Fun Facts You Might Not Know Thread
 

Let's get edumuncated people! Post a fun fact that others may, or may not know, with a link to prove your fun fact. One fun fact per post please. Don't be a know-it-all.

I'll get us started...

Did you know that "castoreum" comes from the anal secretions of the North American and European beaver? And they use these secretions as an artificial vanilla flavoring in foods and beverages like vanilla ice cream. It's also found in raspberry and strawberry flavored food and drink products. Yummy!

So remember that next time you sit down to order a vanilla ice cream - you're eating beaver butt. :know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum

A wastegate is a valve that diverts exhaust gases away from the turbine wheel in a turbocharged engine system. Diversion of exhaust gases regulates the turbine speed, which in turn regulates the rotating speed of the compressor. The primary function of the wastegate is to regulate the maximum boost pressure in turbocharger systems, to protect the engine and the turbocharger. One advantage of installing a remote mount wastegate to a free-float (or non-WG) turbo includes allowance for a smaller A/R turbine housing, resulting in less lag time before the turbo begins to spool and create boost.

Post links please. I like to research stuff I don't know anything about. Links with pics for some of this technical stuff would be nice. Thanks. :03:

Fracking doesn't contaminate drinking water :D http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3622512.html

Drill baby drill! :woot:

There you go, happy reading:

http://www.duckecho.co.uk/facts.htm

How many are true? Didn't cross-reference.

Did you know that the color of the sun is actually all the primary colors? To us that appears as white.

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/SID.../GreenSun.html

Apart from Pink? :O:

I have three nipples.

fixed :O:

Nice :up:

That's amazing. I never knew that. Thanks for the info. :up:

That's because it's not true! It still doesn't contain pink. :smug:

But I didn't even know anything about any of this. Incredible.

Maybe I shall specify, all the primary colors. The ones you find in the rainbow.

Garren requires pictures and a link. :O: