Random, impulsive from-the-hip...facts

[hm insulators]

There are two golf balls on the moon.

[NE2]

Placed there by unmanned probes as part of the conspiracy.

[kphoger]

Sanction is its own antonym.

[J N Winkler]

The universe has 2 x 10⁷⁹ particles.

[Sanctimoniously]

Led Zeppelin's first ever performance (as "The New Yardbirds") was on September 7, 1968 at the "Teen Pop Club Box 45" in Denmark.
Their last ever performance (with John Bonham) was on July 7, 1980 at the Eissporthalle in Berlin, Germany.

[1995hoo]

According to the calendar then in use, George Washington was born on February 11, 1731. The holiday now observed as Washington's Birthday therefore can never occur on either of the actual dates for his birthday (February 11 Old Style or February 22 New Style) because the third Monday in February can be no earlier than February 15 and no later than February 21.

[mgk920]

It is mathematically impossible to properly tune an 88 key piano.

Mike

[Doctor Whom]

The cape primrose is not a primrose. Instead, it is a close relative of the African violet, which is not a violet.

[NE2]

The Alanland goat is not a sheep.

[kurumi]

John Tyler (1790 - 1862) was America's 10th president, and died during the Civil War.

He has two grandchildren who are living today.

[amroad17]

Left-handed pitchers can never throw the ball on a straight line.  It has something to do with the way a right arm throws a ball vs. the way a left arm throws a ball (Kinesiology).

[djsinco]

A properly shuffled deck of cards (considered 7 correct shuffles) is very likely unique in history.

The possible number of permutations of a 52 card deck = 80658175170943878571660636856403766975289505440883277824000000000000

This number is 52!, the factorial of 52. This is 52*51*50*49, etc... until multiplied by 1.

[english si]

Despite British loathing of the term, 'Soccer' the term was invented in British public schools* (which are the more-exclusive private schools, so a little misleading!), shortening 'Association Football' to 'soc' and adding an 'er' at the end. This was to distinguish it from 'Rugby Football', which was shortened to 'rug' and thus referred to as Rugger

*either Eton or Harrow, can't remember which.

[Sanctimoniously]

At 03.14 UTC on 19 January 2038 (or Unix time 2147483647), 32-bit Unix time will overflow and stop working. The 64-bit version won't stop working until 15.30 UTC on 4 December 292277026596.

[Takumi]

Honda has made Type-R (high-performance) versions of the NSX, Integra (DC2 and DC5), Civic, and Accord, but the only version ever brought to North America was the DC2 Integra.

[kphoger]

Yuca is not related to yucca; they are in different taxonomic families.

[Takumi]

Using proper keyboard finger position, the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand is "stewardesses".

[triplemultiplex]

This year, the American TV show "South Park" will switch from 14 episode seasons to 10 episode seasons.  All 10 episodes will air during the fall television season.

[Alps]

A properly shuffled deck of cards (considered 7 correct shuffles) is very likely unique in history.

The possible number of permutations of a 52 card deck = 80658175170943878571660636856403766975289505440883277824000000000000

This number is 52!, the factorial of 52. This is 52*51*50*49, etc... until multiplied by 1.

On the other hand, exactly eight perfect shuffles will restore the deck to its original state. So perfect shuffles are not desirable.

[pianocello]

There are more Barbies in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.

(well, this may or may not be accurate. The same source from 2007ish said the longest highway in the country is Highway 6 from Bishop to Provincetown)

[Grzrd]

Earth is not a perfect sphere. The peak of Chimborazo, in Ecuador (no, not the peak of Mount Everest), is the point on our planet farthest from the center of the Earth (because of the "equatorial bulge").

[bugo]

Pooing is cool.

[bandit957]

Pooing is cool.

Indeed it is.

[Scott5114]

A properly shuffled deck of cards (considered 7 correct shuffles) is very likely unique in history.

The possible number of permutations of a 52 card deck = 80658175170943878571660636856403766975289505440883277824000000000000

This number is 52!, the factorial of 52. This is 52*51*50*49, etc... until multiplied by 1.

On the other hand, exactly eight perfect shuffles will restore the deck to its original state. So perfect shuffles are not desirable.

This is probably why a casino dealer will only do four attempts at a perfect shuffle, with a shitty shuffle* thrown in after the third one to mix things up more.

*It's actually a strip shuffle, where you basically just cut the deck into about six blocks of cards and reverse their order. Contrasted to the riffle shuffle most people are familiar with.

[cpzilliacus]

The Three Stooges made 97 shorts under the Columbia Pictures banner with Jerry (Curly) Howard.

After Curly was forced to retire in 1947, an additional 74 shorts were made with Shemp Howard.

After Shemp died, an additional 16 were made with "Curly-Joe" Besser.

Then Columbia fired the Three Stooges in 1959, though they continued to work for over 10 years after their run at Columbia was over.