Really TRUE odd factoids

[colly]

Dusty Hill, the late bass player with legendary 'lil 'ol band from Texas ZZ Top, wasn't even Texan. He was in fact a native Scot, originally fae Auchenshoogle. His real name was Stoorie Brae.

Stoorie Brae is a much much better name.

 

[T4tomo]

Dusty Hill, the late bass player with legendary 'lil 'ol band from Texas ZZ Top, wasn't even Texan. He was in fact a native Scot, originally fae Auchenshoogle. His real name was Stoorie Brae.

Bollocks.

This is the True factoids thread.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

There are more atoms of Hydrogen in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire Solar System.

 

[T4tomo]

if you want ZZ Top factoid, the Drummer Frank Beard didn't have a big bushy beard, but the other two dudes did.

 

[Jameshow]

When Robert Ballard went searching for the wreck of the Titanic, it was just a cover story and he was really on a secret US navy mission to locate a couple of lost nuclear submarines. He was so successful in his search for the subs that he had time and funding left over to search for the Titanic and he actually found it.

Wish he would look for my keys!!!

 

[Jameshow]

During a nuclear explosion, there will be a certain radius where every frozen pizza will be cooked to perfection.

But you would be dead if anywhere near that radius?!

 

[newfhouse]

There are more atoms of Hydrogen in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire Solar System.

Do you mean molecule? There are two hydrogen atoms in a water molecule.

 

[Beebo]

Do you mean molecule? There are two hydrogen atoms in a water molecule.

Our solar system has 1 star.
It’s a good fact. People probably just go wow without thinking about it. Big numbers don’t really mean much to anyone.

 

[T4tomo]

Do you mean molecule? There are two hydrogen atoms in a water molecule.

aye but there is only one star in the solar system - the Sun.

 

[newfhouse]

Our solar system has 1 star.

D’oh! I feel like an idiot now

 

[matticus]

There are more atoms of Hydrogen in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire Solar System

If anyone ELSE misread this, I googled the other version of this quesion and got:

" there are about 200 times as many stars in the universe as there are atoms in a drip of water."

The poster had done their sums, but I couldn't be ar5ed to check their working. Soz.

 

[Chris S]

Clan tartans were invented in the 19th century to sell tartan to tourists.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Clan tartans were invented in the 19th century to sell tartan to tourists.

Specifically by Sir Walter Scott to sell the idea to King George. He spent a fair amount of time and other people's money welcoming the king with lots of Ancient Traditions that hadn't existed six months earlier.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Whether there was pineapple on it or not, I think you might be right!

 

[classic33]

The Lamborghini driven by Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is a Murciélago.
Murciélago is Spanish for “bat.”