On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
Pele's mum was still alive when he died in December 2022, she was aged 100. Died in June of this year.
There is still one dog alive that was born in the 1990s. Spike the Chihuahua born in November 1999.
There is still one uncredited cast member alive from the Wizard of Oz (Caren Marsh Doll born in 1919).
There is still one actor alive from the silent film era (Garry Watson born 1928)
In 1866 when going to war, Liechtenstein's army of 80 men came back with 81 men after making a friend on the enemies side.
Ildefons Lima of Andorra had an international football career spanning 26 years (1997 - 2023) making his international debut in the same year as Paul Scholes.
fact 1 is not fun or wonderful in anyway.
in regards to pirates I thought it was to adapt to dark for any reason ... for navigating on deck through the night, for fighting or pillaging etc... a lot of their work was done during the night for stealth reasons
The northernmost point of Brazil is closer to all the other countries of the Americas than it is to the southernmost point of Brazil.
I appeared, very briefly, in an Oscar nominated movie.
"I am" is the shortest complete sentence in English.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
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Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
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Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
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Bloody hell!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/08/last-civil-war-widow-dies-helen-viola-jackson
Edmund Hillary the first person to climb Mount Everest was due to be an announcer on Air New Zealand Flight 901 a tourist flight experience over Antarctica. Instead his best friend took his place as Edmund couldn't make it.
The flight subsequently crashed and everybody perished, Edmund ended up marrying his best friend's widow.
(Not a 'fun' fact, but just bended the rules slightly).
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
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Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
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no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
comment by BraveheartTyke (U6173)
posted 3 seconds ago
Edmund Hillary the first person to climb Mount Everest was due to be an announcer on Air New Zealand Flight 901 a tourist flight experience over Antarctica. Instead his best friend took his place as Edmund couldn't make it.
The flight subsequently crashed and everybody perished, Edmund ended up marrying his best friend's widow.
(Not a 'fun' fact, but just bended the rules slightly).
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Hillary climbed a building I used to work in as part of his prep for climbing Everest.
comment by Diafol Coch 77 🏴 (U2462)
posted 38 seconds ago
comment by BraveheartTyke (U6173)
posted 3 seconds ago
Edmund Hillary the first person to climb Mount Everest was due to be an announcer on Air New Zealand Flight 901 a tourist flight experience over Antarctica. Instead his best friend took his place as Edmund couldn't make it.
The flight subsequently crashed and everybody perished, Edmund ended up marrying his best friend's widow.
(Not a 'fun' fact, but just bended the rules slightly).
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Hillary climbed a building I used to work in as part of his prep for climbing Everest.
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I'm glad you added an actual fun fact to my depressing story.
comment by BraveheartTyke (U6173)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 🏴 (U2462)
posted 38 seconds ago
comment by BraveheartTyke (U6173)
posted 3 seconds ago
Edmund Hillary the first person to climb Mount Everest was due to be an announcer on Air New Zealand Flight 901 a tourist flight experience over Antarctica. Instead his best friend took his place as Edmund couldn't make it.
The flight subsequently crashed and everybody perished, Edmund ended up marrying his best friend's widow.
(Not a 'fun' fact, but just bended the rules slightly).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hillary climbed a building I used to work in as part of his prep for climbing Everest.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm glad you added an actual fun fact to my depressing story.
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it was a fun fact for everyone .... except Ed's best friend .... he got proper f**ked !!
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
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Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
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no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
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It suggests she survived the Civil war though. She did not become a widow due to the civil war. Which is why it did not sound right to me.
Seth McFarlane was supposed to be on one of the planes that crashed on 9/11 but was late
comment by Robb Raygun (U22716)
posted 2 seconds ago
Seth McFarlane was supposed to be on one of the planes that crashed on 9/11 but was late
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a number of celebrities have claimed that they were meant to be on that flight ... I think in Seth case though there was actual prof he was on the passenger list and he missed his flight (late) due to a hangover.
Mark Wahlberg claimed he was meant to be on it and the he would have stopped the hijacking from happening.
68.64% of stats regarding helicopters and other vertical take off vehicles are actually made up. And you can google that if you want.
comment by Shinjury list (U1700)
posted 35 seconds ago
68.64% of stats regarding helicopters and other vertical take off vehicles are actually made up. And you can google that if you want.
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including this one .....
comment by Robb Raygun (U22716)
posted 3 minutes ago
Seth McFarlane was supposed to be on one of the planes that crashed on 9/11 but was late
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One of my army mates when we were in Dusseldorf arrived at the terminal just as the Herald of Free Enterprise pulled out.
He was quite chuffed he missed it.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
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Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
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no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
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It suggests she survived the Civil war though. She did not become a widow due to the civil war. Which is why it did not sound right to me.
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Might not sound right, but there's a Wikipedia page about it, which means it's a thing.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 12 seconds ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It suggests she survived the Civil war though. She did not become a widow due to the civil war. Which is why it did not sound right to me.
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Might not sound right, but there's a Wikipedia page about it, which means it's a thing.
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Makes me wonder how many World War I veteran widows are still around.
Might not sound right, but there's a Wikipedia page about it, which means it's a thing.
.........
It is one of those where it is not quite what it says on the tin.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
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Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
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It suggests she survived the Civil war though. She did not become a widow due to the civil war. Which is why it did not sound right to me.
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yup agree, typical stuff.
Oxford University is older than the entire Aztec empire
If you can put your right forefinger in your left ear whilst placing your left middle finger in your right ear, you are amongst the top 0.07%.
comment by Shinjury list (U1700)
posted 3 minutes ago
If you can put your right forefinger in your left ear whilst placing your left middle finger in your right ear, you are amongst the top 0.07%.
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Top 0.07% in what way? And please speak up - I can't hear you with these fingers in my ears.
The Fawlty Towers joke:
Pretentious, Moi
Is the shortest full joke ever
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posted on 4/9/24
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
posted on 4/9/24
Pele's mum was still alive when he died in December 2022, she was aged 100. Died in June of this year.
There is still one dog alive that was born in the 1990s. Spike the Chihuahua born in November 1999.
There is still one uncredited cast member alive from the Wizard of Oz (Caren Marsh Doll born in 1919).
There is still one actor alive from the silent film era (Garry Watson born 1928)
In 1866 when going to war, Liechtenstein's army of 80 men came back with 81 men after making a friend on the enemies side.
Ildefons Lima of Andorra had an international football career spanning 26 years (1997 - 2023) making his international debut in the same year as Paul Scholes.
posted on 4/9/24
fact 1 is not fun or wonderful in anyway.
in regards to pirates I thought it was to adapt to dark for any reason ... for navigating on deck through the night, for fighting or pillaging etc... a lot of their work was done during the night for stealth reasons
posted on 4/9/24
The northernmost point of Brazil is closer to all the other countries of the Americas than it is to the southernmost point of Brazil.
I appeared, very briefly, in an Oscar nominated movie.
"I am" is the shortest complete sentence in English.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
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Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bloody hell!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/08/last-civil-war-widow-dies-helen-viola-jackson
posted on 4/9/24
Edmund Hillary the first person to climb Mount Everest was due to be an announcer on Air New Zealand Flight 901 a tourist flight experience over Antarctica. Instead his best friend took his place as Edmund couldn't make it.
The flight subsequently crashed and everybody perished, Edmund ended up marrying his best friend's widow.
(Not a 'fun' fact, but just bended the rules slightly).
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by BraveheartTyke (U6173)
posted 3 seconds ago
Edmund Hillary the first person to climb Mount Everest was due to be an announcer on Air New Zealand Flight 901 a tourist flight experience over Antarctica. Instead his best friend took his place as Edmund couldn't make it.
The flight subsequently crashed and everybody perished, Edmund ended up marrying his best friend's widow.
(Not a 'fun' fact, but just bended the rules slightly).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hillary climbed a building I used to work in as part of his prep for climbing Everest.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Diafol Coch 77 🏴 (U2462)
posted 38 seconds ago
comment by BraveheartTyke (U6173)
posted 3 seconds ago
Edmund Hillary the first person to climb Mount Everest was due to be an announcer on Air New Zealand Flight 901 a tourist flight experience over Antarctica. Instead his best friend took his place as Edmund couldn't make it.
The flight subsequently crashed and everybody perished, Edmund ended up marrying his best friend's widow.
(Not a 'fun' fact, but just bended the rules slightly).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hillary climbed a building I used to work in as part of his prep for climbing Everest.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm glad you added an actual fun fact to my depressing story.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by BraveheartTyke (U6173)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 🏴 (U2462)
posted 38 seconds ago
comment by BraveheartTyke (U6173)
posted 3 seconds ago
Edmund Hillary the first person to climb Mount Everest was due to be an announcer on Air New Zealand Flight 901 a tourist flight experience over Antarctica. Instead his best friend took his place as Edmund couldn't make it.
The flight subsequently crashed and everybody perished, Edmund ended up marrying his best friend's widow.
(Not a 'fun' fact, but just bended the rules slightly).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hillary climbed a building I used to work in as part of his prep for climbing Everest.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm glad you added an actual fun fact to my depressing story.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
it was a fun fact for everyone .... except Ed's best friend .... he got proper f**ked !!
posted on 4/9/24
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It suggests she survived the Civil war though. She did not become a widow due to the civil war. Which is why it did not sound right to me.
posted on 4/9/24
Seth McFarlane was supposed to be on one of the planes that crashed on 9/11 but was late
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Robb Raygun (U22716)
posted 2 seconds ago
Seth McFarlane was supposed to be on one of the planes that crashed on 9/11 but was late
----------------------------------------------------------------------
a number of celebrities have claimed that they were meant to be on that flight ... I think in Seth case though there was actual prof he was on the passenger list and he missed his flight (late) due to a hangover.
Mark Wahlberg claimed he was meant to be on it and the he would have stopped the hijacking from happening.
posted on 4/9/24
68.64% of stats regarding helicopters and other vertical take off vehicles are actually made up. And you can google that if you want.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Shinjury list (U1700)
posted 35 seconds ago
68.64% of stats regarding helicopters and other vertical take off vehicles are actually made up. And you can google that if you want.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
including this one .....
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Robb Raygun (U22716)
posted 3 minutes ago
Seth McFarlane was supposed to be on one of the planes that crashed on 9/11 but was late
----------------------------------------------------------------------
One of my army mates when we were in Dusseldorf arrived at the terminal just as the Herald of Free Enterprise pulled out.
He was quite chuffed he missed it.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It suggests she survived the Civil war though. She did not become a widow due to the civil war. Which is why it did not sound right to me.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Might not sound right, but there's a Wikipedia page about it, which means it's a thing.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 12 seconds ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It suggests she survived the Civil war though. She did not become a widow due to the civil war. Which is why it did not sound right to me.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Might not sound right, but there's a Wikipedia page about it, which means it's a thing.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Makes me wonder how many World War I veteran widows are still around.
posted on 4/9/24
Might not sound right, but there's a Wikipedia page about it, which means it's a thing.
.........
It is one of those where it is not quite what it says on the tin.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by whodunnit (U22710)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 5 minutes ago
On a similar riff, the last surviving US Civil War widow, Helen Viola Jackson, lived until 2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Something isn't quite right with that one RR. The US Civil war ended in 1865.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
no her husband was in the civil war, she married him when he was in his 90's and she was 17.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It suggests she survived the Civil war though. She did not become a widow due to the civil war. Which is why it did not sound right to me.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
yup agree, typical stuff.
posted on 4/9/24
Oxford University is older than the entire Aztec empire
posted on 4/9/24
If you can put your right forefinger in your left ear whilst placing your left middle finger in your right ear, you are amongst the top 0.07%.
posted on 4/9/24
comment by Shinjury list (U1700)
posted 3 minutes ago
If you can put your right forefinger in your left ear whilst placing your left middle finger in your right ear, you are amongst the top 0.07%.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Top 0.07% in what way? And please speak up - I can't hear you with these fingers in my ears.
posted on 4/9/24
The Fawlty Towers joke:
Pretentious, Moi
Is the shortest full joke ever
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