I was not expecting the video I did for work yesterday to be as popular as it was, but glad people are enjoying some esoteric Magic history & trivia.
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Reddit thread: What is a fact or statistic that seems fake but is real?
Lots of interesting trivia, many I had already heard. But I found this insight about trilobites particularly interesting.
The thing that fucked me up was realising that trilobites, which are an entire class of animals onto themselves, like mammals or reptiles, and these beings were not just extinct before the first dinosaurs existed, they were even fossilised before then. Meaning that any trilobite, which is a very common type of fossil that can be found at most shops that sell them, has existed in fossil form for longer than the entirety of the existence of the dinosaurs up until now.
But wait, there's more. Because the reason I picked trilobites specifically is not just that they are such a common fossil, though it is related to it. Because there's a reason they're so common today. Trilobites were around for 270 million years before they went extinct. For reference, the first dinosaurs emerged 230 million years ago. Meaning that trilobites, which were already fossils by the time the first dinosaurs showed up, were around for longer than the time from when the first dinosaurs emerged to the present day.
We as humans cannot even begin to comprehend such lengths of time.
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Most politically successful movie?
Predator had two actors who went on to become governors, this post on Mastodon got me thinking if there was a movie with more political success.
I believe I have found one which says yes, though it is definitely arguable. I played around on Oracle of Bacon with Reagan. He was in This is The Army with George Murphy. Murphy went on to be a 1-term Senator for California from '65-'71.
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Wednesday Weekly Trivia #1
A new weekly feature for the blog, five trivia questions around a central theme or concept. Today's question theme: When Harry Met Sally
- In Harry and the Hendersons, the Henderson family lived in what city?
- She was the first American woman in space
- Harry S. Truman was famously pictured holding an issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune which incorrectly proclaimed his loss to what Presidential hopeful?
- An urban fantasy novel series by Jim Butcher follows the life and adventures of a wizard. What is that wizard's full name?
- Actress Sally Field won an Emmy for her performance of Maggie Wyczenski, a bipolar woman, on what TV drama?
Hover below for answers:
[{sp}]1. Seattle - 2. Sally Ride - 3. Thomas Dewey - 4. Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden - 5. E.R.[{/sp}]
Send me your suggestions for a trivia category and if I like it, I'll use it in a future week.
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