# Favorite random facts **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450 "2001-04-26T23:02:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/21 "2001-04-28T17:47:29Z")
Lets see . . . Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber, did not found the Goodyear Tire Company. In fact, no one named Goodyear was part of its founding. Dutch Zwilling is the only baseball player to play his entire major league career on three different teams, all in the same city. Don Drysdale had the longest career under just one manager (Walter Alston). The first U.S. stage production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” was performed at Southold High School on eastern Long Island. In the late 60s, the Oakland Raiders once scored every possible way (touchdown, extra point, safety, and field goal) before the other team (the Denver Broncos) had an offensive possession. The second black player in major league baseball was also the second black manager (Larry Doby). Tapioca is poisonous until cooked. **Pie-in-the-face facts:** Pies thrown in silent movies were blueberry, not cream – it showed up better on camera. The pies were a uniform size and weight for throwing. The first actor to get a pie in the face in a silent movie was Ben Turpin. Charlie Chaplin never got a pie in the face in a silent film, and Buster Keaton never threw one. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/22 "2001-04-28T18:07:49Z")
If you mix Clorox and Vanish, you will produce lots of choking, noxious chlorine gas. Cashew shells are coated with an irritant similar to that found on poison ivy. That’s why it’s so hard to find shelled cashews in stores. Dennis Haskins (of Mr. Belding fame) once appeared as a criminal on the Dukes of Hazzard. On the A-Team, Mr. T’s character never wore more than 60 pounds of jewelry. ---
**Author:** ![cerebrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@cerebrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerebrum)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/23 "2001-04-28T22:25:36Z")
A pigs orgasm lasts 30 mins approx. ---
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/24 "2001-04-28T22:37:58Z")
There is approximately one chicken for every person on earth. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/25 "2001-04-28T22:39:21Z")
They are interesting facts, but I’ll be frank in telling you that I haven’t check them out: 1645: one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England. 1649: one vote caused Charles I of England to be executed 1776: one vote gave us theEnglish language instead of German 1800: one vote kept Aaron Burr from becoming President 1845: one vote brought Texas into the union 1868: one vote saved Andrew Johnson from impeachment 1875: one vote changed France from a monarchy to a republic 1923: one vote gave Hitler leadership of the Nazi party 1941: one vote saved Selective Service 12 weeks before Pearl Harbor 1960: one vote per precinct would have elected Nixon over Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/26 "2001-04-28T22:40:32Z")
The name Wendy was invented for the book Peter Pan. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/27 "2001-04-28T22:40:43Z")
Besides humans, dolphins are the only other species who have sex for enjoyment, rather than just for procreation. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/28 "2001-04-28T22:42:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kiffa \* > \*\*They are interesting facts, but I’ll be frank in telling you that I haven’t check them out: > > 1776: one vote gave us theEnglish language instead of German > 1960: one vote per precinct would have elected Nixon over Kennedy\*\* The first one is definitely not true (check snopes) and I think the second is a myth as well. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/29 "2001-04-28T23:03:00Z")
In Tremonton, Utah, it is against the law to have sex in an ambulance. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/30 "2001-04-28T23:05:42Z")
The only planet not named after a god is the one we’re on. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/31 "2001-04-28T23:53:13Z")
If you want to be a notary public in Ky. you have to swear that you have never fought a duel. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/32 "2001-04-29T00:09:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dwyr \* > \*\*If you want to be a notary public in Ky. you have to swear that you have never fought a duel. \*\* Awww,dang it ,Ma.Looky here.Them dang guvverment offishals done blocked muh chosen path in life.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/33 "2001-04-29T00:16:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dark Lord Davidson \* > \*\*Besides humans, dolphins are the only other species who have sex for enjoyment, rather than just for procreation. \*\* hmm, and maybe Bonobos too, the sexy ape. [http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html](http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html) although I suppose you argue this point on the technicality of enjoyment _shrugs_ My favortite fact is tht French is just a degraded form of Latin. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/34 "2001-04-29T00:55:14Z")
Scorpions glow under ultraviolet light. The real names of the Three Stooges are: Moses Horowitz (Moe) Jerome Horowitz (Curly) Samuel Horowitz (Shemp) Larry Feinberg (Larry, of course!) The Horowitzes were brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/35 "2001-04-29T01:40:00Z")
In The Big Lebowski (underline? italics? I never remember…), Dude **never** rolls a bowling ball. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/36 "2001-04-29T02:14:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by donkeyoatey \* > \*\*The only planet not named after a god is the one we’re on. \*\* Unless you want to split hairs and say that Saturn, Jupiter’s father, was actually a titan. Uranus was Cronus’s father, and Cronus is more or less the same as Saturn. I’m not sure if that makes Uranus a god or a titan though. As long as we’re on mythology, here’s the pantheon of Greek gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Hermes, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Ares, Hestia. (I’ve never understood why the other gods don’t make the official pantheon. Dionysus, for example, could easily take the place of Hestia, who never seemed to do anything.) The Roman equivalents: Jupiter, Poseidon, Pluto, Juno, Apollo, Minerva, Diana, Mercury, Venus, Vulcan, Mars, Vesta. ---
**Author:** ![LoverBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LoverBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoverBoy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/37 "2001-04-29T03:06:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dark Lord Davidson \* > Besides humans, dolphins are the only other species who have sex for enjoyment, rather than just for procreation. Umm… sounds like you forgot **bonobos** (a chimp-like member of the primate family). Humans, dolphins, and bonobos. ---
**Author:** ![LoverBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LoverBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoverBoy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/38 "2001-04-29T03:08:30Z")
friend says: XX XXXXXXX XXXX: post again and say “woah i’m a dumbass” or something like that woah i’m a dumbass. sorry, missed the previous bonobos post. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/39 "2001-04-29T03:14:29Z")
> [@](#): > > The male seahorse gives birth, not the female. That’s not a fact. The male seahorse simply carries the egg, like penguins. It LOOKS a lot like it gives birth, though. Anyway, my contribution… If an aircraft carrier ran on gasoline, it’d get 6 inches per gallon (and people think the mileage on SUV’s is bad). Your hair grows at a rate of approximately .00000001 MPH. There are more creatures living in your mouth than there are people on Earth. Nobody knows exactly what causes a headache. Nobody knows where Mozart is buried. The testicles of the northern right whale can weigh up to 2,200 pounds. The largest dildo on Earth is 67 feet tall and weighs 347 tons. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450/40 "2001-04-29T03:22:18Z")
The Michelin man’s name is Bibendum. The Jeep as we think of it (1/4 4x4) was designed by Karl Probst, an engineer at the American Bantam Car Company. Pickles are a fat-free snack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-random-facts/63450.md?page=3)