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During WWII, Japan built 14 aircraft carriers. The United States built 91.

In the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four", the British isles are a region known as "Airstrip One".

Of all the people in the Bible, Methuselah had the longest life span: 969 years. Some people believe that this number results from errors in translation and that his actual age was 969 lunar months, about 78.5 years.

Simeon Stylites was a Christian saint who lived in Syria in the 400s AD. He gained fame for living on top of a pillar for the last 37 years of his life, a feat which is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest anyone has ever lived on a pillar.

Eton Blue is a greenish-blue color worn by sporting teams from Eton College, a famous English boarding school.

20 Comments

Level 57

May 28, 2018

simon stylites THE ELDER I believe - simon stylites the younger did the same thing but I think he did it in turkey

Level 92

Sep 24, 2018

What age was Methuseleh eligible for retirement?

Level 22

Mar 22, 2021

422

Level 77

Sep 25, 2018

#56 just blew my mind.

Level ∞

Mar 31, 2021

What's even crazier is that the U.S. only spent 1/3rd of its resources in the Pacific Theater. They were fighting Japan, with one hand tied behind their back, and it still wasn't even close. Japan seriously miscalculated when they attacked Pearl Harbor.

Level 40

Apr 21, 2023

Japan "woke a sleeping giant" but 1/3 was a lot, not "only". The outcome was incalculable.

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Level 87

Jan 13, 2019

The lunar months theory doesn't stand up if you also apply it to the age that the genealogy says that they had children. Adam lived to 930 lunar months (75.2) and had Seth at 130 lunar months (10.5)? Seth begat Enosh at 105 months (8.5). Enosh had Kenan at 90 (7.3)! Kenan was a mere 70 (5.7) when he had Mahalalel, who was 65 (5.3) when he had Jared. And on and on to Methusaleh, whose 969-year purported life was actually 969 lunar months (78.4 years)? He waited until 178 lunar months to beget Lamech, a late bloomer at the age of 14.4.

Sorry, that explanation is easily debunked. It makes their age of death believable, but then you have to explain how 5-year-olds were fathering children.

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Level 79

Aug 21, 2019

yeah or maybe it's all just made up

Level 64

Mar 28, 2023

the two sides of man

Level 64

Mar 13, 2024

there's archaeological proof everywhere (look it up i'm not lying dude), not to mention the fact that the universe is created so precisely and perfectly? have you ever taken an anatomy class? physical science? math? do you actually think the universe just fell into place? it's like expecting every puzzle piece to fall perfectly into place as a result of throwing them into the air. also, humans understand morals from birth, regardless of if people teach them. if we follow laws, there has to be a law giver. do you actually believe that the whole Bible is made up, the universe just happened to start existing by itself, and we're all on our own? it's much more logical to believe that there is a divine, omniscient God who loves us unconditionally than that the universe randomly just decided to exist one day. plus, He could have caused the big bang if that's what you believe. God works on a scale that we can' comprehend, that's why He's so good

Level 68

Nov 18, 2025

we would only be able to exist in a universe with the exact qualities that allow for our existance. So these exact qualities being in place should not be surprising and do not require a deity as an explanation.

Level 20

May 19, 2020

lol

Level 67

Mar 31, 2021

And yet, all of this nonsense still regularly appears on highly optimistic family trees on Ancestry.com. Usually from the same folk who are also "descended" from Zeus, Cleopatra, Erik the Red and Puff the Magic Dragon.

Level 56

Apr 1, 2024

except both cleopatra and erik the red exist?

Level 70

Aug 29, 2020

59: Simeon Stylites is also the Saint of Journalists as he was the first to have his own column.

Level 85

Sep 8, 2021

Very good... :)

Level 68

Nov 8, 2021

I mean, how spacious was this pillar?