# Post an Interesting Fact!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-interesting-fact/464485>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 20, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-interesting-fact/464485 "2008-09-20T21:44:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-interesting-fact/464485/61 "2008-09-22T15:21:08Z")

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> [@glee](#):
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> In South Korea, anyone not in the military owning or selling a gun faces execution.

I may be wrong, but IIRC, people are allowed a gun for hunting purposes only. The gun must be held at a police station.

Wikipedia seems to be down at the moment so I can’t cite that.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-interesting-fact/464485/62 "2008-09-22T15:29:15Z")

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> [@Ale](#):
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> As for the bacteria living on and in us… they outnumber the cells that make us up to ten to one. We are more _them_ than _us_.

Sorry, but I’m going to have to call “cite” for that one…

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**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-interesting-fact/464485/63 "2008-09-22T15:55:19Z")

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Just 30 hornets can [destroy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDSf3Kshq1M) 30,000 honey bees in just a few minutes.

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**Author:** ![Undine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e99b99/32.png) [@Undine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Undine)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-interesting-fact/464485/64 "2008-09-22T17:08:34Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> Sorry, but I’m going to have to call “cite” for that one…

[Here](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080603085914.htm) for one. Remember that bacteria are much smaller than our cells.  
Here’s mine: the interjection “Oh fudge!” (1766) apparently predates the candy (1896). It also originally contained no chocolate (the candy, that is).

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