Friday, January 22, 2021

Things I learned lately 22 Jan

  • QAnon believed that before Biden got elected, Trump would pull a rabbit out of a hat and reveal a waterfall of evidence that the deep state Democrats really were running a pedophile ring. Now that this hasn't come to pass, they're in shock. For real.
  • Despite the different colors, all the loops in Froot Loops cereal are the same flavour, a generic fruit flavour the company calls, you guessed it, ‘”froot.” 
  • LEGO fans have conducted tests that indicate that LEGO bricks can be used 36,000-38,000 times before they will no longer hold firmly together. 
  • A group of hedgehogs is called, appropriately enough, a prickle. 
  • The term for goose bumps, or the bristling of hair on the skin from fear, cold, or other reactions, is horripilation.

  • Ronald Reagan was a Trekkie through and through. During his stint as U.S. President, he enjoyed two private screenings of 80s-era Star Trek films and, after his presidency was over, visited the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation to see everything up close and meet the cast and crew.
  • While wild salmon get their color by eating shrimp and krill, farm-raised salmon generally have carotenoids added to their feed, either through natural ingredients like ground-up crustaceans or synthetic forms created in a lab. Otherwise their flesh would be grey and nobody would buy grey salmon.
  • The NHTSA, the organization that crash tests vehicles, rates the Tesla Model 3 the best at "lowest probability of injury", less than 6%.
  • Chicago gun violence is off the charts. Since 2012, there have been 9,228 shooting victims, 1,347 shooting deaths and 659 murder victims under 24 years of age.
  • Satan has an Instagram account. It's hilarious.

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