Today I learned...

[bblass]

Today I learned that if you have an iPhone and hit the side button 5x in a row it sends an SOS to emergency services. It also sends a notification that you're in dire straits to your emergency contact.

I learned the first part when 911 called me as I was stuck in traffic on I65. I learned the second part when my pregnant wife called me in panicked hysterics.

Best I can tell, it was just the way my phone was sitting in my jacket. Either way, good thing to know.

[IceCold4x4]

Wow fun tidbit.

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[jrobinson]

Another fun fact, even when a phone is deactivated, you can still dial 9-1-1 and it will go to the closest dispatch center.

[Chuck & Susan]

In Baldwin Co. alone the dispatchers receive 200+ butt dials a day. in your area you were only one of several hundred.

A lot of phones if you hold the "9" for a few seconds it will dial 9-1-1.

Chuck

[kylepeterson]

That's pretty neat. Hand your phone to the average 5-13 year old and be amazed at all the crap you didn't know about.

And they didn't know either until ten seconds after being handed that phone.

[Fencejumper09]

I'm just glad you are still alive to talk about it! Pregnant wives show no mercy!