# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1709
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/1709 "2021-03-24T11:58:12Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > I just noticed - someone already started another thread on this subject. > > A 200,000 ton cargo ship has run aground in the Suez canal - ending up perpendicular to the relatively narrow channel at that point - completely blocking it. The backlog is building up - and even causing oil prices to move upwards. [Suez Canal blocked after massive container ship runs aground | Shipping News | Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/24/container-ship-blocks-suez-canal-causing-traffic-jam) For those interested, that thread is: > [@Breaking News: Suez Canal blocked by a mega-sized container vessel \[Cleared\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-suez-canal-blocked-by-a-mega-sized-container-vessel/938516): > > This happened this morning, and holy cow, this thing is WEDGED. I was thinking of cracking a joke about how the captain couldn’t be bothered to get directions, but having the Suez blocked is pretty significant. And, of course, my paranoia is whispering to me (it’s not a clinical paranoia, just my brain being able to conceive of evil scenarios) that this is not a case of sometimes shit happens, it’s a case of someone deliberately blocking the canal and the ship is actually a really HUGE float… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674)._