The Quite Interesting Thread.

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**Waaagh_Gonads**

The attachment of Mobile, Alabama to the United States was the only permanent exchange of territory during the War of 1812.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Whoopi Goldberg is one of only thirteen persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

United States Military Academy (West Point) was first occupied in on 20 Jan 1778, making it the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Cadbury is the world's largest confectionery manufacturer.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

In the USA there are 155 national forests containing almost 190,000,000 acres (297,000 mi² - 769 000 km²) of land. These lands comprise 8.5 percent of the total land area of the United States, an area about the size of Texas.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

This is my 18,000th post on dakka.

**Flachzange**

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:This is my 18,000th post on dakka.

thats .... quite interesting actually.
congrats

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Once appointed, Justices of the US Supreme Court effectively have life tenure ,terminating only upon death, resignation, retirement, or conviction on impeachment.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

The Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,356 times to 1,353 individual recipients.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

New Zealand is part of Zealandia, a nearly submerged continent that sank after breaking away from Antarctica between 85 and 130 million years ago, and then from Australia 60-85 million years ago. 93% remains submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Only two flowering plants can be found in Antartica, Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort), on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Voyager 1 is currently the farthest human-made object from Earth and is travelling at 17km/second.

**Miguelsan**

It´s an unofficial custom for all ranks of the US Armed Forces to salute the recipient of the Medal of Honor regardless of rank.

Also recipients are greeted and saluted before non recipients.

M.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

A two-layer Blu-ray Disc can store 50 gigabytes, almost six times the capacity of a two-layer DVD, or ten and a half times that of a single-layer DVD.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Ötzi the Iceman, dating from the fourth to fifth millennium BCE, was found in the Ötz valley in the Alps and had approximately 57 carbon tattoos consisting of simple dots and lines on his lower spine, behind his left knee, and on his right ankle.

**Waaagh_Gonads** · MacGyver ran for seven seasons from September 29, 1985 to January 13, 1992

MacGyver ran for seven seasons from September 29, 1985 to January 13, 1992

**CaptainCommunsism**

Cranberries are the only fruit/berry that get less sweet as they ripen.

**Ensis Ferrae**

Miguelsan wrote:It´s an unofficial custom for all ranks of the US Armed Forces to salute the recipient of the Medal of Honor regardless of rank.

Also recipients are greeted and saluted before non recipients.

M.

actually that is an official custom.

the F4U series of aircraft (Corsairs) had the longest run of active fighter service seeing action as late as the vietnam era (it was flown by south american nations in combat into the late 60s)

**Waaagh_Gonads**

The first country to give women the vote in national elections was the Isle of Man in 1881.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Sadcore is a subgenre term used by music journalists to describe examples of alternative rock characterised by bleak lyrics, downbeat melodies and slower tempos.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

The first $9,000 of military pay of enlisted personnel is exempt from Arkansas State Income Tax.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the last President born in the 19th century.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

One metric ton of pitchblende (a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore )yields 0.0001 grams of radium

**Miguelsan**

The IJN Musashi sunk in 1944 after receiving 9 torpedo hits starboard, 10 torpedo hits port, 17 bomb hits and 18 near misses according to US Navy sources (the IJN give a different number 11 torpedo, 10 bomb hits and 6 near misses)

M.

**Miguelsan**

The IJN Yamato despite being (along with her sister IJN Mushashi) the mightest battleship of WWII never sunk a ship.

M.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

The State of Franklin was an autonomous, secessionist United States territory created, not long after the end of the American Revolution, from territory that later was ceded by North Carolina to the federal government.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

The adult human brain weighs on average about 3 lb (1.5 kg).

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Theodore Roosevelt who became president at the age of 42 remains the youngest president at time of taking office.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

During the dual charges up Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898 in the Spanish-American War, of all the Rough Riders, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was the only one with a horse.

**reds8n**

One of the "heroes" of the infamous "Black Hawk Down" is a convicted child molester.

In the film the character of John "Stebby" Stebbins had his name changed to Ranger Danny Grimes. He was played by Ewan McGregor. The military asked the author to change the name in the screenplay as it was felt it might be embarassing as Stebbins was sentenced to 30 yeras in the year 2000 for the rape and sodomy of a child under 12.