# 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:** 334
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6671 "2023-06-12T03:46:46Z")
I just learned that the first human lung transplant was performed in Mississippi 60 years ago today. Today’s date: 11 Jun 23 ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6672 "2023-06-12T04:22:47Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > AKA Casey Kasem whose odd demise can lead a curious person [down a rabbit hole](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/12/03/casey-kasems-children-settle-lawsuit-widow-over-death/2603347001/) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Varn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michael_varn/32/14411_2.png) [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6673 "2023-06-12T04:43:08Z")
One more thing about braces: Does anyone remember that urban legend about a girl with braces who was laying in her bed one night when she suddenly started hearing radio signals in the form of voices and music? The legend goes is that she thought she had forgotten to turn off her radio before lights out, but when she got up to check, the radio was off. So she couldn’t figure out where the radio signals were coming from. Turns out, according to legend, that her braces were somehow acting as a radio reciever presumably because they were made of metal, and were picking up signals from a real radio station. What’s more mysterious is that, according to legend, that it never happened again. So is this concievable or remotely possible? If so, why did it only happen once. I think this legend may have been depicted in a V.C. Andrews novel that girls her age read. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6674 "2023-06-12T05:20:04Z")
> [@Michael\_Varn](#): > > Strangely, every single person I knew who had braces had the visible ones, so these back braces rumors could never be confirmed at the time. I may be being whooshed but how do you know that you didn’t know a lot people with braces that weren’t visible? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6675 "2023-06-12T05:24:40Z")
The article didn’t describe his demise, and said the court found no wrongdoing. I’ve seen a lot of families split over a death, including accusations that the other side killed / hastened the demise of ill, elderly people. Grief and greed, especially combined, make for strange situations. So: was his death actually unusual? ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6676 "2023-06-12T05:31:56Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > So: was his death actually unusual? I do recall hearing, at the time, about how he was being kept up Kitsap/Bainbridge way, while he was still not yet gone, and there was a tad bit of kerfuffle over the issue. His march to death was not _unusual_, as such, but it was kind of interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6677 "2023-06-12T05:34:50Z")
I just remember my mother being accused (in court, no less) of offing her 90-year-old father in his hospital bed. Needless to say, not an accusation that came from a rational place. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6678 "2023-06-12T06:03:03Z")
Before Columbia introduced their “Stereophonic” record format, with its crazy (but now standard) diagonal grooves, there was the even crazier “Binaural record” developed by Emory Cook. The record had two separate grooves which had to be read simultaneously by two styli. You could get player with a tone arm that already had two styli built in, or you could get a separate stylus to attach to your own record player’s tone arm. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QlagwjphwXA/hqdefault.jpg "Stereo before there was stereo: 1950s Cook Binaural records") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlagwjphwXA) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6679 "2023-06-12T10:27:26Z")
> [@Michael\_Varn](#): > > It might be some kind of fad with fancy dog owners from Beverly Hills, because braces for dogs cannot be cheap. Orthodontia would be for medical necessity, I assume. You are apparently not in the dog lover loop. People will spend _any_ amount of money to help their dogs. People will mortgage their house for their dogs. People will upend their lives completely for their dogs. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6680 "2023-06-12T11:01:22Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Orthodontia would be for medical necessity, I assume. Yes. Severe enough malocclusion can make it impossible/difficult to eat. A friend is a cop who works with a canine. Years ago his dog fractured a canine tooth. The community raised funds so the dog could get treatment consisting of root canal and a stainless steel cap. The department then forced the dog’s retirement due to legal concerns over the dental implant creating a potential risk for a lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![kwintenstraler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kwintenstraler/32/10698_2.png) [@kwintenstraler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwintenstraler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6681 "2023-06-12T11:40:50Z")
Wonderful! Never heard of it before. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6682 "2023-06-12T14:09:15Z")
> [@Michael\_Varn](#): > > Does anyone remember that urban legend about a girl with braces who was laying in her bed one night when she suddenly started hearing radio signals in the form of voices and music? > > The legend goes is that she thought she had forgotten to turn off her radio before lights out, but when she got up to check, the radio was off. > > So she couldn’t figure out where the radio signals were coming from. > > Turns out, according to legend, that her braces were somehow acting as a radio reciever presumably because they were made of metal, and were picking up signals from a real radio station. > > What’s more mysterious is that, according to legend, that it never happened again. > > So is this concievable or remotely possible? > > If so, why did it only happen once. It’s been reported multiple times > **[How Lucille Ball Heard Spies Through Her Dental Fillings - Bradford Family...](https://www.bradfordfamilydentist.ca/lucille-ball-heard-spies-dental-fillings/)** > > An amazing story about How Lucille Ball Heard Spies through her Dental Fillings. Truth or fiction? Learn how this wasn't an isolated incident. > **[Can You Pick Up and Hear Radio Broadcasts Through Dental Fillings? -...](https://backbaybostondentist.com/can-you-pick-up-and-hear-radio-broadcasts-through-dental-fillings/)** > > There have been reports that go back to nearly a century of people claiming to pick up radio signals through their teeth. It’s easy to dismiss these cases and say the people in question might not be sane, but there are too many instances to ignore.... > **[Is it true that people could hear AM radio with their dental fillings?](https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads%2Fis-it-true-that-people-could-hear-am-radio-with-their-dental-fillings.27957%2F)** > > Is it true that people could hear AM radio with their dental fillings? > > One of the famous cases of people hearing AM radio with their dental fillings is that of Lucille Ball. Mythbusters and Snopes tried to replicate it but failed, so is this true or... Mythbusters were apparently unable to duplicate the effect. IRC, this was used in the plot of some radio show. ---
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Wasn’t there a _Gilligan’s Island_ episode where Gilligan was picking up radio broadcasts with his fillings? Or something similar? That would be enough to convince me it could happen. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6684 "2023-06-12T14:54:23Z")
There was a Partridge Family episode where Laurie’s new braces picked up radio signals. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6685 "2023-06-12T15:04:49Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Wasn’t there a _Gilligan’s Island_ episode where Gilligan was picking up radio broadcasts with his fillings? > **[Hi-Fi Gilligan](https://gilligan.fandom.com/wiki/Hi-Fi_Gilligan)** > > Hi-Fi Gilligan is the tenth episode of the second season of Gilligan's Island. It first aired November 25, 1965. Through the Radio, the Professor is tracking a typhoon about to hit the Island, and the Skipper and Gilligan are stocking supplies to... ---
**Author:** ![kwintenstraler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kwintenstraler/32/10698_2.png) [@kwintenstraler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwintenstraler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6686 "2023-06-12T15:09:00Z")
I would not call it hi-fi though ---
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> [@kayaker](#): > > …his dog fractured a canine tooth. Are you being redundant, or ironic? ---
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Accurate. ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6689 "2023-06-12T22:07:38Z")
The Who’s manager contract was a lopsided 60% for the four band members and 40% for their two managers. The band made a good living but the managers (Lambert & Stamp) made nothing (in fact lost money) during the early years of the partnership. Although they got 40% of all revenue, L&S were responsible for expenses like equipment repair and replacement. Pete and Keith never had to spend a penny to repair or replace the gear they trashed on a daily basis. ---
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Neither, I suspect. It looks like dogs have the same types of teeth that humans do, but the canines are much more pronounced > **[Dog Dental Chart - Canine Dental Anatomy | Purina](https://www.purina.co.uk/articles/dogs/health/dental/canine-dental-anatomy)** > > Looking for guidance in understanding your dog’s teeth? Take a look at our canine dental chart. We explore dog teeth anatomy & their uses. Read more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=333) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=335)