Book Nerds Unite discussion

Ever come across a weird fact or interesting bit of trivia?

Well, come post it in this thread! We all could use a fun fact every once and a while!

Fun fact about Pride and Prejudice:

Lydia elopes to the Las Vegas of her day.
Gretna Green was the first town over the Scottish border. There, a young couple could be joined with “marriage by declaration,” which often occurred in a blacksmith shop.

Hmm, that’s very interesting!

As I researching stuff for (HINT, HINT) the December Reading Challenge: the 12 Days of Christmas . . .

I came across this link for the meaning behing the song "The 12 Days of Christmas"

It's actually pretty interesting, so check it out!

LINK: https://www.smartguy.com/article/what...

Ok, so I went on a deep dive of all the random threads in this group and am personally affronted that only a few people have commented on this. I really only comment when I get a notification that someone else has commented, so no wonder I haven’t seen this yet! I love random bits of trivia! (I’m hoping maybe if I comment on this other people will too) ok so does it have to be book related? Just in case, I’ll share something book related:
Bibliosmia is a real word for loving the smell of books!

There’s more

Angsticipation
(Noun.) The feeling experienced when you finish the latest book in a series, it ends on a serious cliffhanger, and there isn’t even an estimated publication date for the next book in the series yet.

And

Librocubicultarist
(Noun, rare.) A person who reads in bed.

wow

Marley wrote: "And

Librocubicultarist
(Noun, rare.) A person who reads in bed."

I guess this goes on my resume now 🤣

Marley wrote: "Ok, so I went on a deep dive of all the random threads in this group and am personally affronted that only a few people have commented on this. I really only comment when I get a notification that ..."

I love trivia too! That's why I created this thread!

It does not have to be book related at all! It can be as random as you want! :)

Merrell wrote: "My sister thinks me a psychopath for loving the smell of books"

Tell your sister she's a psychopath if she doesn't like the smell of new books! XD

Akshita wrote: "Marley wrote: "And

Librocubicultarist
(Noun, rare.) A person who reads in bed."

I guess this goes on my resume now 🤣"

Lol, me too!! XD

YESS!! Please do!! And be sure to tell me her reaction! 😂

The unicorn is the National animal of Scotland

I knew that from clockwork angel 😜

A baby puffin is called a puffling 🥺🥺🥺

Marley wrote: "The unicorn is the National animal of Scotland"

Serena wrote: "While we're on the mythical national animals train, the Welsh Dragon is the national animal of Wales"

Wow, seriously?! That's so cool!!

Okay, fair warning, this is me being a huge STEM nerd, but . . .

If Earth were a bar magnet, the North Pole of the magnet would correlate to Earth's South Pole, and vice versa.

But we say North is "up" because the magnetic field of both Earth and a bar magnet (along the axis of the magnet) points in the same direction as magnetic north.

nice, even though i got none of that lol

lol, sorry! I just learned it in my physics class and thought it was cool.

its fine, it sounds interesting

The book I’m reading right now, by Christopher Paolini, was written when he was 15. He holds the record for the youngest person on the bestseller list at 18.

Wait, really? I read Eragon a looooong time ago, but I didn't know CP was that young when he wrote it! That's so cool!

22 -2-2022
Though everyone knows it to be a Palindrome can also be called a
Two's day and the day on which it falls is a Tuesday ...

If you reach a speed that can be compared to the sp3ed of light ( Ex. 0.8c and not 0.00000008 c) you will start gaining mass which is NOT negligible.
We can put this is another way,
You always gain some amount of mass when you run with some velocity, but more often it is negligible since our speed with respect to light is very very less.....

Ikr!!!
But the thing is when our mass and velocity will increase , air resistance would also increase . So it's kind of confusing and paradoxical ig

Akshita wrote: "If you reach a speed that can be compared to the sp3ed of light ( Ex. 0.8c and not 0.00000008 c) you will start gaining mass which is NOT negligible.
We can put this is another way,
You always gai..."

Wait really? I mean that sounds cool!

Madeline Miller took 10 years to write The Song of Achilles

If you have an iPhone, there’s a control center button you can enable that identifies songs!

Our circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.
In adult it is 100,000 miles.

did you know when humans look at puppies, our brains produce something called dopamine. This means we think puppies are cute. When elephants look at humans, their brains also produce dopamine, meaning when they see us, they think we're cute in the same way we think puppies are cute.

Oh my that's so (*cute)

*lol

I can't believe I just said cute again

Serena wrote: "Marley wrote: "If you have an iPhone, there’s a control center button you can enable that identifies songs!"

Oh my god I need that so much for when I'm listening to music! Do you know if it works ..."

I believe it does!

I believe you can also use it even in other apps! Like if you're streaming a show or movie, I think you can use the song recognition even while watching it. :)

It’s illegal to own just one Guinea pig in Switzerland because they get lonely

Wait, seriously? That's so hilarious!!! XD

Yeah it’s super cute