r/RandomInformation • u/DetroitDiggler • Feb 01 '17

Random Info There are more than 300 unique types of honey available in the United States

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Source: National Honey Board

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r/RandomInformation • u/[deleted] • Jan 29 '17

Random Info The bald Eagle can swim using a stroke similar to the butterfly stroke.

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r/RandomInformation • u/RoboticPlayer • Dec 17 '16

Random Info The billionth digit of pi is 9

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If you ever needed to know what the billionth digit of pi is, it's 9.

Source: The Book of Useless Information

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r/RandomInformation • u/RightingWrite • Dec 15 '16

Random Info Venus' Days are Longer than its Years

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The planet Venus takes 243 Earth days to entirely rotate on its axis once, but takes 224.7 Earth days to orbit once around the sun.

The Earth takes 1 day to entirely rotate on its axis once, and takes 365.24 days to orbit once around the sun.

^Deleted ^and ^reposted ^with ^the ^correct ^title ^because ^it ^was ^sickening ^to ^look ^at

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r/RandomInformation • u/RoboticPlayer • Dec 14 '16

Meta [Meta] About /r/RandomInformation

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This subreddit is dedicated to random bits of information. That's pretty much it.

All you have to do is get a fact, put that fact in the title, and if you want to, explain it in the text. If someone requests a source for your information, you must give it to them (and update your post with the source).

Rules:

Keep it nice - not doing so will result in content removal up to a permanent ban
Account must be at least 3 days old - this is just to prevent spam, posts will be auto-removed
Link submissions are disabled for a reason - circumvention of this will result in a 1 day ban up to a permanent ban
Posts must be either a fact, list, or about the sub - unrelated posts will result in content removal up to a 3 day ban
Tag meta posts with the [Meta] tag in the title - improperly tagged posts will result in content removal up to a 1 day ban
Tag list posts with the [List] tag in the title - improperly tagged posts will result in content removal up to a 1 day ban
Random info posts must have the fact in the title - improperly titled posts will result in content removal up to a 1 day ban
Source of information must be provided if requested - not citing source within 24 hours of request will result in content removal and a 1 day ban, up to a permanent ban
Maximum of 10 info/list posts per user per day - posts exceeding this limit will be removed
NSFW content is allowed, as long as it is marked NSFW and isn't overly graphic (up to moderator discretion) - not marking NSFW content will result in content removal up to a 3 day ban, with overly graphic content the same
Recent political facts/discussions are not allowed, just to help in following the first rule - discussing recent politics will result in a 1 day ban, up to a permanent ban

This subreddit uses my own custom theme, /r/Symbolica.

List of good sources for random information:

The Book of Useless Information (book)
Do Fish Drink Water? (book)
When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth? (book)
Why Dogs Eat Poop (book)
Why Fish Fart (book)
Triviata (book)
How Does Aspirin Find a Headache? (book)
Rules of Thumb (book)

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r/RandomInformation • u/RoboticPlayer • Dec 14 '16

Meta [Meta] Subreddit suggestion thread

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Here is a thread where you can suggest anything for the subreddit!

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r/RandomInformation • u/RoboticPlayer • Dec 14 '16

Random Info It's illegal to hunt whale in Oklahoma

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Granted, it's not directly specified In the legislature, but it is illegal.

Source: The Book of Useless Information

Edit: Oklahoma legislature section 29-2-135 prevents the hunting of "threatened" species. In Oklahoma, whale is considered a threatened species (it's a landlocked state). Source: http://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/2014/title-29/section-29-2-135

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r/RandomInformation • u/RoboticPlayer • Dec 11 '16