Really TRUE odd factoids

[Webbo2]

It’s funny, but Loads of bands do it!
Status Quo also had a farewell tour in 1984.

If only some of them had stuck to their guns and never darkened a stage again.😉

 

[raleighnut]

It’s funny, but Loads of bands do it!
Status Quo also had a farewell tour in 1984.

Quo split up in 84 but then Francis and Rick carried on with a different drummer and bass player for a few years until they reformed later for a tour as the 'Frantic Four'

 

[markemark]

The Who's farewell tour will be in the autumn of 2025, 43 years after their first farewell tour.

Maybe Pete Townsend will spend his retirement finishing that book he was apparently writing......

 

[Webbo2]

Maybe Pete Townsend will spend his retirement finishing that book he was apparently writing......

He might still be trying to come up with a plausible reason why he was caught looking at child pornography.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The Who's farewell tour will be in the autumn of 2025, 43 years after their first farewell tour.

... Who?

 

[matticus]

He might still be trying to come up with a plausible reason why he was caught looking at child pornography.

Is this something you've personally been affected by? If so - I'm sorry to hear that.

 

[Beebo]

Roger Federer won 80% of all matches he played.
But only won 54% of the individual points he played.

 

[T4tomo]

Roger Federer won 80% of all matches he played.
But only won 54% of the individual points he played.

that doesn't strike me as odd - see thread title

 

[matticus]

that doesn't strike me as odd - see thread title

TBF it might seem odd if you don't know the tennis scoring system. Even if you do, it is still a Quite Interesting fact, IMO. Would be even better to see the stats for other top players - they may be very very similar!

 

[Drago]

He might still be trying to come up with a plausible reason why he was caught looking at child pornography.

And he accepted a caution. In order to be eligible for a caution one must make a full and frank admission.

 

[lazybloke]

TBF it might seem odd if you don't know the tennis scoring system. Even if you do, it is still a Quite Interesting fact, IMO. Would be even better to see the stats for other top players - they may be very very similar!

I had to think about it.
I concluded that there's only one winner, but if players are closely matched, then their points will/can be similar.

 

[markemark]

Player serving more likely to win the game. Evenly matched players can tie sets with the same score if they both tend to win the games they serve. It only takes wining a handful of points to break the serve and win a set and then the match.

 

[Beebo]

Player serving more likely to win the game. Evenly matched players can tie sets with the same score if they both tend to win the games they serve. It only takes wining a handful of points to break the serve and win a set and then the match.

Exactly. You can lose all the opponents services games to love, but as long as you win 2 more points in the tie break you win.

But I was surprised at how low the overall win percentage was.

 

[Beebo]

To put it in context with another 2 player sport.
Ronnie O’Sullivan has won 74% of his games and 61% of frames.

 

[classic33]

The worlds only recored collision between a car and a submarine took place in Lysekil, Sweden, on the 19th August 1961.
The car crashed into a docked submarine.