#randomfacts — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #randomfacts, aggregated by home.social.
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🧠 Brain Static #4
Apparently… A sloth can hold its breath underwater for up to 40 minutes. A dolphin? Around 10 minutes. Which means… A sloth would probably beat me in a swimming contest. I don’t know how I feel about that. Until next time, —Destiny P.S. What’s the most unnecessary fact living rent-free in your head?https://destinylaharris.com/2026/08/10/%f0%9f%a7%a0-brain-static-4/
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Episode 2 of Random Facts! I had fun making this.
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#TIL Obecnie w Chinach budowane jest 35 reaktorów jądrowych, a obecne produkują koło 60GW energii elektrycznej, 125GW jest na jakimś etapie budowy / planowania. W pierwszej połowie 2025 zainstalowali 212GW w FV (w sumie mają ponad 1TW w FV). Wszystkie źródła w Chinach mają koło 3.7TW.
Moc wszystkich elektroniw w PL to 74,6 GW, w USA to koło 1.25TW.
Tyle nt. prądu.
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Random fact: Pokémon Go is owned by the Saudi government.
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Apropos of nothing, Wikipedia tells me: the Mason jar is named after tinsmith John Landis Mason, who patented it in 1858.
Okay now we know.
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Random facts I read today in "Camp Damascus" by Chuck Tingle:
"Cotard's syndrome is a rare mental disorder that make people believe they're dead."
"The Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish lives forever. As far as science can tell, it's the only immortal species on record."
(see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii#Biological_immortality )
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@lowqualityfacts Me, trying not to notice my elbows for the rest of the day: impossible.
#Funny #Humor #Memes #RandomFacts #BrainStuff #DidYouKnow #RelatableContent #WeirdThoughts #InternetCulture #ViralPosts
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I have a poodle. He accidentally said "hello" once when yawned. It sounded so much like real speech that it gave me the creeps, like someone had sneaked into my apartment. I started searching the flat for intruders, but then he yawned again and I realized what happened.
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Back in the 14th century, one of my ancestors saved a king from certain death by rescuing him from the clutches of a group of 'Saracen warriors', as the grant of arms says.
Listening to my grandmother's sister tell stories about the family history was fun and amazing. But finding the actual genealogical papers in my grandfather's study decades later: that was incredible.
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Oh, look! Another tale of a self-castrated #hatmaker who apparently had nothing better to do than kill Booth, because who doesn't love some random historical trivia? 🤔🔪 Forgot the crucial details? No worries – it's buried under infinite lists of "Best Things" and "Best Airbnbs" in D.C., because that's definitely why we clicked. 🏆📜
https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/04/12/the-man-who-killed-john-wilkes-booth/ #selfcastration #historicaltrivia #BoothDClists #randomfacts #HackerNews #ngated -
The first programming language I learned was Python. I learnt it myself from Gérard Swinnen's book to write automated tests for a pirate-themed board game I had invented (graphics made with Inkscape and GIMP).
Although the development was stuck at ~87% completion and never finished, Python and automated testing became my speciality and paved my career.
🌍 https://gridranger.frama.io/random-facts-about-me
#boardgames #pirates #Inkscape #gimp #python #testautomation #randomfacts #aboutme
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I learned the basics of #Linux just to satisfy my curiosity at the age of 11 on a weekly workshop. Who would have thought that I would be working with Linux servers, and one day having Linux on my PC would feel more natural than using Windows.
My 11-year-old self would have been amazed at the vision of smartphones, Raspberries, k8s clouds and #SteamDeck consoles.
Though I worry a lot about technology being misused, it's refreshing to remember how inspiring technology is.
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Good Morning #Canada
Today is Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day! A real holiday, because I read it on the internet, that is celebrated on March 29 every year. It commemorates the time Niagara falls ran dry due to ice blockages in 1848. The ice dam formed late in the day on the 29th, and the waterfall continued to stay blocked for almost two days.#CanadaIsAwesome #History #RandomFacts
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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #77: Office chairs with wheels were invented by Charles Darwin.
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.#darwin #charlesdarwin #inventors #inventions #officefurniture #themoreyouknow #trivia #funfacts #randomfacts #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
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so i created something that i enjoy using.
a tiktok style random @Wikipedia so i can spend some of my free time learning about new things.
https://wikileap.mohamedation.com
#WikiLeap #Wikipedia #RandomFacts #Coding
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Everyone knows whales make sounds, but did you know that all fish do too? 🐠
A reef full of fish can sound as busy as a forest full of birds.
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97M2muq9JQc&t=11
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While no longer common, water wheels have an ancient history for use in blacksmithing, milling flour, and more.
In the late 1800’s, they started to see commercial use for generating electricity.
Though they are not as popular for energy generating today, many people still build them for use in low-flow areas, or as a fish-safe alternative to dams.
📰 https://www.fuergy.com/blog/the-early-history-of-water-power
📰 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346925693_Sustainability_assessment_of_hydropower_water_wheels_with_downstream_migrating_fish_and_blade_strike_modelling
📰 https://www.prescouter.com/2016/10/water-wheels-hydropower/🧵 1/2
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It seems many windows computer users somehow still don't know this, so:
Windows key + period key = emoji chart popup. ✨
It even has an emoticon tab for us old folks
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A big fight for right-to-repair is happening world-wide because of:
🔸 Planned Obsolescence: products designed to break.
🔸 Unfixable Products: some products will have their components soldered, glued, or riveted.
🔸 Brand-Specific Parts: These parts may cost more than buying a new product.
🔸 Restrictive Programing: Example: farm equipment that have to be hacked if farmers want to repair themselves.📺 https://youtu.be/wzWU7D0S9_8?feature=shared
📺 https://youtu.be/NWQ8y3TksrQ
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In 1994, Rolf Disch built his home the "Heliotrop" within Freiburg (Germany) using solar panels, a geothermal heat exchanger, a rotating base, and more.
With all the technology combined, it can capture 4-6 times more energy than it uses, and was the first house to do that(which is called PlusEnergy). Two other models were built later on in Offenburg and Hilpoltstein(Bavaria).
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In Harie, Shiga(Japan), water canals run through much of the town, and the people there use it to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with fish. 🐟
Imagine a pool of spring water that people use for washing fruits, vegetables, and dishes. That same pool has carp that call it home, and the carp eat the scraps and keep the water crystal clear. This system is called “Kabata,” and has been used for over 300 years.
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The company "Ambient Photonics" has a flexible bifacial solar cell (it can harvest energy from both the front and back simultaneously) to charge small electronic devices: such as remote controls. It is supposed to work even in low-light, including indoors.
Funnily, the tech reminds me of the solar-powered calculators that used to be everywhere.
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Mushrooms can consume carbon from sources that would kill plants; such as when it is contaminated by toxic waste. They can also eat plastic and other contaminates. 🍄
This means that mushrooms could be the key to turning toxic landscapes safe again.
📰 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mushrooms-help-turn-toxic-brownfields-into-blooming-meadows/