The "Did you know" thread.....

[MaxJoker]

That if Hitler hadn't committed suicide in 1945 , he still wouldn't be alive today

[Riley Owain]

Originally Posted by bloke57

You could've broken it a bit more gently Riley. I'm devastated. When's the funeral?

Tomorrow in 43 BC

Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

Aah but was it today in the Julian calendar-which had only just been implemented....?

No in the Julian Calender it would be about 15 days before i think or 15 days later

there is about a 2 week difference between the Julian Calender and the Gregorian calender.

Originally Posted by Bill derBerg

Actress Sally Field had her ancestry traced by the researches at Finding Your Roots and found out that not only did her family arrive on the Mayflower the captain of the ship was her lineal grandfather. He was elected the first governor and was directly responsible for organizing the feast with the natives which became Thanksgiving.

Her family story contains some other fascinating twists and turns. PBS has put the episode online : http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your...e-family-tree/

Did you know that about 10% of Americans today can trace their ancestry back to the people who came over on the mayflower.


I think that is about 30 million but i suck at math so i could be wrong.

[Riley Owain]

1130 people exist today simply because Charlotte Princess of Wales died on the 6 of November 1817. ( She died a few hours after given birth to a stillborn son.

If she had not died on this date Queen Victoria would never have been born as she only exist because Charlotte died and because Charlotte died there was a succession crisis in the British monarchy and that the King gave order that the first legitimate child of his unmarried brothers would be hair to the throne. This ended in a marriage between Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ( the brother of King George III ) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld who are the parents of Queen Victoria this marriage would not have happened if Charlotte had not died in 1817.

Just think about it pretty much every royal member of a European dynasty that are descendent's from Queen Victoria only exist because of the death of a 21 year old princess on the 6 of November 1817.

Princess Charlotte the princess of Wales was called the English Rose. And her death set off tremendous mourning among the British.

[Dr Pepper]

Originally Posted by Riley Owain

1130 people exist today simply because Charlotte Princess of Wales died on the 6 of November 1817. ( She died a few hours after given birth to a stillborn son.

If she had not died on this date Queen Victoria would never have been born as she only exist because Charlotte died and because Charlotte died there was a succession crisis in the British monarchy and that the King gave order that the first legitimate child of his unmarried brothers would be hair to the throne. This ended in a marriage between Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ( the brother of King George III ) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld who are the parents of Queen Victoria this marriage would not have happened if Charlotte had not died in 1817.

Just think about it pretty much every royal member of a European dynasty that are descendent's from Queen Victoria only exist because of the death of a 21 year old princess on the 6 of November 1817.

Princess Charlotte the princess of Wales was called the English Rose. And her death set off tremendous mourning among the British.

Actually there are some glaring errors of logic holes in this post......starting with cause and effect...right from the first line.

[Greenman]

The recent passing of John Glenn reminded me that Gerry Anderson named his space monitor John Tracy in 'Thunderbirds' after him and the other astronauts of the 60's. There is also, in the film of 'Thunderbirds Are Go' an airfield called Glenn Field which again is named after him.

[Riley Owain]

Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

Actually there are some glaring errors of logic holes in this post......starting with cause and effect...right from the first line.

What i wrote is true

That does not change just because you disagree with it.

[GailFan]

Originally Posted by Greenman

The recent passing of John Glenn reminded me that Gerry Anderson named his space monitor John Tracy in 'Thunderbirds' after him and the other astronauts of the 60's. There is also, in the film of 'Thunderbirds Are Go' an airfield called Glenn Field which again is named after him.

The building I used to work in was located on John Glenn Avenue... always had a devil of a time remembering if it was 1 n or 2.

[GailFan]

Did you know...

In New Zealand, sunbathing in the nude is not illegal per se, but exposing one's "reproductive organs" is. Thus, women who possess a healthy bush can legally sunbathe nude. The same would presumably apply to guys but I guess even the less endowed would need a hefty undergrowth.

[rosestone]

Uniquely among European languages, Hungarian has no similarities with other languages, except for a very slight relationship with Finnish. This despite the fact that Hungary is a land-locked country slap-bang in the middle of Europe.

(Apparently - by which I mean I just looked this up on wikipedia - this is because Hungarians and Finns were originally the same people who migrated from somewhere in Siberia, a group which then spilt up, the people who would become the Finns going North, the would-be Hungarians pitching up in what is now Hungary).

[tygrkhat40]

Originally Posted by rosestone

Uniquely among European languages, Hungarian has no similarities with other languages...

Basque also has no similarities with any other European language.