LLajax Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I like to collect fun facts to fill those open moments (to ease my social anxiety?). Anybody have any fun fact gems? I figured we could share them, you know, maybe as a way to briefly distract us from refreshing the results page (...can't....stop...). For example: The youngest pope was (probably) Benedict IX (1012-1056), who got the job either at age 11 or at age 20 (information is a little sketchy from the 11th century). It was either him or Pope John XII (937-964), who was voted in at at 18. Also, Benedict's pre-Pope name was Theophylactus, which is a kicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Also, Benedict's pre-Pope name was Theophylactus, which is a kicker. Damn, don't you need an epi-pen for that? gellert and Jwnich1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwnich1 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The country of Andorra has 2 co-princes: the President of France, and the Bishop of Urgell (a diocese is Catalonia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svh Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The subway system in Hong Kong is the most efficient in the world. You wait 3 minutes tops at any given moment before you can board a train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestage Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) The country of Andorra has 2 co-princes: the President of France, and the Bishop of Urgell (a diocese is Catalonia). another fun fact: there actually exists a country named andorra Edited January 20, 2012 by thestage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLajax Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 another fun fact: there actually exists a country named andorra You should check out Seborga. Its an Italian town that thinks its a country. They even elect a prince. wlkwih2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwnich1 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 How about Transnistria - a breakaway state that decided they would rather remain Communist and broke away from Moldova! Another fun (former) Communist country fact: Belarus' security service is still called the KGB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habanero Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) The population of California, USA is 36,961,664. The population of Canada is 34,108,752. Edited January 21, 2012 by habanero litjust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunty DaGnome Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Everyone knows about Nome, Alaska, but did you know there is also a Nome, Texas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocHope Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 You should check out Seborga. Its an Italian town that thinks its a country. They even elect a prince. Or the Principality of Sealand, which is smaller than the apartment building I live in. Oh, and also populated by crazies...NOT unlike my previous building. wlkwih2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLajax Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Or the Principality of Sealand, which is smaller than the apartment building I live in. Oh, and also populated by crazies...NOT unlike my previous building. You can buy lordships from/of Sealand! (I looked into this as a Christmas present for people I know haha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeeplease Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 According to some recent scholarship, the closest living relative of the T-rex is now thought to be ..... the chicken. (More.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenePony Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Everyone knows about Nome, Alaska, but did you know there is also a Nome, Texas? There's also an Italy, Texas (found out yesterday a classmate grew up there) and a Paris, Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeeplease Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 There's also an Italy, Texas (found out yesterday a classmate grew up there) and a Paris, Texas. Also, a Hamburg, New York and a Berlin, New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreaming Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 As long as we are going this direction - Frankfurt, Kentucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edost Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 There's also an Italy, Texas (found out yesterday a classmate grew up there) and a Paris, Texas. And a Palestine, TX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzygrl Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 and a Berlin, NJ .... a state which also has five Washington's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzygrl Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 oh, and the streets of Monopoly are named after streets in Atlantic City which also has the world's first and longest boardwalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andsowego Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 The only cast member of "Friends" who wasn't a smoker at the time of the series filming was Matt LeBlanc. Andsowego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loimographia Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 You can buy lordships from/of Sealand! (I looked into this as a Christmas present for people I know haha) I think I just figured out how I'm going to reward myself if I get into graduate school. Barronness, here I come! Also, I now know what I'm going to buy everyone else for birthdays/christmas/bat mitzvah/any gift-giving occasion, for all of eternity. Fun fact: I'll have to think one up when I'm feeling more clever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameonna Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Atychiphobia is an abnormally intense fear of failure. I think we all can relate to that phobia a little bit. I know I can! Also, phobophobia is the fear of having and/or developing a phobia. Kitkat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreaming Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Also, phobophobia is the fear of having and/or developing a phobia. NICE! so meta. surefire, LLajax, wlkwih2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hope4fall2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Wonder what this is called: The fear of telling anyone other than my parents that I've even applied to grad school because I'm so uncertain of even getting a single admit.. I don't know how I'll feel if my first decision is a reject.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreaming Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Interesting fact: I heard the head of my department today ask the administrator for the "conversion sheet for the GRE." It's definitely starting... Also, what is the deal with the new GRE? What's the max score? I don't understand how to interpret the news scores (not that it matters ALL that much in the grander scheme). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonLipwig Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 People who took the general GRE from August 2011 onwards got scores on a different scale, for the verbal and quantitative sections. These scores are now 130-170. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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