Current Events > Random Interesting Facts ITT #2

(+) Yeah! (+)

This can be applicable to over drinking water too. You can cause hyponatremia if you drink too much H2O.
Too much of anything will kill you.

Tap water in Manhattan is not Kosher.
Very small crustaceans have been found in the tap water within New York City. Automatically, this cannot be considered kosher water.

There is a theory that human ancestry has a pig-primate hybrid.

https://phys.org/news/2013-07-chimp-pig-hybrid-humans.html

Missouri is the only state where home distilling is legal.
It's still federally illegal.

Missouri is the only state where home distilling is legal.
It's still federally illegal.

Every name for a road that you see on maps has a specific meaning; several are listed below:

Road: Any path that connects between 2 points.

Street: A road with buildings on both sides.

Avenue: A road that generally runs perpendicular to streets and have trees/buildings on both sides.

Boulevard: A wide street with trees and other vegetation on one or both sides and, often, a median to divide traffic.

Court: A street ending in a loop or a circle, aka a cul-de-sac.

Crescent: A winding, curved road that typically attaches to another road at each end.

Drive: A long road that winds around a geographical feature such as a river or mountain.

Lane: A narrow road that typically leads to a residential zone. Lanes are often found in rural areas.

Place: A road or street with a dead end that's not a loop or circle.

Terrace: A street following the upper portion of a slope.

Way: A small street branching off a road. These passages are usually short and often feature a dead end.

Every name for a road that you see on maps has a specific meaning; several are listed below:

Road: Any path that connects between 2 points.

Street: A road with buildings on both sides.

Avenue: A road that generally runs perpendicular to streets and have trees/buildings on both sides.

Boulevard: A wide street with trees and other vegetation on one or both sides and, often, a median to divide traffic.

Court: A street ending in a loop or a circle, aka a cul-de-sac.

Crescent: A winding, curved road that typically attaches to another road at each end.

Drive: A long road that winds around a geographical feature such as a river or mountain.

Lane: A narrow road that typically leads to a residential zone. Lanes are often found in rural areas.

Place: A road or street with a dead end that's not a loop or circle.

Terrace: A street following the upper portion of a slope.

Way: A small street branching off a road. These passages are usually short and often feature a dead end.

My favorite channel reacting to the Damn That's Interesting reddit caught my eye with this armor lol

https://youtu.be/CuXdNgNV_i4?t=515

Mr. (Thomas J.) Macnamara (M.P., and Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty) then suggested, for secrecy's sake, to change the title of the Landship Committee. Mr. d'Eyncourt agreed that it was very desirable to retain secrecy by all means, and proposed to refer to the vessel as a "Water Carrier". In Government offices, committees and departments are always known by their initials. For this reason I, as Secretary, considered the proposed title totally unsuitable.[a] In our search for a synonymous term, we changed the word "Water Carrier" to "Tank," and became the "Tank Supply" or "T.S." Committee. That is how these weapons came to be called Tanks."

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/3/7/AAPV5JAADqQx.jpg

Was the subterfuge even necessary? Would US officials have arrested him had they known?

Also, nice that this topic is still up. CE needs more of this kind of stuff.

Fake ambulances are hired in Russia by the wealthy.
They use this as a taxi for a faster and more convenient way of getting to their destinations. These vehicles can be hired for approximately $200 an hour.

The Goodyear Blimp is the official bird of Redondo Beach, California.