# 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:** 368
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7351 "2023-08-25T01:09:22Z")
At work we just purchased a new [SEM](https://www.jeolusa.com/PRODUCTS/Scanning-Electron-Microscopes-SEM/HV-LV-Tungsten-LaB6-SEMs/JSM-IT510). It is made in Japan. The installer from the company told us an interesting story today. For this line of SEM, the manufacturer painted the entire top part of the SEM in black. Labs in Europe who purchased this SEM called it the “Ninja SEM.” They even made labels for it, and affixed it to the instrument. This did not amuse the manufacturer. (They noticed it during periodic PM.) They were offended. They stopped selling it with the black paint. It’s now only available in white paint. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7352 "2023-08-25T01:36:46Z")
I was once working for a company that had made a deal to sell their software to a company in Japan. One part of our software was script called NUKE that would remove all volatile data from the system and bring it back to a clean state. We decided that it would be insensitive for a US company to send a script called NUKE to a Japanese company, so before we shipped it we changed the name of the script. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7353 "2023-08-25T06:01:01Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Safelights are primarily used while making B&W prints. Most B&W and all color films are sensitive to all colors, and therefore would be exposed by safelights. Ah, I did not realize that. Guess I should have looked more closely at my own link. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7354 "2023-08-25T17:08:52Z")
This headline: > [@](#): > > # Dutch Brewer Heineken Sells Its Russian Operations For 1 Euro > > Dutch brewer Heineken says it has completed its withdrawal from Russia, 18 months after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. > **[Dutch Brewer Heineken Sells Its Russian Operations For 1 Euro](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/netherlands-heineken-russia_n_64e87620e4b0a48e7f77c225)** > > Dutch brewer Heineken says it has completed its withdrawal from Russia, 18 months after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7355 "2023-08-25T18:08:38Z")
Tabasco sauce is _not_ available in every restauant in the United States. Aside from snack bars and fast food places, I thought Tabasco was as much a standard condiment as salt or pepper. But not necessarily so in Charleston SC. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7356 "2023-08-25T20:00:13Z")
I worked in a film processing ~~factory~~ laboratory 40 years ago, and their darkroom had cylindrical doors (like [this](https://youtu.be/AZyZ5bWmg14?t=18)). The workers were all seated (breaking open the film canisters and taping the films together onto spools) and when they needed to exit, they’d call out “Coming through !” as they walked to the door. (Also … don’t forget to knock loudly before you enter a cylindrical door !!) ---
**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:** [August 26, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7357 "2023-08-26T02:56:11Z")
This was a surprise to you? Tabasco isn’t even always present in places that have a variety of other hot sauces. Charleston has nothing to do with it. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7358 "2023-08-26T04:40:05Z")
Colonel Sanders of KFC fame has a wing of a suburban Toronto hospital named after him. He lived in the area for some time and made substantial cash donations to thr hospital. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/7346/9329712117_e0b270872c_b.jpg "Colonel Harland Sanders Family Care Centre Wing (Trillium Health Centre)...") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/57156785@N02/9329712117) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7359 "2023-08-26T05:26:21Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I think I saw it in “Games” magazine. Actually, the pangram I saw in “Games” was: New job: fix Mr Gluck’s hazy TV, PDQ! ---
**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:** [August 26, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7360 "2023-08-26T16:46:17Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Tabasco sauce is _not_ available in every restauant in the United States. Aside from snack bars and fast food places, I thought Tabasco was as much a standard condiment as salt or pepper. But not necessarily so in Charleston SC. You must mean Tapatío. It’s ubiquitous in local dining here is California, while Tabasco is mostly associated with chains like Chipotle. Personally, I’m most happy when I see Cholula on the table. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7361 "2023-08-26T18:03:22Z")
John Mauchly, who helped developed ENIAC, wanted to call it a comput **o** r so that the machine would not be confused with comput **e** rs, a group of mostly women who used electromechanical machines to laboriously crack out answers. I wish it had stuck. The computers of the era are largely forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7362 "2023-08-26T21:00:48Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Colonel Sanders of KFC fame has a wing of a suburban Toronto hospital named after him… …which hospital? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7363 "2023-08-26T22:25:15Z")
The drumette. The Colonel disliked the flat. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7364 "2023-08-27T00:35:42Z")
Reuters news service started with carrier pigeons. > **[The long history of speed at Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/rpb-historyofspeed/the-long-history-of-speed-at-reuters-idUSKBN2761XC)** > > Since Baron Julius Reuter first used carrier pigeons to deliver stock market prices in 1850, speed has been at the heart of Reuters News. From the siege of Mafeking to the fall of the Berlin Wall to Facebook’s IPO, Reuters has been fast and first on... ---
**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:** [August 27, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7365 "2023-08-27T03:20:37Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > …which hospital? Breast care? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7366 "2023-08-27T05:09:30Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > …which hospital? I did some searching. It’s the Mississauga hospital, part of Trillium Health Partners: > **[Who We Are](https://www.thp.ca/aboutus/Pages/Overview.aspx)** > > Trillium Health Partners - One of Ontario's leaders in delivering exceptional patient care at the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre > [@](#): > > Mississauga Hospital is located in the heart of Mississauga’s south end… > > With a specialized focus on women’s and children’s health services, our Colonel Harland Sanders Family Care Centre, the first of its kind to be located in a hospital setting in Canada, brings [family] services… under one roof. It’s child-friendly treatment and waiting room areas feature interactive wall décor, an innovative playroom and bright colours designed with input from children in the community. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7367 "2023-08-27T22:43:25Z")
Half of the cadets in West Point’s first graduating class in 1802 were Jewish. (There were only two cadets in the first class). Lt. Simon Levy had health problems and resigned his commission in 1805 and died in 1807. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7368 "2023-08-27T23:29:48Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I wish it had stuck. The computers of the era are largely forgotten. They’re a lot more remembered lately, thanks to [i]Hidden Figures] (the electronic machine in the movie is just “the IBM”, or the “data processing system”). > [@hajario](#): > > Half of the cadets in West Point’s first graduating class in 1802 were Jewish. (There were only two cadets in the first class). Folks sometimes speculate about who the first non-Christian president of the US will be. They need to look back, not forward: John Adams was a Unitarian. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7369 "2023-08-27T23:42:27Z")
Wait, since when are Unitarians non-Christian? Their entire name comes from the fact that they are Unitarian, not Trinitarian, Christians, i.e. how Jesus fits with their conception of the Abrahamic deity. Contemporary Unitarianism is very open and there are plenty of non-Christian Unitarians _now_, but I don’t think the fact that John Adams was a Unitarian means that he wasn’t a Christian, just that he didn’t think that Jesus and God were separate the way most Christians do. Edit: I’ll cite this random M.A. thesis I found online ([https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1254&context=etd](https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1254&context=etd)) which argues that Adams’s religion should be understood as Unitarian rather than anything else, but that that religion should still be understood as a liberal Christian religion. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/7370 "2023-08-28T00:00:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Folks sometimes speculate about who the first non-Christian president of the US will be. They need to look back, not forward: John Adams was a Unitarian. Jefferson had no religious affiliation. Lincoln was a Deist. Unitarians are Christians who reject the trinity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=367) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=369)