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The name Gary saw a huge surge in popularity starting in the mid-1920s when actor Frank Cooper changed his screen name to Gary Cooper in honor of his agent's hometown of Gary, Indiana.

347

Can can think yourself thin? Grandmaster chess players often lose a significant amount of weight during long chess tournaments. It is possible that the intense concentration causes a great deal of stress on the body, resulting in more calories being burnt.

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Cyprus is 105 kilometers from Asia, 350 kilometers from Africa, and 760 kilometers from Europe.

349

Crimini mushrooms and portabello mushrooms are the same. They are generally sold as portabellos when above a certain size.

350

The city of Budapest was formed by the merger of Buda and Pest in 1873.

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Level 71

Oct 30, 2019

#348 is just beginning for controversy on this site... although I will say the geographical closeness of Cyprus to Asia compared to Europe seems like pretty strong evidence to me that Cyprus is in Asia :)

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Level 69

Nov 3, 2019

The closest country to Cyprus is Turkey, which is also a controversial country. I think Cyprus is in whatever continent Turkey is.

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Level 71

Dec 16, 2019

I think it's generally agreed that geographically, the part of Turkey with Istanbul is European while Anatolia is Asian. It might be more difficult to say where it falls culturally.

Level 46

Nov 7, 2023

Isn't Asia Minor an alternative name for Anatolia?

Level 68

May 19, 2020

I believe Turkey is considered Asian as it's capital is in Asia and is historically very Asian.

Level 53

Oct 16, 2021

Look at this.

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Level 56

Nov 29, 2019

Geography ain't objective at all. Every person can name and organize the countries as they please. Why are people so obssesed with the idea that everything is just black and white? Acknowledging that Cyprus is either Europe or Asia is a matter of who you ask this question.

Level 24

Jan 16, 2020

With all due respect, this isn't true. It wouldn't be geographically correct to any degree to 'opinionate' geography. To say Cyprus is part of Asia would be wrong. It is part of Europe, and it will stay a part of Europe.

Level 75

Feb 14, 2020

originalturkey - there are no universally accepted boundaries for continents, in fact there is not even a consensus on how many continents there are.

And an argument from assertion is not an argument at all

Level 90

Jul 20, 2020

Adaphare, random Americans were asked to locate North Korea on a map and each dot on this map ( https://www.mintpressnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/C_1SUxfXgAAlG2s.jpg ) represents someone's answer. By your logic, all of them correctly located North Korea.

Level 69

Dec 10, 2021

easy fix for the debate guys

geographically=asia

politically/historically=europe

Level 39

May 12, 2020

Cremini mushrooms, not crimini.

Level ∞

May 12, 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_bisporus

Level 70

Dec 1, 2020

Given that Cyprus is part of Asia, isn't Cyprus 0 kilometers from Asia?

Level 73

Dec 19, 2020

Islands aren't technically part of any continent. We just jumble them up into continents.

Level 43

Oct 13, 2023

Wait, what about Oceania---

Level 26

Apr 15, 2021

true lol

Level 68

Apr 11, 2023

Cyprus is:

- 105 km from Asia

- 350 km from Africa

- 760 km from Europe

Conclusion: Cyprus is the 8th continent.

Level 63

Feb 4, 2024

So?

Tasmania is 2,610 km from Antarctica, 250 km from Australia, and 1,485 km from New Zealand.

The only reason that fact 348 could possibly have been posted is because it contains Cyprus.

Level 26

Apr 15, 2021

it depends on which part of turkey because of Istanbul. Istanbul is in Europe or the rest of turkey which is in Asia.

it is geographically closer to the Asian part of Turkey therefore, kibris is in Asia. I mean Cyprus. It is pronounced kibris in my language.

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Level 78

Nov 24, 2019

Budapest was actually formed by the merger of Buda, Pest, and Óbuda. Óbuda was left out of the new name.

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Level 78

Dec 11, 2019

It could have been so easy: Óbudapest.

Level 68

May 19, 2020

I think it should have been Óbudabudapest or Budaobudapest, but Budapest is much better.

Level 70

Sep 7, 2022

Pestobudabuda seems like a good choice to me.

Level 79

Jan 4, 2020

It should be cremini* and portobello* mushrooms.

Level ∞

May 12, 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_bisporus

Level 68

May 19, 2020

The page says both names are acceptable, so maybe you should include them both.

Level 59

Dec 10, 2020

^ What?

Level 60

Nov 10, 2020

For #347:

"Can can think yourself thin?"

What..?

Level 52

Nov 19, 2020

Well, you can get thin if you think about doing the can-can. It's called "trick exercise".

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Level 59

Dec 10, 2020

"Can Can: Think Yourself Thin"

I can just imagine the slogan

Level 45

Dec 15, 2020

Cyprus is in Europe, not Asia ! The world thinks it s in Europe but on jetpunk it’s in Asia! Not in any of my atlases I own is it in Asia! It is in Europe! Jetpunk, you are crazy!

Level 68

Feb 3, 2021

While culturally, it is European, and generally Cypriots do consider themselves European, JetPunk mainly focuses on geography, so it would make sense to consider it Asian, as it is geographically much closer to Asia than it is to Europe.

Level 71

Feb 4, 2021

I would not think that Turkish Cypriots consider themselves European, they think they are Turkish which is Asian.

Level 35

Jun 25, 2022

It's in Asia on all the maps I've seen

Level 59

Jan 15, 2021

can can think yourself thin

Level 84

Jan 29, 2021

The brain uses about 20% of our energy despite being only 2% of our weight. A standard chess game takes about 7 hours. It's not surprising that thinking hard for that long burns calories.

Level 84

Jan 8, 2022

Incidentally, I hated going to the dentist until I started playing chess. Once I got used to being under intense mental stress for hours at a time, going to the dentist was nothing to me.

Level 67

Feb 9, 2021

I know a similar story to #350. When the 3 South Korean counties(Changwon, Masan, Jinhae) got merged and form a new city, each of them proposed to name the new city Changmajin, Majinchang, Jinmachang. As you see, all of those proposals were too weird, so they just named the new city 'Changwon'.

Level 60

Jul 1, 2021

Yeah, I guess Chang won!

Level 68

Apr 11, 2023

*groan*

Level 26

Apr 15, 2021

Imagine if we just make a new continent it will be the Mediterranean and it will be in this continent it will basically be the roman empire lol.

Level 65

Apr 22, 2021

Very illogical

Level 68

Oct 13, 2021

Yeah true.

It would be pretty cool if there were geographic continents and cultural continents. That way, both the Cyprus issue will be fixed and it could be easier to explain what region and subject you are talking about.

Level 43

Jun 7, 2021

348 is kind of cool

Level 60

Nov 27, 2021

Wasn't Budapest the merger of Buda, Óbuda, and Pest?

Level 54

Sep 4, 2022

Can can?

Level 70

Sep 24, 2022

#347 should be can you think yourself thin?

Level 69

Sep 7, 2023

I have no particular objection to classifying Cyprus as Asian, however I wonder why Jetpunk doesn't employ this logic consistently.

If Cyprus is in Asia because it is closer to the Asian mainland than it is to Africa or Europe, then shouldn't Jetpunk classify numerous Caribbean island nations, such as Trinidad and Tobago, as South American? They're far closer to the South American mainland than to the North American mainland. And yet, Jetpunk classifies Trinidad and Tobago as a North American nation.