Really TRUE odd factoids

[Beebo]

I don't think it is possible for the Democrats to nominate a previous President, as all theirs who are still alive have served two terms.

You could still have Hilary Clinton as VP.
But very unlikely

 

[Alex321]

You could still have Hilary Clinton as VP.
But very unlikely

You could, but that would still not mean two previous Presidents were standing at this election. They can't have Bill Clinton as VP be because he isn't eligible to be President.

 

[Seevio]

You could, but that would still not mean two previous Presidents were standing at this election. They can't have Bill Clinton as VP be because he isn't eligible to be President.

True, but this particular chain of quotes refers to the non-running of Bushes, Clintons or Bidens.

 

[PeteXXX]

Sir Christopher Lee was the only person in The Lord of the Rings trilogy to have actually met JRR Tolkien.

 

[Chris S]

Christopher Lee is a direct descendent of Charlemagne.

 

[PeteXXX]

Ian Fleming quite possibly based James Bond on Christopher Lee due to his secretive war time 'antics'.

 

[Alex321]

True, but this particular chain of quotes refers to the non-running of Bushes, Clintons or Bidens.

Oops.
I got confused, and thought it was linking back to this one https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/really-true-odd-factoids.257630/post-7241100

 

[Chris S]

Wales, Cornwall, Walloon in Belgium and Wallachia in Romania all derive their names from the word that early Germanic peoples used to describe other ethnic groups.

 

[classic33]

The very last flight of the SR 71 was on the 9th October 1999, 09/09/99, at an airshow at Edwards Air Force Base.

 

[classic33]

The seal on King Tutankhamen's tomb remained intact for 3425 years, until broken in 1922 by a team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter.

 

[Alex321]

The very last flight of the SR 71 was on the 9th October 1999, 09/09/99, at an airshow at Edwards Air Force Base.

That (09/09/99) would of course, have been 9th of September, not October, which is the 10th month. You are right that the final flight WAS on 9th October 1999, so would be 09/10/99 (or 10/09/99 in American)

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella

 

[PeteXXX]

The top layer of the M6 Toll Road surface contains two and a half million pulped Mills & Boon paperbacks.
🛣

 

[Andy in Germany]

The top layer of the M6 Toll Road surface contains two and a half million pulped Mills & Boon paperbacks.
🛣

Got to be useful for something...

 

[matticus]

Sir Christopher Lee was the only person in The Lord of the Rings trilogy to have actually met JRR Tolkien.

Pffft.
Lee was so old, everyone in England knew each-other.