# 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:** 266
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5310 "2022-10-09T18:26:53Z")
What about the “Poplar Front of Shoreham”? TIL that House Sparrows are [vicious little buggers](http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/PDF/FAQ/NABS%20factsheet%20-%20HOSP%20Control%20-%2024May12%20DRAFT.pdf) that will attack and kill other birds and take their nests. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5311 "2022-10-09T18:30:50Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I wish I could do this with all shows… French and Italian are _the_ most melodious languages. I totally agree! I love to listen to French being spoken. When I leave a movie in French, my brain feels a little fizzy … like it’s dancing. > [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Dwight Frye played Wilmer. Frye would later be better known as playing weirdo characters in some of the Universal horror movies. I only remember him as Renfield in Lugosi’s Dracula. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5312 "2022-10-09T18:57:04Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > What about the “Poplar Front of Shoreham”? _Splitters!_ ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5313 "2022-10-09T21:26:27Z")
Every time I tap on the link it brings me right back here. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5314 "2022-10-09T21:39:07Z")
[Try this one.](https://www.birdwatchingusa.org/are-sparrows-territorial) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5315 "2022-10-09T21:49:31Z")
So, basically a splinter group… ---
**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:** [October 9, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5316 "2022-10-09T23:14:02Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > But the best bit is the name of the organisation: That is so doggone British and I absolutely love it. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5317 "2022-10-09T23:23:17Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > So, basically a splinter group… More of a local branch… ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5318 "2022-10-10T01:08:45Z")
That’s better. Thanks! ---
**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:** [October 10, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5319 "2022-10-10T02:02:19Z")
TIL that the IRS blasts incoming mail with so much radiation that it can make ink disappear: > **[San Francisco woman mails check to IRS, has it returned with all ink vanished](https://abc7news.com/irradiated-mail-ink-disappears-on-check-pens-to-irs/12297664/)** > > It seems like something out of a spy novel: A woman mailed a check to the IRS, only to have it returned to her completely blank! Here's what happened. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5320 "2022-10-10T12:34:04Z")
Tony Shalhoub has a sister, Susan, who is also an actor. She’s usually based in Atlanta, but did appear on Broadway in 1969 in _Red White and Maddox._ Tony appeared on Broadway many times. Including in _Lend Me a Tenor_ in 2010. I saw both plays. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5321 "2022-10-12T20:52:51Z")
The European fallow deer goes by the name _ **dama dama** _. But there’s a subspecies _ **dama dama dama** _. ([Cite](https://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/animals/species/fallow-deer)) Childish, I know, but does any animal have a fourfold repetition? Or are there other threefolds? j ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5322 "2022-10-12T21:28:00Z")
Just heard about this in a “weird news” radio feature: Kellogg’s has partnered with the company featured in Discovery’s “Moonshiners” to make Eggo eggnog. > **[EGGO® LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER EGGO NOG, A SPIRITED HOLIDAY DRINK MADE WITH...](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eggo-launches-first-ever-eggo-nog-a-spirited-holiday-drink-made-with-sugarlands-distilling-co-to-spread-cheers-301645090.html)** > > /PRNewswire/ -- During the chaos of the holidays, parents need a moment to themselves more than ever. Eggo® heard from parents that one of their favorite times... > **[Eggo Nog Sippin’ Cream - Sugarlands Distilling Company](https://www.sugarlands.com/products/eggonog/)** > > \Eggo and Sugarlands Distilling Co. are spreading holiday cheers this season with Eggo Nog Appalachian Sippin’ Cream, an Eggo® waffle-inspired eggnog liqueur that pairs perfectly with Eggo® Thick & Fluffy waffles to help grownups L’eggo during the... ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5323 "2022-10-12T21:32:49Z")
There is [_ **Gorilla gorilla gorilla** _](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_lowland_gorilla), the Western Lowland (you guessed it) Gorilla. ETA: _ **Pica pica pica** _, according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_magpie) (see taxomomy and systematic section), is a subspecies of magpie: > _P. p. pica_ – (Linnaeus, 1758): British Isles and southern Scandinavia east to Russia, south to Mediterranean, including most islands ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5324 "2022-10-12T21:41:36Z")
Don’t forget **Bison bison bison**. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5325 "2022-10-12T21:48:19Z")
I will think about other threefolds, but fourfold should be difficult, as the third repetition is already the subspecies level, and I know of no sub-subspecies that have a distinct Latin name. I’ll think about it, it may take a while. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5326 "2022-10-12T22:13:09Z")
_Anhinga anhinga anhinga_ ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5327 "2022-10-12T23:07:56Z")
Now I’m wondering if in C. S. Lewis’s “That Hideous Strength”, the thrice repeated word “Ouroborindra”- from context apparently a demon’s name- can be deconstructed from its roots to have a translation. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5328 "2022-10-12T23:15:43Z")
Well, both Ouroboros and Indra are figures in Hindu cosmology. Lewis probably just liked the sound of it, because literally it would mean “an eternity of rain” or something like that. Water demon? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5329 "2022-10-12T23:40:07Z")
Today I learned Pelee Island in Lake Erie is the southernmost _inhabited_ place in Canada. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=267)