Really TRUE odd factoids

[DaveReading]

You can reuse a 2015 calendar in 2026. The days will match.

This pattern repeats roughly every 11 years for non-leap year cycles.

How can you go 11 years without a leap year ?

 

[Chris S]

How can you go 11 years without a leap year ?

That was poorly phrased. I've now clarified it;

The 11-year gap is the most frequent interval for a non-leap year to have the exact same sequence of dates and weekdays as a previous non-leap year.

 

[Andy in Germany]

You can reuse a 2015 calendar in 2026. The days will match.

The 11-year gap is the most frequent interval for a non-leap year to have the exact same sequence of dates and weekdays as a previous non-leap year .

D*mn, if only I'd known this 11 years ago...

 

[Chris S]

Arnold Ridley, famous for playing Private Godfrey in Dad's Army, fought in both world wars and was severely injured at the Battle of the Somme.

 

[Beebo]

Arnold Ridley, famous for playing Private Godfrey in Dad's Army, fought in both world wars and was severely injured at the Battle of the Somme.

Clive Dunn was a POW for 4 years. Having been captured in 1941.

 

[DaveReading]

D*mn, if only I'd known this 11 years ago...

Tip: If you buy the appropriate 14 calendars, they will last you for the rest of your life

 

[Andy in Germany]

Arnold Ridley, famous for playing Private Godfrey in Dad's Army, fought in both world wars and was severely injured at the Battle of the Somme.

From his Wikipedia article:

He saw active service in the war, sustaining several wounds in close-quarter battle. His left hand was left virtually useless by wounds sustained on the Somme; his legs were riddled with shrapnel; he received a bayonet wound in the groin; and the lasting impacts of a blow to the head from a German soldier's rifle butt left him prone to blackouts after the war. He was medically discharged from the army with the rank of lance corporal in May 1917. He received the Silver War Badge having been honourably discharged from the army due to wounds received in the war, and was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service.

 

[matticus]

Arnold Ridley, famous for playing Private Godfrey in Dad's Army, fought in both world wars and was severely injured at the Battle of the Somme.

From his Wikipedia article:

He saw active service in the war, sustaining several wounds in close-quarter battle. His left hand was left virtually useless by wounds sustained on the Somme; his legs were riddled with shrapnel; he received a bayonet wound in the groin; and the lasting impacts of a blow to the head from a German soldier's rifle butt left him prone to blackouts after the war. He was medically discharged from the army with the rank of lance corporal in May 1917. He received the Silver War Badge having been honourably discharged from the army due to wounds received in the war, and was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service.

Even Ross Kemp never messed with Arnold Ridney. (Law Luvverducks - he sounds like a nutter!)

...and Daisy Ridley - her off of Star Wars 2015+ - is is his great-niece

 

[T4tomo]

Tip: If you buy the appropriate 14 calendars, they will last you for the rest of your life

only if you exactly the same things on the same day, or wrote the original appointments in pencil...

 

[kynikos]

Tip: If you buy the appropriate 14 calendars, they will last you for the rest of your life

but think of all the money you'll have wasted if you die next year...

 

[kynikos]

Cyclechat can predict the future:

 

[Chris S]

Kylie Minogue is the only woman to have a UK number one hit in four different decades.

 

[kynikos]

Kylie Minogue is the only woman to have topped the UK Albums Chart in five different decades.

 

[PeteXXX]

As previously mentioned, but worth reminding folk, Jacob Reece Mogg is younger than Kylie.. 🤷‍♂️

 

[PeteXXX]

If you put together the first three letters of Sweden and the first three letters of Denmark you get Sweden; if you put together the last three letters of Sweden and the last four letters of Denmark you get Denmark.

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