Interesting Facts - Page 162

Fun Fact: France only beat England because the ref was biased

The westernmost point of china is closer to Germany, Italy, Ethiopia, and Svalbard, than it is to China's easternmost point

LA is closer to Hawaii than it is to NYC

The Easternmost point of Australia is closer to Somalia than it is to Chile

The distance between Senegal and Israel is about the same as Portugal to Kazakhstan

Tierra del Fuego is closer to Costa Rica than it is to Aruba (Common sense issue, similar to the Maine-Florida-Africa)

The Easternmost point of mainland Africa is closer to the Philippines than it is to Dakar, Senegal

And now, my favorite:

The trip from Cape town, South Africa, to Tunis, Tunisia, gives you enough mileage to start in Lagos, Portugal, slightly east of Zaragoza, through Encamp, spend the night in Montpellier, a show in the Fashion Capital, a turn in Northern Burgenland, straight through Baia Mare, into Moldova, north of Chisinau, take a quick stop at the Crimean border (for some reason) pass through Marhanets, pass the Russian border west of Bryansk and Murmansk, say hello to Santa as you pass into Lapland, take a turn in sweden, and finish your trip in Oslo

If, let's say, you get drafted to the Boston Celtics tomorrow, they have so many retired numbers that you can't wear the numbers: 00, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35. Oh yeah, and the numbers 0, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 20, 28, 30, 36, 40, 42, 43, 44, and 91 are used by their current players. Good luck finding a number.

The reality cable channel TLC was actually founded by NASA as an educational platform for children.

Lettuce is part of the sunflower family

King Alexander of Greece died of a monkey bite

The Tetris theme is a 100-year old Russian folk song

The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table

In Switzerland, it’s illegal to ski down a mountain while reciting poetry

Avocados are berries

Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman

Over a fifth of the calories consumed by humans are from rice

Sweden has more islands than any other country

In Ireland, Polish is spoken more than Irish.

Dogs are illegal in Antarctica

The word footage comes from films being measured in feet in early filmmaking

The Eiffel Tower can grow 15cm taller in the summer due the the metal expanding.

Interesting fact, but perhaps not all that surprising: in 2020, Kanye received over 10,000 votes in Tennessee.

The formerly German city of Koenigsberg, now known as Kaliningrad, now has so few Germans that there are more Armenians in Kaliningrad than Germans

Loving County, Texas, contains 64 people but is about the same size as Singapore.

The Nazi propaganda film "Titanic" (1943) was shot aboard the SS Cap Arcona. The ship would later go down in 1945, killing three times as many people as the actual Titanic.

The Pringles mascot was originally known officially as "Mr. P," but someone wrote the name as "Julius Pringles" on the Wikipedia page, and the name stuck, so much so that they actually ended up changing it to Julius Pringles.

Everyone knows about the Maryland panhandle and its thinness. However, the Togo panhandle is even thinner. At its shortest point it is less than 450 feet.

To commemorate the NBA's 75th Anniversary, a panel of TV analysts hosted an all-time Top 75 players mock draft. MJ was selected 3rd, Kobe 2nd, and Dominique Wilkins was selected first. Don't get too surprised though, because the man who chose him was Mr. Jacques Dominique Wilkins himself.

In 2018, Munafri Arifuddin ran unopposed for mayor of Makassar, Indonesia. He lost to people selecting 'none of the above'.

Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado all have the same height, as do the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas.

Hey guys did you know that the eastern edge of China is closer to South Korea than the western edge is to North Macedonia

Sheesh, Jamaica! You sure are unpatriotic