The Thread for Useless, but Interesting Facts

[Azeem]

Some exonyns of places in English and their endonyms.

India = Bharat

Egypt = Mas'r

Japan = Nippon

Germany = Deutschland

China = Zhonghou

Levant = Bilad As-Sham ( Greater Syria kinda meaning ) 

North Africa = Maghreb ( Egypt excluded ) 

Greece = Hellas

There are some others places I'm forgetting

 

[Bluewolf]

[Spike]

13 hours ago, Beelzebub said:

 

Japan = Nippon

China = Zhonghou

 

 

Japan can be either ‘Nippon’ or ‘Nihon’. China is even more complicated because it depends on the translation and the dialect, there are quite literally dozens of way to express the name.

Most countries have different names in different languages.
Italia
Danmark
Sverige
Norge
Suomi
Nederland
Hrvatska

so on and so forth. 
Germany for instance is called Alemagne in French, and Alemannia in Spanish.
 

Edited October 4, 2022 by Spike

[Toinho]

3 hours ago, Bluewolf said:

I’d rather be jailed in Paris than live in the USA now, however wonder how many people took that offer up…

 

@CaaC (John) you live in Louisiana for a bit in the 1700s?

Edited October 4, 2022 by Toinho

[Azeem]

4 hours ago, Spike said:

Japan can be either ‘Nippon’ or ‘Nihon’. China is even more complicated because it depends on the translation and the dialect, there are quite literally dozens of way to express the name.

Most countries have different names in different languages.
Italia
Danmark
Sverige
Norge
Suomi
Nederland
Hrvatska

so on and so forth. 
Germany for instance is called Alemagne in French, and Alemannia in Spanish.
 

Which is why I specifically mentioned exonyms in English.

[Spike]

9 minutes ago, Beelzebub said:

Which is why I specifically mentioned exonyms in English.

ok

[Toinho]

4 hours ago, Beelzebub said:

Which is why I specifically mentioned exonyms in English.

Endonyms? 

[Azeem]

3 hours ago, Toinho said:

Endonyms? 

Endonym by default means what something is called by natives only. 

[Toinho]

28 minutes ago, Beelzebub said:

Endonym by default means what something is called by natives only. 

Yeah you mentioned exonym too so I learnt a new word there. Cheers 

[Azeem]

Blackrock is a financial services company that is said to own everything in the world. 

I now partially believe macro economics is something only a selected few of freemason type people really know how works. 

[Bluewolf]

[nudge]

14 minutes ago, Bluewolf said:

Imagine when some archeologist finds it several thousand years later  

[Panflute]

On 29/09/2022 at 19:30, Beelzebub said:

U.S. air raided all but five Japanese cities prior to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 88% urban area was destroyed in seventeen cities, Kyoto alone had 65 raids. 

This makes the nukes was a last resort to end war argument untenable.

They were a convenient excuse used by Japanese generals to end the war on somewhat honorable terms. Always makes for a good litmus test on whether people truly grasp how history works.

[Spike]

10 minutes ago, Panflute said:

They were a convenient excuse used by Japanese generals to end the war on somewhat honorable terms. Always makes for a good litmus test on whether people truly grasp how history works.

Huh? The Emperor intervened and forced the war council to surrender. The whole thing is a sham anyway, the USA nuked Japan because it wanted unconditional surrender and the Japanese were twiddling their thumbs because they wanted the condition of protecting the Imperial family from prosecution, which happened anyway making the nukes completely pointless.

[Gunnersaurus]

On 02/10/2022 at 23:00, nudge said:

Pyrenean ibex is the first and the only known species to go extinct twice. Originally, they became extinct in 2000, and there were several cloning attempts to resurrect the species afterwards. In 2003, a living specimen was born through cloning, but died 7 minutes after birth due to a respiratory defect, making it the first species to go extinct, be brought back alive, and become extinct again.

Such a majestic animal, too.

Humans are cunts sometimes. Extincting entire species 

[Azeem]

Andre Stander was a South African police officer who carried out robberies during his lunch break and would return to the scene as an investigating officer. 

Giga Chad

[Azeem]

Taj Mahal built by Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife's tomb is earthquake proof, its built on sandy soil with unusual base that it pillars can stand an earthquake that may level everything around it. 

Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his brute son Aurangzeb who found his father to be too effeminate. He allowed him to be locked up in a cell which had a clear view of the tomb, he died in that cell. 

[Bluewolf]

[Tommy]

1 hour ago, Bluewolf said:

At least he was very good at his job. 

[Bluewolf]

[nudge]

2 hours ago, Bluewolf said:

This reminds me so much of the Monty Python Agatha Christie sketch  

 

[Azeem]

On 15/09/2022 at 13:49, Beelzebub said:

85% of Greek mythology involves Zeus poking with a woman alone mind her own business. 

[CaaC (John)+]

[Bluewolf]

59 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

Bet you were pissed as a fart on mead that day mate.... 

[Azeem]

This needs to be made part of online texting. Far too many people don't get the sarcasm.