# 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:** 488
**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 24, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9753 "2024-06-24T06:28:59Z")
The top predator of mooses are orcas. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9754 "2024-06-24T10:16:04Z")
Interesting. I suppose moose do swim in salt water from one place to another. Do you have a cite though? I’d like to read about this. We have a lot of moose where I live. They aren’t afraid of anything. No orcas though 😉 Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9755 "2024-06-24T10:48:19Z")
hajario may have seen [this video](https://youtu.be/gJyzThvtpo8?si=H8mxiufCMAk_bJ0L). ---
**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:** [June 24, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9756 "2024-06-24T12:22:05Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Interesting. I suppose moose do swim in salt water from one place to another. > > Do you have a cite though? I’d like to read about this. > > We have a lot of moose where I live. They aren’t afraid of anything. No orcas though 😉 > > Thanks. > **[Moose | Natural predators](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose#Natural_predators)** > > A full-grown moose has few enemies except Siberian tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) which regularly prey on adult moose, but a pack of gray wolves (Canis lupus) can still pose a threat, especially to females with calves. Brown bears (Ursus arctos) are also known to prey on moose of various sizes and are the only predator besides the wolf to attack moose both in Eurasia and North America. In Western Russia, moose provide about 15% annual estimated dietary energy content for brow From the article: > [Orcas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca) (_Orcinus orca_ ) are the moose’s only confirmed marine predator as they have been known to prey on moose and other deer swimming between islands out of North America’s Northwest Coast. However, such kills are rare and a matter of opportunity, as moose are not a regular part of the orca diet.[[66]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose#cite_note-BairdBaird2006-66) There is at least one recorded instance of a moose preyed upon by a [Greenland shark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_shark) (_Somniosus microcephalus_ ). So it seems orcas are a predator of moose, possibly even the top marine predator, but not the top predator overall. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9757 "2024-06-24T12:36:53Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > So it seems orcas are a predator of moose, possibly even the top marine predator, but not the top predator overall. Yeah, that would be I believe man. We like our moose. I named one Fredrick. They would chomp on the grass in our ‘yard’ about 30 feet away from us when we are on the lower deck. We leave them alone, they leave us alone. Haven’t seen them this year. My Wife got surrounded by 4 coyotees a couple of weeks ago. We do carry bear/cougar spray now. Should do the trick. Firearms are problematic in such a situation. ---
**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 24, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9758 "2024-06-24T12:52:41Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > [Moose - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose#Natural_predators) This gives me an excuse to bring up a video I once saw of a pack of wolves attacking a moose. It sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Nsture in the raw. A pack of ravenous wolves working together to bring down a creature several times their size. But in the video, the wolves didn’t look like that deadly pack of killing machines. They looked like a lost group of suburban pet dogs who had been promised that, if they brought down this moose, they’d be taken back to their nice warm homes and given a bowl of kibble. The wolves stood on a slight rise, sheepishly regarding this enormous moose standing in a couple of inches of water. Every now and then the wolf in front would run down behind the moose and try to bite one of its rear legs while trying to avoid getting severely kicked. Usually it wouldn’t succeed in biting anything. It would then go to the end of the line and a new wolf would try to build up enough courage to dart down and try to bite the moose’s leg. It didn’t look at all as if they were going to succeed, unless the moose fell asleep before they did. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9759 "2024-06-24T13:42:22Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It didn’t look at all as if they were going to succeed, unless the moose fell asleep before they did. It’s interesting, because they seem so casual. Sort of like bison I guess. But to me anyway, that’s a sign that they are not afraid. My Wife and her best friend went for a walk once and a moose started coming down the trail. The friend, startled, dove into a ditch. My wife just stood there. The moose went back into the woods off the trail. ---
**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 24, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9760 "2024-06-24T14:00:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It didn’t look at all as if they were going to succeed, unless the moose fell asleep before they did. I think that’s the way wolves and hunting dogs hunt moose. Dogs only have to keep the moose in place until a human gets there with a gun. That’s the specialty of the Norwegian Elkhound. Wolves could spend a long time harassing that moose with leg bites until it falls. Lot’s of good eatin’ from one moose for a wolf pack. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9761 "2024-06-24T20:05:08Z")
TIL that only four states have a Surgeon General. If that’s true, it’s insane. [Should every US state have its own surgeon general? California latest state to have top doc | The Nation's Health](https://www.thenationshealth.org/content/49/3/1.1#:~:text=The%20report%20also%20recommended%20that,filled%20the%20position%20since%202010). ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9762 "2024-06-25T02:37:09Z")
Dramatization: > **[This Comic Strip Only Looks Funny Until You Learn This Could Actually Happen](https://www.boredpanda.com/underwater-moose-aquatic-vegetation-pet-foolery/)** > > Moose are probably the last species you’d expect to be diving for a snack. Turns out, they're actually excellent swimmers. When Pixie and Brutus comics creator Ben Hed found out about this, he decided to do with it what he does best. Imagine it... ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9763 "2024-06-25T15:26:13Z")
That might be true but meaningless. I imagine that every state, or nearly so, has a state Department of Public Health, or something of the sort, and every one of those departments must have someone in charge of it, who’s probably in most cases an MD. The “interesting fact” here might just be that in only four states does that individual carry the official title of “Surgeon General”. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9764 "2024-06-25T20:57:20Z")
In 1968 Tiny Tim appeared in a movie singing a duet of Sonny and Cher’s _I Got You Babe_ with Eleanor Barooshian, He sang the Cher part. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9765 "2024-06-25T22:56:28Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > In 1968 Tiny Tim appeared in a movie singing a duet of Sonny and Cher’s _I Got You Babe_ with Eleanor Barooshian, He sang the Cher part.   I just heard this a couple nights ago on Fargo Season 5, Episode 4. Very surreal! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9766 "2024-06-25T23:33:43Z")
We just watched season 5 of Fargo a few weeks ago. I now remember hearing the song from the show but didn’t place the singers or anything. Well, alright then. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9767 "2024-06-25T23:49:41Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > We just watched season 5 of Fargo a few weeks ago. I now remember hearing the song from the show but didn’t place the singers or anything. If I hadn’t heard it literally 2 nights ago, I doubt I’d have remembered. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9768 "2024-06-26T16:44:06Z")
interesting effect of a cold-snap in southern patagonia: waves froze completely over (short - 20 sec vid) [https://videosetv.ecn.cl/EMOLTV\_V2\_20240626123950521\_480p.mp4](https://videosetv.ecn.cl/EMOLTV_V2_20240626123950521_480p.mp4) [https://videosetv.ecn.cl/EMOLTV\_V2\_20240626123950521\_480p.mp4](https://videosetv.ecn.cl/EMOLTV_V2_20240626123950521_480p.mp4) very surreal to watch ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9769 "2024-06-26T17:38:15Z")
Bobby Shantz is a (long retired) MLB baseball pitcher who is 98 years old (two living former players are older). He started his career in 1949 with the Philiadelphia A’s, who were managed then by Connie Mack. Mack had started his managing career with Pittsburgh in 1894 - **55 years** previously. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9770 "2024-06-26T17:54:49Z")
Connie Mack was born in the early days of the Civil War. ---
**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 26, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9771 "2024-06-26T21:56:09Z")
I think that’s frozen sea foam. It’s still a cool effect. ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9772 "2024-06-27T17:33:41Z")
Bill Chadwick (1915-2009) refereed almost 1,000 NHL games - even though he was legally blind in one eye. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=487) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674.md?page=489)