Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[worbod]

The female pigeon cannot lay eggs if she is alone. In order for her ovaries to function, she must be able to see another pigeon. If no other pigeon is available, her own reflection in a mirror will suffice.

 

[Gough]

Bloody women, always got to be at the centre of the drama.

 

[GreyCrow]

I am the 63rd most populated region in the US with up to 300,000 people occupying it
I have wifi, phone , movie and tv coverage.
I have no buildings
I have sewerage facilities.
I have plentiful food supplies


Where am I?

Spoiler

US Airspace where up to 300,000 people are flying overhead

 

[Power Raid]

In Baltimore there is an actual law against taking a lion into a movie cinema.

Probably a good law to abide

 

[worbod]

A man in Kitwe, Zambia, was electrocuted in 2000 when, having run out of space on his clothesline, he unwisely decided to hang the remainder of his wet washing on a live power line that passed his house.

 

[The Passenger]

Hawthorn are the first team attempting a 4peat not to make the grand final in the year after their third premiership.

Melbourne in 1942 didn't make the GF after winning 39-41. Didn't even make finals in 42.

 

[The old campaigner]

Melbourne in 1942 didn't make the GF after winning 39-41. Didn't even make finals in 42.

In the modern era.

 

[pebblestone]

In the modern era.

So. ..... other than Brisbane then?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

So. ..... other than Brisbane then?

Brisbane made the GF after their three-peat.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Brisbane made the GF after their three-peat.

Yes, and now that we are apparently restricting to the "modern era" they are the only ones...making the original pointless trivia point even more pointless.

 

[worbod]

In 1986, truck driver Herbert Scott from Burnley, England, sought medical attention following a fall at work. As a result of a misunderstanding, he kept a neck brace on for the next 14 years instead of the four weeks that the doctors had advised.

 

[2006_Eagles]

In 1986, truck driver Herbert Scott from Burnley, England, sought medical attention following a fall at work. As a result of a misunderstanding, he kept a neck brace on for the next 14 years instead of the four weeks that the doctors had advised.

 

[wally funk]

In 1986, truck driver Herbert Scott from Burnley, England, sought medical attention following a fall at work. As a result of a misunderstanding, he kept a neck brace on for the next 14 years instead of the four weeks that the doctors had advised.

I'm trying to figure out how it could be misunderstood to that degree. His mates must've been laughing their arses off for years!

 

[worbod]

In 2003, a monster truck was created out of balloons by Scottish balloon artist Colin Myles.

 

[Gough]

Chuck Berry is 90 today, he's rock n roll's original bad ass.

 

[The Slitherin' Snake]

Chuck Berry is 90 today, he's rock n roll's original bad ass.

And is releasing a new album!

 

[Gough]

Hail hail rock n roll.

 

[Gough]

In 1986, truck driver Herbert Scott from Burnley, England, sought medical attention following a fall at work. As a result of a misunderstanding, he kept a neck brace on for the next 14 years instead of the four weeks that the doctors had advised.

One of my favourite books is called the Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile, it's full of stories like this. Originally intended as the handbook for the Not Terribly Good Club of GB, the book was a bestseller, and the club was inundated with applications to join, and disbanded on the grounds that it was now a huge success. Even as failures, he noted, we'd failed.

 

[adammania9]

Chuck Berry is 90 today, he's rock n roll's original bad ass.

He is the real king of rock and roll to me - had a far bigger influence than Elvis did.

 

[worbod]

A chimpanzee named Asuka had an art exhibition of 50 of her paintings in Tokyo in 2004. On June 20, 2005, three of her paintings sold for 14,400 pounds, overshadowing works by Andy Warhol and Renoir.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/149...impanzees-paintings-as-Warhol-work-flops.html

 

[worbod]

During the 1600s there was a German composer named Samuel Scheidt. He wrote plenty of it too. Music, that is.

 

[worbod]

Loud, fast music makes termites chew quicker.

 

[worbod]

Many species of reptiles have two penises.

http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-some-animals-have-two-penises

 

[ioppolo]

Many species of reptiles have two penises.

http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-some-animals-have-two-penises

I think Sharks do to.

 

[worbod]

A South African monkey named Jackie was made a corporal in the army during World War I.

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1079696/pg1