Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Nothing]

Leonardo DiCaprio has never acted in a sequel

One could argue that he has never acted in an original movie too.

 

[The Slitherin' Snake]

Hobart is closer to the equator than Rome.

Not according to google. 41.9 degrees north vs 42.8 South

 

[worbod]

A leech has 32 brains.
An octopus has 3 hearts.

 

[Caesar]

Modern hospitals still use leeches to treat patients.

 

[expires]

The Voyager 1 space probe is the first and only ever man made object to leave the solar system

Its currently travelling at aound 17 kilometers per second

It will make a passby of the closest star in about 40,000 years

17 kilometres per second relative to a fixed sun.

 

[Headless]

In French Scrabble, there are five tiles worth ten points: K, W, X, Y and Z.

 

[EdgeOfReason]

It is almost impossible to revolve your right foot clockwise while tracing a 6 with your right hand.

 

[worbod]

There were four consecutive years in which the winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar had the initials M.S.

1978: Maggie Smith (California Suite)
1979: Meryl Streep (Kramer vs. Kramer)
1980: Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard)
1981: Maureen Stapleton (Reds)

 

[Cruyff14]

February and March will have the exact same day and dates until the 28th.

 

[Rich]

Not according to google. 41.9 degrees north vs 42.8 South

Damn Google!

Still a bit of a surprise.

 

[Flash of power]

It is almost impossible to revolve your right foot clockwise while tracing a 6 with your right hand.

I can do it, maybe this is my one claim to fame

 

[Illinois Nazi]

February and March will have the exact same day and dates until the 28th.

This happened last year too!

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Everyone can lay claim to being the youngest person in the world for a brief moment of time.

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

This is a world map scaled according to population size:

 

[Rusty22]

I can do it, maybe this is my one claim to fame

i can do it to!

 

[The Dice Man]

This is what a Blue Glowing Coconut Octopus looks like.

So bloody cool

 

[Gough]

So bloody cool

Mother nature is a trip.

 

[worbod]

Whilst filming a fight scene in the 2004 movie "Troy", Brad Pitt, playing the character of Achilles, caused a delay in filming when he received an injury to his Achilles tendon.

 

[expires]

Elvis Presley had a twin brother who died at birth.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

Elvis Presley had a twin brother who died at birth.

Jesse was his name

 

[Milang_Panthers]

A police officer in Western Australia is forbidden to grow a beard.

Thought this was the case everywhere

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

The term 'spam', in relation to unwanted electronic mail and internet content, comes from a Monty Python sketch set in a restaurant that sells Spam-based dishes where the characters' dialogue is drowned out by a chorus of Vikings chanting "Spam spam spam spam spam".

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Rafael Nadal is right handed.

 

[Caesar]

It is interesting. Both Nadal and his hero, Carlos Moya, are from Mallorca. Nadal is right-handed and plays left-handed. Moya is left-handed and plays right-handed.

 

[worbod]

The term 'spam', in relation to unwanted electronic mail and internet content, comes from a Monty Python sketch set in a restaurant that sells Spam-based dishes where the characters' dialogue is drowned out by a chorus of Vikings chanting "Spam spam spam spam spam".

As Monty Python also stated, "I'm pink therefore I'm spam."