Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[worbod]

The Greek national anthem has 158 verses.

 

[Gough]

South African one is sung in five different languages.

 

[EdgeOfReason]

Yup. English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and Sesotho.


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[Flash of power]

Beer was invented by the ancient Egyptians in 2500 BC.

They apparently tried to introduce it to the Greeks, but they wouldn't have it, they preferred wine.

 

[ioppolo]

The international date line runs in such a way that Kiribati is ahead of American Samoa by about 25/26 hours, despite American Samoa being further west. Samoa recently switched sides to the west side of the international date line.

 

[kickazz]

The Greek national anthem has 158 verses.

The Aussie one initially had five instead of two.*


Might not technically be true. The song "Advance Australia Fair" did initially have five verses though. A lot of crapping on about Britain though, you can see why they were ditched.

 

[kickazz]

Spanish national anthem has no words.

 

[akkaps]

Spanish national anthem has no words.

Lucky bastards.

 

[Quivorir]

Spanish national anthem has no words.

But how will people complain about their sports stars not singing it then?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Van Gogh sold one painting in his life - and the buyer was his bother.

 

[Gough]

Annie Leibovitz took this photo.

 

[worbod]

There are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects.
(Do you get fries with that?)

 

[iluvparis]

Obvious punchline was..

Do you get flies with that?

 

[ioppolo]

Denmark has the oldest current flag being used.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Denmark has the oldest current flag being used.

The oldest design? Of is there a particular flag still in use in Denmark that has been there for a really long time?

 

[ioppolo]

The oldest design? Of is there a particular flag still in use in Denmark that has been there for a really long time?

Oldest design.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Oldest design.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[worbod]

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

 

[NotAMagpieBogan]

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

Solly stomoch

 

[akkaps]

If you throw something to the West, it will go further than if you had thorn the same thing to the East.
This is due to the Earth's rotation.

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open.

: slinks away :

 

[worbod]

You can burn 26 calories by kissing for one minute (with another human).

 

[RedmanWasHere]

You can burn 26 calories by kissing for one minute (with another human).

Glad you clarified with the human part.

 

[emuboy]

By adding odd numbers progressively, the result is always square numbers.

To demonstrate:

1 (1st odd & 1st square no.) + 3 = 4 (2 squared) + 5 = 9 (3 squared) + 7 = 16 (4 squared) + 9 = 25 (5 squared) + 11 = 36 (6 squared) + 13 = 49 (7 squared) + 15 = 64 (8 squared) + 17 = 81 (9 squared) + 19 = 100 (10 squared) + 21 = 121 (11 squared) + 23 = 144 (12 squared) and so on ad infinitum.

I did quadratic equations in maths at school, but did not realize this until quite recently.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

By adding odd numbers progressively, the result is always square numbers.

To demonstrate:

1 (1st odd & 1st square no.) + 3 = 4 (2 squared) + 5 = 9 (3 squared) + 7 = 16 (4 squared) + 9 = 25 (5 squared) + 11 = 36 (6 squared) + 13 = 49 (7 squared) + 15 = 64 (8 squared) + 17 = 81 (9 squared) + 19 = 100 (10 squared) + 21 = 121 (11 squared) + 23 = 144 (12 squared) and so on ad infinitum.

I did quadratic equations in maths at school, but did not realize this until quite recently.

How cool is it?

Only made the discovery a couple of years ago and have loved square numbers more.