The "Random Information that only matters to a certain amount of people" thread

John Lennon was featured as the cover story on the first issue of Rolling Stone, and the Beatles hold the record for most covers with more than 30.

Non-stick frying pans, an essential tool in the modern kitchen, were used in the Roman Empire.

The Romans first invented what today we call hydraulic cement-based concrete. They built numerous concrete structures, including the Pantheon in Rome, one of the finest examples of Roman architecture that survives to this day.

The difference between cement and concrete is time to dry.

When Madonna and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat broke up, he took back all of the paintings he made for her and painted them black.

Savage.

Madonna worked in a New York City Dunkin' Donuts while she was struggling to make it as a dancer in NYC. She was reportedly fired after squirting jam in a customer's face.

In 202 BC, the Han dynasty of China was already drilling for natural gas, transporting it in pipelines and burning it in stoves.

Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.

Humans are actually the best long-distance runners on the planet - With the ability to beat horses, in marathon distance races.

The youngest marathon runner in the world is Budhia Singh. He has already finished 48 marathons before his fifth birthday.

An Australian man, Moondyne Joe escaped from prison so many times, they made a special escape-proof cell for him. He escaped that as well.

4 in 10 prisoners return to state prisons within three years of release.

Research shows a 25% reduction in calories in a person's diet can lower markers of chronic inflammation, possibly leading to longer life.

Placebo research shows that yellow pills are most effective for depression, green pills reduce anxiety, and red pills are stimulating.

:😖tarts sorting M&M colors::

Researchers have found that those who believe they have been drinking vodka (which was actually simply tonic water and lime) had impaired judgement. They did worse on simple tests and their IQ became lower.

Middle-age men in Wyoming are three times more likely to die by suicide than the average American.

London restaurant The Little Yellow Door has a menu that is written entirely in emojis.

Research shows that eating cinnamon could improve learning ability and reverse changes caused by Parkinson's disease.

Originally posted by Nuke Nixon
Middle-age men in Wyoming are three times more likely to die by suicide than the average American.

Texas is so huge that El Paso, in the western corner of the state, is closer to San Diego, California, than it is to Houston, Texas.