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by JR8 » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 9:04 am
Canada is larger than America.
I'd vouch that
most Europeans don't know that!
CAN 3,855,100 Miles2
USA 3,794,100 Miles2
For people into pub quizzes and the like, CAN also has the largest water area of any country in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_by_land_area
p.s. It would be interesting to try and identify a counter-intuitive fact that approaches a pinnacle of counter-intuitiveness: Something you read and your response is 'Well THAT's bollocks!', but it turns out it's true, a kind of triumph of reality/fact over common/accepted perception.
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by QRM » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 9:39 am
Kellogg's corn flakes and Graham crackers were inveted by doctors to prevent men from masturbating
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by JR8 » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 9:40 am
Bulls-eye
'Russia is almost twice the size of the US
'Africa is almost twice the size of Russia'
etc
I like how such nuggets make you stop and think!
p.s. Good grief QRM!
I think I'll stick to the Weetabix!
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by nakatago » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:00 am
Greenland is geographically North America but administered by Denmark (politically European).
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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by nakatago » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:04 am
QRM wrote:Kellogg's corn flakes and Graham crackers were inveted by doctors to prevent men from masturbating
The vibrator was invented to treat hysteria in women.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrator_(sex_toy)
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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by bgd » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 1:02 pm
Countersteering - on a bike you push the bars the 'wrong way' steer left to turn right.
If you ride a bicycle you do it without realising.
If you ride a motorcylce you were probably taught it. For me it was a mind shift.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersteering
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by JR8 » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 2:06 pm
singapore eagle wrote:How about: Edinburgh is further west than Bristol
Good one, counter-intuitive. I think you're educated 'just thinking' the UK is a vertically orientated island, but it's not.
How about
London is further north than the USA.
or
The country with the longest coastline in the world is Norway.
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by aster » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 9:15 pm
Norway's eastern border stretches further east than Istanbul.
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by JR8 » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 9:17 pm
Ha, love it!!
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by aster » Tue, 26 Aug 2014 9:21 pm
JR8 wrote:The country with the longest coastline in the world is Norway.
Only Norway actually looks at it this way.
It's more a case of "Greek accounting" (not to mention including Svabald in their calculation) with two of the main sources available listing them at #7. Still impressive to be up there alongside Australia though...
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