# 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:** 89
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1761 "2025-03-03T04:27:51Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I was brave enough to taste-test one (not recommended) but have not been brave enough to actually use one. I feel pulling one out may kill the mood, the relationship, and possibly my ability to ever date again. Absolutely _epic_ confluence between content and user name - congrats! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1762 "2025-03-03T15:42:41Z")
How about an interesting random link I just stumbled across? > **[Pun Generator - Generate A Random Pun](https://pun.me/random/)** > > This generator fetchs a random pun from our large collection of over 300 puns, refresh the page to get a new random pun each time. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1763 "2025-03-03T15:59:24Z")
> from our large collection of over 300 puns That’s not a large collection. I expect most people here will have heard them all. (probably here !) ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1764 "2025-03-03T16:07:58Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Why doesn’t artificial banana flavor taste like bananas? A related, less random fact: The traditional “bubble gum” flavor is actually an attempt to recreate a banana’s flavor, but is exponentially sweeter. You can test this yourself by adding a spoonful of sugar to a slice of banana. It will taste like bubblegum. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1765 "2025-03-03T18:25:18Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > That’s not a large collection. I expect most people here will have heard > them all. (probably here !) I once entered 10 puns into a contest hoping one would win, but no pun in ten did. > [@Dark\_Sponge](#): > > You can test this yourself by adding a spoonful of sugar to a slice of banana. It will taste like bubblegum. I so want this to be true. I have a banana at home, I will try it tonight. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1766 "2025-03-03T21:18:27Z")
Banana flavored bubblegum, that is. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1767 "2025-03-03T21:25:48Z")
Banana is one of the triumvirate of bubblegum cigar flavors [![](https://allcitycandy.com/cdn/shop/products/DubbleBubbleElBubbleOriginalBubbleGumCigars_2048x.jpg?v=1620828329) ](https://allcitycandy.com/cdn/shop/products/DubbleBubbleElBubbleOriginalBubbleGumCigars_2048x.jpg?v=1620828329) ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1768 "2025-03-03T21:39:11Z")
Andy Griffith’s son Sam was arrested for CDV in 1992 after beating his two-months pregnant wife so badly that she miscarried. He died at 37 four years later after years of chronic alcoholism. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1769 "2025-03-03T22:29:25Z")
He was an adopted son. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1770 "2025-03-03T22:33:54Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Banana is one of the triumvirate of bubblegum cigar flavors I can taste the Gold Dragon now, mmmm. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1771 "2025-03-03T22:41:08Z")
Eh. . . so? ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1772 "2025-03-03T23:08:18Z")
The U.S. Mint has never issued a ‘penny’. The official name is ‘cent’ or ‘one-cent coin’. The name ‘cent’ for 1/100th of a dollar was created by Founding Father Gouverneur Morris, who is perhaps more famous for writing the Preamble to the Constitution (We the People…) But he didn’t set it to music. That was later. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1773 "2025-03-03T23:12:33Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Andy Griffith’s son Sam was arrested for CDV in 1992 after beating his two-months pregnant wife so badly that she miscarried. I feel bad for a guy who suffered from canine distemper virus. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1774 "2025-03-03T23:21:00Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Andy Griffith’s son Sam was arrested for CDV in 1992 after beating his two-months pregnant wife so badly that she miscarried. He died at 37 four years later after years of chronic alcoholism. Imagine competing with Ron Howard for your Dad’s fatherly affection. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1775 "2025-03-03T23:44:30Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Eh. . . so? I’m out west… still at work. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Imagine competing with Ron Howard for your Dad’s fatherly affection. Right!? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1776 "2025-03-03T23:46:11Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > He was an adopted son. Why did you feel it was important to add that? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1777 "2025-03-03T23:46:45Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > The U.S. Mint has never issued a ‘penny’. The official name is ‘cent’ or ‘one-cent coin’. Sooo, what’s the origin of “penny”? Come on, man, don’t leave us hanging! :~) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1778 "2025-03-03T23:48:38Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Why did you feel it was important to add that? I didn’t infer it was important, but the thread title is “interesting random facts”. Just piggybacking off of your post. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1779 "2025-03-03T23:55:09Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Sooo, what’s the origin of “penny”? Come on, man, don’t leave us hanging! When he saw the first one come off the stamping machine, Gouverneur Morris said, “That looks like my daughter, Penny!” [![](https://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/150327145955-1792-birch-cent-640x360.jpg) ](https://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/150327145955-1792-birch-cent-640x360.jpg) jk ---
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