Thread: sneakers' "Random Fact of the Day" thread

Monowi, Nebraska has a population of 1.

It is one of four places in the United States that has a population of 1. The others being: Erving's Location, New Hampshire; New Amsterdam, Indiana; Hibberts Gore, Maine; and Lost Springs, Wyoming.

More info: List of places that has fewer than ten people.

A cow that has a name makes 3.4% more milk.

Bonus:

The spider in Charlotte's web was a "Barn Spider".

12-20% of suicides are accompanied by a note

On January 16th of this year, the hyperinflation-stricken nation of Zimbabwe released its $100 Trillion dollar bank note. (That's 100,000,000,000,000)...to bad it is only worth about $30 US dollars.

Originally Posted by sneakers

Bonus:

The spider in Charlotte's web was a "Barn Spider".

Ewwww... I absolutely hate barn spiders.... (all spiders, really)

The Star Spangled Banner was originally a poem called "The Defence of Fort McHenry".

There is a such thing as a "Feline Master Groomer," but there are only 4 of them in the world, one of which has a salon in Seattle.

Blue Canyon, California is the snowiest city in the United States.

4% of Americans believe in vampires.

Originally Posted by Midnight Blue

Ewwww... I absolutely hate barn spiders.... (all spiders, really)

Wasn't that scene in Charlotte's Web where all the baby spiders fly off into the wind just lovely?

Walking into a web is one thing... But those... are fairly close to the ultimate nightmare, which is clearly a spider that has wings. I'd hate life if flying tarantulas and black widows were considered ordinary.

Originally Posted by NameUsedBefore

Wasn't that scene in Charlotte's Web where all the baby spiders fly off into the wind just lovely?

Walking into a web is one thing... But those... are fairly close to the ultimate nightmare, which is clearly a spider that has wings. I'd hate life if flying tarantulas and black widows were considered ordinary.

Thank you for giving me nightmares.

The first paper money printed in the USA was in 1862 due to the shortages of gold and silver.

1 Million dollars in pennies weights 6274 pounds (over 3 tons!).

The "Antarctic midge" an insect is the only animal to live on mainland Antartica year round.