Really TRUE odd factoids

[Joey Shabadoo]

And there was me thinking I was special.

Which currency are we talking about?

Dollar millionaires I believe.

 

[Milkfloat]

Dollar millionaires I believe.

I started looking into this figure as I thought it was quite high, I went down a rabbit hole in terms of defining a millionaire (i.e. what assets are counted) the definitions vary so much to make the number quoted fairly meaningless. It would have been nice if Credit Suisse actually included one in their 179 page databook where the figures come from .

 

[T4tomo]

When Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star, he ended the lives of 1.7 million Imperial personnel, and 250,000 civilians (mostly contractors, prisoners and catering staff.)

By definition fiction is is not a fact(oid).. You need to put a £5 in the kitty.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

By definition fiction is is not a fact(oid).. You need to put a £5 in the kitty.

 

[T4tomo]

Good meme!......and star trek isn't true either, we might as well get it all out in the open.

 

[T4tomo]

I do have an actual fact, baby Koala bears eat their parents poo.

 

[classic33]

@T4tomo.
The planet Scarif, in the Scarif system is named after

Note the local peace keeping force.

Where part of the filming was done, along with nearby Tuamgraney.
They even destroyed trees I'd planted years before.

 

[T4tomo]

@T4tomo.
The planet Scarif, in the Scarif system is named after
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Note the local peace keeping force.

Where part of the filming was done, along with nearby Tuamgraney.
They even destroyed trees I'd planted years before.

wasted on me- another fact is that whilst I have seen a few star trek episodes (that's the one with Spock and Uhura right?) I have never watch a single star wars movie.

😢shame about your trees...

 

[Blue Hills]

In early 17th century essex, adults had a 1 in 4 chance of being brought before an ecclesiastical court for sexual misconduct. They were known as bawdy courts because of their gossip feeding potential.

 

[T4tomo]

In early 17th century essex, adults had a 1 in 4 chance of being brought before an ecclesiastical court for sexual misconduct. They were known as bawdy courts because of their gossip feeding potential.

presumably that increased to a 1 in 3 chance the late 20th century - boom!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Doctors were seven times more likely to join the SS than any other occupation. 50% of doctors were Nazi Party members.

 

[Blue Hills]

presumably that increased to a 1 in 3 chance the late 20th century - boom!

well at least not the expected (by me) comment about essex girls

 

[Tenkaykev]

In early 17th century essex, adults had a 1 in 4 chance of being brought before an ecclesiastical court for sexual misconduct. They were known as bawdy courts because of their gossip feeding potential.

Ah, that would be an ecumenical matter.

 

[classic33]

According to one late19th century superstition, all dishcloths should be burned before moving house.

The same goes for cloths used for general house cleaning. That way, all of the bad luck you've “wiped up” in the old house won’t go with you to the new house.

 

[classic33]

Daylight Savings Time was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin in a letter he addressed to Parisians in 1784.

His argument was that more daylight would mean people wouldn’t waste candles by having to burn them for longer.

It was however William Willett’s idea, his proposal for Daylight Savings Time was put forward in 1907. Britain failed to adopt the idea until 1916, a month after Germany had taken up the idea.