Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[ioppolo]

Georgia, the state in America, not Europe. Little known fact

Not sure if srs

 

[Cmarsh]

Joseph Stalin was actually born in modern day Georgia.

...and Hitler was born in Austria.

 

[pebblestone]

The male platypus is the only poisonous mammal in the world

Also one of just 2 mammals in the world that lay eggs, which are known as monotremes. The other monotreme is the echidna.

 

[Caesar]

At the peak of the South Sea Bubble, the value of the South Sea Trading Company exceeded the total of all money in the British economy. An equivalent American company today would be worth about $85 trillion, or more than 100 times the size of Apple.

 

[pebblestone]

That's nothing. In Austria there is a village called Fucking!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/17/austrian_village_confusion/

NOTE: I'm not swearing - this is the actual name of the village. It's pronounced 'fooking'.

There's also a village in either Austria or southern Germany named Wank.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

There's also a village in either Austria or southern Germany named Wank.

Western Australians would be familiar with Innaloo.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Western Australians would be familiar with Innaloo.

Better Innaloo than Upper Swan.

 

[Gough]

Better Innaloo than Upper Swan.

Go, and stand in the corner.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Better Innaloo than Upper Swan.

Don't quite understand the Upper Swan thing so can you please PM me it?

 

[Illinois Nazi]

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I know where Upper Swan is.

Just don't understand it from an innuendo POV.

 

[pebblestone]

Better Innaloo than Upper Swan.

Better Inaloo than Pakenham Upper.

 

[pebblestone]

On a more pointless note though: did you know that the dot on a lower case i is called a tittle.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

On a more pointless note though: did you know that the dot on a lower case i is called a tittle.

And that the ridge on the upper lip in the middle's a philtrum?

 

[Gough]

The first Indian born Test cricketer was Bransby Cooper who played for Australia in the inaugural Test match in 1877.

 

[pebblestone]

And that the ridge on the upper lip in the middle's a philtrum?

Inside or outside?

 

[akkaps]

This is probably not a random fact of piece of trivia, but I can name 120+ countries off the top of my head. It comes in use in these kind of situations.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Each square number goes up each odd number.

1 (1.)
4 (3.)
9 (5.)
16 (7.)
25 (9.)
36 (11.)
49 (13.)
64 (15.)
81 (17.)
100 (19.)
121 (21.)
144 (23.)
169 (25.)
196 (27.)
225 (29.)
256 (31.)
289 (33.)
324 (35.)
361 (37.)
400 (39.)
441 (41.)
484 (43.)

The first 22 square numbers.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Each square number goes up each odd number.

1 (1.)
4 (3.)
9 (5.)
16 (7.)
25 (9.)
36 (11.)
49 (13.)
64 (15.)
81 (17.)
100 (19.)
121 (21.)
144 (23.)
169 (25.)
196 (27.)
225 (29.)
256 (31.)
289 (33.)
324 (35.)
361 (37.)
400 (39.)
441 (41.)
484 (43.)

The first 22 square numbers.

x^2 = (x-1)^2 + 2x - 1

 

[RedmanWasHere]

x^2 = (x-1)^2 + 2x - 1

What does that mean?

 

[The Passenger]

What does that mean?

x to the power of 2 = ((x minus 1) to the power of 2) + (2 multiplied by x) - 1

If x = 10

10^2 (10x10) = 100

10-1 = 9
9^2 (9x9) = 81
2x10 = 20
81+20 = 101
101-1 = 100

if x = 20

20^2 (20x20) = 400

20-1 = 19
19^2 (19x19) = 361
2x20 = 40
361+40 = 401
401-1 = 400

 

[akkaps]

1+2+3 ..... +n = (n/2) * (n+1)

 

[The Passenger]

1+2+3 ..... +n = (n/2) * (n+1)

there is also 1+2+3.....+n = n * (n/2 + 0.5)

The initial one is easier though.

 

[pebblestone]

Are you some kind of mathemagician or something?

 

[kfc1]

Don't quite understand the Upper Swan thing so can you please PM me it?

Up a swan