40 Random Bits of STEM Trivia You’d Never Be Able to Drum Up on Your Fancy Graphing Calculator

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40 Random Bits of STEM Trivia You’d Never Be Able to Drum Up on Your Fancy Graphing Calculator
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The first motor vehicle accident happened before the US was founded. One of Cugnot's inventions It was in 1771 - the French engineer Nicolas Joseph Cugnot, who had invented several simple road vehicles, crashed one into a stone wall. CRACKED.COM

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An engineer saw Jesus and abruptly quit.

An aeronautics engineer visited all 238 countries compiling a list of religions. S حت CRACKED COM David Barrett resigned abruptly after seeing a vi- sion of Jesus, and spent 40 years single-handedly com- piling the only complete list of Earth's 10,000 religions and 33,830 denominations of Christianity.

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40 Random Bits of STEM Trivia You’d Never Be Able to Drum Up on Your Fancy Graphing Calculator

Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient.

A Google engineer was put on leave after claiming an AI Chatbot had become sentient. CRACKED.COM Blake Lemoine described the system he has been working on since last fall as sentient, with a percep- tion of, and ability to ex- press thoughts and feel- ings that was equivalent to a human child.

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The Challenger explosion was foreseen by a NASA engineer.

A Challenger rocket engineer warned NASA against launching the ill-fated spacecraft. Bob Ebeling, one of the main engineers behind NASA's Challenger rocket, which exploded in 1986, revealed that NASA would not heed his warnings against launching in the cold weather. Не told his wife the night before the launch, It's going to blow up. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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TWO EX-NAZIS DESIGNED ICONIC DISNEY PARK LANDMARKS WALT DISNEY TAPPED EX- Ss ENGINEER WERHNER VON BRAUN TO HELP DESIGN DISNEYLAND'S ROCKET TO THE Moon

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Scientists made CRACKED COM an interesting breakthrough in treating brain cancer, by using the poliovirus. The researchers managed to engineer a polio

Dolph Lundgren

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Both Sir Frank Whittle (a British engineer) & Hans von Ohain (a German physicist) came up with the first jet engine independently and while serving on

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PLANT-BASED FICTIONAL CHARACTERS DARKWING DUCK BUSHROOT This villainous-but-has-a-point duck/plant certainly gives ol' DW a righteous headache with his plant controlling growth powers and scientific mind. CRACKED.COM

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Fish

The Vibranium Fairy Wrasse got its name because its glowing purple scales reminded the researchers of the Black Panther's suit. Its scientific name,

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson's daughter was So surrounded by the scientific mindset that she used the scientific method to test iF the tooth Fairy was real. Sh

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In 1859, Scientific American magazine ran an editorial warning against the dangers of chess. It claimed that the game distracted people from more mean

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Who you gonna call? A ghost hunter, that's who! These paranormal investigators use scientific equipment to investigate paranormal activity. Or you cou

Nightmares

Women have more nightmares than men. of the In study of 19% 170 volunteers, a of to nightmares compared 30%. reported men study similar the women. Ano

Pants Fabric

A study shows a connection between pants fabric and sex drive. The study was conducted by Ahmed Shafik and examined the sex drives of mice when wearin

The Sacred Band of Thebes

The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite troop of 150 gay couples. They defeated the Spartan army and remained undefeated for 30 years during the 4th century ВС. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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You probably think your anti-lock brakes are keeping you safe. But a study showed they actually increase the number of crashes. A 10-year study showed

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CRACKED.COM Blue-eyed people are likelier to become alcoholics. Genetics is a mess. If you have genes for blue eyes, it's likely that you also have genes for a higher alcohol tolerance, which can lead to drinking too much. The effect is small, but study after study keeps showing the same thing.

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40 Random Bits of STEM Trivia You’d Never Be Able to Drum Up on Your Fancy Graphing Calculator
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Calves

Calves need study buddies to learn faster. A study at the University of British Columbia found that calves housed in pairs were quicker at familiarizi

Managers

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Infidelity

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A 2004 study showed that chickens preferred humans who were considered beautiful.

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SUPER MARIO BROS. SUPER-INTELLIGENT SPIKE SAYS THE SQUARE ROOT OF 26,481 IS 141. 141 SQUARED IS 36,481. CRACKED.COM

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n 1 2 II V i= A p Math can improve skin graft procedures. Studies have found that, by using mathematical models, success rates for this extremely complicated reconstructive surgery could be boosted. CRACKED

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A 15,000 page mathematical proof took 40 years to complete.

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