# 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:** 227
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4529 "2022-05-31T22:46:27Z")
Exactly, you can see the hair style here: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51098599114_ba530cbd8b_b.jpg "beavis-butthead-1") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51098599114/) Shit, wait, that’s the wrong picture… uhhhh, here: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099059623_f8dec1c5f5_b.jpg "2021-04-06\_06-30-45") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51099059623/) ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4530 "2022-06-01T01:59:06Z")
TIL learned that the Amazon river, the largest river in the world by volume and the second longest river in the world at 6,400km has exactly zero bridges across it. Further, the sum total of all the traffic bridges crossing the major tributaries is one. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4531 "2022-06-01T03:29:50Z")
I think Matt Gaetz has more of a pompadour. > **[10 Pompadour Haircut & Hairstyles for Men | Man of Many](https://manofmany.com/fashion/mens-hairstyles/pompadour-haircut-hairstyles-men)** > > We explore the men's pompadour haircut by way of descriptions and style pointers, followed by an overview of various types. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4532 "2022-06-01T07:42:37Z")
Did you know that there was a “St. Adam” who died in 1210? Hermit and abbot, a native of Fermo, Italy, where he began a severe life of recollection in a cave on the slopes of Mount Vissiano. Attracting many followers, Adam was invited to join the Benedictine Order and entered San Sabine Monastery. Within the monastery he maintained his prayer life and rigorous self-discipline. His example led to his election as abbot. His Feast Day is celebrated on May 16th. Which makes May 15th “Adam’s Eve”. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4533 "2022-06-01T11:15:34Z")
If you, when making a call on your cell, type \*#06# you’ll be rewarded with your phones MEID and your serial number. ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4534 "2022-06-01T12:26:59Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > firmer then the women carved on a hindu temple. No more firmer than Christian (Catholic) Women in Renaissance art 😀 [![](https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/renaissance_nude/images/inner/1_371806EX1_x1024.jpg) ](https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/renaissance_nude/images/inner/1_371806EX1_x1024.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4535 "2022-06-01T14:38:45Z")
I’ve never been a huge Elvis fan, but I’ve seen many of his movies and I like some of his songs. I’ve always thought he was really handsome in his younger days. When I saw the trailer for the new movie, Elvis, I thought, what ridiculous casting, they have a blue-eyed actor playing Elvis! Upon a bit of internet research, I found out that Elvis had blue eyes! I never knew that. In my defense a lot of the movies were B&W. But even in some color photos of him, his eyes look brown. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4536 "2022-06-01T14:54:20Z")
I wonder if they’ll show Elvis with his natural hair color (Elvis was blond [https://www.countrythangdaily.com/was-elvis-presley-blonde-old-photo-proves-it/](https://www.countrythangdaily.com/was-elvis-presley-blonde-old-photo-proves-it/)) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4537 "2022-06-01T14:55:49Z")
Did you know that for 30 years people watching golf tournaments on TV could actually call in and get players penalized for things they saw them do on TV? It started when somebody called in and accused Craig Stadler of “building a stance” because he was kneeling on a towel in an effort to keep his pants dry. That towel “built his stance” by a whopping quarter of an inch I bet. They actually accepted that and upheld the rule. Not only that, they disqualified him because he signed an incorrect score card even though he had no idea it was going to be declared incorrect a day later. It only took them 30 years to figure out that their sport was absurdly skewed. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4538 "2022-06-01T15:02:55Z")
This was some specific rule change in 1992? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4539 "2022-06-01T15:08:26Z")
[**Actually, it happened in 1987 and set a precedent that was honored for 30 years.**](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-man-who-took-the-call-that-dqd-craig-stadler-empowering-viewers-to-phone-in-rules-violations-for-next-30-years) Yes, in 2017 it was decided by the golf’s ruling body that players would no longer be penalized by fans phoning in real or imagined transgressions. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4540 "2022-06-01T15:23:36Z")
That must be the most interesting thing I’ve ever heard about golf. Of course the bar is incredibly low. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4541 "2022-06-01T15:24:49Z")
There’s a famous, possibly apocryphal, story about William Randolph Hearst which was reenacted in the movie Citizen Kane. A reporter whom he had sent to Cuba to cover the Spanish American War sent him a telegraph stating, “Everything is quiet. There is no trouble here. There will be no war. I wish to return.” He replied, famously, “You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war.” The random fact is something I stumbled across while reading a book about the war that gave me a, “Huh, no kidding” moment. The reporter he was corresponding with was the artist Frederic Remington much better known for his paintings and bronze sculptures of cowboys in the old west including “The Bronco Buster” in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4542 "2022-06-01T15:33:13Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > TIL learned that the Amazon river, the largest river in the world by volume and the second longest river in the world at 6,400km has exactly zero bridges across it. > > Further, the sum total of all the traffic bridges crossing the major tributaries is one. I never knew this and wouldn’t have guessed. Mind blown! (especially by the second part) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4543 "2022-06-01T15:43:11Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > players would no longer be penalized by fans phoning in real or imagined transgressions. Given that players are supposed to penalize themselves if rules are broken, it makes sense (if you squint) to penalize them when they fail to self-police. The biggest problem in my mind is that popular players will get ruled on more often because they’re the ones who have every single stroke broadcast to viewers. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4544 "2022-06-01T16:05:54Z")
For a fun fictional take on this subject, read _The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist: A Novel_ and _Slim and None_ by Dan Jenkins. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4545 "2022-06-01T16:23:24Z")
There is a women’s clothing store in Uruguay called [“Tits”](https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x959f866f4ef57bd5%3A0xac41a75e78b31f91!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPhYXjp9nwVjWwVXO-Z77fAkYfN_cCEuGSAxvbA%3Dw237-h240-n-k-no!5sDE%20SANTIS%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipPhYXjp9nwVjWwVXO-Z77fAkYfN_cCEuGSAxvbA&hl=en). ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4546 "2022-06-01T17:10:05Z")
Today I went down a rabbit hole, and came across this: In the year 2000, the number of veterans in the U.S was 26,745,368. Today there are 18,792,191 – a difference of 7,953,177. I’m going to assume this is due to WWII, Korea, and now Vietnam vets passing away. However, in that same period the number of vets utilizing medical care through the VA jumped from 3,462,082 to 6,317,059 – not quite double. Also, there are ~812k non-veterans utilizing the VA for their care. Why either of things are the case, I haven’t a clue. So today’s interesting random fact is that in the past 22 years the number of living vets has dropped nearly 30% while the number of vets using the VA for healthcare has nearly doubled. From [here](https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46964) (pdf), page 32: ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4547 "2022-06-01T17:41:52Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > So today’s interesting random fact is that in the past 22 years the number of living vets has dropped nearly 30% while the number of vets using the VA for healthcare has nearly doubled. The number of vets entering decrepitude and thus needing healthcare is likely close to the number dying. Almost 100% of the vets who die today were accessing VA healthcare yesterday. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/4548 "2022-06-01T17:53:54Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Almost 100% of the vets who die today were accessing VA healthcare yesterday This occurred to me and is undoubtedly true but was it not true in 2000? In 2000 WWII vets were (give or take a few years) more-or-less the age Vietnam vets are now. Overall there were significantly more WWII vets than Vietnam vets. It stands to reason that those vets, at a given age, would be accessing VA healthcare at the same rate that Vietnam vets are at the same age (I hope this makes sense… maybe it only makes sense for me). So there would be more WWII vets accessing healthcare in 2000 than Vietnam vets in 2022. Of course, we now have Iraq/Afghanistan vets utilizing the VA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=226) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=228)