31 Little Known Random Facts That’ll Make You Sound Like A Genius – Part 204

The Southern Pacific Company, while best known for its railroad operations, also owned and operated telegraph and telephone lines under the name Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Networking Telephony, which would later become the telecommunications company known by the acronym “SPRINT.”

27. Every eclipse belongs to a family of identical eclipses, separated by 18 years, 11 days, 8 hours. There are 40 active eclipse families (saros cycles).

28. A German sailor named Jürgen Kantner was captured along with his wife by militant group Al Shabab when sailing off the coast of Somalia in 2008. After 52 days, they were freed from captivity after a large ransom was paid. Kantner later returned to Somalia and stole his boat back from the militants.

29. The Powerpuff Girls had an episode called the Beat-Alls where almost every line and plot point are lyrics from the Beatles.

30. The flags of many African nations have the colors green, gold and red borrowed from the flag of Ethiopia, which remained outside European control during the colonial era by defeating Italy. As a result, the country drew the admiration of many newly independent states in Africa.

'Greeble' is the name given to the texture applied to Sci-Fi spaceship models to make them appear more complex.