I love random facts...

[dahliaclone]

As a teen in the 1940s, Judith Love Cohen loved math and dreamed of becoming an engineer. While her teachers tried to convince her to go to finishing school, she earned a spot at the University of Southern California, where she majored in engineering. Her talents earned her a job as a NASA contractor, where she was often the only woman in the room. Cohen went on to help develop the Abort Guidance system, the mechanism that saved the Apollo 13 astronauts after an oxygen tank exploded.​

Cohen continued to work while heavily pregnant. On the day she went into labor, she had been working on a complex problem. Not wanting to abandon her work, she took a printout of the problem to complete while in the hospital. Not only did she end up finishing the problem, she also gave birth that day. The child? None other than actor Jack Black. ​

 

[VeloClone]

 

[dirtyninety]

Tribute was probably the best song every written or performed....makes sense.

 

[dirtyninety]

OF course, I got triggered and had to go listen to the best song in the world

 

[VeloClone]

OF course, I got triggered and had to go listen to the best song in the world

That's not the best song in the world. That is a tribute to the best song in the world.

 

[JM4CY]

Anyone going to see Tenacious D in Cedar Rapids in September?

 

[JM4CY]

OF course, I got triggered and had to go listen to the best song in the world

That is one of the best music videos ever. Another fun fact: who played the Devil? None other than Dave Grohl.

 

[dirtyninety]

That's not the best song in the world. That is a tribute to the best song in the world.

And you stole my "first reply" that I like to do.

 

[dirtyninety]

Random facts:

Dave Grohl was the devil in the Tribute video. Dave Grohl hired Taylor Hawkins from Alannis Morrisette for the Foo Fighters. Taylor died. They both have really good hair that Chris Rock could never make fun of. True: Alannis Morrisette is going to be in concert at Iowa State Fair. Eric Church also had a concert in Iowa and was 1.5 hours late. He canceled his Texas concert so he could watch a basketball game. True Fact. The game included Coach K and the Duke Bluedevils. True fact: 97.4 percent of America strongly dislike anything to do with Coach K or Duke University.

 

[mynameisjonas]

It is impossible to fold a paper (any thickness) in half 10 times.

 

[dirtyninety]

You can't eat 7 saltine crackers in one minute without a beverage.

 

[CYedUp]

Random fact: being a cyclone fan shortens your life expectancy by 10 years

 

[ricochet]

It is impossible to fold a paper (any thickness) in half 10 times.

For a piece of paper you can hold in your hands I don't think you can go past 7. Get a big enough piece of paper and you can though. On Mythbusters they folded one 11 times.

 

[mynameisjonas]

For a piece of paper you can hold in your hands I don't think you can go past 7. Get a big enough piece of paper and you can though. On Mythbusters they folded one 11 times.

I’ve never seen it done, no matter size

 

[BCClone]

I’ve never seen it done, no matter size

 

[mynameisjonas]

Wow that was pretty cool. I stand corrected.

 

[baller21]

You can't eat 7 saltine crackers in one minute without a beverage.

What if I put some chili and cheese on ‘em?

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Thanks, BC. I watched that episode. Size of original piece to be folded makes no difference.

 

[StClone]

Harvey needs a little rest of the story treatment. Critics claimed that he was given a psychiatric discharge from the Army for deliberately injuring himself in the heel. He angrily denied the accusation but was vague about the details: "I cannot tell you the exact wording on my discharge."

Harvey was also arrested and had an FBI file for jumping a security fence for protesting like a Hippy.

 

[StClone]

If you like Jack Black's movie persona, watch his take in "Bernie." True story of the murder of a millionairess in a Southern town. Great movie! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_(2011_film)