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Post by frankthetriviaman on Dec 15, 2019 20:57:49 GMT -5
285) Most of what we know about Paul Revere's Midnight Ride is actually dramatic licence from a poem written a century after the fact
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Aug 19, 2020 14:17:05 GMT -5
286. This is the first post in this thread since last year.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Aug 21, 2020 0:05:19 GMT -5
287- the Iron Maiden wasnโt a thing; it was a hoax created centuries after itโs supposed usage
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Aug 22, 2020 13:50:09 GMT -5
288. Possibly the largest dinosaur on record, according to estimates, had its only bone go missing and has never been seen again.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 9, 2020 22:24:04 GMT -5
289) One poor child in the Victorian Era was named "Freezer Breezer" by his parents
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Apr 11, 2022 10:06:53 GMT -5
290. April 11 is the 101st day of the year.
On this day in history: 291. William III and Mary II became joint sovereigns of Great Britain. 292. Napoleon abdicated his throne after the Treaty of Fontainebleau. 293. The Tokungawa shogunate came to an end. 294. Tel Aviv was founded. 295. Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated. 296. The trial of Adolf Eichmann began. 297. Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968. 298. Apollo 13 was launched. 299. The first Apple computer was created. 300. Idi Amin was deposed from his position as president and de facto military dictator of Uganda. 301. Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey was born... 302. ...as was Rammstein bassist Oliver Riedel. 303. Kurt Vonnegut died.
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Post by Toz76 on Apr 14, 2022 16:45:52 GMT -5
304: The Emmy Award winning sitcom Chuck aired the twelfth episode of its second season on January 8, 2009. The episode was notable for using 3D effects, which were apparently all the rage in 2009.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Apr 14, 2022 21:20:18 GMT -5
305: Seattle has a monorail from the 1962 worldโs fair that was supposed to become the basis of a new public transportation systemโฆ but it never materialized so itโs only a mile long and has 2 stops
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Apr 14, 2022 22:38:20 GMT -5
306. April 14th is the 104th day of the Gregorian calendar.
On this day: 307. Mark Antony fights the Senate at the Battle of Forum Gallorum. 308. The Polish state is legendarily founded when Mieszko I becomes a Christian. 309. York defeats Lancaster at the Battle of Barnet. 310. Nuremberg has a battle-like โcelestial phenomenonโ. 311. Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth. 312. Secretary of State William Sewell is attacked at his home. 313. Four are dead in five seconds at a gun fight in El Paso. 314. The Ottoman Empire massacres Armenian Christians at Adana. 315. The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the middle of the North Atlantic. 316. An explosion occurs in Bombay harbor. 317. The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies the marriage licenses of gay couples. 318. Anne Sullivan, Helen Kellerโs teacher, is born on this dayโฆ 319. โฆas are singer Loretta Lynnโฆ 320. โฆand Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. 321. Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele dies.
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Post by Toz76 on Apr 15, 2022 16:55:03 GMT -5
305: Seattle has a monorail from the 1962 worldโs fair that was supposed to become the basis of a new public transportation systemโฆ but it never materialized so itโs only a mile long and has 2 stops 322: Not only does it only have two stops, but one of the stops is at the Westlake Mall Food Court, a food court with barely any restaurants left in a mall that is dying and being replaced by offices. 323: In fairness, it was built for the World Fair as a proof of concept. Much like how they built the one Space Needle but never built any more space needles, it was more about what is possible than what is planned.
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Apr 15, 2022 17:30:04 GMT -5
324. April 15th is the 105th day of the year.
On this day: 325. Gustavus Adolphus and the Swedish Army defeat the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rain. 326. Samuel Johnsonโs English dictionary is published. 327. Abraham Lincoln dies. 328. The Titanic sinks. 329. Belfast is attacked by the German Luftwaffe. 330. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated. 331. Jackie Robinson breaks baseballโs color line with the Brooklyn Dodgers. 332. The first McDonaldโs is opened. 333. The infamous Hillsborough crowd crush leaves 97 football (soccer) fans dead. 334. The Tiananmen Square protests begin. 335. Bombs explode at the Boston Marathon. 336. Notre Dame catches fire.
337. Famed artist Leonardo da Vinci is bornโฆ 338. โฆas is Nazi resistor Corrie ten Boomโฆ 339. โฆUSSR leader Nikita Krushchevโฆ 340. โฆNorth Korea founder Kim Il-sungโฆ 341. โฆโDespacitoโ singer Luis Fonsiโฆ 342. โฆcountry singer Chris Stapletonโฆ 343. โฆfilmmaker Seth Rogenโฆ 344. โฆand actress Emma Watson.
345. Phantom of the Opera author Gaston Leroux diesโฆ 346. โฆas does actress Greta Garboโฆ 347. โฆCambodian general Pol Potโฆ 348. โฆand Ramones frontman Joey Ramone.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Apr 19, 2022 21:44:43 GMT -5
349) Before Mugshots were standardized, criminals would make weird faces to ensure they couldn't be properly identified
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Apr 21, 2022 22:25:07 GMT -5
350. April 21st is the current date. 351. It is the 111th day of the Gregorian calendar. 352. Eyes will now be rattling off events taking place on this date.
On this day: 353. Romulus founded Rome. 354. The Lisbon Massacre, in which Jews were slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics, came to an end. 355. Henry VIII became king. 356. John Adams became the US vice president. 357. The Red Baron was shot down and killed. 358. The "Surgeon's Photograph" of the Loch Ness Monster was published. 359. Brasรญlia became Brazil's capital. 360. The Seattle World's Fair opened. 361. Annie opened on Broadway. 362. Flint, Michigan, switched its water source to the Flint River, starting the lead issue ongoing today.
363. Born on this day is English writer Charlotte Brontรซ... 364. ...along with UK Queen Elizabeth II... 365. ...Stooges singer Iggy Pop... 366. ...actor and producer Tony Danza... 367. ...Cure frontman Robert Smith... 368. ...and Scottish actor James McAvoy.
369. Writer Mark Twain died... 370. ...as did pop culture icon Prince.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Apr 21, 2022 22:35:02 GMT -5
371) Australia once declared war on emusโฆ and lost
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on May 11, 2022 9:45:30 GMT -5
372. My name is not Alexander Hamilton.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on May 11, 2022 10:35:10 GMT -5
373) When Queen tours they sometimes use a Freddie Mercury projection as part of their performance
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Post by Toz76 on May 15, 2022 17:04:59 GMT -5
374) There is some evidence that "King Arthur" was originally based on a real historical figure, a Welsh warlord who lived in roughly the 5th Century. Characters like Lancelot, Guinevere, and Merlin were all added later once the figure had firmly evolved into myth.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on May 15, 2022 23:52:07 GMT -5
375) a โwestern omeletteโ and a โDenver omeletteโ are the same thing; what if is called depends on what side of the Mississippi River you are on
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Post by Toz76 on Jan 3, 2023 16:22:44 GMT -5
376: In multiple counties in Washington state, it is illegal to harass Bigfoot 377: Because they're real 378: I've never seen one but I know it to be true 379: Also there are definitely aliens in Area 51 and the government keeps them hidden because the aliens are so hot and sexually available that no human would ever choose to have reproductive sex again when alien sex is an option 380: Orthodontics is a pseudoscience and a scam to extract money from families, that's why braces are so expensive and people always have them for longer than they expected, follow the money people! 381: Epstein didn't ki(I am assassinated for knowing too much) 382: The United States Government has our best interests at heart
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Jan 11, 2023 17:24:53 GMT -5
383. Toz is sus.
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