Blue whale's got nothin on this

The largest living organism ever found has been discovered in an ancient American forest, in eastern Oregon.

Officially known as Armillaria ostoyae, or the honey mushroom, the fungus is 3.5 miles square miles and takes up 1,665 football fields.

Some real fast feet

Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics — while running the marathon barefoot! He won again four years later, this time wearing shoes.

Sorry. I was exhausted... (Saturday)

There was no fact for yesterday. This is today's fact.

Disney #2 (Thursday)

Cinderella's castle is made of fiberglass, not stone.

Disney #1 (Wednesday)

The Tower of Terror was built just short enough that it doesn't need a blinking light on top to warn airplanes (the designers thought it would ruin the theme of the ride).

Two thumbs up! No, down! I meant down!!

How did Roman emperors order the death of a gladiator?

Thumbs up.

Neither Roman spectators calling for the death of a gladiator, nor Roman emperors authorizing one ever gave a thumbs down. In fact, the Romans didn't use a thumbs down sign at all.

If death was desired, the thumb was stuck up-like a drawn sword. For a loser's life to be spared, the thumb was tucked away inside the closed fist-as with a sheathed weapon. This is expressed in Latin as "pollice compresso favor iudicabatur" (goodwill is decided by the thumb being kept in).

So yes, the movie The Gladiator is incorrect when it shows Commodus giving the thumbs up to spare Maximus. Ridley Scott was aware of the misconception, but did not want to confuse the audience.

Another reason Jersey is pathetic...

In New Jersey and Oregon, pumping your own gas is actually illegal.