The new trivia thread.
- Thread starter Ceiling Cat
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i think the clue is he is sat more upright than the rest of the people in the photo, so he is a shortarse.... hmmm famous short rockstars of the 70's and 80's....who is the guy sitting on the stool at the left?
I am gonna say with the shape of that chin and well before the receeding hairline that is the one and only Ronnie James Dio
I'm guessing a murder? It's somewhere in the UK.What happened here? Bonus points for the actual location.
Answer:
Genghis Khan conquered more land in 25 years than the Romans did in over 400 years!
At its peak, Khan’s Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in history. Larger than the entire continent of Africa, In just over two decades, Khan’s empire covered an area FOUR TIMES the size of the Roman Empire, which took two centuries to cover its broadest area! The Mongol Empire spanned 6,000 miles and covered over 12,700,000 square miles, stretching from southeast Asia all the way to Eastern Europe and the Middle East - that’s 22% of the Earth’s total land area! A large reason for the Mongols’ success and continued expansion was the longevity of Khan, who lived until the ripe old age of 65. Alexander the Great, for example, lived only to age 33, and this was largely reflected in the rapid demise of his Macedonian empire following his passing.
CC declined to make way for a truck.What happened here? Bonus points for the actual location.
Correct!
But you forgot to tell my favorite part of the story when the truck driver gave in and went twirling and pirouetting back to his trailer truck and backed it up for me.
Answer :
The Weihenstephan brewery was originally a Benedictine monastery in a small town north of Munich, Germany in the year 740 AD. In 1040, an Abbot was able to secure the rights to brew from another monastery and the abbey started brewing beer.
Since then, the brewery has not stopped producing beer. In the times of Napoleon, the monastery was secularized and became detached from any religion. However, the brewing continued. This means that the brewery will celebrate it's 1,000th anniversary in 30 years!
