# 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:** 214
**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:** [April 26, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4269 "2022-04-26T14:51:13Z")
Not only is there a Penis Museum in Iceland ( [Icelandic Phallological Museum - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Phallological_Museum) ), but there’'s also a Vagina Museum in the UK ( [Vagina Museum - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_Museum) ). The latter was opened when its founder learnred of the Iceland Museum, and thought that there ought to be a counterpart. It’s sad that they’re so far apart. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4270 "2022-04-26T15:15:11Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Can I just stop and say how amazing this is as a bit of technology? Have they had this ability for a while and I just never heard of it? My grandparents took the lid off the back of their toilet into (I think) Home Depot twenty years ago so they could paint the trim to match. I believe there was an optical scanner of some kind involved. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4271 "2022-04-26T15:20:57Z")
We used the Home Depot one in 1993 when I bought my house and ran out of paint for the bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4272 "2022-04-26T15:44:05Z")
Tommy Smothers played guitar on John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance”. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4273 "2022-04-26T20:52:19Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I read today that the color brown is essentially dark orange, and that’s why it is not on the color spectrum. Is that true? If brown was a darker shade of orange, then orange would be a lighter shade of brown. And where would that leave beige and tan? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4274 "2022-04-26T21:04:43Z")
Low-saturated orange and yellow-orange. A proper color wheel is three dimensional. Hue (color name), tint/shade (lightness and darkness), and saturation (how intense the color is). ---
**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:** [April 26, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4275 "2022-04-26T21:38:19Z")
Whilst trying to figure out why a Liger (offspring of male lion/female tiger) is bigger than a Tigon (offspring of male tiger/female lion)\* I stumbled across the fact that there were many more big cat hybrids than I was aware of. Say hello to the Jagupardess and the Leopon, amongst others. > **[Panthera hybrid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_hybrid)** > > A Panthera hybrid is a crossbreed between individuals of any of the five species of the genus Panthera: the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard. Most hybrids would not be perpetuated in the wild as the territories of the parental species do not overlap and the males are usually infertile. Mitochondrial genome research revealed that wild hybrids were also present in ancient times. The mitochondrial genomes of the snow leopard and the lion were more similar to each other than to other P... j \* - I found an explanation but I couldn’t understand it. Check out the wiki for Liger if you want to have a go - [Liger - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4276 "2022-04-26T22:10:00Z")
[If you ever wondered who was replaced by Jack Nicholson in that photo at the end of The Shining](https://flashbak.com/the-shining-the-real-jack-revealed-in-a-1923-photo-452074/) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4277 "2022-04-27T02:10:54Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Whilst trying to figure out why a Liger (offspring of male lion/female tiger) is bigger than a Tigon (offspring of male tiger/female lion)\* I stumbled across the fact that there were many more big cat hybrids than I was aware of. Say hello to the Jagupardess and the Leopon, amongst others. From that cite, > In 1935, four ligers from two litters were reared in the Zoological Gardens of [Bloemfontein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemfontein), South Africa. Three of them, a male and two females, were still living in 1953. The male weighed 340 kg (750 lb) and stood a foot and a half (45 cm) taller than a full grown male lion at the shoulder. And the litigon? From [Wikipedia…](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litigon) > The first attempt at breeding a litigon was successful; a female cub was born at the [Alipore Zoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alipore_Zoo) in [Calcutta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta), [India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India) in 1971 to a female tigon named Rudrani and an Asiatic lion named Debabrata. Rudhrani went on to produce seven litigons, some of which reached impressive sizes: a litigon named Cubanacan (died 1991) was estimated to weigh least 362 kilograms (798 lb), stood 1.32 metres (4 ft 4 in) at the shoulder, and was 3.5 metres (11 ft) in total length. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4278 "2022-04-27T04:12:29Z")
As a baker and cake decorator I learned a long time ago about “black” being really dark blue. Have you ever eaten a piece of an “over the hill” cake that had heavy black trim, or a piece of cake with school colors that included black? Wait a couple of hours and learn what yellow and blue make when they are combined. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4279 "2022-04-27T14:18:33Z")
I was surfing YouTube on one of our Roku TVs last night and came across a video called [“The Coolest Radio You’ve Probably Never Heard Of”.](https://youtu.be/h4x7cGALaC8) He’s right, I had never heard of [Software-defined radio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio) and I was intrigued by the idea. So I ended up buying the device he recommends and a cheap refurbished laptop to run it on. Here are a couple of demonstrations: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4WieSOzVYBM/maxresdefault.jpg "Software Defined Radio Project (Part One) - FM Radio Demonstration") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WieSOzVYBM) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eWMyknVuZTs/maxresdefault.jpg "Software Defined Radio Project (Part Two) - Demonstration") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWMyknVuZTs) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4280 "2022-04-27T20:10:11Z")
I’ve been listening to streaming audio from Australia ( [6ix](https://www.6ix.com.au/) ) while I work; they just ran a report on the increase of people driving off without paying for petrol. According to the report, for every 10 cent increase, there’s at least 100 more drivers not paying. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4281 "2022-04-27T20:39:11Z")
That wouldn’t work anywhere I have bought gas in the US. You have to put in your credit or debit card before the pump will operate. If you are paying cash, you go inside and give the attendant the cash and you can’t put more than you gave them into the tank. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4282 "2022-04-27T23:05:36Z")
I ate one of these, a [Misfortune Cookie](https://www.amazon.com/Pechkeks-Misfortune-Cookies-Humored-Biscuit/dp/B07VZZCR9J?th=1). Later that day I had a small panic attack due to the color of my urine until I remembered the cookie. At least it prepared me for what was coming out the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4283 "2022-04-27T23:21:28Z")
I also remember eating a cupcake with school colors of black and gold. This was before I knew what might happen. Scared me too. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4284 "2022-04-28T00:55:56Z")
I also found out that eating a significant amount of Twizzlers “licorice” results in an almost neon-green “end product”. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4285 "2022-04-28T01:35:42Z")
That’s one black item I never thought of. I like licorice but I don’t think I’ve eaten enough to produce a significant effect. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4286 "2022-04-28T01:49:16Z")
If I’m remembering correctly, the effect is due to the coloring added to Twizzlers, not the licorice itself. I primarily eat Australian licorice now, but I have to limit my intake due to potential heart issues. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4287 "2022-04-28T02:01:43Z")
This was news to me. A single Canadian man in WWII managed to capture an entire company of German soldiers and later went on to save the city of Zwolle in the Netherlands from being bombarded by artillery in preparation for being liberated from occupying Germans. He did that by convincing the occupying force that he was an entire army attacking them all night and taking groups of prisoners back to the allied lines. By 4 a.m., the Germans had left the town. His name was Leo Major. (Quora is weird, I can’t just link to the one post. However, if you have the sort set to “Recommended”, it’s the first story.) [https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-unknown-facts-on-the-Second-World-War](https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-unknown-facts-on-the-Second-World-War) ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4288 "2022-04-28T12:35:49Z")
Driving off without paying theoretically works at some places in NJ. Just yesterday I went to a gas station and asked for $20 of gas. He pumped the gas (here in NJ we still don’t pump our own), and only after it was finished did he ask for the cash. If I’d payed with a credit card, he’d have taken that first—but paying cash is different; theoretically I could have driven off at that point without paying. Not to say I wouldn’t have gotten caught later on after he copied down my license plate #, but I assume that’s also true in Australia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=215)