Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Simon_Says]

 

[emuboy]

There is only one verified case of a person living 120 years or more - Jeanne Calment of France, who was born in 1875 and died in 1997 at the age of 122.

Runner up is American Sarah Knuass, who was born in 1880 and who died in 1999 at the age of 119. While Mrs. Knuass fell a fair way short of reaching 120 - she died at 119 years and 97 days - she fell agonizingly 2 days short of living in three different centuries, passing away on 30th December 1999.

 

[Shell]

French ay.

I would have guessed Asian, i thought they were super healthy

 

[Shell]

FWIW my great gran was super close to 100. 99 and i like 9 monthsish

 

[Moonwatcher]

There is only one verified case of a person living 120 years or more - Jeanne Calment of France, who was born in 1875 and died in 1997 at the age of 122.

Runner up is American Sarah Knuass, who was born in 1880 and who died in 1999 at the age of 119. While Mrs. Knuass fell a fair way short of reaching 120 - she died at 119 years and 97 days - she fell agonizingly 2 days short of living in three different centuries, passing away on 30th December 1999.

There is a claim that her daughter assumed her identity in the 1930s with the daughter living to the age of 99.

Was the World's Oldest Person Ever Actually Her 99-Year-Old Daughter?

Jeanne Calment made history when she died at the age of 122 in 1997, but a new investigation claims her daughter actually assumed her identity in 1934

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Moonwatcher]

Also Methuselah lived to 969 years so has her covered at any rate

 

[Registered User]

I rescued a young, lame wild bird the other day, which ate worms and bugs. I was trying to figure out to feed it. I found on the web that mealworm is sold in pet shops for 16 to 17 bucks for 100g packs!!! Fa'rrrk!! That's obviously 160 to 170 bucks a kilo!!! Jeezuz!!
Thankfully, the bird died last night.

 

[Moonwatcher]

I assume a kilo of mealworm would last a while.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Also Methuselah lived to 969 years so has her covered at any rate

The earth spun a lot quicker back in those days....What a spin-out.

 

[GreyCrow]

Gustav Gerneth , Germany died 2/3 days ago aged 114 - at the time the oldest living man

 

[Procrastinator35]

Apparently, Bristle-cone pine trees are the oldest known living thing in the world currently, that can be accurately verified.....Measured at around 5,000 years old.....Also known - funnily enough - As the Methuselah tree.

The oldest living thing on Earth

Mayflies live for a day, humans live a century - if we’re lucky - but what is the oldest living organism on the planet?

www.bbc.com

 

[Richard Pryor]

French ay.

I would have guessed Asian, i thought they were super healthy

I read somewhere the Japanese super age thing is over-exaggerated by the fact they put very little effort into verifying if the elderly are still alive so they stay on the books lifting the stats up.

 

[Hawk Dork]

I read somewhere the Japanese super age thing is over-exaggerated by the fact they put very little effort into verifying if the elderly are still alive so they stay on the books lifting the stats up.

I read that too, something also to do with pensions from memory ???

 

[emuboy]

There is a claim that her daughter assumed her identity in the 1930s with the daughter living to the age of 99.

Was the World's Oldest Person Ever Actually Her 99-Year-Old Daughter?

Jeanne Calment made history when she died at the age of 122 in 1997, but a new investigation claims her daughter actually assumed her identity in 1934

www.smithsonianmag.com

If true, that would have been hard to maintain over so many years given the age difference.

 

[Registered User]

I assume a kilo of mealworm would last a while.

I'm not sure. 'They' reckon that some wild birds eat 10 to 14 feet of earthworms a day

 

[Dinsdale]

Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp).

 

[Registered User]

Cowes in Phillip Island is indirectly named after the animal. The name comes from the name Westcowe in England

The name Westcowe was attested in 1413 as the name of one of two sandbanks, on each side of the River Medina estuary, so-called after a supposed likeness to cows. The name was subsequently transferred to fortifications built during the reign of Henry VIII on the east and west banks of the river to dispel a French invasion, referred to as cowforts or cowes. They subsequently gave their names to the towns of Cowes and East Cowes, replacing the earlier name of Shamblord.

 

[Dinsdale]

Cowes in Phillip Island is indirectly named after the animal. The name comes from the name Westcowe in England

The name Westcowe was attested in 1413 as the name of one of two sandbanks, on each side of the River Medina estuary, so-called after a supposed likeness to cows. The name was subsequently transferred to fortifications built during the reign of Henry VIII on the east and west banks of the river to dispel a French invasion, referred to as cowforts or cowes. They subsequently gave their names to the towns of Cowes and East Cowes, replacing the earlier name of Shamblord.

Great trivia! Nice little town, I've ridden the GP circuit on the bike every year for 14 years, 270km/h down the straight weeeeeeeeeeee!

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[emuboy]

Since the Norman conquest of England in 1066, there have been 8 King Henrys and 8 King Edwards, but there have never been any Kings' names used 9 times or more. Of the other kings' names, there have been two that have been used only once - Stephen and John.

Reigning Queens have been rarer in England due to succession laws. Of the names of English Queens, Elizabeth and Mary have been used twice, and Jane, Anne and Victoria once each.

 

[emuboy]

Titanic survivor Marian Thayer, who lost her husband John in the 1912 disaster but whose eldest son Jack then aged 17 survived by managing to swim to an overturned lifeboat, died on 14th April 1944, exactly 32 years after the date that the liner hit the iceberg before sinking early the following morning.

 

[Hawk Dork]

 

[Cuzz09]

Jack then aged 17 survived by managing to swim to an overturned lifeboat

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[Gough]

Delia Smith baked the cake that's on the cover of Let it Bleed.

 

[kickazz]

Contrary to what crime fiction tells us, you'd need to inhale from a chloroform soaked rag for a good five minutes to become unconscious.

 

[kickazz]

In the 1985 Victorian State election, there was actually a tie for one if the upper house seats.