# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674 "2020-04-13T03:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 115
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2286 "2021-07-13T23:19:37Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’ve never been to Central Park, but I hope I remember this in case I ever get to visit. It gets even better. There is a [street locator for Manhattan](https://www.ny.com/locator/) for the Avenues above 14th Street. Given the building number, it gives you the approximate cross street. The [algorithm](https://www.ny.com/locator/algorithm.html) is in all NYC’s phone books. It’s as simple as calculating in your head the name of a weekday from the date. ~~(Which is easier than finding the formula on the internet, otherwise I’d show a link.)~~ Huh – somebody calls it the [Doomsday Calculator](https://www.timeanddate.com/date/doomsday-calculator.html). ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2287 "2021-07-13T23:45:44Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Any other Jewish athletes who refuse(d) to play on the Sabbath or Jewish holidays? Not baseball, but [Steven Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hill) (Dan Briggs of Season 1 _Mission Impossible_) only worked Season 1 of _Mission Impossible_ because he was not able to work Sabbath (he told producers prior to start), and his role became more and more reduced as production went on. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2288 "2021-07-13T23:47:25Z")
He later played District Attorney Adam Schiff on Law & Order. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2289 "2021-07-14T02:36:34Z")
Did you know goldfish can get this big? [https://6abc.com/10884657/?ex\_cid=TA\_WPVI\_TW&taid=60ee4ce542801a0001ff15dc&utm\_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm\_medium=trueAnthem&utm\_source=twitter](https://6abc.com/10884657/?ex_cid=TA_WPVI_TW&taid=60ee4ce542801a0001ff15dc&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter) Did you know they can go without oxygen for a long time? I sure didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2290 "2021-07-14T03:05:09Z")
No need to carp about it ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2291 "2021-07-14T03:56:38Z")
I’d rather be koi. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2292 "2021-07-14T04:01:04Z")
Two very different items of clothing still in use today derive from the relatively short Crimean War (1854-1856), the cardigan and the balaclava. The first is named after Lord Cardigan who lead the Charge of the Light Brigade, the second named after the battle of Balaclava just outside Sebastopol. The much longer Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815) also produced two, the Wellington boot and the Raglan sleeve, whereas World War I (1914-1918) only the trenchcoat as far as I can see. From World War II (1939-1945) I can only think of the bomber jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2293 "2021-07-14T05:46:04Z")
If tobacco, alcohol and aspirin were submitted today to the FDA, none of them would be approved. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2294 "2021-07-14T05:58:47Z")
The FDA doesn’t regulate alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2295 "2021-07-14T06:08:06Z")
Why wouldn’t aspirin be approved? ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2296 "2021-07-14T06:41:15Z")
@D_Anconia True. But it’s just a hypothetical, you realize. @hajario Actually I don’t even remember where I first heard it. It was a while ago, but from a reliable source 🙂 . FWIW a doctor once told me that he had his misgivings about Aspirin, even though it was basically freely accessible even to children. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2297 "2021-07-14T08:10:02Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > The FDA doesn’t regulate alcohol. If it was “submitted today” there wouldn’t already be an Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Bureau (TTB) ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2298 "2021-07-14T11:03:41Z")
TIL about Deep Pectoral Myopathy (DPM). Also known colloquially as “Green Muscle Disease,” it’s a condition that causes chicken breast meat to turn green - but only the deep pectoral muscle, i.e. the “tender”, so you likely won’t discover it until after you’ve roasted and carved the bird. Supposedly presents no danger when eaten, but most consumers would not eat it if it showed up on their plate. > **[Green Muscle Disease in Broiler Chickens — Maple Creek Poultry Processing](https://www.maplecreekpoultry.com/notes-and-information/whys-it-green)** > > Recently we have begun to see more and more broiler chickens with a green discoloration in the deep muscles of the breast. After researching and asking some questions we have found that this is becoming a more frequently found problem amongst... ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2299 "2021-07-14T11:51:02Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > If tobacco, alcohol and aspirin were submitted today to the FDA, none of them would be approved. 🙂 I have heard…if wood was a brand-new material, the authorities probably wouldn’t approve it for construction etc. due to its not being fire resistant/fireproof. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2300 "2021-07-14T12:00:28Z")
Thank you for that! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2301 "2021-07-14T12:04:04Z")
Dear God, this happens because broiler chickens are so over-bred that if they flap their wings, blood gets trapped in their muscles and causes swelling, killing the muscle tissue?! Poor deformed creatures. I think I’ll stick with the local place that raises chickens that can use their bodies. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2302 "2021-07-14T12:30:43Z")
Happy Bastille Day, everybody! > To mark the 100th anniversary of the Revolution, one design proposed a giant replica of the guillotine… > **[The History Of The Eiffel Tower | Paris Insiders Guide](https://www.parisinsidersguide.com/history-of-the-eiffel-tower-2.html)** > > The story of the Eiffel Tower is filled with controversy and acclaim. This is the story of the world's most popular landmark: expositions, light shows and bungee jumping. Back in 1989, the 200th anniversary, I heard that the French were commemorating the event by putting images of the guillotine on lots of things…including condoms. That would totally take me out of the mood but whatevs. Bonus: crazy “parachute” dude. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e6YGLpzN7bE/maxresdefault.jpg "Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower: Paris, France (1912) | British Pathé") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6YGLpzN7bE) He made quite an impression. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2303 "2021-07-14T12:38:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The schematic chemical diagram for **3-pentanone** (AKA **diethyl ketone** ) looks like Marilyn Monroe: Naw, it’s a F4U head on ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2304 "2021-07-14T13:38:41Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > If tobacco, alcohol and aspirin were submitted today to the FDA, none of them would be approved. > [@Jim\_B](#): > > Actually I don’t even remember where I first heard it. It was a while ago, but from a reliable source 🙂 . Well, as long as it’s a _reliable_ friend of a friend… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2305 "2021-07-14T13:47:54Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Did you know goldfish can get this big? I knew they could get pretty big. we had some goldfish in a tank in our daughter’s room when she was little. All but one died, but that one grew until it hit a “comfortable” size in the tank. And it lived one heck of a long time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=116)