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The first person to walk on the moon was alive at the same time as the first person to fly in a plane.

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Bob Marley's father was white.

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Rome is further north than New York City (just barely).

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In 1967, Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, went for a swim. He was swept up in the current and presumed drowned, but his body was never found.

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Winston Churchill never said that the traditions of the British navy were "rum, sodomy, and the lash". But it's still a funny quote.

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Level 89

Mar 23, 2019

214 Sounds like The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.

Level 70

May 5, 2019

I think you need a comma after "the Prime Minister of Australia".

Level ∞

May 5, 2019

Okay

Level 71

Feb 29, 2020

TWM03 is the winner of the 'Golden Nitpickers Award' for May 2019......... Congratulations!

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Level 70

Jun 1, 2020

What took my award so long to arrive?

Level 59

Aug 19, 2020

just imagine... "not to be nitpicky but my golden nitpicking award is just tin painted gold"

Level 71

Oct 23, 2020

You just can't please some people.

Level 57

Mar 15, 2024

how do you know it wasn't speaking directly to harold holt?

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Level 67

Nov 6, 2019

There's a swimming pool here in Melbourne named after Harold Holt. The Harold Holt Swim Centre in the suburb of Glen Iris. When I first saw it, I thought it was a some kind of sick joke. They have (I am not sure if it is ironic or poignant) learn to swim programs.

Level 60

Mar 12, 2023

Damn, his body got lost in a swimming pool?

Level 82

Mar 12, 2020

I can't find a color photograph of Marley's father but I'm guessing he was probably more of a peach, pink, tan, or salmon color than white.

Level 78

Jul 27, 2020

He was White though.

Level 82

Dec 5, 2022

no he wasn't. Nobody is. Race is a fallacious concept.

Level 66

May 19, 2021

Given that the British thought he was unfit for military service in 1916 (when they were taking almost anyone they could get), it's not entirely possible that he was actually white.

Level 89

Jun 24, 2022

Seeing as they drafted colonials from all over the world, I'm not sure that would be a factor.

Level 56

May 16, 2020

Fact #211 is incorrect. The first person to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, was born in 1930, while the first person to fly in a plane, Orville Wright, occurred in 1903.

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Level 40

May 26, 2020

What the quiz master means is that Neil Armstrong and Orville Wright were alive at the same time, not that Neil Armstrong was alive when Orville Wright flew in the plane, or that Orville Wright was alive when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.

The point is how quickly humanity went from flying to landing on the moon.

Level 73

Nov 13, 2020

That's true. Orville died in 1948, which means Neil was 18 at the time. Imagine if they've met!

Level 51

Jan 11, 2021

I'm not 18 🤣😂🤣😂

Level 49

Jan 4, 2021

LOL #214 - there is the Harold Holt memorial swimming pool in a suburb of Melbourne not far from where I live

Level 75

May 21, 2021

Who are you counting as the first person to fly in a plane?

List of aviation firsts

Level 89

Jun 24, 2022

If you rummage around Wikipedia and follow links from one article to another or even read very far into a single article, you'll find numerous contradictions presented as facts. For example that article lists Clément Ader as the first unsustained airplane flight. The article linked to his name says his machine, powered by very heavy steam engines, was blown over and tumbled in a strong gust of wind. It also states that this incident of getting blown over like any deck chair is considered an unsuccessful flight. Wikipedia is a terrible source for truth.