# 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:** 151
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3001 "2025-08-14T22:20:05Z")
Unless you do it with a couple of related people, in which case it’s a family tree. ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3002 "2025-08-16T15:57:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > and then there’s a third beam leaning outwards to support the stairs. Belatedly, I just noticed that recently. ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3003 "2025-08-16T19:06:14Z")
Years ago I did a screen capture of a satellite view over eastern Maryland: when zoomed in, the image showed an airliner on approach to BWI that was “out of register” (an offset-printing term for when the compound image colors are not lined up). It would seem that the plane was traveling fast enough that the image processor could not handle the individual color passes in a way that put the plane into a unified image.        I would have to assume that the satellite camera was some sort of really old design that captured color-filtered monochrome image data on multiple passes. Either that or it used individual color pixel sampling. I doubt that modern imaging hardware would produce that effect, or would correct it in software. ---
**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 16, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3004 "2025-08-16T21:45:48Z")
Note that a lot of “satellite views” you see on map apps, especially the zoomed-in ones, are actually from airplanes. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3005 "2025-08-17T19:40:09Z")
More “suddenly realized” than “stumbled across”, but: For all that teen culture dominated the 1950s, those teens had to have been born before the end of World War Two. So most of the memes we associate with the 50’s were not “Baby Boomers”– those were mostly prepubescent kids in the 50’s. ---
**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 17, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3006 "2025-08-17T20:08:07Z")
But a lot of things we associate with that era were things associated with prepubescent kids. For instance, most of the secular “classic Christmas songs” are the ones from the 1950s, when Boomers would have been of the age to be singing about Santa Claus. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3007 "2025-08-17T20:17:23Z")
sucrose is 50% fructose 🤷 ---
**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 17, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3008 "2025-08-17T21:09:08Z")
So is honey. It’s approximately (depending on the bee and its diet) 50% fructose and 50% glucose. But they aren’t chemically combined into sucrose, but separate simple sugars. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3009 "2025-08-17T21:32:59Z")
So the fructose content hits your bloodstream faster. One web pundit claims its metabolites are almost identical to ethanol: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FGLg4MfYULE/maxresdefault.jpg ""Doctors Had It All Wrong" - The Shocking Truth About Sugar & Obesity | Dr. Robert Lustig") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGLg4MfYULE) ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3010 "2025-08-17T22:02:01Z")
I love old classic cartoons and re-watch them all the time. One of the three longer-length color Fleischer Popeyes, _Popeye The Sailor Meets Sinbad The Sailor_, has a two-headed giant who speaks with a funny Greek accent. I thought it was just an amusing one-off for this cartoon. Recently I was watching some early Terrytoons, and saw the [very first Gandy Goose cartoon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I-YbLRWDjI&list=PLF9Ksz48e9pMO_272t1h8d5OO2VvqKrjr&index=1). In this old B&W cartoon, there was an antagonist wolf character who ran a cafe called “Nick’s”. His voice sounded familiar, and I realized that it was another parody using the same comic Greek accent. I Googled it up, and found that there was a character in Eddie Cantor’s radio show called “Nick Parkyakarkus” who ran a cafe and spoke in a thick Greek accent. He was popular and eventually got his own radio show doing the same character. Both the giant in _Sinbad_ and the wolf Nick in the Gandy cartoon were doing parodies of Nick Parkyakarkus. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3011 "2025-08-17T22:10:23Z")
Did he do the Greek guy in “Porky’s Hero Agency” too? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlJRfANFTAA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlJRfANFTAA) ---
**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:** [August 17, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3012 "2025-08-17T22:35:48Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > For all that teen culture dominated the 1950s, those teens had to have been born before the end of World War Two. The 1950s was 1955 to 1963. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3013 "2025-08-17T22:39:49Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > I Googled it up, and found that there was a character in Eddie Cantor’s radio show called “Nick Parkyakarkus” who ran a cafe and spoke in a thick Greek accent. He was popular and eventually got his own radio show doing the same character. Dad to Albert Brooks and Super Dave Osborne. A whole bunch of Einsteins. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3014 "2025-08-17T22:47:43Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > So is honey. It’s approximately (depending on the bee and its diet) 50% fructose and 50% glucose. But they aren’t chemically combined into sucrose, but separate simple sugars. Honey is so complex beyond the sugars tho… > **[Nutraceutical values of natural honey and its contribution to human health...](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3583289/)** > > The use of natural honey (NH) as a nutraceutical agent is associated with nutritional benefits and therapeutic promises. NH is widely accepted as food and medicine by all generations, traditions and civilizations, both ancient and modern. The ... ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3015 "2025-08-17T23:20:02Z")
I mean, it’s got trace amounts of aromatics in it from the flower nectars… but it’s around 99% identical to high-fructose corn syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3016 "2025-08-17T23:55:37Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > but it’s around 99% identical to high-fructose corn syrup. Not for cooking. The problem with natural honey for cooking is that it’s variable enough that you can’t get a dependable outcome. My cookbooks tell me to use purified sweeteners, then a spoonful of strong honey for flavour. ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3017 "2025-08-18T00:27:59Z")
“Nutraceuticals”. There is a word that deserves pitting. ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3018 "2025-08-18T00:30:18Z")
Clement II (1005-1047) is the only Pope buried north of the Alps. (Bamberg Cathedral, Bavaria, Southern Germany). ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3019 "2025-08-18T00:49:02Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > One of the three longer-length color Fleischer Popeyes, _Popeye The Sailor Meets Sinbad The Sailor_, has a two-headed giant who speaks with a funny Greek accent. I thought it was just an amusing one-off for this cartoon. I ‘m pretty sure that was supposed to be a Russian accent. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/3020 "2025-08-18T00:54:34Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > One of the three longer-length color Fleischer Popeyes, _Popeye The Sailor Meets Sinbad The Sailor_, has a two-headed giant One head of which adored Popeye like he was a baby and sang a lullaby and rocked him; while the other head scowled and punched him repeatedly. This strongly seems allegorical to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785.md?page=150) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785.md?page=152)