The Thread for Useless, but Interesting Facts

Dan+ · September 4, 2018

Between Russia and Alaska there are two islands separated by a few miles, with a 21 hour time difference.

**Stan** · September 4, 2018

I learnt today that possession stats in football are not to do with amount of time spent on the ball, but instead percentage of completed passes in the game.

And apparently it's been like that for years

**Batard** · September 4, 2018

I learned recently that when you’re stressed cortisol is released and your body shuts down all non essential systems. The need to be alert to danger to escape. However long term this has serious health implications. Because one of the systems deemed non essential by your body is your immune system. It gives the saying “my job is killing me” a somewhat apt context

**Batard** · September 4, 2018

2 hours ago, Dan said:

Between Russia and Alaska there are two islands separated by a few miles, with a 21 hour time difference.

The Diomedes, however I believe Russia has all but evacuated their island. The other belongs to the States

nudge · September 6, 2018

Wild bananas have seeds in them.

Learned it by almost breaking my tooth after biting one

SirBalon · September 6, 2018

8 minutes ago, nudge said:

Wild bananas have seeds in them.

Learned it by almost breaking my tooth after biting one

All bananas have seeds in them Nudge... The wilder the better! :eek:

Azeem · October 29, 2018

@Spike

world-cat.jpg?w=720

Spike · October 29, 2018

Just now, Azeem said:

@Spike

I think you mean 'the world is just a place where Australians go to find sex tourism'.

Azeem · October 29, 2018

There are more than twice pyramids in Sudan than Egypt.

Philippines changes the position of the red and blue stripes in their flag during war and peace times.

Dominican Republic is the only country that has the purple colour in its flag.

Cicero · October 31, 2018

On a seasonal note, Noel Whelan, is the only player to appear on October 31st in a Premier League game (a 0-1 defeat for Coventry against Arsenal in 1998) whose name contains every letter in 'Halloween'.

**Bluewolf** · April 21, 2019

Japan Lateness

Toinho · April 22, 2019

6 hours ago, Bluewolf said:

Half true. The slips are real I believe but you’d have to get them yourself. The apologizing to each passenger is not. Imagine that? 1000 people or more on trains... doesn’t happen to my knowledge. Nice idea though.

**Bluewolf** · April 22, 2019

1 hour ago, Toinho said:

Half true. The slips are real I believe but you’d have to get them yourself. The apologizing to each passenger is not. Imagine that? 1000 people or more on trains... doesn’t happen to my knowledge. Nice idea though.

You believe????

Toinho · April 22, 2019

1 hour ago, Bluewolf said:

You believe????

Well, I haven’t seen them but have heard about them so I suppose yes they are Haha

**Bluewolf** · April 22, 2019

1 hour ago, Toinho said:

Well, I haven’t seen them but have heard about them so I suppose yes they are Haha

Been checking up on it... some of the stories are from people that have lived in Japan for some time ( 15 years ) some not so long ( 2 years ) and they claim that apologies are either dished out on the tannoy system or passengers are offered an apology as they are leaving each station by the attendants on the gates?? That would mean in theory each passenger could have an apology but as you say when you are dealing with hundreds of passengers going through a mainline station this would probably not be practical or even possible.. could you imagine that happening at Waterloo or Kings Cross for example but then London Transport don't give a toss about passengers over here or even how late the trains are but over there they take lateness far more seriously hence the lateness slips which all the comments I read indicate are in fact true...

Some thought that a personal apology was more likely on trains that ran further out from the main stations as passengers were a lot less which would make more sense..

**Stan** · April 22, 2019

13 hours ago, Bluewolf said:

6 hours ago, Toinho said:

Half true. The slips are real I believe but you’d have to get them yourself. The apologizing to each passenger is not. Imagine that? 1000 people or more on trains... doesn’t happen to my knowledge. Nice idea though.

@Bluewolf and fake news

That would be incredible though if train staff individually apologised though. Maybe on trains where passengers aren't packed in like sardines it could be conceivable to happen I guess.

The lateness slips are generous - I imagine over here if you gave that to your wanker of a boss they'd just tear it up in your face and say they don't care and you should have got an earlier train or some unreasonable shite like that

**Bluewolf** · April 22, 2019

3 hours ago, Stan said:

@Bluewolf and fake news

That would be incredible though if train staff individually apologised though. Maybe on trains where passengers aren't packed in like sardines it could be conceivable to happen I guess.

The lateness slips are generous - I imagine over here if you gave that to your wanker of a boss they'd just tear it up in your face and say they don't care and you should have got an earlier train or some unreasonable shite like that

I think because its a given over here that you are going to be late 2 or 3 times a week the way the trains run...

**Stan** · April 22, 2019

Just now, Bluewolf said:

I think because its a given over here that you are going to be late 2 or 3 times a week the way the trains run...

Or trains just don't turn up

Azeem · May 26, 2019

The city of Chittagong ( in present day Bangladesh ) when came under Mughal rule was totally revamped and renamed as ' Islamabad ' in 1702, this is where the inspiration for the present capital of Pakistan came from.