General Trivia

[Crimson Azure]

This thread is to post any general trivia you know.

A couple of examples:

our galaxy width is around 940 quadrillion km's wide & contains at least 200 billion stars.

Velcro was invented by George De Mestral after getting the idea from burrs that stuck to him & his dog when out walking & basing his design on the burr.

Feel free to post any trivia you have heard.

 

[Tim the Toolman]

Crimson must be another colour without any rhyming word like Silver, Orange and Purple?

Is Brown still the most common surname in the AFL? I remember 10 years ago it was but haven't seen any trivia lately.

Which team would have the most "Colours" in it. I remember in the glory days of the Lions we had White, Brown, Black and should've tried to recruit Green!

 

[bigpapagman]

Crimson must be another colour without any rhyming word like Silver, Orange and Purple?

Is Brown still the most common surname in the AFL? I remember 10 years ago it was but haven't seen any trivia lately.

Which team would have the most "Colours" in it. I remember in the glory days of the Lions we had White, Brown, Black and should've tried to recruit Green!

I call bullshit!!

nurple.

 

[emuboy]

It is impossible to calculate the tangent of 90 degrees, the result of any number divided by zero or the squareroot of a negative number.

The expression "once in a blue moon" comes from the Krakatoa eruption of 1883, where the moon appeared blue from the gas and dust released when the volcano erupted.

The most abundant bird species in the world in the early 1800s, the Passenger Pigeon of North America, was extinct by 1914.

The passenger liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic on 15 April 1912. In 1898, an early science fiction novel was published that centred around a magnificent liner called the Titan that sank after hitting an iceberg in the then futuristic setting of April 1912.

Classic films Singin in The Rain (1952) & Rear Window (1954) both failed to win an Academy Award.

In the 1990 film Bonfire of The Vanities, Tom Hanks and Kirsten Dunst played the roles of father and daughter. Years later in the movie Get Over It, Colin Hanks (Tom Hanks' real life son) and Kirsten Dunst were cast as brother & sister.

An Austrian man named Adam Rainer was the only known person to have been both a dwarf and a giant.

Australia Prime Minister Harold Holt, who vanished mysteriously from Portsea in December 1967, was sworn into office on 26 January 1966 - the day the Beaumont children vanished from Glenelg Beach.

Most people who took part in and were associated with the 1922 discovery and excavation of Tutenkhamen's tomb died prematurely and in mysterious circumstances - but expedition leader Howard Carter lived to old age and died of natural causes.

Tongue rolling is genetic - people who cannot roll their tongue will never be able to do so - they cannot learn the skill.

 

[bradrowe#32]

It's impossible for a human to lick their elbow.

 

[smooking39]

It's impossible for a human to lick their elbow.

Sorry to tell you buddy but i can do it.

 

[superfraser]

Sorry to tell you buddy but i can do it.

Yea but he made you lick your elbow...

..Thats the whole point of it..

 

[smooking39]

Most people actually think its impossible to lick your elbow.

 

[BomberGal]

It is impossible to calculate the tangent of 90 degrees, the result of any number divided by zero or the squareroot of a negative number.

Why is this trivia? Everyone who did high school maths should know this.

Tongue rolling is genetic - people who cannot roll their tongue will never be able to do so - they cannot learn the skill.

I hate this. I'm one of the people who can't, even though all my immediate family can (yeah yeah jokes aside)...I just wish I could do it!

 

[weagles_fan]

How many goals had an Australian player at a world cup put into the back of the net prior to world cup 2006?

 

[Bender571]

How many goals had an Australian player at a world cup put into the back of the net prior to world cup 2006?

I think its 0, zero, nothing, duck egg, zilch, etc .

 

[ripitup27]

Crimson must be another colour without any rhyming word like Silver, Orange and Purple?

Is Brown still the most common surname in the AFL? I remember 10 years ago it was but haven't seen any trivia lately.

Which team would have the most "Colours" in it. I remember in the glory days of the Lions we had White, Brown, Black and should've tried to recruit Green!

I believe the name is Johnson now, with 10:
Ben (Coll) Brad (WB) Steve (Geel) David (Geel) Jason (Ess) Mark (Frem) Chris (Melb) Kane (Rich) Michael (Frem) Paul (Melb)

As compared to Brown(e): 8:
Nathan x2 (Coll, Rich) Campbell (Haw) Jonathan (Bris) Leigh (Kang) Mitchell (WCE) Andrew (Frem) Steven (Carl)

Other notable last names: Campbell (x4) Clark(e) (x5) Edwards (x4) Jones (x5) Murphy (x5) Selwood (x4) Simpson (x4)

 

[weagles_fan]

I think its 0, zero, nothing, duck egg, zilch, etc .

Wrong.

 

[emuboy]

Why is this trivia? Everyone who did high school maths should know this.



I hate this. I'm one of the people who can't, even though all my immediate family can (yeah yeah jokes aside)...I just wish I could do it!

I can't roll my tongue either - damn recessive genes!

 

[Bender571]

Wrong.

Ok, I must have had it backwards. I thought that Australia scored 1 goal but it was an own goal. But now I'm guessing it must be we scored no goals but conceded an own goal. So is the answer 1?

 

[weagles_fan]

Ok, I must have had it backwards. I thought that Australia scored 1 goal but it was an own goal. But now I'm guessing it must be we scored no goals but conceded an own goal. So is the answer 1?

Correct. I didn't state who they scored the goal for.

 

[Tim the Toolman]

I believe the name is Johnson now, with 10:
Ben (Coll) Brad (WB) Steve (Geel) David (Geel) Jason (Ess) Mark (Frem) Chris (Melb) Kane (Rich) Michael (Frem) Paul (Melb)

As compared to Brown(e): 8:
Nathan x2 (Coll, Rich) Campbell (Haw) Jonathan (Bris) Leigh (Kang) Mitchell (WCE) Andrew (Frem) Steven (Carl)

Other notable last names: Campbell (x4) Clark(e) (x5) Edwards (x4) Jones (x5) Murphy (x5) Selwood (x4) Simpson (x4)

Great work! Thanks for that. Amazing Stat on the Selwoods as they're all from one family! Bloody unbelievable. Pity there's no more?

 

[superfraser]

I believe the name is Johnson now, with 10:
Ben (Coll) Brad (WB) Steve (Geel) David (Geel) Jason (Ess) Mark (Frem) Chris (Melb) Kane (Rich) Michael (Frem) Paul (Melb)

As compared to Brown(e): 8:
Nathan x2 (Coll, Rich) Campbell (Haw) Jonathan (Bris) Leigh (Kang) Mitchell (WCE) Andrew (Frem) Steven (Carl)

Other notable last names: Campbell (x4) Clark(e) (x5) Edwards (x4) Jones (x5) Murphy (x5) Selwood (x4) Simpson (x4)

Don't forget Travis Johnson from Brisbane

 

[bigpapagman]

I believe the name is Johnson now, with 10:
Ben (Coll) Brad (WB) Steve (Geel) David (Geel) Jason (Ess) Mark (Frem) Chris (Melb) Kane (Rich) Michael (Frem) Paul (Melb)

As compared to Brown(e): 8:
Nathan x2 (Coll, Rich) Campbell (Haw) Jonathan (Bris) Leigh (Kang) Mitchell (WCE) Andrew (Frem) Steven (Carl)

Other notable last names: Campbell (x4) Clark(e) (x5) Edwards (x4) Jones (x5) Murphy (x5) Selwood (x4) Simpson (x4)

has nathan Brown from Melbourne retired?

 

[thesting]

has nathan Brown from Melbourne retired?

Yup, end of last season.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Don't forget Travis Johnson from Brisbane

Thats Johnstone

 

[X_box_X]

In Wilt Chamberlain's first twelve seasons in the NBA, he managed over 20 points and 20 rebounds per game in all of those seasons.

After E.J. Whitten's first game of VFL, he receieved a bag of spuds as payment for his service to the Bulldogs.

Jason Dunstall holds the record of highest AFL Dream Team score since stats have been available since 1991 - he scored a massive 243 points against Richmond in 1992.

Each Human foot contains 26 bones.

A Human cell contains 46 chromosomes - 23 each from the father and mother.

A Human cell is extremely tiny, yet it contains five organelles - one the endoplasmic reticiuculm, which connects the nucleus of the cell and the protoplasm.

SEN celebrity Billy from West Heidelberg averages one can of coke each three and a half hours, which equals about 44 cans of coke per week.

 

[BomberGal]

A Human cell is extremely tiny, yet it contains five organelles - one the endoplasmic reticiuculm, which connects the nucleus of the cell and the protoplasm.

Actually, really it's more than five organelles, making a cell even more amazing. Aside from having one nucleus (housing the 46 chromosomes), a cell will have multiple mitochondria, Golgi complexes, endosomes, and thousands of ribosomes (for example even a tiny bacterial cell can have around 20,000!), per cell. And hundreds of supramolecular complexes for all sorts of functions. And the endoplasmic reticulum is not so much an organelle as a network throughout the cell for everything to travel on.

Cells kick arse.



The word 'palace' derives from the name of one of the seven hills of ancient Rome, the Palatine Hill, where the first emperor Augustus had his home (obviously grand), and which over time was the site of many of the most splendid houses of the greatest Roman figures.

 

[X_box_X]

Actually, really it's more than five organelles, making a cell even more amazing. Aside from having one nucleus (housing the 46 chromosomes), a cell will have multiple mitochondria, Golgi complexes, endosomes, and thousands of ribosomes (for example even a tiny bacterial cell can have around 20,000!), per cell. And hundreds of supramolecular complexes for all sorts of functions. And the endoplasmic reticulum is not so much an organelle as a network throughout the cell for everything to travel on.

HAHA. You forgot the lysosome, or the pacman as I call it.

 

[BomberGal]

HAHA. You forgot the lysosome, or the pacman as I call it.

No, endosome is basically lysosome, just with a different pH. An endosome is acidified after pinching off the cell membrane, becoming a late endosome, then a lysosome.

For the purposes of this thread, it's all the same.

Wanna go down that path, then we should probably throw in peroxisomes, vesicles, and the nucleolus too...