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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Dec 4, 2015 13:46:10 GMT -5
44. The R.M.S. Titanic had two sister ships.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Dec 4, 2015 13:50:10 GMT -5
45) titanic's fourth funnel was fake, added only to make the ship "look grander"
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Dec 4, 2015 15:55:22 GMT -5
46. We have talked about nothing but the R.M.S. Titanic for the last few posts.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Dec 4, 2015 17:05:51 GMT -5
47) because I love the titanic and it's a great source of trivia (drawing a blank on other topics at the moment)
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Dec 4, 2015 17:28:21 GMT -5
48. When I was little, the Titanic was my very favorite ship. 49. Nowadays, I prefer the Knock Nevis. 50. This is the 50th fact.
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Post by Tug on Dec 6, 2015 20:24:59 GMT -5
51.) My favorite ship would have to be the Dreadnaught
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Dec 7, 2015 13:53:04 GMT -5
52. A Charlie Brown Christmas ties with Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer as the most popular Christmas movie.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Dec 11, 2015 7:47:11 GMT -5
53) in the United States Navy, aircraft carriers are designated CV
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Dec 11, 2015 11:22:00 GMT -5
54. The largest aircraft carriers are the Nimitz-class.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Dec 11, 2015 22:58:56 GMT -5
55) The most decorated aircraft carrier of the US Navy is the USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Dec 12, 2015 10:25:16 GMT -5
56. The Type-VII U-Boat is now considered one of, if not the, greatest submarines of all time.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Dec 13, 2015 1:35:53 GMT -5
57) there is much disagreement in the music community over who should be considered the first heavy metal band. Contenders include black sabbath, led Zeppelin, iron butterfly, blue cheer and some band called steppenwolf
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Dec 13, 2015 10:59:07 GMT -5
58. Many people believe, however, that the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" was the first metal song.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Dec 14, 2015 20:52:24 GMT -5
59) Among Titanic's passengers were 5 first class children and 22 second class children
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Dec 14, 2015 21:54:40 GMT -5
60. This is the 60th fact.
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Dec 29, 2015 22:16:38 GMT -5
61) If we turn time backwards, we get emit
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Post by Biblically Accurate Angel on Jan 7, 2016 12:47:58 GMT -5
62. During the recording of Iron Maiden's third album, The Number of the Beast, their producer got into a car accident. 63. The cost totaled up to exactly 666 pounds. 64. He then insisted they add an extra pound to it, or he wouldn't pay.
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Post by Tug on Jan 10, 2016 22:48:42 GMT -5
65.) Hitler was originally going to invade Switzerland, but his staff kept pleading to him not to because it would be a bigger insult to their army if they lost right on their border instead of in Russia... The moral here is Switzerland cannot be invaded...
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Post by frankthetriviaman on Jan 10, 2016 23:27:17 GMT -5
66) historically, Switzerland has been impossible to invade because quite literally, it is surrounded on all sides by mountains.
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Post by Tug on Jan 10, 2016 23:30:47 GMT -5
67.) Plus a Swiss sniper could pick off thousands of men coming down mountain passes that are the only ways into the country itself, basically making it impenetrable
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