Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

[khryslerkid]

There is no orgin for the name "Earth" It's first usage is unknown.

• • Name predates planetary understanding:
    The name was in use long before people realized Earth was a planet orbiting the sun. It simply referred to the ground and landmass beneath people's feet.

 

[kiwigtx]

• • Name predates planetary understanding:
    The name was in use long before people realized Earth was a planet orbiting the sun. It simply referred to the ground and landmass beneath people's feet.

Other planets and civilizations (like Klingons) know us as Terra.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

I thought in the movie “Walk the line” that the brother was killed when they both were kids.

Tommy Cash, born 1940, died September 2024.
Maybe he does sing like an angel now. He was on the Johny Cash show, many years ago.

 

[RemCharger]

I thought in the movie “Walk the line” that the brother was killed when they both were kids.

 

[DeltaV]

Humans Share 98.8% of Their Genome With Chimpanzees​

 

[MarPar]

Humans Share 98.8% of Their Genome With Chimpanzees​

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If true, THEY share it with US

 

[Kern Dog]

Only in America ...do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America .....do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
Only in America .....do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only in America .....do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
Only in America ......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
Only in America ......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering....

 

[dodgeboy440]

First we had the mouth breather’s.

Now we have.. the butt breathers.. really.

https://www.sciencealert.com/human-trials-bring-us-closer-to-breathing-through-our-butts[/

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[69conv]

They do! The earth isn’t totally spherical for that reason, it is larger around the equator.

So am I. Its centrifugal force, honest.

 

[f569]

The Empire State Building is the most photographed building in the world.

Was walking by just the other day!

 

[Photon440]

Although they had no horses, nor the invention of the wheel, the Inca civilization had extensive road systems.

With stone walls, steps that went up steeper grades, suspension bridges that crossed rivers and distance markers placed every so often, the Inca Empire had around 25,000 miles of connecting highways between major trade routes in South America, from Ecuador down through Peru, to Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Remains of an Inca road:

 

[Kern Dog]

Meanwhile even by the late 1800s, most Sub-Saharans were still living in grass huts.

 

[DeltaV]

More than 40% of the population in sub-Saharan countries is younger than 15 years old.

 

[DeltaV]

As of 2025, there were estimated to be 300 billion 1-cent coins in existence in the U.S. — or more than 800 pennies per person.

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Amateurs! I have that many just in wheats.

 

[Doorkicker]

In Jan 2002, inspired by the 911 terrorists, an 18yo kid stole a Cessna and few it into the Bank of America building in downtown Tampa. Only the pilot died. I actually saw it just after it hit. Crazy times.