# Time for a fun facts thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108 "2017-06-04T15:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 4, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/1 "2017-06-04T15:04:40Z")
[23 Facts That Will Totally Fuck With Your Perception Of Time](https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/23-mind-blowing-facts-about-time-thatll-make-you-say-whoa?utm_term=.uremPbpmv#.vfM1Ejx17) I’m sure some of these are only “internet true” but still makes fun reading. And what’s up with the two condemned kissing on the way to having the heads lopped off in number 10!? ---
**Author:** ![igor\_frankensteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/2 "2017-06-04T15:19:41Z")
The most fun one, was about Betty White. A related one to all the History items: some of the American officers who led our forces in World War Two, were the SONS, not the GRANDSONS, of men who fought in the CIVIL WAR. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/3 "2017-06-04T17:22:17Z")
> [@igor\_frankensteen](#): > > The most fun one, was about Betty White. > > A related one to all the History items: some of the American officers who led our forces in World War Two, were the SONS, not the GRANDSONS, of men who fought in the CIVIL WAR. Yep, Douglas MacArthur’s father Arthur fought in the Civil War. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/4 "2017-06-04T19:37:52Z")
Arthur McArthur? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/5 "2017-06-04T20:51:54Z")
I’m always amazed that when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock., Galileo was still banned from advocating heliocentrism. ---
**Author:** ![LicketySplit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@LicketySplit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LicketySplit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/6 "2017-06-04T21:14:25Z")
The entire population of the planet–every man woman and child–could fit inside a cube that measures one mile by one mile by one mile. Further, said cube could be dropped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With all of us in it. And the sea levels would not rise even one inch. Makes ya feel sorta small and insignificant, huh? LOL Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/7 "2017-06-04T21:31:47Z")
I always enjoy these kind of factoids. “Pulp Fiction” is now older to us than “Godfather II” was when “Pulp Fiction” came out. This was made painfully apparent to me when I quoted Jules in front of a class I was teaching, and no one had a clue what I was talking about. Not really a time perception one, but wheeled luggage was invented the year after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Seems like someone would’ve thought of that sooner. ---
**Author:** ![igor\_frankensteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/8 "2017-06-04T21:36:03Z")
> [@LicketySplit](#): > > The entire population of the planet–every man woman and child–could fit inside a cube that measures one mile by one mile by one mile. > > Further, said cube could be dropped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With all of us in it. > > And the sea levels would not rise even one inch. > > Makes ya feel sorta small and insignificant, huh? > > LOL > > Cheers. No, but it does make me note that should I ever find you politely holding a door open for me, that I will just as politely decline to go through. I’m the suspicious type, I am. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/9 "2017-06-05T00:06:43Z")
**Gene Hackman** has not been in a feature film since _Welcome to Mooseport_ in 2004. And yes, he’s still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/10 "2017-06-05T00:10:01Z")
Similar to that That 70s show factoid, if The Wonder Years had premiered today it would be set in 1997. Also, Monica from Friends (Courtney Cox) is now older than Blanche from Golden Girls was in the GG’s first season. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/11 "2017-06-05T00:34:47Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Also, Monica from Friends (Courtney Cox) is now older than Blanche from Golden Girls was in the GG’s first season. Damn! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/12 "2017-06-05T01:47:32Z")
> [@LicketySplit](#): > > The entire population of the planet–every man woman and child–could fit inside a cube that measures one mile by one mile by one mile. > > Further, said cube could be dropped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With all of us in it. > > And the sea levels would not rise even one inch. > > Makes ya feel sorta small and insignificant, huh? > > LOL > > Cheers. In fact, if we dropped all humans into the Pacific Ocean, sea levels would fall (eventually). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/13 "2017-06-05T01:51:54Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Similar to that That 70s show factoid, if The Wonder Years had premiered today it would be set in 1997. > > Also, Monica from Friends (Courtney Cox) is now older than Blanche from Golden Girls was in the GG’s first season. “Stop, or My Mom Will Shoot a Sequel Starring Monica Geller!” ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/14 "2017-06-05T02:03:22Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Also, Monica from Friends (Courtney Cox) is now older than Blanche from Golden Girls was in the GG’s first season. I see an updated version of Golden Girls with the three women from Friends accidentally meeting up again after various life changes in, say, Miami. Monica would be the smart one, Rachel would be the pretty slut, and Phoebe would be the dingbat. Hey, Christina Pickles is still around to play Monica’s mother! If they can bring back Will & Grace, apparently ignoring the whole last season of the original series, this should not be a problem. I know, complete non sequitur, but the promo I saw for the new W&G pissed me off. eta: sorry, no fun facts added to the thread. I guess this counts as a hijack. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/15 "2017-06-05T02:06:30Z")
^ Would you have Joey as the fourth member? I think it could work. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/16 "2017-06-05T02:48:55Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I see an updated version of Golden Girls with the three women from Friends… … and Betty White! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/17 "2017-06-05T03:01:37Z")
If the entire world’s population paraded past you two people abreast at a time, the parade would never end because people would be born every moment at a rate that would replace the people who had just walked by you. 99% of the planet’s habitable space is in the oceans. Everyone in the world, for one fleeting moment, was the youngest person on the planet at one point. The weight of all ants worldwide, combined, surpasses the weight of all humans worldwide combined. The NFL team wearing white has won 12 out of the last 13 Super Bowls. The New England Patriots are 5-0 in the Super Bowl against teams with animal logos on their helmets, and 0-4 in the Super Bowl against teams with lettered logos on their helmets. The United States is only as old as three octogenarian’s lives put end on end. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/18 "2017-06-05T03:30:10Z")
Tom Cruise is now older than Wilford Brimley was in the movie “The Firm”. When the movie “Aliens” came out, AMC was still in business making cars. Rock’s first star, Fats Domino, IS STILL ALIVE! I have been posting to the SDMB since 2001.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/19 "2017-06-05T03:43:44Z")
The distance between the Cubs’ World Series win in 2016 and their previous win in 1908 is the same as between that WS 1908 championship and the John Adams administration. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108/20 "2017-06-05T05:00:05Z")
Some of the oldest movies I saw growing up in the 60s and 70s were The Cocoanuts (1929) and Dracula (1931), making them 30-40 years old when I saw them. The first-run movies I saw in that same period, like The Pink Panther (1963) and Becket (1964) are now over 50 years old. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-fun-facts-thread/788108.md?page=2)