# 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:** 267
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5330 "2022-10-13T00:56:17Z")
MetLife Stadium in New Jersey was the highest grossing (highest total revenue) stadium in the world 8 of the last 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5331 "2022-10-13T02:46:30Z")
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5332 "2022-10-13T02:58:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Well, both Ouroboros and Indra are figures in Hindu cosmology. Nah. Its largely made up. The suffix Indra is indeed from Sanskrit meaning lord of, but Ouroboros is not from Hindu cosmology. I think its a made up name like Nahasapeemapetilon in Apu The closest name in India is Aurobindo - and there is a famous philosopher who goes by that name [Sri Aurobindo - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5333 "2022-10-13T03:49:59Z")
> [@am77494](#): > > Its largely made up. The suffix Indra is indeed from Sanskrit meaning lord of, but Ouroboros is not from Hindu cosmology. Ouroboros is from Greek/Egyptian mysticism. ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5334 "2022-10-13T04:00:18Z")
Yeap - Agree. Nothing to do with Hindu Cosmology. Just Mr Lewis creative liberties with cultures he may not understand fully. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5335 "2022-10-13T04:49:04Z")
_Ursus Arctos Arctos_ – the Eurasian brown bear. “Ursus” is the Latin word for bear “Arctos” (αρκτος) is the Hellenic word for bear Hence, _bear bear bear_ ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5336 "2022-10-13T16:33:02Z")
And hence: [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_true_name_of_the_bear.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_true_name_of_the_bear.png) ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5337 "2022-10-13T16:40:21Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Nitpick: The correct spelling would be _Beetlejuice beetlejuice beetlejuice beetlejuice_. Italics is _de rigueur_ for [Linnaean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaean_taxonomy) nomenclature and only the first name is capitalized. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5338 "2022-10-13T16:48:47Z")
_[Apus apus apus](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apus_apus#Taxonom%C3%ADa_y_etimolog%C3%ADa)_, the European Common Swift. \* Link in Spanish, the English Wikipedia omits this. But it is clear even if you don’t speak Spanish. ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5339 "2022-10-13T17:13:00Z")
_Judy judy judy_ - [an uncommon leach](https://www.carygrant.net/articles/judy.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5340 "2022-10-13T19:18:33Z")
I am quite sure that I followed the rules for supernatural movie creatures, as per the ones invented by star and botanist Laura Linnaeus… ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5341 "2022-10-13T22:57:30Z")
Christopher Columbus was named “Admiral of the Ocean Sea.” Some etymologies say “Admiral” was derived from a term meaning “commander of the sea.” Thus, he was “commander of the seas of the sea sea.” ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5342 "2022-10-13T23:24:38Z")
A sea sea rider? ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5343 "2022-10-13T23:34:15Z")
TWEET! Alright, you. Out of the pool! ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5344 "2022-10-13T23:37:07Z")
Sorry, sir, I do not do ze twittre. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5345 "2022-10-15T13:34:35Z")
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5346 "2022-10-15T15:06:34Z")
Major Major Major Major ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5347 "2022-10-15T15:52:55Z")
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5348 "2022-10-15T16:50:11Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Buffalo buffalo Buffalo … Well, naturally, badger badger badger badge[r …](https://youtu.be/NL6CDFn2i3I) ---
**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 15, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5349 "2022-10-15T18:53:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, naturally, badger badger badger badge[r …](https://youtu.be/NL6CDFn2i3I) [We Don’t Need No Stinking Badgers!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx6TBrfCW54) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=268)