Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[the_interloper]

Cows have four stomachs.

 

[Gough]

Today's the day that music died.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

Big difference between pointless trivia and outright lies.

Don't ban me

 

[worbod]

The Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters.

 

[Norwegian Blue]

The Ethiopian calendar has 13 months, 12 of 30 days and one of 5 or 6, depending on whether its leap year.

 

[pekay-norwest]

The English alphabet once has 29 letters, including the ampersand. The other two were the sounds for 'ph' and 'th'.

Although I could be wrong.

 

[Scotland]

A couple more capitals...

Canada - Ottawa, not Montreal/Vancouver/Toronto.
Turkey - Ankara, not Istanbul.
Morocco - Rabat, not Casablanca/Marrakech.
Nigeria - Abuja, not Lagos.
Brasil - Brasilia, not Sao Paolo/Rio De Janeiro.
South Africa - Pretoria, Bloemfonetin and Cape Town but not Johannesburg.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

A couple more capitals...

Canada - Ottawa, not Montreal/Vancouver/Toronto.
Turkey - Ankara, not Istanbul.
Morocco - Rabat, not Casablanca/Marrakech.
Nigeria - Abuja, not Lagos.
Brasil - Brasilia, not Sao Paolo/Rio De Janeiro.
South Africa - Pretoria, Bloemfonetin and Cape Town but not Johannesburg.

Australia - Canberra, not Sydney/Perth

 

[MarcusP2]

Today's the day that music died.

Surely the anniversary, unless we have travelled through time.

 

[Scotland]

Australia - Canberra, not Sydney/Perth

NZ - Willungton, not Oklund

 

[baz_machine]

The day that is added to the calendar for each leap year isn't the 29th Feb, it's actually the 24th.

the 25, 26, 27, 28 are moved

 

[Slax]

Cannabis is legal in 4 USA states
Zoophilia (bestiality) is legal in 11.

 

[beez]

"TYPEWRITER" is the longest word that can be typed on the top row of a standard typewriter keyboard.

Along with...repertoire, proprietor, perpetuity among others.

 

[EdgeOfReason]

The life expectancy of a eunuch is 13 years longer than the average man.

The Albanian language has 27 words to describe the shape of mustaches, and 30 for eyebrows.

 

[Gough]

The life expectancy of a eunuch is 13 years longer than the average man.

Still not worth it.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world, has been for years. Not Heathrow, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, LA or NY.

 

[Scotland]

Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world, has been for years. Not Heathrow, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, LA or NY.

On passenger numbers, yes.

Chicago is #1 for aircraft movements. Jandakot is the busiest airport in Australia on aircraft movements, too.

 

[Simple Jack]

On passenger numbers, yes.

Chicago is #1 for aircraft movements. Jandakot is the busiest airport in Australia on aircraft movements, too.

No, it isn't. http://www.airservicesaustralia.com...-statistics/movements-at-australian-airports/

It's Sydney number 1. Bankstown, Moorabbin and Jandakot all used to be busier than any intl airport IIRC but the government is annihilating general aviation in this country.

 

[Scotland]

No, it isn't. http://www.airservicesaustralia.com...-statistics/movements-at-australian-airports/

It's Sydney number 1. Bankstown, Moorabbin and Jandakot all used to be busier than any intl airport IIRC but the government is annihilating general aviation in this country.

Sneaky ****ers!

 

[EdgeOfReason]

One in seven UK banknotes carries traces of anal bacteria.

The offspring of a polar bear and a grizzly bear is called a pizzly bear.

The ozone layer smells faintly of geraniums.

Everybody expected the Spanish Inquisition. They were legally obliged to give 30 days notice.

Kangaroos have three vaginas.

 

[craigos]

Geography isn't "pointless".

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

There are over 10,000 varieties of tomato.

 

[Mofra]

The male platypus is the only poisonous mammal in the world

 

[Hipster Doofus]

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The Ethiopian calendar has 13 months, 12 of 30 days and one of 5 or 6, depending on whether its leap year.

I think that's clever.

 

[The Passenger]

The Year 2096 will be a leap year, but four years later in 2100 it won't be a leap year