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

[amroad17]

Just like exit 44 on I-57 in Illinois is also exit 44 on I-24 (the west terminus of I-24).

[mgk920]

Pope Francis is the first Pope in 1100 years to choose a completely original name, the most recent previous one being Lando in 913 (Note, John Paul I used the names of his two immediate predecessors when he was elected in 1978).

Mike

[agentsteel53]

there has only been one Pope Peter - the first one.

there has only been one Pope Linus - the second one.

[mgk920]

there has only been one Pope Peter - the first one.

there has only been one Pope Linus - the second one.

I'd have to go through the list to count them, but from what I am aware of offhand, there are about 20-30 or so unique-named Popes up to and including Lando plus Francis.

Mike

[1995hoo]

there has only been one Pope Peter - the first one.

there has only been one Pope Linus - the second one.

I'd have to go through the list to count them, but from what I am aware of offhand, there are about 20-30 or so unique-named Popes up to and including Lando plus Francis.

Mike

Correct. Pope Zachary comes to mind as one example; I believe Pope Cletus was another.

[djsinco]

I thought Cletus was on the Simpsons.

[mgk920]

there has only been one Pope Peter - the first one.

there has only been one Pope Linus - the second one.

I'd have to go through the list to count them, but from what I am aware of offhand, there are about 20-30 or so unique-named Popes up to and including Lando plus Francis.

Mike

Correct. Pope Zachary comes to mind as one example; I believe Pope Cletus was another.

The unique-named Popes:

• St Peter 33 - 64/67
• St Linus 64/67(?) - 76/79(?)
• St Anacletus 76/79(?) - 88/92
• St Evaristus 97/99 - 105/107
• St Telesphorus 125 - 136/138
• St Hyginus 136/138 - 140/142
• St Anicetus 155 - 161
• St Soter 166 - 174/175
• St Eleuterus 174/175 - 189
• St Zephyrinus 199 - 217
• St Pontian 230 - 235
• St Anterus 235 - 236
• St Fabian 236 - 250
• St Cornelius 251 - 253
• St Dionysius 259 - 268
• St Eutychian 275 - 283
• St Caius 283 - 296
• St Marcellinus 296 - 304
• St Eusebius 309 - 310/311
• St Miltiades 311 - 314
• St Mark 336 (263 days)
• Liberius 352 - 366
• St Siricius 384 - 399
• St Zosimus 417 - 418
• St Hilarius 461 - 468
• St Simplicius 468 - 483
• St Symmachus 498 - 514
• St Hormisdas 514 - 523
• St Silvarius 536 - 537
• Vigilius 537 - 555
• Sabinian 604 - 606
• Severinus 638 - 640
• St Vitalian 657 - 672
• Donus 676 - 678
• Conon 686 - 687
• Sinsinnius 708 (21 days)
• Constitine 708 - 715
• St Zachary 741 - 751
• Valentine 827 (about 50 days)
• Formosus 891 - 896
• Romanus 897 (about 3 months)
• Lando 913 - 914
• Francis 2013 - (present)

A total of 43.

Mike

[bugo]

I thought Cletus was on the Simpsons.

I thought he was on the Dukes of Hazzard.

[Grzrd]

Tony Cloninger of the Atlanta Braves is the only pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball to have hit two grand slams in one game.

[amroad17]

Tony Cloninger of the Atlanta Braves is the only pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball to have hit two grand slams in one game.

He also drove in a ninth run on another at bat.
Speaking of grand slams, in 1998 Fernando Tatis of the Cardinals hit two grand slams in the same inning, the only major league player to do so.

[Takumi]

Both of Tatis' grand slams were also off the same pitcher! Chan Ho Park was for some reason still in the game the whole time.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

The Cleveland Browns are the only NFL team that has neither ever played in nor hosted a Super Bowl.

[amroad17]

Likewise, the Seattle Mariners and the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals franchises have never appeared in a World Series.

[hm insulators]

Both of Tatis' grand slams were also off the same pitcher! Chan Ho Park was for some reason still in the game the whole time.

I watched that game when it was played! And one of my bosses at the time was at the game (Dodger Stadium).

[hm insulators]

There are two moons in the solar system (Ganymede orbiting Jupiter and Titan orbiting Saturn) that are larger than the planet Mercury.

[djsinco]

Both of Tatis' grand slams were also off the same pitcher! Chan Ho Park was for some reason still in the game the whole time.

I watched that game when it was played! And one of my bosses at the time was at the game (Dodger Stadium).

Isn't this thread for obscure facts? I knew that your boss was at that game, doesn't everyone?

[kphoger]

I have to pee.
But I'm going to wait a little while.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Bielefeld (Germany) exists. However any German will say the opposite. This is the so called Bielefeld Conspiracy.

Bielefeld (German city) exists, despite the posts all over the Internet claiming it doesn't exist.

I posted the same fact twice

My keyboard has the power of not misspell Cañon City CO.

[Zmapper]

My keyboard has the power of not misspell Cañon City CO.

Yet it lacks a comma key.

[djsinco]

My keyboard has the power of not misspell Cañon City CO.

Yet it lacks a comma key.

As well as a grammar check tool.

[agentsteel53]

My keyboard has the power of not misspell Cañon City CO.

Yet it lacks a comma key.

As well as a grammar check tool.

heh, it's a transliteration of grammatically correct Spanish.  "tiene el poder de", I believe.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Yet it lacks a comma key.

As well as a grammar check tool.

heh, it's a transliteration of grammatically correct Spanish.  "tiene el poder de", I believe.

Yup, I was mentally traslating into English. But then, this Google Chrome is always asking me to translate this into Spanish. I hate this browser, I prefer Firefox. Oh, my keyboard has a comma key, too.

[J N Winkler]

My keyboard has the power of not misspell Cañon City CO.

So does mine--the difference is that you probably don't need a deadkey combination (this one has the UK-International layout and requires AltGr + ~ then n to produce ñ).

[Sanctimoniously]

When BMW introduced the E39 5-series, they originally thought the 282-horsepower 540i would be sufficient as the range-topping model, and they had no intention of producing an M version.

[Alps]

Fact: Keyboard alt code discussion now has its own thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=9390.0