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[Resurrection Joe...]

Not all from London. Jagger is from Dartford.

yep, Keef as well. I think Brian Jones was from Chelmsford

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

The capital of Australia is Canberra. Not Sydney.
The capital of Morrocco is Rabat. Not Marrakech.

Other common mistakes -
Ottawa, not Toronto in Canada.
Brasilia, not Rio de Janeiro in Brazil

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

The word "decide" has the same partial etymology (-cide) as homicide, regicide, pesticide. Basically, it means to determine by killing off choices​

 

[KS55]

I've heard of 4 of them.

Beat ya’. Seven for me.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Another mistake people make is naming the capital of Somalia.

Spoiler

Bless you

 

[Uwe Already]

This gave me proper flashbacks to my childhood.

I confused this with weekend worlds use of Nantucket sleigh ride but an unusual proggy departure for the Eagles was the theme for hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy (give it till at least 1 minute)

 

[idahoblues]

The capital of Nebraska is Lincoln, not Omaha.
Other obscure capitals and states are available.

I knew that :)

 

[Barcon]

I just drove my atv through a deep water hole that was caused by beavers.
The water caused the radiator fan fuse to trip and therefore the atv overheated and spewed rad fluid everywhere.
To summarise, beavers made me overheat.

 

[idahoblues]

I just drove my atv through a deep water hole that was caused by beavers.
The water caused the radiator fan fuse to trip and therefore the atv overheated and spewed rad fluid everywhere.
To summarise, beavers made me overheat.

Did you see the beaver ?

 

[Barcon]

Did you see the beaver ?

I did not, but I did see some bear shit.

 

[idahoblues]

I did not, but I did see some bear shit.

Were you in the woods ?

 

[NPBlue]

What is the biggest desert in the world?

Growing up in the USA in the 1960's I was taught that it is the Sahara Desert.

The answer I was taught in grade school is no longer accepted as correct. The correct answer is the Antarctic Polar Region. It seems that the classification of what constitutes a desert has changed sometime in the past - but I've no idea when.

The above may be of interest to older Citizens... but "duh!, no kidding" likely applies to most viewers.

The UK has a desert, near Dungeness in Kent.

It's possibly the smallest desert in the world, I don't know, but it is classified by the UK national weather service as a desert.

 

[crublue1]

If a snooker ball was scaled up to be the size of the earth, it would have mountains higher than everest.
(And would be quite difficult to pot.)

 

[BimboBob]

I confused this with weekend worlds use of Nantucket sleigh ride but an unusual proggy departure for the Eagles was the theme for hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy (give it till at least 1 minute)

Only for the 5 radio series. For the TV series a bastardised version was used, a knock off, as the BBC were cheap. Even the Illegal Eagles had a go on the later vinyl offerings. The film version was redone by Joby Talbot. Of Divine Comedy fame. And the original books? Nope...never used...;)

 

[Bill Walker]

If a snooker ball was scaled up to be the size of the earth, it would have mountains higher than everest.
(And would be quite difficult to pot.)

Is there a right way up in space, Australia is always depicted as upside down but is this relevant in space, is there a right way up for planets ?

 

[KS55]

Is there a right way up in space, Australia is always depicted as upside down but is this relevant in space, is there a right way up for planets ?

Nope. Just convention.

 

[crublue1]

Is there a right way up in space, Australia is always depicted as upside down but is this relevant in space, is there a right way up for planets ?

Australia can't be upside down, all the people would fall off if it was.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Is there a right way up in space, Australia is always depicted as upside down but is this relevant in space, is there a right way up for planets ?

Australia is at the bottom of the planet because it's weighed down by all the convict's chains and manacles left there.

 

[NPBlue]

If a snooker ball was scaled up to be the size of the earth, it would have mountains higher than everest.
(And would be quite difficult to pot.)

If you wrapped a single layer of clingfilm around a snooker ball, it would represent the size of the breathable atmosphere on Earth.

 

[Lavinda Past]