# Two Surprising and Unrelated Facts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143 "2005-04-26T13:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143/21 "2005-04-27T01:53:17Z")
> [@E = mc²](#): > > According to my Sociology professor, men in colonial times (and before and after, perhaps) used animal intestines as condoms. > > Yuck. I wonder how they figured out how fun animal intestines were? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143/22 "2005-04-27T02:43:05Z")
Benjamin Spock, known as “Dr. Spock” to millions of purchasers and readers of his _Baby and Child Care_, won an Olympic gold medal as a rower in 1924. George Patton, who later gained fame as a World War II general, finished fifth in the modern pentathlon of the 1912 Olympics, and would have taken the gold had the shooting portion of the competition (in which he placed 21st) not counted towards the score. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143/23 "2005-04-27T02:49:31Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > 😕 I thought it was Pinesol that was? 😕 I don’t know if Pinesol was ever sold for that purpose, but I know for a fact that Lysol was-- we have one of the old glass bottles of it in the museum in which I work, lable intact. (I believe it’s also mentioned in the Andrea Tone book I recommended.) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143/24 "2005-04-27T04:40:14Z")
Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth, once rescued Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of President Lincoln, from a train accident. ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143/25 "2005-04-27T05:00:31Z")
> [@xbuckeye](#): > > wow…a box of tampons. > > Now, I rarely read those, but I don’t remember them having triva…is it like oatmeal where there is an interesting tidbit on every packet? Generally yeah, there is a different UBT (useless bit of trivia) on every tampon wrapper. Speaking of UBT’s, when I was in highschool, my social studies teacher would offer a Mars Bar TM for every UBT that he didnt already know. I once rummaged through the internet and found enough for a whole 2 fun packs (24 per pack) in one go. Rinse. Repeat. Many times. ---
**Author:** ![6\_6\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e0b2c6/32.png) [@6\_6\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6_6_6)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143/26 "2005-04-27T08:26:02Z")
> [@Atheist Princess](#): > > Generally yeah, there is a different UBT (useless bit of trivia) on every tampon wrapper. I guess that explains why women know everything. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143/27 "2005-04-27T14:48:19Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > I wonder how they figured out how fun animal intestines were? :dubious: Think of them as “natural sausage casings” instead of “intestines”. Then the connection is pretty easy to make. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143/28 "2005-04-27T15:00:14Z")
> [@E = mc²](#): > > According to my Sociology professor, men in colonial times (and before and after, perhaps) used animal intestines as condoms. > > Yuck. Before and after is right. Sheep-intestines-as-condoms dates back at least to the Norman conquest of England, and you can still buy them today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-surprising-and-unrelated-facts/301143.md?page=1)