Trivia Thread!

[Erestor Arcamen]

A tiny chameleon discovered in northern Madagascar and measuring just 28.9 millimeters is believed to be the smallest reptile on Earth. The itty bitty chameleon was recently discovered and reported in the January 2021 issue of Scientific Reports.

 

[Idril Celebrindal]

The average smartphone screen has more bacteria on it than the flush button on a toilet.

 

[Vorondil]

The average smartphone screen has more bacteria on it than the flush button on a toilet.

 

[Elwing the White]

The average smartphone screen has more bacteria on it than the flush button on a toilet.

Does this go for other electronics (such as tablets) as well?

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Cleopatra was alive closer to when the first Pizza Hut opened than when the Great Pyramids were built.

 

[grendel]

The most distant point of land from any ocean is called the Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility. Location 46deg 17' N 86 deg 40' E, in China's Xinjiang region near the border with Kazakhstan. This point is 2,645 km from the nearest coastline. I assume they're considering oceans, and not lakes or inland seas. Btw I missed this question on a bar trivia quiz, so naturally I looked it up. [In my defense, the question asked what country is it located in, and I guessed Kazakhstan, so I was pretty darn close.]

 

[grendel]

Cleopatra was alive closer to when the first Pizza Hut opened than when the Great Pyramids were built.

That kind of boggles the mind. I did read somewhere that the pyramids were considered ancient history to the Egyptians themselves.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

That kind of boggles the mind. I did read somewhere that the pyramids were considered ancient history to the Egyptians themselves.

Yeah only by around 500 years but still insane to me. I read that Egypt civilization was so old that even in “ancient Egypt” they had archaeologists there studying even older times to them. 🤯

 

[Idril Celebrindal]

Does this go for other electronics (such as tablets) as well?

Depends on how much you use them and if you carry them around with you. You can just rub the screen with alchohol if you're worried, it doesn't damage the screen.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Take the number 105263157894736842 then take the "2" from the right and put it at the front so you get 210526315789473684

Now that new number is twice the original number. This is the SMALLEST number for which that happens.

 

[Ent]

Now that new number is twice the original number. This is the SMALLEST number for which that happens.

Now THAT is an incredibly important bit of trivia..!
I can finally balance my checkbook..!!!

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Now THAT is an incredibly important bit of trivia..!
I can finally balance my checkbook..!!!

You've been holding out on your fellow mods, share the wealth!

 

[Ent]

You've been holding out on your fellow mods, share the wealth

I dunno, EA -
as I recall, I've already tripled your Head Mod wage, doubled SeS' twice, and at least started giving Vorondil and Modtimo the standard since they hadn't even been put on the payroll yet - but I'll see what I can do.

 

[Deimos]

 

[Idril Celebrindal]

The swimming pool on The Titanic still has water in it!

 

[Deimos]

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(Replying to my own post...HAHA .. the apex of narcissism...)

So I was curious as to the ownership of the 4 extant pairs of Ruby Slippers....

Where are the Four Pairs of Ruby Slippers?

 

[Deimos]

Depends on how much you use them and if you carry them around with you. You can just rub the screen with alchohol if you're worried, it doesn't damage the screen.

You could just drink alcohol if you are really worried...😁

 

[Idril Celebrindal]

You could just drink alcohol if you are really worried...😁

I meant sanitizing alchohol, not the kind to drink.

 

[Deimos]

I meant sanitizing alchohol, not the kind to drink.

You can use the kind you drink to sanitize, but not vice-versa.
(And my reply to your original post was a joke 😉)

 

[Idril Celebrindal]

You can use the kind you drink to sanitize, but not vice-versa.
(And my reply to your original post was a joke 😉)

Well, one of my friends actually drank a bit of sanitizer when he was 7, I believe. Thankfully, he stopped after he felt how bitter it was.