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Jimbuna 01-10-21 09:18 AM

Mulan has the highest kill-count of any Disney character.

Platapus 01-10-21 09:45 AM

The 3 Musketeers bar was originally split into three pieces with three different flavors: vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.

Aktungbby 01-10-21 01:11 PM

the brain's basal ganglia is the switchboard for the globus pallidus, the ventral pallidum, the substantia negra, and the subthalmic nucleus for increasing impulsive behavior... in short: if ya gotta itch, scratch it! :hmmm:

Jeff-Groves 01-10-21 01:35 PM

The Tallest Mountain in the World Is Not Mount Everest.
Though it is the highest mountain in the world (at 29,029 feet above sea level), it is not the tallest.
That distinction goes to Hawaii's Mauna Kea Volcano, which measures 33,476 feet from its base to its top.

Jeff-Groves 01-10-21 01:41 PM

Disney Is the Second-Largest Buyer of Explosives in the World.


Lego Group Is the Largest Manufacturer of Tires in the World.

blackswan40 01-10-21 01:52 PM

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

Jeff-Groves 01-10-21 02:13 PM

U.S. Army Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione was the last American killed in air combat in World War II.

Jeff-Groves 01-10-21 02:22 PM

The higher one is? The Slower the speed of Sound travels.

Aktungbby 01-10-21 02:28 PM

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U.S. Army Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione was the last American killed in air combat in World War II.
Not a useless fact IMHO!:nope:: https://images.findagrave.com/photos...2532097310.jpg :Kaleun_Salute:
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On 18 August 1945, he was in a flight of two B-32s, aboard a B-32 (tail number 42-108578), of the 386th Bomb Squadron, 312th Bomb Group, flying out of Yonton Airfield, Okinawa. The mission of the unit was to photograph that the Japanese were in compliance with the ceasefire. It became readily apparent when the group was attacked by Japanese aircraft as they crossed the shoreline over Japan. (The missions on the previous day had the same result.)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/airforcepho...ved/301219.jpg https://www.airspacemag.com/military...-die-10099776/

Jeff-Groves 01-10-21 02:48 PM

Terry Gilliam is the only member of Monty Python who was born and raised outside of the United Kingdom.

Jeff-Groves 01-10-21 02:56 PM

George Harrison (Yeah THAT George Harrison) appeared in the 1979 film 'Life of Brian'.

Jeff-Groves 01-10-21 03:10 PM

I consider it useless as there will always be a last in any War.
What I don't consider useless is the FIRST killed.
The first killed can teach a lesson Kennedy didn't heed in Dallas!
Archduke Franz Ferdinand believed to be first to be Assassinated in an OPEN Automobile?

Platapus 01-10-21 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves (Post 2720223)
The higher one is? The Slower the speed of Sound travels.


I officially challenge the uselessness of this fact

Jeff-Groves 01-10-21 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 2720235)
I officially challenge the uselessness of this fact

State your challenge.
What is it useful for?

Sean C 01-11-21 12:27 AM

Remembering the dead is useful because we are human. Well, most of us ... I guess. It reminds us of the very personal cost of war. That each and every one of those crosses in the field are there for someone's son or brother or father. Whether they were the first, last or whatever ... doesn't really matter itself. What matters is that we remember what the last war cost us when we think of starting a new one.


Anthony Marchione's death isn't a useless fact. It's one of the most important things you can remember.


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