What is your favorite bit of trivia or factoid?

[Gaily.Daily]

Ok can you tell I am not busy at work :)

I love trivia and I have many favorites...this is just one of them.

Coulrophobia - fear of clowns

[SEEKEROFSHELLS]

 Amanda Blake ( Beverly Neil) - actress ( MISS KITTY on the beloved " GunSmoke" TV series) . 1989 she died of AIDS contracted from her bisexuel husband. 

[SEEKEROFSHELLS]

 All Clams start out as males,50% become female later. Male sea horses give birth. ( bring me back as a seahorse!)

[SEEKEROFSHELLS]

 Clark Gables real name was William Clark Gable. 

[anng.atlanta]

you can tell a number is divisible by 3 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3. ex: 1,464= 1+4+6+4 = 15 = 1+5 =6 yes! 1,464/3 = 488

if the sum of the digits is divisible by 9, the number is too.

you can tell a number is divisible by 4 if the last 2 digits is divisible by 4. 712/4 = 178

and for 8, the last 3 digits.

evens are always divisible by 2, and anything ending in 0 or 5 is divisible by 5.

and 7... subtract 2x the last digit from the previous digits until it's divisible by 7.  371 = 37 -2(1) = 35 = 3-2(5) = -7, which is divisible by 7!

[Gaily.Daily]

I guess the bill just didn't measure up :)

Quoting SEEKEROFSHELLS:

 In 2000 the Mississippi state legislature introduced a bill to make it illegal for a male customer to have an errection in a strip club even if he was fully dressed. ( hell, we can only hope, he was fully dressed!) This was introduced, I can't find whether it passed or not. Our tax dollars worked hard here! What a flipping waste!

[Gaily.Daily]

A kind of jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula) upon reaching adulthood can transform itself back to childhood by converting its cells. 

Quoting SEEKEROFSHELLS:

 All Clams start out as males,50% become female later. Male sea horses give birth. ( bring me back as a seahorse!)

[Gaily.Daily]

Also, the nails on long fingers grow faster than short fingers and fingernails grow four times faster than toenails.

Quoting cloyall:

There are 4 things that grow until we die:

Hair, Nails , Ears, and Nose

I always thought all old men looked like Jimmy Durante, lol.

[Gaily.Daily]

Very interesting :)

Here is an interesting multiplication pattern. What would the next line read :)

 1   × 8 + 1 = 9
12  × 8 + 2 = 98
123 × 8 + 3 = 987

Quoting anng.atlanta:

you can tell a number is divisible by 3 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3. ex: 1,464= 1+4+6+4 = 15 = 1+5 =6 yes! 1,464/3 = 488

if the sum of the digits is divisible by 9, the number is too.

you can tell a number is divisible by 4 if the last 2 digits is divisible by 4. 712/4 = 178

and for 8, the last 3 digits.

evens are always divisible by 2, and anything ending in 0 or 5 is divisible by 5.

and 7... subtract 2x the last digit from the previous digits until it's divisible by 7.  371 = 37 -2(1) = 35 = 3-2(5) = -7, which is divisible by 7!

[Gaily.Daily]

My contribution for today:

Earth is the only planet not named after a Roman or Greek god.

[SEEKEROFSHELLS]

 1234x8+4=9876   EDT: 12345X8+5= 98765 definately a pattern there!

Quoting Gaily.Daily:

Very interesting :)

Here is an interesting multiplication pattern. What would the next line read :)

 1   × 8 + 1 = 9
12  × 8 + 2 = 98
123 × 8 + 3 = 987

Quoting anng.atlanta:

you can tell a number is divisible by 3 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3. ex: 1,464= 1+4+6+4 = 15 = 1+5 =6 yes! 1,464/3 = 488

if the sum of the digits is divisible by 9, the number is too.

you can tell a number is divisible by 4 if the last 2 digits is divisible by 4. 712/4 = 178

and for 8, the last 3 digits.

evens are always divisible by 2, and anything ending in 0 or 5 is divisible by 5.

and 7... subtract 2x the last digit from the previous digits until it's divisible by 7.  371 = 37 -2(1) = 35 = 3-2(5) = -7, which is divisible by 7!