# 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:** 148
**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 5, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2941 "2025-08-05T23:42:44Z")
During the Revolution, Florida - a British colony at the time - sided with with the royalists and sent troops to Georgia to fight the other colonists. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2942 "2025-08-05T23:59:41Z")
TIL [A list of professional baseball players who were later executed](https://www.baseball-fever.com/forum/general-baseball/history-of-the-game/39201-baseball-executions?t=74590) for murder. A side story was one of the three other condemned to die on the same day with minor leaguer Jimmy Slocum: one [Jugiro Shibuya](https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/blog/18706), who appealed [all the way up to the Supremes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Jugiro) on the grounds that his jury had no fellow Japanese on it. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2943 "2025-08-06T05:35:24Z")
> [@CoolHandCox](#): > > . I think the Macy’s in NYC still has wooden escalators; or they did about a decade ago when I rode them. It was neat but essentially no different. But incredibly cool for anyone with an interest in building technology like me. I don’t know that Melbourne _ever_ had escalators with wooden steps – I think that period matched our economic downturn, and of course we didn’t have an ‘underground’ or an ‘EL’. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2944 "2025-08-06T06:07:53Z")
The wooden escalators are still there. I saw them a year ago, and here’s a video from January. There’s also a Facebook post on them from last month but my phone won’t let me copy the link. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lAhqGa6yoT4/maxresdefault.jpg "Wooden Escalators in NYC Macy’s Herald Square") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAhqGa6yoT4) ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2945 "2025-08-06T06:51:50Z")
The wooden escalators at Sydney’s Wynyard underground station were only replaced fairly recently, they were turned into a sculpture on the site: > **[Wynyard escalator sculpture an uplifting nod to urban heritage](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-07/wynyard-railway-station-escalator-sculpture-interloop-chris-fox/9235690)** > > A grand sculpture at Wynyard Railway Station attracts praise for its unique design and preservation of Sydney's urban transport heritage. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2946 "2025-08-06T15:43:03Z")
Waterfall Glen in Illinois was named after a president of the District’s Board of Commissioners. Nope, not anyone named “Glen,” but Seymour ‘Bud’ Waterfall. ---
**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 6, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2947 "2025-08-06T17:19:04Z")
In Santa Barbara we have the Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden. Named for Alice Keck Park. ---
**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 6, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2948 "2025-08-06T17:20:28Z")
And German chocolate cake doesn’t come from Germany; it was named for someone named German. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2949 "2025-08-06T17:42:02Z")
The Holland tunnel connecting New Jersey to New York City is named after engineer Clifford Holland who was the chief engineer during design and construction and passed away shortly before its opening. Nothing to do with Holland the country. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2950 "2025-08-06T18:16:15Z")
Bone china does not contain the bones of Chinese people, nor does it have anything to do with that country, although India ink _is_ from China. ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2951 "2025-08-06T18:18:48Z")
Panama hats are from Ecuador ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2952 "2025-08-06T18:23:20Z")
Belgian fries are from France. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2953 "2025-08-06T18:29:42Z")
Space Force does most of its work Not In Space. ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2954 "2025-08-06T18:52:31Z")
American cheese is, however, American, and is called that by Americans. To my knowledge, it’s the only food named after a country for which that’s the case. ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2955 "2025-08-06T18:56:25Z")
oops skip that ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2956 "2025-08-06T18:57:35Z")
Also, Colby cheese was born in Colby Wisconsin. ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2957 "2025-08-06T18:58:39Z")
But that’s not a country ---
**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 6, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2958 "2025-08-06T19:03:15Z")
Here is a list of foods named after places. If there is anything it is probably on this list > **[List of foods named after places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foods_named_after_places)** > > Lists of foods named after places have been compiled by writers, sometimes on travel websites or food-oriented websites, as well as in books. > Since all of these names are words derived from place names, they are all toponyms. This article covers English language food toponyms which may have originated in English or other languages. > According to Delish.com, "\[T\]here's a rich history of naming foods after cities, towns, countries, and even the moon." > The following foods and drinks were named af... ---
**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 6, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2959 "2025-08-06T19:31:27Z")
Welsh cakes are called Welsh cakes by Welsh people in Wales (when speaking English, anyway). ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/2960 "2025-08-06T21:03:54Z")
Belgians dispute this. But it can be argued that Belgium did not exist back then when potatos were first fried. The battle of Waterloo took place in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, but the town of Waterloo today is in Belgium, close to Brussels. So, depending on how you see it, perhaps Belgian fries are from the Netherlands. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785.md?page=149)