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brian wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:43 pm Good trivia question. It seems counterintuitive until you realize how a globe works.

Ryan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:38 am It's not really even because of that, I don't think. The east coast is still way closer to Germany than Alaska. It's just that there's no reason for any small Eastern town to fly there and apparently there's a tourism connection between Germans and interior Alaska that an 8 hour drive to Anchorage can't fix.

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:14 am "Since fantasy sports was in its infancy in the early 1980s, Gretzky's outrageous scoring totals practically broke the game, forcing leagues to either ban Gretzky altogether or split his totals into goals and assists (ie. you could draft "Gretzky's Assists" and "Gretzky's Goals" separately). It just didn't seem fair to have the first pick make that much difference in a draft. In 1985-86, when Gretzky had 215 points, he finished 74 points ahead of Mario Lemieux! In 1981-82, a 212-point season, he was 65 points ahead of Mike Bossy. That was just too much to overcome, forcing rules to be changed."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/ ... cle611218/

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:11 am ya i recall in junior high we had him count as 2 players (i.e. cut the points in half), he still went in the 1st round (wish i could remember who went first overall - i want to say Kurri...)

The deadliest earthquake in human history is at the heart of the deadliest day in human history. On January 23, 1556, more people died than on any day by a wide margin...
The Shaanxi Earthquake caused the deaths of 830 thousand people in China. The earthquake leveled the three cities closest to the epicenter in Shaanxi province. It caused landslides, mudslides, ground fissures, and fires that killed people over a 520-mile swath of land in central and eastern China.

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:31 am So we drove to the beach yesterday. The Googles.said go these back roads for a faster trip. Okay I love little towns and farm land so what the hell. Well cruising through some one road town in DE near Caroline Co a building had a sign for The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Well that required some googling.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indepen ... dd_Fellows

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:45 pm Paula Deen's husband completed in this year's Ernest Hemmingway look-a-like competition at Sloppy Joes.

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:53 pm Kurt Cobain could win that contest.

rass wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:10 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:45 pm Paula Deen's husband completed in this year's Ernest Hemmingway look-a-like competition at Sloppy Joes.

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:53 pm Kurt Cobain could win that contest.

For anyone who was curious, all apologies to everyone else

brian wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:23 pm The most recent American entertainer to perform in Pyongyang is...Bob Hope.

In October 1950.

Rams Fanny wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:08 am

brian wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:23 pm The most recent American entertainer to perform in Pyongyang is...Bob Hope.

In October 1950.

Dennis Rodman?

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:48 pm Personally, I would reserve scores over 8 for people I truly hate, like Trump and his cronies.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:48 pm Personally, I would reserve scores over 8 for people I truly hate, like Trump and his cronies.

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:56 pm If we're talking on sheer Utilitarianism*, I really don't think Jeff Bezos dying really makes the world that much better. And I know he's the direct result of significant harm in the world, but it's not like if he dies the new CEO is going to be like "Hey, we really need to start giving our workers to pee breaks and stop supporting sweatshops".

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:53 am I mean, could they pick a rocket that looks more like a dick?

Baloney wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:03 am

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:53 am I mean, could they pick a rocket that looks more like a dick?

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:53 am I mean, could they pick a rocket that looks more like a dick?