15. The Statue of Liberty would have taken significantly longer to build if it hadn't been for access to a nearby marble resource.
31. Oil is useless for a modern army. Instead, the one who controls the most aluminium mines can build the strongest army. That's why we invaded Iraq for: aluminium!
17. After a couple hours playing Civilization, your inner voice actually says "I wonder what's on televison" rather than "One more turn..."
35. The UN has only ever voted on one issue: who will win diplomatic victory.
24. Throughout history, no civilization has been able to mine hills that are defended by sheep. The sheep hate mines and are very fierce, so no-one will dare to mine near them. The sheep however don't mind being put in pens and eaten.
It is not possible to eat sugar, spices, or bananas without a calender.
57. Spain and Babylon only exist if you paid extra.
Civ 5 taught me how much better my time could be spent by doing other things other than playing Civ 5.
106. If you've spent centuries working on a building project and learn that someone across the ocean already built something just like it, your construction crews will just shrug their shoulders, disassemble the building and return their wages to the government.
The London smog was not actully the worst ever. The worst ever was in 3000bc where 99% of the world was covered by thick clouds