Useless Stuff You Should Know

[GophersInIowa]

Thought this is pretty amazing, both of them -- give it a try.

The brain is a mysterious and marvelous organ.

 

[Ope3]

The Sacramento Kings have now ended their streak of missing the postseason that went back to 2006. The torch has been passed for longest active run by a North American (NFL-NBA-MLB-NHL) pro franchise to miss the playoffs to...




...the New York Jets (12 seasons).

Next are the Buffalo Sabres. Courtesy of the Dan Patrick Show.

 

[GophersInIowa]

The Sacramento Kings have now ended their streak of missing the postseason that went back to 2006. The torch has been passed for longest active run by a North American (NFL-NBA-MLB-NHL) pro franchise to miss the playoffs to...




...the New York Jets (12 seasons).

Next are the Buffalo Sabres courtesy of the Dan Patrick Show.

15+ years is amazing when so many teams make the playoffs now days.

 

[Ope3]

Further demonstrating how versatile he is, Shohei Ohtani became the first Major League Baseball player on Wednesday to get tagged with a Pitch Clock violation as both a pitcher and a hitter in the same game.

Also picked up the W and drove in a run as the Halos defeated the Ms.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Major League Baseball allowed balls bouncing over the fence declared as home runs until the rule was changed in 1931. Supposedly Babe Ruth never had a bounce over the fence home run.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Major League Baseball allowed balls bouncing over the fence declared as home runs until the rule was changed in 1931. Supposedly Babe Ruth never had a bounce over the fence home run.

There was also a stretch of time in the late 1800's when players could request a high or a low pitch.

 

[GophersInIowa]

We saw this in a Twins game this year and I didn't know the rule existed but when there's catcher's interference (bat hits catcher's glove on a swing) it isn't an automatic dead ball. I always assumed it was. The manager can elect to go with what the result of the play was instead.

 

[Ope3]

Courtesy of the Kate Love Instagram page, an interesting tidbit about her husband Kevin, former Timberwolf. During his 15 season NBA career, his teams have qualified for the Playoffs 5 times.

All 5 times his team advanced to the NBA Finals.

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

We're number one

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Michael Jordan originally paid 275 million for the Charlotte Hornets in 2010. Now selling it for….3 billion?!

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

This spot in South Dakota, between the towns of Meadow and Glad Valley, is the furthest point you can get away from a McDonald's. You're 107 miles away (145 miles by car). At least that was the case back in 2019, odds are there's now a McDonald's in both Meadow and Glad Valley by now...

 

[Frink]

Did you know that 95% of television broadcasting is now Frank Thomas selling testosterone?

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

Okay, this one is officially not useless - the Cornhuskers are totally fake pretenders..

 

[BTChamp]

Okay, this one is officially not useless - the Cornhuskers are totally fake pretenders..

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Would not have known Washington was number 1.

 

[GopherVotary]

Tuesday, August 29th: The day the running stopped.

(Some of my fellow old-timers may get the reference)

 

[tikited]

Tuesday, August 29th: The day the running stopped.

(Some of my fellow old-timers may get the reference)

The Fugitive?

 

[GopherVotary]

The Fugitive?

Correct, 56 years ago today.

 

[tikited]

Correct, 56 years ago today.

I used to skip my morning class in college when I discovered that show. So good.

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

9 2, 0 0 3. That's the record for the most fans attending a woman's athletic event...

... it was just set by Nebraska for a women's volleyball game. Can't say I like Nebby, but it is pretty amazing they got 92,003 fans to watch volleyball. Way to go Nebby, in this case, you've done good.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Did you know that 95% of television broadcasting is now Frank Thomas selling testosterone?

She'll like it too

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Around 16 million men alive today are descendants of Genghis Kahn.
Edit: did not use the blue pill

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

A somber fact (in comparison to my "Fritos for the win" post that started this thread). Over 95% of all animals that have lived on the earth have gone extinct. We're currently losing about 24 species a day (and that's a pretty conservative estimate).

The Ivory Billed Woodpecker is just one of the species of birds that recently went extinct, and currently about 2/3rds of all the species that live in Antarctica (such as the Empire penguin) are endangered.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa resulted in at least 36,417 deaths. The sound was heard 1,930 miles away in Perth Australia. The acoustic pressure wave circled the earth more than 3 times.

1883 eruption of Krakatoa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Voyager 1 was launched September of 1977
As of August 2022 it was 14.6 billion miles away from our planet.

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

Voyager 1 was launched September of 1977
As of August 2022 it was 14.6 billion miles away from our planet.

Voyager 2 was launched before Voyager 1. A five-year mission, that's still going (but it won't be for too much longer...)

• Voyager 2 launch date was Aug 20, 1977
• Voyager 1 launch date was Sept 5, 1977.

 

[Xerxes_]

On average Mercury is the closest planet to Earth.

Mercury is also the closest planet on average to every other planet in the solar system.

 

[Slim Tubby]

On average Mercury is the closest planet to Earth.

Mercury is also the closest planet on average to every other planet in the solar system.

You just reminded me why I hated science in school.

 

[coolhandgopher]

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Only five universities has produced both a President and a Super Bowl winning quarterback:

Michigan
Stanford
Navy
Delaware
Miami (Ohio)

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

Yep, makes sense. Do the nine-months math. With day-light savings, the sun sets earlier and nights are longer...