# What's the most obscure thing you know? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 21, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345 "2002-03-21T14:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/304 "2002-09-21T16:36:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by phouka \* > \*\*Alexander the Great’s horse’s name was Bucephalis. \*\* Which means “ox head”. ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/305 "2002-09-22T03:12:24Z")
That fact that I know a ton of these things buy can’t remember one right now!!! ---
**Author:** ![goofball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@goofball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goofball)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/306 "2002-09-22T05:09:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AbbySthrnAccent \* > \*\*Antisesquipedalial - Opposed to the use of large words. \*\* I couldn’t find this word in the dictionary. Are you sure about this word? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/307 "2002-09-22T05:10:58Z")
I know that the Skipper’s name was Jonas Grumby (The actor’s name was Alan Hale Jr.) It was only said in the first episode. Brad Johnson is the only person in NFL history to catch his own pass for a touchdown. Ironhead beatles sound like they are screaming if you pick them up (you have to hold them close to your ear). Next time you are in Northern Minnesota, give it a try. I love this thread, I don’t want it to die. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/308 "2002-09-22T05:35:58Z")
I know the concertina was invented by the English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/309 "2002-09-22T16:51:11Z")
> [@](#): > > When the jews in Denmark were ordered to wear the star of David, during the nazi occupation, every Dane showed up with one, including the king. The king said," I am my country’s first jew." That’s not entirely true. [http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/denmark.htm](http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/denmark.htm) ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/310 "2002-09-22T17:57:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blink178 \* > \*\*I wonder if this thread will ever die… \*\* probably not - there’s an amazing amount of obscure knowledge out there… ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/311 "2002-09-22T22:41:59Z")
I know the alphabet in sign language. No words, just the alphabet. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/312 "2002-09-23T19:07:05Z")
The town of [Perth](http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/sima_unique_v4?english?FDLZY?C), Ontario, is fairly close\* to being antipodal with the city of [Perth](http://www.auslig.gov.au/cgi-bin/gazd01?190068), Australia. [sup]\*Okay, I know, I know. Perth, ON, is at 44deg 54min N, 76deg 15min W. Perth, WA, is at 31deg 15min S, 115deg 51min E. The antipodal spot for Perth ON is at 44deg 54min S, 103deg 45 min E, which is south and west of Perth WA, in the Indian Ocean. Likewise, the antipodal spot for Perth WA is at 31deg 15min N, 64deg 09 min W, which is somewhere in the Atlantic. But it _sounds_ so good![/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/313 "2002-09-24T21:34:40Z")
I know that Mister Ed’s real name was Bamboo Harvester. I know the club in “Cabaret” was The Kit Kat Club. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AK\_dog\_doc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@AK\_dog\_doc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK_dog_doc)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/314 "2002-09-25T02:15:01Z")
Not sure it’s the _most_ obscure thing I know, but if you removed the legs from a cheetah it could still locomote at 6 mph based on spinal flexion alone (inch-worming it). I want to hear the Sumerian erotic poems. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/315 "2002-09-29T22:14:41Z")
Dock Ellis once pitched a no-hitter on 1970 while on LSD. But that might not count; afterall I got it from the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/316 "2002-09-29T22:14:41Z")
Dock Ellis once pitched a no-hitter on 1970 while on LSD. But that might not count; afterall I got it from the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/317 "2002-09-29T22:14:52Z")
Dock Ellis once pitched a no-hitter on 1970 while on LSD. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345/318 "2002-09-29T22:26:39Z")
That might be a record; three times it was sent. Okay, here’s one: _The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari_ (1920) is considered to be the first true horror film ever made, and a mighty good piece of Impressionist German cinema. (I’m buying it too! 🆒 ) The first and last scenes were added after political pressure was applied to ensure that “authority” was not questioned or represented as insane. :smack: Writer Janowitz, Hans wrote the female lead character for his girlfriend Langer, Gilda, an actress at the “Residenz-Theater” in Berlin. Unfortunately she died shortly before filming began, and so Lil Dagover got the role. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-obscure-thing-you-know/99345.md?page=15)