# 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:** 339
**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 20, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6771 "2023-06-20T22:41:50Z")
In an attempt to lure back his golden goose, Ike Turner suggested a stage show in which Ike and Tina Turner would appear with the likewise divorced Sonny and Cher, to be called **“The Broken Pieces Put Back Together With Crazy Glue”** ---
**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:** [June 21, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6772 "2023-06-21T00:27:02Z")
Today I learned something interesting: as a disinfectant, a 70% concentration of alcohol is the most effective at killing pathogens. Anything higher or lower is less effective. So as a disinfectant, the 91% concentration is less effective than the 70%, both of which are commonly sold in stores. A bit counterintuitive, but apparently true. ---
**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 21, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6773 "2023-06-21T00:43:20Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > the 91% concentration is less effective than the 70% That might be because the inert ingredient prevents the active ingredient from evaporating off as quickly. ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6774 "2023-06-21T02:01:50Z")
I recall something about the 70% solution more readily passing through cell walls. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6775 "2023-06-21T04:39:23Z")
Baseball - in 1932, Jimmie Foxx hit 60 home runs for the Philadelphia A’s. Unfortunately - two were cancelled doe to rain-shortened games which didn’t go five innings. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6776 "2023-06-21T05:47:41Z")
In the same way that drunk people are less likely to be injured in a given fall than if sober? ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6777 "2023-06-21T11:41:15Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I remember the first time I had it, about thirty years ago. I thought it would be gross. Was actually very good. I still love it. Tried it (pineapple on pizza) for the first time on Father’s Day. It was surprisingly good. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6778 "2023-06-21T18:31:04Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Tried it (pineapple on pizza) for the first time on Father’s Day. It was surprisingly good. It plays well with ham (which does well paired with something sweet) and some people like it with a veggie pizza (onions, bell pepper, etc.) ---
**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 21, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6779 "2023-06-21T18:40:00Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > It plays well with ham I don’t know if it’s the origin of pineapple on pizza, but the classical “German” Pizza Hawaii is pineapple with ham. It was based on Toast Hawaii, another seemingly exotic meal invented in Germany. > **[Toast Hawaii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_Hawaii)** > > Toast Hawaii or Hawaiian Toast is an open sandwich consisting of a slice of toast with ham and cheese, and a maraschino cherry in the middle of a pineapple slice, broiled, so that the cheese starts to melt. It was made popular by the West German TV cook Clemens Wilmenrod in the 1950s. It is likely that it was adapted from the "Grilled Spamwich", a recipe published in a Spam cookbook by Hormel in 1939 and brought to West Germany by American G.I.s. Spam was not available in Germany's grocery Light... ---
**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 21, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6780 "2023-06-21T21:23:37Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > The department then forced the dog’s retirement due to legal concerns over the dental implant creating a potential risk for a lawsuit. What kind of ingrate of a dog would sue his department after they fixed his tooth? ---
**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 21, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6781 "2023-06-21T21:39:52Z")
Like Alfred Nobel? ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6782 "2023-06-21T23:12:43Z")
Exactamundo ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6783 "2023-06-22T00:44:52Z")
In 1948, Stan Musial led the League in hits, doubles, triples, RBIs, slugging, OBP, everything - except Home runs. He hit 39, the leaders hit 40. Musial had 2 home runs taken away because games were washed out. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6784 "2023-06-22T03:44:29Z")
Did the leaders have any HRs canceled as well? Just asking for completeness. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6785 "2023-06-22T04:29:06Z")
Buy a crystal radio kit and see for yourself. The Exploratorium used to sell an LCD clock powered by radio waves, but it was for a rather high price. IIRC it needed a wire as a quarter-wave antenna. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6786 "2023-06-22T23:33:41Z")
Fair point. I’m only quoting Stan’s side of the story - that’s all I know. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6787 "2023-06-22T23:55:00Z")
Musial is probably the most underrated player in the history of baseball. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6788 "2023-06-23T01:09:03Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Musial is probably the most underrated player in the history of baseball My first baseball glove was a Stan Musial glove. I had no idea who he was. Since I grew up in the Bay area in the late 50’s and early 60’s, I would have much preferred a Willie Mays or Willie McCovey glove. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6789 "2023-06-23T03:06:08Z")
Stan Musial had 3630 career hits. 1815 of these hits were at home and 1815 were on the road. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/6790 "2023-06-23T12:43:15Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Tried it (pineapple on pizza) for the first time on Father’s Day. It was surprisingly good. The volcano pizza is good. That would be pineapple, ham or peperoni and jalapenos. I only know one place that calls it a volcano pizza. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=338) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=340)