Useless trivia

The world's longest city name is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit, aka Bangkok. Locals usually just shorten it to Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply, Krung Thep.

Greenland is simultaneously to the north, west, east, and south of Iceland.

[quote]Useless trivia

Redundant.

The character of Columbo was first played by Bert Freed in a 1960 episode of The Chevy Mystery Show titled “Enough Rope”.

In 1962 “Enough Rope” was adapted as a stage play entitled “Prescription Murder” and Thomas Mitchell, better known as Gerald O’Hara played the Italian cop. Columbo was Mitchell’s last role.

It wasn’t until 1968 that “Prescription Murder”, starring Peter Falk as Columbo aired as a 2 hour made for tv movie. It was so successful that a pilot was ordered and finally aired in 1971.

More than 50 years later Falk and Columbo are so inextricably linked it’s hard to believe Falk was the third actor in the role.

Sean Connery wore a wig in every James Bond movie.

Merging posts 4 and 5 - Barry Nelson was the first to play James Bond, in a TV adaptation of "Casino Royale" in

Sardinia ---> sardine.

Donald Trump is on the Epstein list.

Oh, wait.... not useless.

Pineapple is neither pine nor apple. It is a berry.

Jonas Grumby is the Skippers full name while Gilligan's name was Willy Gilligan.

In most cases, elderly people don't break a hip when they fall. They fall because their hip is already fractured or broken.

Wilma Flintstone’s maiden name was Flaghoople.

Phyllis Lindstrom, played by Cloris Leachman, had a Masters degree and attended Esperanto classes.

The word “facetiously” uses all 5 vowels in sequential order and includes the “sometimes Y” rule.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

You can lead a cow upstairs, but it will never go down them.

R12 it was Slaghoople

I get Barry Nelson and Jackie Cooper mixed up.

I get Bill Pullman and Jeff Daniels mixed up.

14 performers appeared on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Gorls.

^Girls

[quote]Wilma Flintstone’s maiden name was Flaghoople.

I thought it was Pebble. I'm sure in one episode they said she was Wilma Pebble.

Doris Day was offered the role of Mrs. Robinson. She turned it didn’t, saying it offended her “every sensibility.”

Patricia Neal got the part but had a very serious stroke.

And the part ended up going to Anne Bancroft.

Barack Obama received 8 different Super Bowl winning teams inside the White House during his 8 years of presidency.

Steelers, Saints, Packers, Giants, Ravens, Seahawks, Patriots and Broncos.

R20. Off the top of my head.....Betty White (of course), Harold Gould, Nancy Walker, Priscilla Morrill, John Schuck, Sheree North .....(clearly, I need to get a life)....... Who else?

Roughly 148 U.S. and Canadian universities have endowments larger than Howard University’s $1.03 billion, based on the 2024 NACUBO-TIAA endowment report.

None of The Beatles could read music. Proof of genius.

R25, it’s actually 17. That typo brought to you by my missing glasses.

1. Joe Campanella 2. Rosalind Cash 3. Bob Dishy 4. Harold Gould 5. Louis Guss 6. John Harkins 7. Gordon Jump 8. Monte Markham 9. John McMartin 10. Priscilla Morrill 11. Lois Nettleton 12. Sheree North 13. Alex Rocco 14. John Schuck 15. Nancy Walker 16. Betty White 17. Edward Winter

Here’s who they played on TMTMS: 1. Joe Campanella - Tom Vernon 2. Rosalind Cash - Enid Berringer 3. Bob Dishy - Officer Larry Tully 4. Harold Gould - Martin Morgenstern 5. Louis Guss - the sound engineer who worked next to Sue Ann when was working off her contract 6. John Harkins - minister at Chuckles’ funeral 7. Gordon Jump - Hank, who auditioned to replace Ed the Sportcaster 8. Monte Markham - John Corcoran, who sat at Mary’s desk before 1970 9. John McMartin - Mary’s drunk lawyer 10. Priscilla Morrill - Edie Grant 11. Lois Nettleton - Barbara Coleman 12. Sheree North - Charlene Maguire 13. Alex Rocco - Ben Selwyn 14. John Schuck - Frank Carelli, the ex-football player 15. Nancy Walker - Ida Morgenstern 16. Betty White - Sue Ann Nivens 17. Edward Winter - Brian Nordquist, Mary’s politician friend

Here’s who they played on THE GOLDEN GIRLS: 1. Joe Campanella - cop at Dorothy's house during stakeout 2. Rosalind Cash - Lorraine, Dorothy's daughter in law 3. Bob Dishy plays- Mr. Terrific 4. Harold Gould - Miles, Rose's BF 5. Louis Guss - the man who pretended his wife was his sister 6. John Harkins - Ham Lushbaugh, the guy who Blanche couldn't have in high school 7. Gordon Jump - their neighbor 8. Monte Markham - Clayton, Blanche's gay brother 9. John McMartin - the priest Dorothy dated 10. Priscilla Morrill - Rose slept with her hubby who died after having sex 11. Lois Nettleton - Jean, Dorothy's lesbian friend who was fond of Rose 12. Sheree North - Blanche's sister Virginia 13. Alex Rocco - one of Dorothy's dates 14. John Schuck - politician who claimed tohave an affair with Blanche 15. Nancy Walker - Sophia's sister Angela 17. Betty White - Rose Nylund 17. Edward Winter - Blanche's date who was blind

R28. So Betty White slept with Priscilla Morrill’s husband on both shows. Go figure……

Most of Florida is in the Eastern time zone and most of Oregon is on Pacific time —- a difference of 3 hours. But part of the Florida panhandle is on Central time and a small part of Eastern Oregon is on Mountain time. So…. we have part a state on the Atlantic coast and part of a state on the Pacific coast with a time difference of one hour only.

Cows do not have upper incisors.

Cats are afraid of cucumbers.

R32 Not afraid. They just don't like cucumbers. Neither do I.

Elizabeth Taylor added a drop of ketchup when making tunafish salad to give it a pink hue, and became known in Hollywood hospitality circles for her "pink tuna."

Alexis Carrington Colby is one of the planet’s true natural beauties.

She lives in a showplace penthouse.

Adores the south of France, even though prone to sea sickness on yachts. Well, only small yachts

Was expelled from a boarding school in Gstaad and worked for several months as an artist's model in Hamburg, of all places.

Karen Ziemba once posed nude for Playboy’s BABES OF BROADWAY issue.

Lincoln had a bobsled named Kennedy, and Kennedy had a Lincoln named Ford!

Jt chills me!

To add to R14's contribution, abstemiously has the same feature. I think those are the only two.