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Subject: 5524
Posted: 08 July 2011 at 9:17am

Originally posted by Sledger

Originally posted by flipper


The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Great Britain in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.



Only marginally faster than the French capitulation to the Germans in 1940  then !!



And only marginally faster than the Italian North African campaign surrender 1940!!]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:17:38 +0000 http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=216067#216067 Totally useless information/trivia : Originally posted by flipper The... http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=216064#216064 Author: Sledger
Subject: 5524
Posted: 08 July 2011 at 6:45am

Originally posted by flipper


The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Great Britain in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.



Only marginally faster than the French capitulation to the Germans in 1940  then !!



]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:45:03 +0000 http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=216064#216064 Totally useless information/trivia : The shortest war in history was... http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=216061#216061 Author: flipper
Subject: 5524
Posted: 07 July 2011 at 5:44pm

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Great Britain in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

 

You can not die in Parliament! If you die in Parliament it has to say on your death certificate that you died in the ambulance on the way to hospital.

 

Yaks milk is pink because they eat rhododendrons]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:44:29 +0000 http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=216061#216061 Totally useless information/trivia : As a child, Stephen King would... http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=216060#216060 Author: flipper
Subject: 5524
Posted: 07 July 2011 at 5:34pm

As a child, Stephen King would read the obituaries in the papers and cross the names out of his local phone directory.]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:34:24 +0000 http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=216060#216060 Totally useless information/trivia : Good question Kiran ! Uranus... http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=216005#216005 Author: Sledger
Subject: 5524
Posted: 05 July 2011 at 9:10am

Good question Kiran !    Uranus actually rotates at 99 degrees , so is spinning on it's side - weird huh !
]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:10:10 +0000 http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=216005#216005 Totally useless information/trivia : Originally posted by flipper Venus... http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=215987#215987 Author: kirankri
Subject: 5524
Posted: 04 July 2011 at 9:33am

Originally posted by flipper

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
When viewed from top or bottom?
]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:33:30 +0000 http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=215987#215987 Totally useless information/trivia : Originally posted by SledgerSome... http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=215985#215985 Author: vote4peace
Subject: 5524
Posted: 04 July 2011 at 7:30am

Originally posted by Sledger

Some species of shark are cannibals before being born !  Yep , in the womb the unborn young eat their siblings so more often than not , just one makes it into the world.   Interestingly , at birth the mother releases a hormone that takes her apetite away so that she doesn't eat her own offspring!


 I can see why you have the picture of a shark on your avatar. Seem to know an awful lot about them.
]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:30:33 +0000 http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=215985#215985 Totally useless information/trivia : Some species of shark are cannibals... http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=215980#215980 Author: Sledger
Subject: 5524
Posted: 04 July 2011 at 6:45am

Some species of shark are cannibals before being born !  Yep , in the womb the unborn young eat their siblings so more often than not , just one makes it into the world.   Interestingly , at birth the mother releases a hormone that takes her apetite away so that she doesn't eat her own offspring!]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:45:56 +0000 http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=215980#215980 Totally useless information/trivia : My dad has been smoking for 55... http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=215962#215962 Author: zuhair_abbasi
Subject: 5524
Posted: 02 July 2011 at 2:20pm

My dad has been smoking for 55 years and still runs 3 miles daily]]> Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:20:02 +0000 http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=215962#215962 Totally useless information/trivia : Title explains it really, what... http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5524&PID=215960#215960 Author: flipper
Subject: 5524
Posted: 02 July 2011 at 12:18pm

Title explains it really, what random information do you know that is totally useless, you don't really know why you know it, its not even interesting really, but you know it and have kept it in there for some reason.
 
Falling coconuts kill more people than sharks do.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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