Random stuff you probably didn't know...

[GoSlash27]

 

Just learned about this one this morning.

Feel free to chime in with your own obscure factoids!
-Slashy

[Mr. Peabody]

For many years hemophilia was known as the "royal disease" because many of Queen Victoria's descendants were born with the genetically  inherited disease. Among those affected were Tsarevich Alexei of Russia and the Duke of Albany. Hemophilia was eventually present in the royal families of Spain, Prussia, Great Britain, and Russia.

[benzman]

Not wishing to be too pedantic, but it is spelled Haemophilia

 

[LordFerret]

5 hours ago, benzman said:

Not wishing to be too pedantic, but it is spelled Haemophilia

 

"Haemophilia, also spelled hemophilia," - Wiki

The NIH also spells it 'hemophilia'. https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/hemophilia

[benzman]

6 hours ago, LordFerret said:

"Haemophilia, also spelled hemophilia," - Wiki

The NIH also spells it 'hemophilia'. https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/hemophilia

Interesting.  It seems to depend on which country you live in. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilia

Being Australian, I spell it with an A.

 

[KerbMav]

At least you kept true to the thread's topic ...

[p1t1o]

Plain white paper reflects significantly more light than a mirror.

Edited April 24, 2018 by p1t1o