Useless (but interesting) trivia

[HoosierDaddy]

Only if the child waited an hour after eating.

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[martinjlm]

Only if the child waited an hour after being eaten.

Fixed it for you

 

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[shogun32]

except it was first published in 1812 in Germany and arguably based on the life of Margarete von Waldeck, a German countess born to Philip IV in 1533. At the age of 16, Margarete was forced by her stepmother, Katharina of Hatzfeld to move away to Wildungen in Brussels. There, Margarete fell in love with a prince who would later become Phillip II of Spain.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myt...ue-origins-snow-white-and-seven-dwarfs-004150

While cocain use might have been prevelent in South America for hundreds of years, I don't think Grimm or those who came after were citing it as motivation.

PS. hey the thread is about useless trivia, not wild conspiracies.

 

[martinjlm]

There are 6,000 surnames in all of China. The US has more than 6.3 million.

 

[shogun32]

You can construct an entire sentence in Mandarin using 8 different pronouncements of 'ma'.

 

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Today's date 1/20/21 is a palindrome, even if you write it as 1/20/2021.

 

[Bikeman315]

Today's date 1/20/21 is a palindrome, even if you write it as 1/20/2021.

And nine more days after this.

https://www.cnet.com/news/inaugurat...e on the,Inauguration Day in American history.

 

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[20ducks]

When there is a solar eclipse the moon blocks out the sun. It blocks out the sun in an almost perfect alignment that allows only the corona to appear. As scientists have discovered to date, Earth is the only planet to experience this phenomenon.

 

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