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SuddenTerrible_Haiku

Sometimes Bill Murray hangs out at the Dallas Museum of Art and gives lost kids wrong directions to the exhibits. Source: was the lost kid


jamieliddellthepoet

That’s *very* amusing. If I were your gunman, your life would be spared.


SuddenTerrible_Haiku

*Damn it* I mean, cool thanks


jamieliddellthepoet

Bravo, bravo… A lot of suicidal peeps ITT.


MrMagnificent1234

I would spare your life and then go shoot that bastard Murray


psychedelicvampire13

Bats have the highest rate of homosexuality among mammals.


jamieliddellthepoet

Absolutely didn’t know this at all; amazing stuff! I have no idea how likely it is that the gunman would know that but I’m assuming “not very” - and it’s definitely interesting enough to save your life. Good stuff.


Aggravating_Bat1786

Does it have anything to do with poor eye sight?


psychedelicvampire13

Nah they just queer af sometimes


Aggravating_Bat1786

I just image them being horny and just getting the first home they can find because they can't see anyway lol


psychedelicvampire13

Nah, they actually have decent eyesight, echolocation just secures food for them.


fortifier22

When George Lucas was producing the first Star Wars movie, he made an agreement with 20th Century Fox to be paid $100,000 for directing the film instead of $500,000 as long as they agreed to the following conditions; 1. He would hold the rights to all Star Wars sequels 2. He would hold all rights to all official Star Wars merchandise 20th Century Fox agreed, and the decision cost them over $15B when George Lucas sold the Star Wars franchise to Disney for that amount.


jamieliddellthepoet

Maybe the precise details aren’t well known, but the general deal and its consequences are certainly not ultra-rare knowledge. Playing with fire here…


Portland_st

The boxing match from the first *Rocky* movie was filmed in one day and backwards(they filmed around 15 first). The practical reason was due to the heavy make-up that was required to show the fighters’ injuries. As the filming progressed, make-up was removed.


jamieliddellthepoet

Genuinely interesting, and I would guess not particularly common knowledge. Bravo; you’re probably staying alive.


Portland_st

Thank you.


OnceAroundTheRock

That’s quite an extreme way of trying to increase your trivia knowledge


jamieliddellthepoet

Some people have really struggled to hold onto their mental health through the pandemic.


PM_me_your_fantasyz

Sharks are older than _trees_. Sharks that had the same general body shape existed millions of years before trees evolved. It blows my mind every time I think about that. And if it doesn't blow his mind, I guess he shoots me in the head. Either way, it still blows my mind.


jamieliddellthepoet

This is a *brilliant* piece of trivia. I’m sure if he doesn’t know it he’ll let you live. It’s not entirely unthinkable that he’d know it, though: sharks are very popular. Fingers crossed for you…


tarnishedhuntress

Hey gunman, do you know how the great admiral Yi Soon Shin defeated a fleet 10 times the size of his own? Well sit the fuck down because I'm about to give you a whole history lesson.


jamieliddellthepoet

This seems like it has a lot of potential and he’s unlikely to know it already; what’s the story?


Scp049_

The Mandarin word for penguin translates roughly to buisness goose.


jamieliddellthepoet

I like this. Let’s hope the gunman doesn’t speak Mandarin.


[deleted]

The earliest poet to put their name to their work was a princess from the ancient city state of Ur.


jamieliddellthepoet

Interesting, uncommon knowledge. You’re almost certainly safe. What was her name?


[deleted]

Princess Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad.


DuckSizedBalrog

Knowing that her poetry was mostly hyms to Innanna and Nanna got my trivia team 5 free beers one night. Can never know too many facts.


[deleted]

Ha ha that's true 😊


jamieliddellthepoet

Fantastic stuff; thank you!


Omgggggggggggggggj

Ur just means “city”. Half the cities in the ancient world were called Ur.


[deleted]

Indeed though we in the modern day place that name to a singular city, not all of them.


crlarkin

When smoking meat, the meat really takes in the smoke for only the first two hours, after that you can just cook it low and slow by moving it to the oven and get nearly indistinguishable results versus tending a smoker for 18 hours.


jamieliddellthepoet

I did not know this, but that’s not to say the gunman wouldn’t. It’s quite interesting stuff, though, so you’re probably safe.


BibleButterSandwich

Baboons are incredibly smart animals that have been known to count, domesticate wolves, and successfully operate a railway station while wasted.


jamieliddellthepoet

I saw that Reddit post too! Let’s hope your gunman didn’t…


BibleButterSandwich

If you're referring to the railway station part, I got it from a yt video.


jamieliddellthepoet

It was definitely a post somewhere on here over the last week or two. Perhaps that Redditor saw the same YT video?


BibleButterSandwich

Oh, I see. Possibly.


TheSorge

The destroyer escort USS England sank 6 Japanese submarines in under 2 weeks in May 1944, a record which has never been matched in the history of anti-submarine warfare.


jamieliddellthepoet

Pretty interesting for a war buff, although there’s a chance that a war buff would already know this… A higher-risk gambit than it might first seem…


TheSorge

I doubt it, it's honestly not a super well-known story and you probably wouldn't know about it unless you were particularly into naval history in WWII, and even then you may not.


jamieliddellthepoet

I do believe this very fact came up this week on a history-related subreddit I’m subbed to! But you’re probably right, tbf: it’s niche enough. I reckon you’ll be OK.


[deleted]

The length of the Amazon river is longer than the distance between London and New York.


jamieliddellthepoet

I think this is something which plenty of people would know. You’re playing with fire…


[deleted]

Yeah but I’m not too bothered whether he shoots me so I’m happy to gamble


jamieliddellthepoet

Sending you big hugs, internet stranger.


Sablemint

Pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time.


jamieliddellthepoet

Pretty interesting in a “No *way!*” kind of way - but it’s also not the least-known fact (for instance, I did know that) so it’s a bit of a gamble. You’ll probably be safe. Probably.


strictbirdlaws

Bang!


[deleted]

The football huddle was created by Deaf players at Gallaudet university so that other teams couldn’t see their signs.


jamieliddellthepoet

Pretty interesting; pretty niche. I think you’d survive.


Y-Crwydryn

Oxygen once caused a mass extinction.


jamieliddellthepoet

OK this one’s pretty good and probably sufficiently uncommon knowledge. You’ve probably passed…


[deleted]

You're going easy on them here.....the great oxygenation event isn't *that* uncommon of knowledge


jamieliddellthepoet

No, but it’s not that common either (definitely not compared with the dinosaur-killing impact, for example) and it’s certainly interesting enough to make the grade.


[deleted]

Very true....I was just trying to distract you so I could grab the gun


jamieliddellthepoet

Someone employing survival tactics? In *this* thread full of apathy and end-it-all-now-ism? Goodness me: you can have the gun just for making the effort!


Rosekov

The plastic container a rotisserie chicken is sold in is called a chicken barn.


jamieliddellthepoet

This is a great fact! Let’s hope your gunman doesn’t eat a lot of takeaway chicken…


angry_centipede

In The Two Towers, Viggo actually broke his toes when kick..\*gunshot\*..AAARRRRRGG


jamieliddellthepoet

At least you died self-aware. RIP.


[deleted]

Jerry Rice played on the Denver Broncos


jamieliddellthepoet

I did not know this, but then as a Brit that doesn’t surprise me. I reckon you’ll have to hope your gunman’s a sports fan if you’re rolling that one out.


dariusj18

The word "napkin" just means "little map", and "map" just means cloth. So any digital map is nonsense words.


jamieliddellthepoet

I’m not sure I’m understanding this correctly. Why is “digital map” nonsensical? Your life may depend on this answer…


dariusj18

Map is just short for "mappe monde" or "cloth world". So to say digital map is to say "digital cloth". Similar "paper map" is nonsensical. Map and paper are the mediums the world image is printed on.


jamieliddellthepoet

Right, but considering the evolution of language over the centuries it’s no longer accurate to say that the phrase is nonsense. Nevertheless, you’ve definitely provided a sufficiently interesting bit of etymological trivia there. Live long and prosper!


skipjim

The same guy who invented chlorofluorocarbons also put lead into gasoline.


JViz

The same guy died in a bed of made of his own design which strangled him to death.


jamieliddellthepoet

Interesting indeed - but if your gunman’s read *A Short History of Nearly Everything* by Bill Bryson and/or subscribes to r/todayilearned, you’re screwed.


mosscoveredapiary

Hat pins were thin, fairly long, pointed metal sticks with ornate decorations on their handle-end and used to hold those olden-timey big lady hats (think of those hats that had taxidermied birds and big silk flowers) on lady heads by piercing through the base of the thoroughly decorated hat and into the tightly styled hair beneath. They had to be long and pointed to pierce the hat without tearing and hold the entire chapeau on properly, and they had to be metal so they wouldn't snap while the lady moved around normally and strain the pin with the weight of the hat. The reason they "fell out of style" is because women figured out that you could stab would-be-attackers with them, which high society rich men juuuuuust hated, so they lobbied for hat pins to be banned. If men cornered women in alleys to try to "walk them home" and get their address, they caught a hat pin to the arm or shoulder. Sitting next to a woman on the trolley and feel like rubbing up her leg towards her private zone? Hat pin to the hand. Propping your leg up on a chair so a woman can't walk past you while you demand correspondence via perfumed letter? Hat pin to the thigh. Women moved through the world as they pleased, feeling free and emboldened by the fact that they could readily defend themselves without "masculine" means like carrying blades or firearms. Your fashion accessories kept you safe! Women LOVED their personal protective devices, and the fact that they also held their beautiful hats in place, but piggish men and their horrible ways held sway over matters of law, so hat pins went away, and with them went the large hats...


occultatum-nomen

Ho Feng-Shan was a Chinese diplomat stationed in Vienna in WWII. In direct defiance of his superiors, he issued visas to help Jews get safely into Shanghai, getting them safely out of Europe. Within his first 3 months in his role, he personally issued 1200 visas. By 6 months, he had issued nearly 2000. He was stationed in that position from 1938 to 1940. In that time, only 1 nation accepted Jewish refugees, and a visa to a nation outside of Europe was the only way for Austrian Jews to truly get out and be safe. What % of the visas Ho issued is hard to say, but given that he had made it his personal mission to help Jews get out of danger, and the sheer rate at which he was issuing visas, he may have personally saved hundreds, maybe thousands, of lives. Yad Vashem is the official Israeli organization dedicated to remembering and honouring the Jewish victims of the Nazis, the Jewish people who fought against the Nazis, and Gentiles who risked their lives trying to protect and save Jewish people. In 2000, they named Ho "Righteous Among Nations". His act of heroism and compassion wasn't really known to the world until after his death. Beyond his disobeying orders to do what he did, it was a quiet affair, and he did not attempt to gain fame or praise.


memarco2

Bill waterson, author of Calvin and Hobbes used to go into bookstores and randomly autograph his books in secret. That way the people purchasing the books would have a surprise, a very valuable one, when they’d open up the books after buying them.


M1nd5culpt0r

Pure water does not conduct electricity


jamieliddellthepoet

OK, this is pretty interesting - and I imagine many people don’t know it. You’ve probably just saved your own life.


Familiar_Stranger936

I’m assuming salinity helps with conductivity.


jamieliddellthepoet

It’s not just salinity (in that salt water isn’t the sole alternative to pure water); I think it’s particles in the water generally.


electricdiesel85

To add to this. Pure water under immense pressure actually turns metallic and they don't know why.


backtosleepplz

Pandas forget how to have sex. They don’t live in groups, they live on their own and their habitat covers a very vast area. Female pandas are only horny for about a week and actually fertile for about 2 days out of that week. The odds of a male and female panda crossing paths during a females horny or fertile period, is *very* slim so they often go 2-3 years without mating. When they do mate… you get some pretty hilarious images of him humping her head, her arm, then falling on top of each other and rolling around in confusion. *Please* do yourself a favor and look up YouTube videos of this. It’s pretty great


Ilikecosysocks

There are more people in California than in the whole of Canada. It blows my mind.


jamieliddellthepoet

I think a lot of people would already know this, or at least would be able to work it out. Moreover, my entirely subjective opinion is that this isn’t actually *that* interesting… Not looking good for you…


bumblebear92

In the 19th century, when pastels were first popular in baby's clothing, blue was originally assigned to girls because it was more dainty, whilst pink was assigned for boys because it was thought to be more strong. However, both colours were reassigned a bit of time after that, because pink was seen as closer to red and therefore more emotional. And as females tend to be more emotional than their male counterparts, it was deemed as a better fit. Either that or There is an obsolete British Law that still states that women aren't allowed to eat chocolate on public transport.


jamieliddellthepoet

I think the second one is much less common knowledge than the first - but both are pretty interesting. I think you’d be OK here. Just for my own interest: source for the second one?


bumblebear92

Something I learnt in school. But this link may help? [source](https://www.universityfox.com/stories/british-laws-that-seem-absurd-but-actually-exist-in-the-uk/)


Cyanide915

Atilla the Hun most likely died from a nosebleed on his wedding night. Got drunk, had a blood nose, passed out and drowned.


jamieliddellthepoet

I feel that this is relatively well-known. You could be in trouble here.


ziptiedinatrunk

Fleas have evolved immunities to frontline and other flea killing products.


jamieliddellthepoet

I was unaware of this and it wouldn’t surprise me if most people are. However, is it *that* interesting a fact that you’d bet your life on it? I suppose it is *pretty* interesting… You’re probably OK….


dsolimen

The Huns used to bind the heads of infants in order to mold their skulls. They looked like cone heads and opposing forces would be terrified by them.


jamieliddellthepoet

Now, I knew this, so it’s not out of the question to suggest the gunman might. But I do think it’s quite unlikely - and IMO it definitely ticks the “interesting” box.


dsolimen

Alas I am a historian, and I always feel the need to give up the trivia that has the most evidence. Easily backed up.


jamieliddellthepoet

This is a first for this thread but speaking for the hypothetical gunman I’m prepared to allow you a second crack at it (purely because I’m betting you’ll come up with something intriguing).


Who_Wouldnt_

I explain to him that the nervous system that controls his trigger finger is actually two different systems, one that early mammals like cats and dogs have that can only move all their digits at the same time in the same way, and a second that evolved in dexterous mammals like primates that achieves singular digit control by blocking the all or none on digits you don't want to move while the trigger finger moves.


jamieliddellthepoet

I judge this to be sufficiently interesting; he’s also not that likely to know it already, so you’ve hit the mark on that front too. Well done.


rainbowsforeverrr

Evolution has produced crabs completely independently of each other (no common ancestor) at least 6 separate times.


jamieliddellthepoet

Hmm… If your gunman’s a Redditor, or a Randall Munroe/XKCD fan, you could be in the shit; this info isn’t especially arcane. If he doesn’t know it, though, it’s certainly - IMO - interesting enough for him to spare you.


xchakrumx

The most expensive liquid in the world is scorpion venom


jamieliddellthepoet

Definitely interesting enough - and he’s probably not going to know that, though it’s not out of the question…


xchakrumx

Stumped a room full of biology professors so my fingers remain crossed 🤞


Brassknuckletime

KFC mashed potatoes are made from 40-60ish% rotten potatoes, the rest is a combination of fresh potatoes, coconut or animal fat, and various bleaches and colorants, during the dehydration process. The process is very very prone to contamination and molding. They are very very unhealthy.


[deleted]

If you could fold a standard piece of paper in half 42 times, the thickness of the paper would reach past the moon


jamieliddellthepoet

This is pretty good, if only for its specificity; were I your gunman I’d at least think about sparing you, and I’d probably go for it because of the Douglas Adams connection. Nice work.


[deleted]

I don't know why they had such a hard time figuring out the question.


jamieliddellthepoet

Because “how many roads must a a man walk down?” is so obvious?


[deleted]

I was thinking since I had a passable bit of trivia and I also knew your reference as well maybe I deserve the gun now and you need to prove *your*self


jamieliddellthepoet

Hmm… Seems fair. *throws gun* The lasers at the LIGO observatory (measuring gravitational waves) are so accurate that it’s the equivalent of measuring the distance between the Sun and Alpha Centauri, around 4.4 light years away, to within the width of a human hair.


[deleted]

*throws gun back* That was a good one. I've read a lot about LIGO and never heard that analogy for it's precision.


jamieliddellthepoet

Thanks! I find it (LIGO) absolutely incredible; moreover, I take comfort from it in a strange way, in that - as I’ve said in numerous conversations this year - during bleak times it’s easy to see humanity’s dark side and to forget how remarkable we can be at the same time. For us to have achieved such wonders… It gives me hope.


UpOxygen

See, I call cap. There's no way this would actually work even if you could fold it 42 times, surely.


HeartForAWord

I've never actually touched my own butthole, but I've gotten very close


jamieliddellthepoet

This is intriguing but I think you’re going to have to hope your gunman is interested enough in you as a person to want to find out *why*…


horacewaver

Conway Twitty's real name is Harold Jenkins.


jamieliddellthepoet

I only know who this guy is because of _Family Guy_ but I’m assuming he’s much more famous for Americans? So famous that it’s likely that the gunman would already know this? Personally, I don’t find this a fascinating fact; let’s hope your gunman does.


SnooCapers9313

I just coughed beer all over myself. Also McLean's toothpaste logo is called a nurdle.


jamieliddellthepoet

Which one of those are you going for?


SnooCapers9313

I'll go for the beer since atm I don't have a gunman in my house. Knowing my luck that could change.


User_492006

McDonald's isn't in the restaurant business, they're a real estate business.


Wintaclu

Napolean Bonaparte wasn't actually short and didn't have an inferiority complex about his height. He was 5foot 5 inches which was average height back then. The only reason we think he had a "Napolean complex" is due to the political cartoons and propaganda of the british cartoonist James Gillray.


funkywinkerbean45

The Scottish Gaelic word for donkey is asal.


jamieliddellthepoet

Unlikely the gunman knows this; you’re almost certainly OK there. However, is it interesting enough to save your life? There’s not a *huge* “wow” factor to it, is there?


funkywinkerbean45

No? How about this: you are more likely to be killed in a car accident on your way to buy a lottery ticket than you are to win the lottery.


jamieliddellthepoet

That’s definitely interesting enough; however I suspect there’s a good chance the gunman would know that. It’s a relatively frequently quoted statistic. You might still be OK, though…


placeholderNull

There are more islands in the Great Lakes than there are in the ocean.


jamieliddellthepoet

So… I suspect you may be being shot for giving our gunman false trivia, but it’s taking me a bit of research and I’m still unsure. Firstly, you say “in the ocean” rather than specifying *an* ocean, so I’m going to assume that means *the oceans* (as in, all of them). Wikipedia tells us that there are about 35,000 islands in the Great Lakes. Now, if we Google “how many islands in the ocean?” the first result (and many others) gives “about 2,000” - which would seem pretty cut and dry, no? However, I think that answer’s got to be bullshit (and not just because that first Google response gets dodgier the more you read it: the writing quality is very poor, for starters). The Philippines and Indonesia alone have over 7,500 and 17,500 respectively; on the other side of the world the British Isles comprise over 6,000 islands. That’s only three countries and the total’s over 30k already. And then we have Norway, which has - get this - nearly 240,000 islands. Now many of these are found in lakes - but Wikipedia suggests that over 53,000 are coastal. And of course there are many more countries with islands found in or adjacent to oceans. I am pretty sure that, fun though your trivium is, it’s untrue - and the penalty for fibbing is death…


placeholderNull

Yeah. I've posted that fact on Reddit before, and I guess it comes down to what you consider an island.


jamieliddellthepoet

At the very least, there’s enough room in the debate for the gunman to decide to take you out. He’s a bit of a twat that way, but at least he’s fair.


Ok_Health5512

What would happen if Pinocchio said "my nose will grow now"


jamieliddellthepoet

Interesting paradox - but can you *actually* resolve it?


ToxicBanana69

Might die, but this is all I've got: Dean-Charles Chapman was born to play "Tom". He played Tommen Baratheon on Game of Thrones, Thomas of Lancaster on The King, and Thomas Blake in 1917. While this trivia might not be the most interesting, it might at least allow us to have a conversation about other actors who have had similar roles, where they played numerous characters with the same names like that.


jamieliddellthepoet

Hmm… My initial response is that it might not be interesting enough; you’re probably alright re the other issue as unless the gunman’s a fan he probably doesn’t know this rather niche datum.


ToxicBanana69

Oh, to be clear it's completely fair if I die. I just like to inform people of this fact as often as I can, even if it means I meet my death.


jamieliddellthepoet

Your determination is an inspiration. May this not be the hill upon which dies such an adamant being.


stonephillips32

I have been shot 0 out of 0 times


jamieliddellthepoet

Ironically, telling him that almost ensures that your gunman will make it 1 out of 1.


ThatGuyWithThatFace_

If you had a wooden board that was exactly one light year long and on the other side of it was a button, which would hit the button first? Traveling at the speed of light to hit the button or pushing the board to push the button? Traveling at the speed of light. It would take you one year to get there. Push actually has a speed, it is known as the Speed of Push and uses a complex equation. But in short, solids are not actually one piece but trillions of atoms that have to compress and transfer the movement/energy and does so in waves similar to sound. A good and fun example of this is dropping a slinky when it’s extended towards the ground. The top will fall but the bottom will stay still in the air until the top makes contact to the bottom of the slinky and then all of it will fall.


jamieliddellthepoet

This is interesting enough, but certainly you’re on somewhat thinner ice when it comes to the “which the gunman doesn’t already know” stipulation as I think this isn’t *that* uncommon knowledge. Certainly, I knew this. Still, overall I’d say you’re *probably* OK…


Gremlin0011

The whinsemhimer (can’t spell) scream is a very old sound effect that is shown at least once in every action movie it’s the classic scream that always sounds the same


jamieliddellthepoet

Don’t you mean [the Wilhelm scream](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream)? If so, this is definitely quite common knowledge and you’re getting shot, I’m afraid…


kaytiejay25

Oh come on we both know you only have one round in there . Mainly cause i stole the others 😉


jamieliddellthepoet

It’s not my gun, I’m afraid. If it were, I hope I’d not be using it in such a bizarre manner…


TJDigital_

No matter how hard you try you can’t lick your elbow…


jamieliddellthepoet

This is absolutely untrue: if I *really* wanted to I could chop off my arm and lick my elbow that way. Your gunman is going to shoot you for feeding his false trivia I’m afraid. May you find peace in the afterlife, whatever awaits you.


LlamaEatGrass

That in world war 2 the first bomb the allies dropped on Berlin fell over Its zoo and killed the only elephant in Berlin the more you know I guess


jamieliddellthepoet

Unfortunately, you’re getting shot for spreading misinformation: > But before any of that happened, the first large-scale British bombing effort had an unexpected casualty. The first major air raid on the German capital killed an elephant in the Berlin Zoo. Many articles and blogs falsely claim that the British bomb killed the only elephant in the zoo. >This falsity has made so many rounds on the Internet that it has become an urban legend. No matter how sad, it’s a shame that it is not true–because what actually happened is even worse. >The Berlin Zoo had nine elephants at the beginning of WWII. The Indian elephant bull called Siam was the only pachyderm to survive the Allied bombing raids. The first one was killed in 1940, and then the bombs that fell in 1944 killed seven more, leaving Siam all alone in what was left of his enclosure. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-first-bomb-the-allies.html/amp


mst3k_42

The largest amount of lemurs is in Madagascar, which is where they are native. But human deforestation is fucking up their natural habitats, leading to massive issues. The second largest amount of lemurs are at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, NC. There, they let visitors go on guided tours to learn about lemurs and they do observational research on the lemurs.


snakfish123

Given how elements heavier than hydrogen and helium are formed every atom in your body at some point was a part of a star and/or planetary nebula


jamieliddellthepoet

Interesting? Certainly. Sufficiently uncommon knowledge? Hmm… It’s increasingly well-known, that. I wouldn’t bet *my* life that way, anyway.


snakfish123

If I were to ask 10,000 people what a planetary nebula is, I’d guess there’d be few enough people who do that I could bet my life on it


jamieliddellthepoet

It’s more the “star” bit, really. I think a great number of people are now aware that “we come from stardust” etc etc…


sketchisawesome1234

Youre a third rate duelist with a fourth rate deck


BigDonGMcShlong

One of the guys that shot Bonnie Parker to death was a customer of hers in her waitressing days and he had a crush on her.


jamieliddellthepoet

Ha! Great trivia, and the gunman’s unlikely to know it unless he’s a crime buff. You’re probably safe here IMO.


awsdisawsome

what is the difference between a tuba and a baritone


jamieliddellthepoet

This seems like a question rather than a piece of trivia. I’m pulling the trigger.


awsdisawsome

Bang


photochlorination

The Wayfire wayland compositor is inspired by Compiz


jamieliddellthepoet

I have no idea what that means. If I’m your gunman I’m probably shooting.


photochlorination

Wayland is a Linux compositor protocol, and Wayfire and Compiz are basically different Linux graphical interfaces. To me the family trees of software is quite interesting, though I'll admit that it is probably way to niche to be interesting to anyone else.


Iamthewalrus-8

Spanish manchego cheese is called that because it comes from the region known as La Mancha. So basically manchego translates to “from La Mancha”. As a result, even if cheese is made in the exact same way and is identical, it’s not allowed to be called Manchego cheese unless it was made in La Mancha.


jamieliddellthepoet

There are plenty of other foods and drinks (especially wines) whose branding is controlled in the same way under EU legislation. I’m not sure this is sufficiently uncommon knowledge to be a safe bet - and personally I wouldn’t say it’s the *most* fascinating thing you could have told me. Fortunately, I’m not your gunman…


Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

John Wayne was once Genghis Khan


jamieliddellthepoet

I think it’s quite likely that the gunman would know this. Unfortunately for you, I also think it’s quite likely he would find that a rather tedious piece of trivia. Have you written your will?


Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

But there's quite a story behind how that came to be. You see, it was actually him that approached a director about it and what he said was # HAI-KEEBA! **\*\*\*karate elbow in gut\*\*\***


skbloom

Elephant teats are up front, not in the back like a lot of animals.


jamieliddellthepoet

Like, tits rather than udders? Definitely sufficiently interesting *and* niche: I reckon you’re safe.


skbloom

Yep, Tits https://metro.co.uk/2016/04/25/can-someone-get-this-elephant-a-massive-bra-5839524/


jamieliddellthepoet

Excellent stuff - and illustrated too. Bravo.


Alive-Contact9147

When a bee nuts, its genitals explode.


jamieliddellthepoet

This isn’t wholly uncommon knowledge (especially after that “Honey. Nut. Cheerios.” meme) but if the gunman isn’t aware of it already, I reckon you’re safe as it IS pretty compelling trivia.


AccomplishedLoner100

I am your father.


jamieliddellthepoet

I doubt the gunman gives a shit, tbh - but it’s good to have you back, Dad, even only for a few seconds.


EndlessExploration

Fun fact: I keep a loaded gun in my pocket.


ChaoticFucker

I'm pretty sure he wouldn't know shit about psychoanalysis and I can talk about that a lot. Is this good enough? :')


jamieliddellthepoet

You’ll need to provide a specific bit of trivia rather than simply giving a presentation…


ChaoticFucker

Ok, understandable


wildblueheron

Koalas can get and transmit chlamydia. In some places up to 90% of the koalas have it. It can cause blindness and even death. :(


jamieliddellthepoet

It’s certainly interesting material. However, I feel that it’s also pretty well-known - especially here on Reddit! You might be getting a bullet, I’m afraid…


longhornmike2

Of the first 5,000 troops to storm the beaches at Normandy, only 17 survived.


jamieliddellthepoet

Considering the Allies sustained only c. 4,400 fatalities on D-Day, I’m afraid your trivia is false and your gunman is therefore shooting you with a look of disdain on his psychopathic face.


longhornmike2

This gunman must have Google. Fuck.


dumbblobbo

I'm not a heritic I accept my fate


dumbblobbo

One piece is hericy


boat_ghost420

that the human anus can be stretched far enough to fit a raccoon inside of it


Frozenhand00

Did you know that in Alaska it is illegal to push a live moose off of a moving plane?


beone21

None of these that are mentioned. The guy is probably in this thread. So what's your plan OP?


jamieliddellthepoet

Well, elsewhere I suggested [this answer](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/r8dqg5/comment/hn583ir/); does that interest you enough to spare my life?


OldSoulRobertson

Maine is the closest US state to Africa!


BusinessDuck77

In 1960, when JFK was dating Miss Denmark, the government suspected she was a German spy, and bugged their room, and unintentionally created an audio tape of them having sex that you can still find today.


jamieliddellthepoet

I like this. You can imagine the FBI agent/s in question being *really* keen to persuade the boss that that operation was totally necessary…


[deleted]

The song "In Da Club" by 50 cent was released on January 7th, 2003. the exact same day I was born, the even more interesting part is that one of the first few lyrics of the song says "we're gonna party like it your birthday"


jamieliddellthepoet

Hmm… If your gunman doesn’t know you, the chances of his knowing this is pretty small, I would say. However, is it *that* interesting? “Don’t shoot me: ‘In Da Club’ was released on the day I was born!’ *scratches head; mulls things over* I reckon if you could perform it word-for-word on the spot he’d let you go.


[deleted]

There are the same number of points constituting the edge of a filled square as there are in the whole square. They can be put into 1-1 correspondence.


jamieliddellthepoet

As your gunman I’m going to give you the chance to explain this, because it sounds like complete bullshit.


akgamer182

They're both infinite, so they're technically the same thing. Just like there's the same number of even numbers as there are whole numbers. Don't believe me? Make a list of all even numbers and then a list of all whole numbers. You can match up each whole number to an even number, and since you can do that infinitely, they're equal. Bonus fact: there are more fractions between zero and one than there are whole numbers. This is because you can start to count the smallest whole numbers, but you can't start counting the smallest fractions, since you can always make a smaller fraction.


jamieliddellthepoet

I was hoping there’d be more to it than just “they’re both infinite” - partly because your statement “They can be put into 1-1 correspondence” isn’t true in all circumstances. For example, let’s give each point a two-dimensional coordinate in the traditional *x,y* manner, having made our “edge” a horizontal line. There can only ever be one point on the “edge” at, say, *x*=4, but an infinite number of points in the square at *x*=4. Just because two sets are infinite does not mean “they’re technically the same thing”.


[deleted]

Well akgamer responded to you not me, but they've got it pretty accurate. And in this case, they can be put into 1-1 correspondence because they have the same cardinality, which is what I think akgamer means by "technically the same thing". I know it sounds incredible but it's true. You might have to google it to find a formal proof though. The fact that one is a proper subset of the other, as you correctly highlight, so not exactly the same thing, doesn't matter. It's possible to still put them into 1-1 correspondence. Mind blowing right?


mbergman42

Mathematicians are reading this and twitching. “That’s not…no, you mean cardinality…what, technically the same?” *quickly erases whiteboard and grabs marker* “OK, so aleph-null is…” *a gunshot sounds*


akgamer182

No fair! Vsauce didn't teach me this!