The Ultimate Trivia Thread - Page 30

Solitaire1 · 03-13-2015, 12:16 PM

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Peter Cushing played Dr. Who in the movie "Dr. Who and the Daleks."

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And in "Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D." which also featured the Daleks as the villains. In fact in Invasion he mentions that he saw their destruction so though the movie was made later it is set in an earlier time (from the Dalek's perspective). Of course they've been thought to have been wiped out several times since then and just keep coming back.

Considering how central time travel is to "Doctor Who" (regardless of the specific continuity), it seems like events can happen in any order.

New Trivia Item: Grover Cleveland is the only United States president to serve two non-consecutive terms.

pdurrant · 03-14-2015, 07:07 AM

Today is Pi day of the century for Americans. 3.14.15.
Tau day of the century will be 6.28.31.

But for the rest of use we need to wait until 2041 or 2083! (3.1.41 and 6.2.83)

eschwartz · 03-15-2015, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Today is Pi day of the century for Americans. 3.14.15.
Tau day of the century will be 6.28.31.

But for the rest of use we need to wait until 2041 or 2083! (3.1.41 and 6.2.83)

Aww, do your months only have 12 days?

pdurrant · 03-15-2015, 10:33 AM

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Aww, do your months only have 12 days?

Of course, anyone using ISO dates needs to wait for 9th May 3141 for a the first Pi day, or 8th January 6283 for the first Tau day.

eschwartz · 03-15-2015, 10:39 AM

At least their dates have a good reason.

Why the day should come before the month -- now that is farfetched. Years first -- if that floats your boat.

doubleshuffle · 03-15-2015, 10:46 AM

Well, day-month-year is a logical order (short to long), as is year-month-day (long to short). Month-day-year doesn't make any sense at all.

pdurrant · 03-15-2015, 10:48 AM

But the First Jewish Tau day comes up much sooner. The 8th day of Nissan (first Month) 6283 will be on 25 March 2523. Which is a curious co-incidence, since the Christian new year used to be on 25th March.

The next Julian day Tau day (Julian day 6283185) will be on 3 September 12,490.

The last Islamic Tau day was 18th of the 3rd month (Rabi`al-Awwal), 628, which was 24 January 1231 (Julian calendar), and the next will be 4th July 6717 (Gregorian).

Purple Lady · 03-15-2015, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Of course, anyone using ISO dates needs to wait for 9th May 3141 for a the first Pi day, or 8th January 6283 for the first Tau day.

ISO for 9th May 3141 would be 31410509, not 314159.

pdurrant · 03-15-2015, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

ISO for 9th May 3141 would be 31410509, not 314159.

You are, of course, right. Whoops.

Solitaire1 · 03-15-2015, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Well, day-month-year is a logical order (short to long), as is year-month-day (long to short). Month-day-year doesn't make any sense at all.

I've found "month-day" works well as long as the year isn't included. I use the format (with "14 January" written as "01.14") on my checking account spreadsheet where I use a separate one for each year.

When writing the entire date I prefer the military format (day - three letter month - four digit year) because it is unambiguous. As an example, "2/1/7" can be read as any of the following:

- First of February in 2007
- Second of January in 2007
- Seventh of January 2002.

But "2 Jan 2007" can only be read one way.

New trivia item: The Incredible Hulk was originally colored grey, but was changed to green due to the difficulty in printing grey consistently.

kindlekitten · 03-15-2015, 01:12 PM

It took 26 heavy draft horses to pull the anchor for the Titanic from the foundry to the port

crich70 · 03-15-2015, 09:39 PM

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It took 26 heavy draft horses to pull the anchor for the Titanic from the foundry to the port

And just one iceberg to send it (and the rest of the ship) to the ocean floor.

Luffy · 03-15-2015, 10:46 PM

Nobody knows what skin color the ancient Egyptians had.

crich70 · 03-16-2015, 08:49 AM

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Nobody knows what skin color the ancient Egyptians had.

They did use Aloe for sunscreen though.

kindlekitten · 03-16-2015, 01:47 PM

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And just one iceberg to send it (and the rest of the ship) to the ocean floor.

No! Really?

Way to take the wind out of the sails of an interesting bit of trivia

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pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,075 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Today is Pi day of the century for Americans. 3.14.15. Tau day of the century will be 6.28.31. But for the rest of use we need to wait until 2041 or 2083! (3.1.41 and 6.2.83)

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	At least their dates have a good reason. Why the day should come before the month -- now that is farfetched. Years first -- if that floats your boat.

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03-15-2015, 10:48 AM	#442
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,075 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	But the First Jewish Tau day comes up much sooner. The 8th day of Nissan (first Month) 6283 will be on 25 March 2523. Which is a curious co-incidence, since the Christian new year used to be on 25th March. The next Julian day Tau day (Julian day 6283185) will be on 3 September 12,490. The last Islamic Tau day was 18th of the 3rd month (Rabi`al-Awwal), 628, which was 24 January 1231 (Julian calendar), and the next will be 4th July 6717 (Gregorian).

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