Today I Learned

Today I learned that in case of fire, people in wheelchairs are generally allowed to use the elevator to get down, as the main risk of an elevator is smoke, which they would suffer more of from staying put. Many elevators are built with this in mind, but the labels still exist not to use them in a fire because elevators have a limited capacity, where the stairs basically do not.

 

Hermit crabs form a line to all move one shell up when a crab finds a shell that's too big.

 

Today I learned that Holmium is just about the least interesting element on the periodic table. Used in some lasers, and a passable substitute for boron in controlling nuclear reactions, the only other use it really had was for calibrating spectrometers because of its very distinct spectra. But we don't calibrate spectrometers anymore.

 

Today I learned that "Twelve plus one" is an anagram of "Two plus eleven", and they both equal thirteen.

 

Illuminati confirmed

 

Today I learned that the color Taupe originally referred to the average color of a French mole.

 

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-discovered-a-new-state-of-matter-the-jahn-teller-effect

Ooh

 

I learned a bunch of shitty ways to break a cable box. The opposing team challenged us by:

1. Removing the box from our digital network
2. Removing the box from the customer account (the sneaky part)
3. Unscrewing a few coaxial cables
4. Adding an extra splitter to degrade the signal.

 

Today I learned that all of the stunts from the first Indiana Jones movie are all plausible

 

Weeeeeell, it does have some interesting magnetic properties which aids in the use of MRI's.

 

Today I learned that if you're a wrestler, you're supposed to give your opponent a soft handshake when you enter the ring to show respect, and that you're not going to actually try to beat his ass. Giving a firm handshake is a sign of aggression.

 

Today I learned that Vatican City has 2 Popes per square kilometer

 

Today I learned that the preshared key field is how you change a WiFi password in a CISCO DPC3838V WiFi modem's control panel.

 

Today I learned that lots of clubs in Japan don't have bouncers.

 

@lithiumaggron While I appreciate your enthusiasm to participate, I intended this to be more of an "Interesting facts" thread.

 

LOL, it's fine. I know you're a newbie.

 

Today I learned that 100% Pineapple juice actually acts as a better cough suppressant than actual cough syrup due to a specific enzyme that acts as an anti-inflammatory agent that helps reduce inflammation.

 

What is my life.

 

Today I learned tomatoes aren't just fruit, but berries, corn is also a fruit, and oranges are full of engorged ovary hairs.

 

I learned about two micronations (neither recognized), Sealand and Molossia. The later being the more hilarious of the two (and it's in my state).