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Bonus question: Where is London located? (a) The British Isles (b) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (c) The UK (d) Europe (or 'the EU') (e) Greater London

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    idk man, seems pretty straightforward to me

    Lennon "was the soul of the Beatles, Harrison was the spirit." Martin said. "Paul was the heart, and Ringo was the drummer." Ringo: he was the drummer

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Is Ringo the best drummer in the world?"

    "Ringo isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles"- The Beatles

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    If your fact checker is caught stealing by Buzzfeed: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/business/media/snopes-plagiarism-David-Mikkelson.html

    And considered unreliable by among others Harvard: https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/fact-checking-fact-checkers-a-data-driven-approach/

    You might want to double check. I didn't. I just want to caution people about blindly trusting Snopes. So they might very well be right on this topic.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I've heard from multiple sources (all dubious) that Ringo was the adhesive that held the band together during contentious times. Usually that role is appointed to the heart but in this case it was appointed to the Ringo. The drummer.

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  • [–] 58 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    8 is yes, but I don't have enough space to fit the proof in a post.

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    [–] 46 points 2 years ago

    4 is a trick question. Both had zero shark attacks, the so-called "shark" in Jaws was in fact a symbol of predatory capitalism and its amoral violence against the proletariat

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    5: originally? None. They say there were no stars or planets. Also time and space came to be afterwards.

    Edit: I just read the explainxkcd, I get it now. :)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
    1. Don Majkowski threw a game winning touchdown pass to Sterling Sharpe in 1989 but the points were taken away as an illegal forward pass penalty, until later they saw the replay footage and awarded the points post game.
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    Number 7 is gonna be a real question one day. Wonder whether it'll be pneumatic tubes or matter transporters that gets there first?

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    Regarding 4. Do lawyer attacks count as shark attacks?

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    Huh, I figured neither movie was a Spielberg movie. Turns out both are

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago
    1. More than 3
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    8 (about Goldbachs conjecture) is one that I don't quite get. Isn't the number 8 already proof that this isn't true (sum of 4+4)?

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago
    1. 2
      Inside and outside
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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    *Angry Santos Dumont sounds*

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