned tigers in Texas than there are in the wild.
Wow that is certainly a fun fact. So you are saying if I move to Texas I can get a pet Tiger?
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This is fact
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Stay humble and plant trees https://m.stacker.news/44794
You're about to get your highest leaderboard ranking on a day when k00b forgets to put in the 100k.
I think I came 3rd last week on one of the bounty days. Either meme monday or Fun fact friday.
I am just bored. My son got me sick so my wife and daughter are out. I am waiting for some putty to dry to repair a small hole in a bedroom door someone made. I won't name names. But I will say sometimes teenagers do dumb things. Glean from that what you will. Haha.
With all that spare time, there's a good chance you'll crack the top two.
The little monster will be home soon and will want me to play with her but my wife has me and my son in quarantine, so we will see.
fun fact - bitcoin is going to be the future currency.
1=1
Many dinosaurs had hundreds of small teeth.
Better to eat you with.
I think it was the herbivores, but I suppose they could if they wanted.
Better to eat plants with then.
We are getting towards the end of the Olympic Games so a fun fact to share.
The 1936 Berlin Olympic was famous for Jesse Owens winning 4 gold medals, especially after the Nazi party wanted to not allow black & Jewish people to participate in the games.
The fun fact I wanted to share though was that the Berlin Olympics was where 2 Japanese pole vaulters created their medals of friendship.
The two athletes Shuhei Nishida & Sueo Oe achieved the exact same result after one jump-off for the silver & bronze medals. They refused to jump again and so the judges left it to the Japanese team to decide. There are different theories for how this was done but Nishida was awarded š„ and Oe š„.
Both athletes were unhappy with the official result and so when they returned to Japan they asked a jeweller to cut the medals in half. They were then welded together and so a hybrid silver-bronze medal was created for each of the men. These medals then became known as the āmedals of friendshipā.
Here is one of the meals:
https://m.stacker.news/44751
Nice one.
Thanks
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Nice one. Didn't know that.
Fun Fact: I've never won a fun fact Friday.
sad fact, not fun! š¤
Losing is the new winning. The last shall be first, and so on.
For hundreds of years, prior to photography, people debated how a horse ran. Did all 4 feet leave the ground at once? Or were some always touching?
The photographs showed that all four feet are sometimes simultaneously off the ground and that when galloping this occurs when the feet are "gathered" beneath the body, not when the fore and hindlimbs are "extended" as sometimes depicted in older paintings.
ā It was shown that the supposed superior grace of the horse while running is in reality a delusion: that the feet are gotten into all sorts of queer positions.ā
https://m.stacker.news/44868
It was great idea to take out Karate as an olympic game...
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Pooping position: Squatting can help make pooping easier and is considered the ideal position for a bowel movement.
Sorry to say but that's a shit fact. Hahaha
The combination of an exclamation point and a question mark is called an interrobang ā½.
This punctuation mark is designed for use at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question.
If you could extract all the iron from your body and shape it, it would be enough to make a tiny nail or even a small paperclip!
Great fact but the contest is already over for this week. Save it for next Friday.
In 1972, scientists predicted a a rapidly approaching ice age. It never happened
If you drop alcohol on a scorpion, it will immediately go crazy and sting itself to death.
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Fun fact: Canada is a latin-american country as French is an official language widely spoken in parts of it Fun fact: Denmark is a north-american country, as most of its territory is in North America
Ever notice a squirrel standing on its hind legs, and rubbing its belly with their tiny front hands/legs? They often do this with urine covered hands as a way to reflect/emit urine infused UV rays into the atmosphere as a scent based means to communicate with other squirrels šæļø
The Politician, Who Uttered Just One Sentence https://m.stacker.news/44802 Newton was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1689 and served for exactly one year. During that time, he said one and only one sentence during the lengthy proceedings: he asked a nearby usher to close an open, drafty window!
Nice fact. Had no idea Newton was a member of parliament.
Sharks are ancient creatures that evolved long before dinosaurs lived on land. They have survived five global mass extinctions, each of which wiped out more than 75 per cent of animal species. š¦
Fiat currencies and altcoins are inflationary, bitcoin is deflationary.
The first selfie in history was taken by Robert Cornelius in 1839
https://m.stacker.news/44782
he was the first scenester - maybe not true.
Notable Global Events That Happened Over the Past Week Following the Rise of the Pizza Index Last Friday. I cannot assert that these events are related to the index, but the Pizza Index remains a historical indicator that has successfully predicted several global events.
Global Financial Market Collapse : Global financial markets have collapsed with losses estimated at $3 trillion.
Student Revolutionary Movement in Bangladesh : The student revolutionary movement in Bangladesh has ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and nominated Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel laureate, as the chief advisor to the interim government.
World Health Organization Statement : The Director of the World Health Organization has announced a new outbreak of 'Monkeypox', and Africa is preparing for a complete lockdown.
Hamas Leadership Change : Hamas has appointed Yehya Sinwar as the successor to Ismail Haniyeh following his assassination in Tehran.
Iran's Increasing Threats : Iran continues to reserve the right to retaliate and has been increasing its threats daily.
Ukrainian Attack : Ukraine has launched a tank and missile attack on the Kursk region of Russia.
For updates on the Pizza Index, [Pizza Index on X]
(https://x.com/PenPizzaReport?t=OQqm2WUNbu6-8d5EjwDYOQ&s=09)
The dot over the letters i and j is called a tittle.
And those letters just happen to be side by side in the alphabet. Hmmmm.
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Nice one. Save that for Monday.
oh shit. Thought it's meme monday. Thanks!
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