Fact Of The Day

[partisan]

Edgar Allen Poe’s novel "The narrative of Athur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" depicts the story of 4 sailors adrift at sea, one of them suggests they draw lots to see who should be sacrificed for food for the remaining 3, the loser is the very sailor who came up with the idea, Richard Parker
46 years after its publication, an English vessel (the Mignonette) set sail for Australia, the yacht was damaged and the four man crew were forced to retreat on a 13ft lifeboat
700 miles from land and slowly starving, the men rationalized, they had wives and families and 16 year old Richard Parker was sick anyway

The 3 crew members killed and fed on Parker untill they were later rescued

[Rainbowmum]

Indian surgeons invented plastic surgery around 600 BCE, beginning with the reconstruction of noses, which were cut off as a punishment for adultery. Sushruta was “the father of plastic surgery” and invested a nose-reconstruction technique that included slicing off a patch of skin from the cheek and grafting it to the nose, then creating nostrils with two small pipes. Another Indian technique involved taking skin from the butt. The techniques were apparently perfected by the fourth century.

[Lalo]

Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S. (homicide is 15th). (CDC)

[monk]

The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia.

[partisan]

The last time a cavalry charge was used was in the second world war. A mongolian cavalry division charged against a german infantry division

The result?
- Not one german was killed and 2000 of the cavalry where

[Lalo]

At least eight black people, three white people, three gay people, three Jewish people, and one Latino person become hate crime victims every day!

[Rainbowmum]

^ shocking stats especially if they add Bullying as well.

The Kama Sutra is more than just sex positions. It also includes four chapters on love in general, two chapters on how to treat a wife, five chapters on how to get a wife, six chapters on how to seduce someone else’s wife, six chapters on mistresses and two chapters on how to attract people in general.

[monk]

Jean Claude Van Damme was the alien in the original Predator in almost all the jumping and climbing scenes.

[partisan]

The man in black, johnny cash was the first american to know about the death of stalin. Even before u.s president dwight eisenhower knew - cash was working as a radio operator for the military and was the first person to recieve the message.

[pauluk]

There are only at least 3 people here today.