# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785 "2024-07-25T15:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 118
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2341 "2025-05-13T01:44:00Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > That’s not the point I was making. Well of course not. The point is that all of the ones who ate tomatoes ended up dying. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2342 "2025-05-13T11:38:07Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > To be fair, most produce that humans eat isn’t found in nature. True, but I have a flair for the dramatic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2343 "2025-05-13T16:31:30Z")
I had to double check a few of these for accuracy. A few interesting things from the world of baseball: Madison Bumgarner (2) had more grand slams than Prince Fielder (1), who had more inside-the-park home runs (2) than Rickey Henderson (1), who had fewer steals of home (4) than Babe Ruth (10), who had as many shutouts (17) as Pedro Martinez. There have only been two players in MLB history with the last name Moyer: Ed Moyer, who died on November 18th, 1962., Jamie Moyer, who was born on November 18th, 1962. Don Mattingly and Kirby Puckett played their entire careers during Cal Ripken Jr.'s consecutive games played streak. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2344 "2025-05-13T17:06:58Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Don Mattingly and Kirby Puckett played their entire careers during Cal Ripken Jr.'s consecutive games played streak. Ripken’s streak began in 1982 and ended in 1998. There were surely many other players whose careers began and ended during the streak. Although, as you noted, probably none as significant as those two players. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2345 "2025-05-13T17:49:57Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I had to double check a few of these for accuracy. A few interesting things from the world of baseball: > > Madison Bumgarner (2) had more grand slams than Prince Fielder (1), And Fernando Tatis, Sr. had more grand slams in one inning than Fielder did in his entire career. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2346 "2025-05-13T18:23:48Z")
I remember that game. He hit both of them off of the same pitcher, which blows my mind. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2347 "2025-05-13T21:29:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Don Mattingly and Kirby Puckett played their entire careers during Cal Ripken Jr.'s consecutive games played streak. Reminds me of one from aviation: The entire first Kitty Hawk flight would have fit inside of the cargo hold of a C5. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2348 "2025-05-13T21:34:13Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The entire first Kitty Hawk flight would have fit inside of the cargo hold of a C5. So, if the Wright flyer was inside a C5 which was on a treadmill, could they takeoff? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2349 "2025-05-13T22:03:06Z")
Go to your room and think about what you’ve done. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2350 "2025-05-14T12:55:35Z")
I’m employed by them (on the Patents side) so I didn’t exactly stumble across this, but 50K unused trademarks have been canceled. > **[50,000 goods and services canceled from trademark registrations using TMA...](https://www.uspto.gov/subscription-center/2025/50000-goods-and-services-canceled-trademark-registrations-using-tma)** ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2351 "2025-05-14T13:02:22Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I’m employed by them (on the Patents side) so I didn’t exactly stumble across this, but 50K unused trademarks have been canceled. The Patents and Trademark office regularly go through and discard unused or ancient trademarks that haven’t been used in a long time. I’ve run across a lot of these announcements in the course of my historical research. I don’t remember a case where so many were cancelled at once, though. Is this a new thing? Is this some Trump administration effort to “clear the ranks” or something? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2352 "2025-05-14T13:22:39Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Is this some Trump administration effort to “clear the ranks” or something? That’s the idea but I don’t know who directed it. Somebody wanted to open those trademarks up to new users. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2353 "2025-05-14T14:04:41Z")
Sounds like they just took the word of any complaint asking for expungement without first reviewing them with what little staff was left after DOGE. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2354 "2025-05-14T14:43:06Z")
If they were redundant anyway, it would provide a handy statistic to divert any vandal’s attention from more destructive activity. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2355 "2025-05-14T15:10:06Z")
Fast duck caught in traffic camera (Switzerland) > **[Speeding duck: Switzerland traffic cameras catch flying mallard](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ldnedvde9o)** > > Police say the mallard was likely a repeat offender and was caught in the same spot seven years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2356 "2025-05-14T19:36:04Z")
In Spain when a car goes _way_ over the limit the newspapers like to write “He wasn’t driving, he was just flying low”. Guess the cops could not deny it in this instance 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2357 "2025-05-14T19:44:33Z")
That’s how I feel about land speed records set by vehicles that aren’t wheel driven: that they’re more or less airplanes skidding along the ground. [![](https://oldconceptcars.com/wp-content/uploads/Thrust-SSC_2.jpg) ](https://oldconceptcars.com/wp-content/uploads/Thrust-SSC_2.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2358 "2025-05-14T19:49:03Z")
The term flying car was first used in newspapers to talk about a car that hit a curb and went “flying” into a building. It preceded what we now think of as a flying car by a couple of decades. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2359 "2025-05-14T22:16:36Z")
J.L. Wilkinson was the principal owner of the Kansas City Monarchs from 1920-1948. The Monarchs were one of the most dominant Negro Leagues teams during their existence. During the 30s, when the league was facing financial difficulties, Wilkinson took his team on the road, barnstorming across the South and Midwest, playing local teams. Wilkinson invested in a portable lighting system and hauled it behind the team bus, which enabled his team to play night games. Wilkinson, who died in 1964, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2360 "2025-05-14T22:21:51Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The term flying car was first used in newspapers to talk about a car that hit a curb and went “flying” into a building. It preceded what we now think of as a flying car by a couple of decades. The flying car was invented in 1903. Cars weren’t even “a couple of decades” old by then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785.md?page=119)