Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Rod Stroker]

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

Interesting. Why is that so?

 

[The Passenger]

Interesting. Why is that so?

every century year is not a leap year, except fourth century year. so 1200, 1600, 2000, 2400, 2800 are leaps years. 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200 were not. Having just experienced 2000 as a leap year, not many around at the moment are aware of this rule of the calendar.

It's all to do with corrections in the calendar. Every knows it's not exactly 365 days to circle the sun completely, but neither is it exactly 1461 days to circle it four times.

https://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html

 

[Richo is God]

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

ATL is ****ed 6 terminals

 

[RedmanWasHere]

The reason why some calendar years repeat other years is because of something called a Perpetual Calendar.

It is a series of 14 calendars (7 common years, 7 leap years.)

For instance, September 3 1991 (my DOB) was on a Tuesday.
September 3 2002 was on a Tuesday.
September 3 2013 was on a Tuesday.

http://www.accuracyproject.org/perpetualcalendars.html.

 

[James Colorado]

It was proposed in the Rhode Island legislature in the 1970s that there be enacted a $2.00 tax on every act of sexual intercourse.

A similar scenario was the premise for a Month Python sketch. The punchline was something like, "it'd sure make chartered accountancy a more interesting profession!"

 

[hagansbull]

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.

Is Lisa Sparxxx a kangaroo?

 

[hagansbull]

Interesting. Why is that so?

Climate change

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Calendars used to be corrected by just striking days off by order of the King etc. Different parts of Europe were up to two weeks behind others as the calendars weren't universal.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gregorian1.html

Also explains the leap year thing

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

The leap year wainvented because every now and then people got super jolly and would leap everywhere than walk.
Anyway, around the time of the war people forgot this and thus the normal walking leap years we now use.

 

[Rod Stroker]

every century year is not a leap year, except fourth century year. so 1200, 1600, 2000, 2400, 2800 are leaps years. 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200 were not. Having just experienced 2000 as a leap year, not many around at the moment are aware of this rule of the calendar.

It's all to do with corrections in the calendar. Every knows it's not exactly 365 days to circle the sun completely, but neither is it exactly 1461 days to circle it four times.

https://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html

Cheers. Interesting stuff.

 

[worbod]

Wilbur Wilde's real name is Nick Aitken and Trevor Marmalade's real name is Jason van de Velde.

Mr. Snuffleupagus' first name was Aloysius and Gilligan's first name was Willy.

Rodney Rude's middle name is Malcolm.

 

[worbod]

The reason why some calendar years repeat other years is because of something called a Perpetual Calendar.

It is a series of 14 calendars (7 common years, 7 leap years.)

For instance, September 3 1991 (my DOB) was on a Tuesday.
September 3 2002 was on a Tuesday.
September 3 2013 was on a Tuesday.

http://www.accuracyproject.org/perpetualcalendars.html.

You arrived just in time to have lived in two separate palindromic years (1991 and 2002). The next one won't be until 2112, and then 2222, and then every 110 years up until 2992 and 3003 (if Earth lasts that long).

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

The Comic Book Guy's real name is Jeff Albertson. It was picked because it sounded generic and boring.

The Crazy Cat Lady's name is Eleanor Abernethy.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

You arrived just in time to have lived in two separate palindromic years (1991 and 2002). The next one won't be until 2112, and then 2222, and then every 110 years up until 2992 and 3003 (if Earth lasts that long).

3003, eh? If you're Jewish this year is a palindromic year.

In the Jewish calendar it's the year 5775 (5775 years since the creation of the world)

In the Islamic calendar it's the year 1436 (1436 years since Muhammed moved to Medina).

 

[JuddsABlue]

Leonardo DiCaprio has never acted in a sequel

 

[treefingers]

Leonardo DiCaprio has never acted in a sequel

Not surprising really

 

[The Slitherin' Snake]

Not surprising really

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101627/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_32

Critters 3

 

[MarcusP2]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101627/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_32

Critters 3

(Update: As a couple people who kind of miss the point of the list -- which is to say, it's about actors who have amassed box-office tallies because of sequels -- have pointed out, Leo was actually in Critters 3. However, that never had a theatrical release, and thus does not count in his box-office tally, and for the purposes/point of this list, it is not included. But yes! You are right. He was in Critters 3. You win the Internet, you incredibly smart person, you.)

 

[Mofra]

Wilbur Wilde's real name is Nick Aitken and Trevor Marmalade's real name is Jason van de Velde.

Mr. Snuffleupagus' first name was Aloysius and Gilligan's first name was Willy.

Rodney Rude's middle name is Malcolm.

Good work, I like these.

Mr T's real name is Eugene Tito

 

[Gough]

This is what a Blue Glowing Coconut Octopus looks like.

 

[The Slitherin' Snake]

Not sure whether you are being smart or not. But the post in this forum was not about his box office tally, but about his acting

 

[MarcusP2]

Yes I'm aware, but the original source (at least I've seen it mentioned several times in the last few days) was about his box office tally, so I presume the OP has misquoted.

 

[Rich]

Hobart is closer to the equator than Rome.

 

[JuddsABlue]

Only people reading this thread are aware of the existence of the movie Critters 3

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Only people reading this thread are aware of the existence of the movie Critters 3

Not me.

Don't know any of the Critter movies.