…that around 95,000 people in Japan are 100 years old or more!
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…that the mammal who kills the most people in Africa is the hippopotamus?
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…that the last time Lichtenstein’s army went on a campaign was during the Austro-Prussian war in 1866. Of the armys 82 soldiers two stayed behind to watch the palace, while 80 went to war. Everything turned out in a rather undramatic manner, 80 men went on the campaign and 81 (!) returned. It is disputed who the extra person was. Some claim it was an Austrian liason officer, others that it was an Italian farmer.
Lichtenstein disbanded its military (then 80 soldiers) in 1868, and declared neutrality.
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Yeah Switzerland is responsible for defending Liechtenstein.
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a contribution from a German quiz show…
…translated into English and subtitled with the help of AI (what technology can do these days is almost frightening)
It ended up here in the topic because I don’t understand why someone have to spend so much money on something that should actually be logical… for the rest of the world. Apparently not for America
The city of New York spent about $1.6 million in 2022 on a study that found that…?
A it is more difficult to find a taxi when it rains
B Garbage bags should be placed in the garbage can and not next to it
C Pigeons prefer pizza to bagels
B was guessed… and that was the correct solution
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USA , the country of the biggest garbage can
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Says something about a country which appoints such a human being like that to be its head administrative chief. 
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Well everybody gets what they deserve 
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The Battle of the Bulge
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Watching a quiz show and the question was which of the following is a berry
(A) Bananas, (B) Cucumbers, (C) Coffee Beans, (D) Strawberries, (E) Raspberries
Answer below 
If you said (D) or (E) then you would be wrong, the other 3 are all Berries
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Yes because Strawberries are nuts.
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…that in Rome 1688 years ago today, was the first documentary signs of a Christmas celebration. It was in 336 AD, during the last year of emperor Constantine the Great’s reign.
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…that the male right whale has the largest testicles (and penis) in the world. An average right whale penis measures 7.5 ft. (2.3m) long and the testicles together weigh almost a ton (2,000 lbs)
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…that there is a restaurant in Maine where you can reserve tables only with postcards?
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…that when the Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guebrou passed away in March 2023, she was most likely the only person in the world with a father born in 1845!
When Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guebrou was born in 1923 her father was 78 years old. Shows that you can keep going for quite some some time 
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…that the Armenian musician Djivan Gasparyan, who passed away in 2021, is most likely the only musician to perform in front of both Josef Stalin and Queen Elizabeth II.
Djivan Gasparyan played the Armenian dudek, an instrument reminiscent of the oboe. His career spanned from the late 1940’s to the 2010’s. After the Soviet-era, he collaborated with western musicians such as Sting, Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel, among others.
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…that in 1923, a jockey and horse trainer by the name of Frank Hayes became the only known person to win a horse race while being dead.
On the 4th of June 1923. Frank Hayes participated in a horse race in Elmont, New York, when he got a heart attack during one of the last laps. Frank remained on the horse, and no one noticed until he crossed the finish line, including the horse Sweet Kiss, who ran well enough to win the race.
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