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The only country to have a non-rectangular flag is Nepal.

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The sandwich was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

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The Hawaiian islands were once known to Europeans as the Sandwich Islands - named by explorer James Cook after the 4th Earl of Sandwich.

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Cook Monument marks the spot where the famous British explorer James Cook was killed by native Hawaiians. Today, it is a popular snorkeling location.

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The village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, in Wales, lengthened its name to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch for promotional purposes in the 1860s.

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Level 10

Jun 27, 2018

I had 12 seconds left i just put my fingers across the keyboard

Level 82

Apr 9, 2020

What are you talking about?

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Level 74

Apr 14, 2020

Scholars will debate the meaning of this in centuries to come...

Level 73

Nov 23, 2020

I think he is doing the A-Z quiz.

Level 46

Feb 22, 2021

Wrong thing

Level 73

Apr 30, 2021

Wrong?

Level 53

Jun 15, 2021

i think he meant to comment on a quiz, but i dont know how someone would make that mistake. :\

Level 68

Jul 28, 2022

Probably meant to comment on a quiz but instead somehow clicked through onto the facts box and commented here.

Still trying to work out how that's possible

Level 29

Feb 16, 2023

late comment but i think its a joke about the long welsh place name

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Level 67

May 20, 2022

- Person who lengthened that village's name

Level 42

Sep 13, 2023

underrated comment

Level 28

Dec 22, 2023

LOL!

Level 56

Oct 23, 2018

FACT 111.....switzerland and the vatican do not have a rectangular flag also

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Level 49

Jan 3, 2019

Squares are rectangles...

Level 21

Mar 30, 2019

Squares are rectangles Einstein

Level 19

Jun 19, 2019

Squares

Are Rectangles

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Level 92

Aug 12, 2019

Einstein said, "E=mc squares are rectangles".

Level 68

Jul 29, 2022

No Einstein said RectanglEs = mc square(s)

Level 28

May 1, 2025

who's gonna tell him

Level 65

Nov 20, 2018

I remember when I visited the UK as a teen, and I found a brochure for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. The name ran all the way across the front of the brochure. Then I opened it up and the name kept going!

Level 86

Mar 27, 2019

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll is not a city, or even a town. It's a village.

Level 72

Jun 5, 2019

Yeah this probably needs to be fixed. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is not a city.

Level ∞

Jun 5, 2019

Okay, changed

Level 78

Jan 28, 2020

This'll need verification, but I'm pretty sure that the Captain Cook Monument is British-owned. Adding that would certainly make #114 more interesting.

Level 82

Apr 9, 2020

It seems to be true, according to this, A large white stone monument was built on the north shore of the bay in 1874 on the order of Princess Likelike and was deeded to the United Kingdom in 1877.

Level 70

May 11, 2020

112: Lucky the sandwich was named after his royal title, it could have been a 'montagu' as in 'Steak Montagu' or peanut butter montagu etc.

Level 59

Oct 4, 2020

I'd like a California Club montagu for lunch, please.

Level 70

Aug 20, 2021

Further thinking about this fact gives the thought that when a footballer is squashed between two opponents you would have to say "he was montagued between two players"

Level 55

Jun 30, 2020

I can't believe that only until a month ago I didn't know how confusing Welsh is. Way to many Ys and Ls.

Level 71

Jul 16, 2020

Cook was also eaten when he was killed..

Level 53

Jan 25, 2021

Eaten by what? Who?

Level 68

Jul 29, 2022

By the ye Olde Hawaiian tribes

Level 67

Dec 31, 2025

“Ye” in the Old/Middle English context just means “the” because the ‘y’ was just a stand in for the Old English character thorn (þ) which makes the ‘th’ sound. When printing presses were first set up in England in the late 15th century, the type came from continental Europe where the thorn was not used, therefore they just used the ‘y’ since it looked similar to the way the letter thorn was handwritten with the loop disconnected. All that to say, saying “the ye” is redundant lmao

Level 28

Jul 19, 2020

Maybe do quadrilaterals instead

Level 59

Sep 15, 2020

Because squares aren’t rectangles...?

Level 44

Mar 10, 2021

The longest city name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand

Level 53

Jun 15, 2021

longest CITY name, there is a difference between city and place name.

Level 68

Sep 19, 2024

That's a hill

Level 44

Mar 10, 2021

Number 111 is wrong. Switzerland has a square flag.

Level 73

Mar 15, 2021

S Q U A R E S A R E R E C T A N G L E S

Level 53

Jun 15, 2021

translation of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch:

st marys church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool of llantysilio of the red cave.

llantysilio is another town but its not even close to the other one?

Level 41

Aug 18, 2021

Re No. 112 - The American filmmaker and author Woody Allen was inspired by this factoid to write a hilarious short story "Yes, but can the steam engine do this?", first published in the New Yorker magazine in 1966 (full text can be seen here: https://myanaloguelife.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/yes-but-can-the-steam-engine-do-this/)

Level 40

Apr 21, 2022

gogogo

Level 29

Apr 25, 2022

Simplified, the flag ratio of Nepal is 0.820.

Level 63

Nov 22, 2022

Cmon guys, squares are rectangles. Elementary school children know this......

Level 18

Dec 4, 2025

If squares were rectangles, then why would they have a different name? A squares definition is a "plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles." However, a rectangles definition is "a plane figure with four straight sides and four right angles, especially one with unequal adjacent sides, in contrast to a square." Therefore, squares are not rectangles, rectangles are not squares, squares are squares, rectangles are rectangles and most of you people are morons.