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RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 26-01-2021 19:43
At the 1908 Olympics, the Russians showed up 12 days late because they were using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 26-01-2021 20:32
Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system that do not have any moons.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 26-01-2021 20:34
During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 26-01-2021 20:40
Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddha’s.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Skyline - 29-01-2021 14:36
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_II
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3527934/Is-UFO-flanking-space-station-Images-ISS-live-stream-captured-floating-cigar-shaped-object-distance.html
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 29-01-2021 18:34
In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 29-01-2021 18:35
A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot in 1983.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 29-01-2021 18:38
In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10pm.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 29-01-2021 21:34
McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavoured broccoli
Unsurprisingly, the attempt to get kids to eat healthier didn’t go over well with the child testers, who were “confused by the taste.”
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 29-01-2021 21:35
Scotland has 421 words for “snow”
Some examples: sneesl (to start raining or snowing); feefle (to swirl); flinkdrinkin (a light snow).