Fun facts

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

Just found out that the country Kiribati, which is approximately co-extensive with what used to be called the Gilbert Islands, is so named because that is the closest rendition, in the sound-set of the Gilbertese language, of the word “Gilberts”.

[ad hoc]

Something which is slighty easier to conceptualise when you know that "Kiribati" is pronounced "kiribas/kiribis"

[San Bernardhinault]

Which also helps you understand why Kiritimati in Kiribati is (the other) Christmas Island.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Gold weighs 20 times as much as water. So a gold bar the size of a 330ml can of coke would weigh about 7kg, the same as an Olympic shot put.

[Capybara]

Gold weighs 20 times as much as water. So a gold bar the size of a 330ml can of coke would weigh about 7kg, the same as an Olympic shot put.

Shot. Which one puts.

[3 Colours Red]

The city council of Liege in Belgium once tried to used cats to deliver mail. Of all animals, why CATS?

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

A terrible idea forsooth my liege.

[Aitch]

Belgium has a west coast and an east coast.

[via vicaria]

Saudi Arabia is the 12th largest country in the world, and has no rivers.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

If every atom in an orange was the size of an orange, the orange would be the size of the Earth.

[Patrick Thistle]

Boba Fett first appeared in the Star Wars Holiday Special before The Empire Strikes Back

[pebblethefish]

The word "hello" didn't exist until 1827.

[Lymeswold Snork]

Belgium has a west coast and an east coast.

You what?

Ooh, yes: there's a bit of the Scheldt estuary just north of Antwerp which is separated from the main Belgian coast by a lump of the Netherlands. Is that it? Well, colour me amazed.

Belgium https://maps.app.goo.gl/FEmLMUkCGWutSGDc7

[3 Colours Red]

You can't own a pet rabbit in Queensland unless you're a registered magician.

[Sits]

But are registered magicians allowed to drive their rabbits over the Story Bridge, Brisbane?