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.

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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.