The Random Facts Thread

[Earthshine]

JRR Tolkien died in 1973...

In his epic saga he detailed that 3 rings were made for the Elves, 7 rings for dwarves, 9 rings for mankind and finally 1 ring to rule them all... If you reverse that you get 1973.

[jeffbert]

Time for the Twilight Zone theme!

[Shiyonasan]

The only visual difference between the flags for the countries of Chad and Romania is that Romania's flag has a slightly lighter shade of blue.

[url]http://wannabevexillologist.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/romania-vs-chad-flag-difference/[/url]

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[Earthshine]

That has GOT to be confusing around the time of The Olympics.

[CommanderEVE]

Talking about flags, the British flag (Union flag) is very unique, there is nothing quite like it. Also, did you know that the Union flag is made up of three flags?

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Also, a lot of people think the ‘Union flag’ is the ‘Union Jack’, when the ‘Jack’ is the little flag in the top left hand corner of a flag flown on ships.

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[Shiyonasan]

The Caption the picture game thread is the most viewed and most replied to thread on AstroBoy Online Forums. Not surprising considering that that thread has been active or semi-active since January 2004.

As of this post, there's currently 5,306 replies in and 538,852 views for that thread.

[jeffbert]

Sorted by posts, descending, the entire 1st page is game threads, except the sticky rules thread.

[Shiyonasan]

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy are only four days apart in age.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000638/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000559/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Also, I watched Star Trek for the first time last night. I know, hard to believe.

[jeffbert]

WHICH EPISODE?

I have never watched any of THE GODFATHER films.

[Shiyonasan]

WHICH EPISODE?

I have never watched any of THE GODFATHER films.

I watched part of The Man Trap and part of Charlie X, and then the entirety of Where No Man Has Gone Before and the entirety of The Naked Time. They were all pretty good.

I haven't watched The Godfather films either. I've heard the first two are really good though. I might get around to watching them one of these days.