useless facts - Page 49

Jeff-Groves · 04-30-21, 01:54 PM

Hamida Djandoubi's death marked the final occasion that the guillotine would ever be employed as an execution method by any government in the world.

Platapus · 04-30-21, 07:02 PM

New York’s Coney Island became a peninsula in the 1930s due to land reclamation.

Platapus · 04-30-21, 07:08 PM

If you’re in the continental United States, you are never more than 135 miles from a McDonald’s.

Jimbuna · 05-01-21, 05:57 AM

In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.

Platapus · 05-01-21, 12:56 PM

The state of Wyoming only has two sets of escalators.

Jeff-Groves · 05-01-21, 03:57 PM

Annie Oakley was born in Ohio.

Jeff-Groves · 05-01-21, 03:59 PM

Almost half of the state of Wyoming (48%) is owned by the US government.
And We worry about area 51!

Platapus · 05-01-21, 06:12 PM

Thimphu in Bhutan and Ngerulmud in Palau are the only two world capitals that do not have any traffic lights.

Aktungbby · 05-01-21, 06:37 PM

^ What a capital idea!

Rockstar · 05-01-21, 06:49 PM

During the Korean War, 'Operation Moolah' was conducted to entice a Soviet, Chinese or North Korean pilot to defect with a MiG-15 fighter jet,

Platapus · 05-02-21, 06:31 AM

Despite only having a population of around 7.5 million, Papua New Guinea is home to over 800 distinct languages.

mapuc · 05-02-21, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

Thimphu in Bhutan and Ngerulmud in Palau are the only two world capitals that do not have any traffic lights.

The Swedish town my Cousin lived in until some years ago, does not have traffic lights either. It's Landskrona in south Sweden. Since 8-10 year back all traffic lights have been replaced with roundabouts.

Markus

Jeff-Groves · 05-02-21, 11:56 AM

^That is a useless fact.

Rockstar · 05-02-21, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

The Swedish town my Cousin lived in until some years ago, does not have traffic lights either. It's Landskrona in south Sweden. Since 8-10 year back all traffic lights have been replaced with roundabouts.

Markus

You should get the 2021 G.O.A.T. Useless Fact award or something for that one.

Jimbuna · 05-02-21, 01:42 PM

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

04-30-21, 01:54 PM	#721
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,321 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Hamida Djandoubi's death marked the final occasion that the guillotine would ever be employed as an execution method by any government in the world. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

04-30-21, 07:02 PM	#722
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,973 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	New York’s Coney Island became a peninsula in the 1930s due to land reclamation. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-30-21, 07:08 PM	#723
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,973 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	If you’re in the continental United States, you are never more than 135 miles from a McDonald’s. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-01-21, 05:57 AM	#724
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

05-01-21, 12:56 PM	#725
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,973 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The state of Wyoming only has two sets of escalators. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-01-21, 03:57 PM	#726
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,321 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Annie Oakley was born in Ohio. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

05-01-21, 03:59 PM	#727
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,321 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Almost half of the state of Wyoming (48%) is owned by the US government. And We worry about area 51! __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

05-01-21, 06:12 PM	#728
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,973 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Thimphu in Bhutan and Ngerulmud in Palau are the only two world capitals that do not have any traffic lights. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-01-21, 06:37 PM	#729
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,894 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	^ What a capital idea! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

05-01-21, 06:49 PM	#730
Rockstar Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 11,876 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	During the Korean War, 'Operation Moolah' was conducted to entice a Soviet, Chinese or North Korean pilot to defect with a MiG-15 fighter jet, __________________ Guardian of the honey and nuts Let's assume I'm right, it'll save time.

05-02-21, 06:31 AM	#731
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,973 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Despite only having a population of around 7.5 million, Papua New Guinea is home to over 800 distinct languages. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-02-21, 11:56 AM	#733
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,321 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	^That is a useless fact. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

05-02-21, 01:42 PM	#735
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)