Pointless Statistics and Facts Thread

[Sims2789]

The B-52 is expected to last for 100 years(service started 50 years ago). Thats like the US Air Force still flying the Wright Brothers plane!

All states in the United States that were at one time their own country(California, Hawaii and Texas) use the same flag from when they were independent.

Ted Turner owns aproximately 2 percent of Arizona.

40% of the population of Suriname in South America moved to the Netherlands, their colonial overlord, when the country became independent.

Hawaii was a republic for 5 years.

In the 1830s, more Americans were illegally coming into Mexico than the other way around. But they got us back!

France is the only country to still have a colony in North America. They control an island of the coast of Newfoundland.

At one time the Baja Californian(not to be confused with California, Baja is part of Mexico) capitol of Calixico's population was over 90% Chinese. Now, there are 5000 Chinese and the city has a population of 850,000.

Someone who visits Never Never Land is more likely to file a lawsuit against Michael Jackson than they are to be struck by lightning.

 

[The Yankee]

I wonder what war lasted 38 minutes...

 

[Johann MacLeod]

it was the cricket war i belive, Brittish solders wanted to play criket with some pople in africa but they refused to let them=war, or at least thats what ive heard.

 

[Archer 007]

Originally posted by The Yankee
I wonder what war lasted 38 minutes...

UK vs. Zanbarir.

 

[Constantine]

France is the only country to still have a colony in North America. They control an island of the coast of Newfoundland.

What about all the Islands in the Carbberian? Aren't those still colonies more less? If u count the French one I think u are referring to then all Carbberian Islands are colonies by those standards.

 

[Andrewz]

France is the only country to still have a colony in North America. They control an island of the coast of Newfoundland.

Why St Pierre and Miquelon is considered as a colony and not... Puerto Rico for example ?

 

[The Yankee]

Originally posted by archer_007


UK vs. Zanbarir.

Well, isn't that something to be proud of! I take it the UK lost...? Just kidding.....don't shoot!

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Originally posted by Andrewz
Why St Pierre and Miquelon is considered as a colony and not... Puerto Rico for example ?

Because Puerto Rico is a territory, not a colony.

 

[Akbar]

Originally posted by SuperBeaverInc.
-Shakespeare invented the words "assassination"

I thought it came from an Arab word , not Shakespeare.

 

[Yaniv]

Originally posted by SuperBeaverInc.
-March 9th is Useless Facts and Trivia day.

That makes my birthday a usless fact and trivia day.
Just for that, here are some more useless facts:

- The 7up spot comes from the fact that its inventor was an albino, thus having red eyes.

- The largest desert in the world is NOT the Sahara. Antarctica is the largest. The Sahara is the largest sand desert.

- I'm not 100% sure of this one: Up until the third month of pregnancy, you can't see the difference between a human baby and a bonobo (type of ape) one.

- A chicken can lay eggs at the rate of one per day.

- The killer whale (what "Free Willy" was) is acctually a dolphin.

 

[wildWolverine]

Originally posted by luiz

Because of his bad spelling and troubles with math, General George S. Patton took 5 years to finish West Point.

Patton was dyslexic. In addition to five years at West Point, he spent a prepatory year at VMI.


'Bookkeeper' is the only word in the English language with three consecutive double letters.

There were two types of rocks used to build Stone Henge. One of the types is always warm, and the other is always cool to the touch.

John Tolkien created The Hobbit, the tales in The Silmarillion, and The Lord of the Rings to create a place for the language he invented (Quenya -- High Elvish)

 

[SoCalian]

Actually Tolkien created The Hobbit as a childrens novel.