# 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:** 174
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3468 "2022-01-20T23:39:16Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I am struggling to understand what this means …. A triply landlocked state refers to a landlocked state that is encircled by three states on either side from the nearest gulf, bay, or ocean. A majority of the landlocked states in the U.S are singly and doubly landlocked. However, one US state is triply landlocked…. From [worldatlas.com](http://worldatlas.com). Canadian provinces were considered to be a state. Signed with a flourish by Adml. B. B. Boo ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3469 "2022-01-20T23:51:23Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > …. A triply landlocked state refers to a landlocked state that is encircled by three states on either side from the nearest gulf, bay, or ocean. I got that as the obvious definition. But as I posted, it does not appear to be true that Nebraska is unique in that regard. I guess Minnesota-Ontario-Hudson Bay rules out Iowa, but what gulf, bay or ocean can you reach from Illinois? Is there some arcane sense in which it “borders” Michigan on the lake? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3470 "2022-01-21T00:04:21Z")
Illinois Kentucky Virginia ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3471 "2022-01-21T00:06:12Z")
Oh, you’re right. D’oh. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3472 "2022-01-21T02:00:23Z")
Chuck Woolery? Can we get more random than that? Says Wikipedia: > On July 12, 2020, Woolery tweeted conspiracy theories that the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention), doctors, the media, and [Democratic Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) were lying about the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic). Then-president [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump) retweeted Woolery’s claims.[[17]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Woolery#cite_note-17)[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Woolery#cite_note-18) The following day, Woolery tweeted that his son had tested positive for the virus and that the “COVID-19 pandemic is real”. His Twitter account was later made private, before being made public again later.[[19]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Woolery#cite_note-19)[[20]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Woolery#cite_note-20) WTF? And for anybody who missed it: > **[Hana Horka: Czech singer dies after catching Covid intentionally](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60050996)** > > Hana Horka's son tells the BBC his mother was unvaccinated but wanted to acquire immunity. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3473 "2022-01-22T21:47:04Z")
More new music was purchased on vinyl than on CD’s last year – and of course both were a drop in the bucket compared to streaming. > **[Vinyl continues to outpace CD sales in first half of 2021 \[report\]](https://themusicnetwork.com/vinyl-sales-2021/)** > > Some retailers are struggling to keep up with demand for vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3474 "2022-01-22T22:09:51Z")
I remember vinyl outselling CDs around 10 or 15 years ago. But at the time it wasn’t because vinyl was so popular. It was because CDs were so _un_popular. Due to downloadable music. Nowadays, though, there seems to be a resurgence in vinyl. I’m not sure why. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3475 "2022-01-22T23:32:51Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Nowadays, though, there seems to be a resurgence in vinyl. I’m not sure why. Me either, maybe it’s because there is satisfaction in having a tangible collection? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3476 "2022-01-23T00:19:28Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > maybe it’s because there is satisfaction in having a tangible collection? The album cover art? ---
**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:** [January 23, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3477 "2022-01-23T00:26:00Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Nowadays, though, there seems to be a resurgence in vinyl. I’m not sure why. A couple years ago I saw some teens with these [Instax cameras.](https://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Instax-Mini-Instant-Flamingo/dp/B06WWBTB3G/ref=asc_df_B06WWBTB3G/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312148122212&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3726504153361321409&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026919&hvtargid=pla-362879281671&psc=1) They’re like Polaroids, but updated a little maybe. I guess it’s 70s nostalgia or something. Mrs. L and I have several dozen albums. I think they want like $30 for a new LP, don’t they? Wonder if ours would be worth anything… ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3478 "2022-01-23T01:19:41Z")
There’s definitely a hipster chic element to the popularity of vinyl bit CD’s are still so much easier and versatile. I’m 100% in the streaming camp but if that wasn’t an option I’d certainly utilize CD’s. Vinyl is limited to your home, CD’s are portable. I’m sure there are ways to rip an album from vinyl to an mp3 and then transfer it to a phone so the music is now portable. (I’m assuming. I’m not a tech person at all). But in that scenario you’re still beholden to the audio peculiarities that’s extant in vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3479 "2022-01-23T19:57:07Z")
Excuse me, Admiral Boo, but there a couple of related interesting facts which remain outstanding here (if I may be nosey). Admiral how? And why? (Or maybe that should be Why? and How?) j ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3480 "2022-01-23T21:41:48Z")
I would agree with you that CDs are much easier and versatile - right up until the point where stupid, stupid, stupidly stupid case breaks or falls apart. Who the hell designed that? Particularly when there is a perfectly good template to use in the form of the DVD box. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3481 "2022-01-23T21:54:25Z")
I’m so with you, @Wallaby. I’ve always said that the CD jewel case is the worst design in design history. It consists mostly just of predetermined breaking points. And though there have been many better alternatives, the jewel case still is the predominant CD case after forty years. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3482 "2022-01-23T22:18:41Z")
Yes. A jewel box will break if you look at it crossly. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3483 "2022-01-23T22:25:38Z")
The two parts of the word helicopter are not ‘heli’ and ‘copter’, but ‘helico’ (spiral) and ‘pter’ (with wings, as in pterodactyl). ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3484 "2022-01-23T22:43:44Z")
I think we had that one. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3485 "2022-01-23T22:53:43Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Admiral how? And why? (Or maybe that should be Why? and How?) I served as the Chair of Nebraska’s Mental Health Planning Council for 10 years, as well as other disability rights volunteer advocacy nationally and regionally. So, for rabble-rousing for mental health rights and teaching advocacy leadership academies. When I retired someone nominated me to the Governor’s office for recognition. You get a fancy proclamation, suitable for framing. Have no idea where mine is. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3486 "2022-01-23T23:01:40Z")
@BippityBoppityBoo, I think that’s very cool. Congratulations. However, I hope you don’t mind if we don’t take your seafaring advice seriously. Mental health, sure. But shipboard instructions, maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/3487 "2022-01-23T23:32:38Z")
It absolutely is cool. Well done Admiral Boo! j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=173) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=175)