I know what all the codes (not just the date) stamped on the bottom of a soda can mean, and the fact they they are quite significant (but not to consumers).
I spent some time years ago as an R&D technician in a capacitor factory.
Some of the things that I know from that job:
I know how powdered tantalum has to be agitated before it will sinter correctly in the sintering oven.
I know that a .005" lead wire can be pneumatically inserted into a sintered tantalum pellet by accelerating it to a speed of approximately 350 inches per second.
I know how to read the colors of the raw dielectric electroplate coating on tantalum pellets to determine the dielectric voltage of the capacitor.
I know how to build a machine that will weld tantalum pellet leads on to a steel carrier for automated testing.
I short, I know more about those stikin’ little tantalum pellets than I ever wanted to know and ever hope to find out in the future… 
Chuck Conners of the “Rifleman” show and Leonid Brezhnev General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and President of the USSR were best buds and often vactioned together.
Frank Perdue killed a person through reckless driving and paid the family of the victim millions not pursue a civil lawsuit.
Malphigian tubules are the part of an insect’s intestinal system that absorbs waste products from the body cavity. Spiracles are the openings in the integument that allow it to receive oxygen.
Successful cataract surgeries were being performed over 2000 years ago.
The US Air Force song has several verses that are no longer sung.
The Smurfs originated as a French-language comic book in Belgium. But their original name was les Schtroumpfs. Every other word was replaced with “schtroumpf”.
Why on earth a French kids’ comic book was named with the German word for ‘stocking’ (Strumpf), I have no idea. The sort of humor you would have to be French to appreciate, no doubt. (oo la la)
When it came to marketing those little blue characters in England and America, obviously they needed to ditch that heavy Teutonic name in favor of something simpler, something the wee tongues of toddlers could negotiate. And so the “Smurfs” were born.
But in Italy they’re called I Puffi.
IBM’s “Information Management System” (IMS) was the first database management software. Previously, data was part of each individual application program. IMS originated as a program to keep track of parts for the Apollo moon mission.
IMS, along with CICS, PL/I and another language (FORTRAN I think), were the first pieces of commercial software. Previously, computer manufacturers gave away software in a desperate attempt to sell their hardware.
A “solid state dihydrogen monoxide hexahedron” is an ice cube.
And I know** “The Cremation of Sam McGee” ** by heart.
Fermat’s last thereom: (there are no positive INTEGERS: a, b and c, with n > 2 such that a^n + b^n is equal to c^n) can be generalized to all RATIONAL numbers: a,b,c and n>2
(yeah I’m a math geek)
I wonder if this thread will ever die…
While looking for something else I just discovered the Montpelier Vermont is the only US state capital without a McDonalds.
I just tried putting my left forearm next to my foot… and it’s true! I am amazed.
I just tried putting my left forearm next to my foot… and it’s true! I am amazed.
There are 4 self supporting marble domes in the world. The Taj Mahal, St. Peter’s Basilica, the Rhode Island state capitol building, and the Minnesota state capitol building. I have seen 3 of them so far.
confused I put my forearm next to my foot and my foot came up an inch short!! Is there something wrong with me?? starts hyperventilating.
The addition of “under god” is not the only change made to how Americans pledge allegiance. Times were that you did not put your hand over your heart, instead you made a full extension of the arm towards the flag. The only difference between it and a “Heil Hitler” was the palm being up rather than down. Needless to say, things were changed with the rise of Fascism
The motto of the Hitler youth was “Strength through Joy!”
One of the most popular things Union soldier might have in the very, very early stages of the Civil war was a metal bulletproof vest. Sales were brisk until the marching and shooting started. Most soldiers weren’t willing to carry the extra weight.
Alexander the Great’s horse’s name was Bucephalis.
I believe the correct term is “zoom rects”, with a “t”; “rects” being short for “rectangles”.
My contribution to the never-ending thread:
The elephant is the only animal that has ever been taught to stand on its head.
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."
I know what the inside of a lava lamp tastes like.
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I know how to make a double sided shading switch.
I know that high-speed motion picture film taste saltier than normal-speed motion picture film. :eek: