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Jeff-Groves 04-30-21 01:54 PM
Hamida Djandoubi's death marked the final occasion that the guillotine would ever be employed as an execution method by any government in the world.

Platapus 04-30-21 07:02 PM
New York’s Coney Island became a peninsula in the 1930s due to land reclamation.

Platapus 04-30-21 07:08 PM
If you’re in the continental United States, you are never more than 135 miles from a McDonald’s.

Jimbuna 05-01-21 05:57 AM
In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.

Platapus 05-01-21 12:56 PM
The state of Wyoming only has two sets of escalators.

Jeff-Groves 05-01-21 03:57 PM
Annie Oakley was born in Ohio.

Jeff-Groves 05-01-21 03:59 PM
Almost half of the state of Wyoming (48%) is owned by the US government.
And We worry about area 51!
:o

Platapus 05-01-21 06:12 PM
Thimphu in Bhutan and Ngerulmud in Palau are the only two world capitals that do not have any traffic lights.

Aktungbby 05-01-21 06:37 PM
^ What a capital idea!:arrgh!:

Rockstar 05-01-21 06:49 PM
During the Korean War, 'Operation Moolah' was conducted to entice a Soviet, Chinese or North Korean pilot to defect with a MiG-15 fighter jet,

Platapus 05-02-21 06:31 AM
Despite only having a population of around 7.5 million, Papua New Guinea is home to over 800 distinct languages.

mapuc 05-02-21 09:32 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 2745485)
Thimphu in Bhutan and Ngerulmud in Palau are the only two world capitals that do not have any traffic lights.
The Swedish town my Cousin lived in until some years ago, does not have traffic lights either. It's Landskrona in south Sweden. Since 8-10 year back all traffic lights have been replaced with roundabouts.

Markus

Jeff-Groves 05-02-21 11:56 AM
^That is a useless fact.
:03:

Rockstar 05-02-21 12:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mapuc (Post 2745552)
The Swedish town my Cousin lived in until some years ago, does not have traffic lights either. It's Landskrona in south Sweden. Since 8-10 year back all traffic lights have been replaced with roundabouts.

Markus

You should get the 2021 G.O.A.T. Useless Fact award or something for that one. :salute:

Jimbuna 05-02-21 01:42 PM
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.


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