Today I learned...

[Tommy!]

Different guest host each week I think @SuperBacon.

 

[wordsfromlee]

He's still doing the celeb version I think.

[Loki]

France's longest land border is with Brazil.

[SuperBacon]

6 minutes ago, Loki said:

France's longest land border is with Brazil.

Eh?

[Keith Houchen]

15 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

Eh?

French Guiana, innit. As a map nonce (not a MAP nonce, big big difference) I knew that!

[Carbomb]

Yup. And, because of overseas départements like French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and La Réunion, you can use Euros in South America and Africa.

[Keith Houchen]

2 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

Yup. And, because of overseas départements like French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and La Réunion, you can use Euros in South America and Africa.

Do you play Worldle? You can usually guess the currency if the country is/was an old French or Belgian colony. 

[Carbomb]

3 hours ago, Keith Houchen said:

Do you play Worldle? You can usually guess the currency if the country is/was an old French or Belgian colony. 

I haven't played that, no - is that like Wordle but with geographical clues?

[Devon Malcolm]

4 hours ago, Carbomb said:

Yup. And, because of overseas départements like French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and La Réunion, you can use Euros in South America and Africa.

The winners of their domestic football leagues are also offered a place each season in the French Cup.

[Keith Houchen]

7 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

I haven't played that, no - is that like Wordle but with geographical clues?

You get an outline of a country and have to guess which country it is. You get told how close in Km you are with each guess. Then if you get it, it’s countries that border it, capitals, population and currency. It used to be my game with breakfast but they added a US state version and a “Where was this photo taken” variant which is wonderful for trivia. 

[Carbomb]

1 minute ago, Keith Houchen said:

You get an outline of a country and have to guess which country it is. You get told how close in Km you are with each guess. Then if you get it, it’s countries that border it, capitals, population and currency. It used to be my game with breakfast but they added a US state version and a “Where was this photo taken” variant which is wonderful for trivia. 

Nice. I've been doing a lot of that sort of thing on Sporcle too, so it sounds like something I'd go for.

[Jazzy G]

Because of how spread out the departments are France also covers the most time zones as well. 

[SuperBacon]

1 hour ago, Keith Houchen said:

You get an outline of a country and have to guess which country it is. You get told how close in Km you are with each guess. Then if you get it, it’s countries that border it, capitals, population and currency. It used to be my game with breakfast but they added a US state version and a “Where was this photo taken” variant which is wonderful for trivia. 

 

1 hour ago, Carbomb said:

Nice. I've been doing a lot of that sort of thing on Sporcle too, so it sounds like something I'd go for.

Play Geoguessr lads. You'd love it.

[waters44]

TIL Sir Terry Wogan and Olympian Michael Phelps have both held the world record for longest televised golf putt ⛳️ 

[SuperBacon]

2 minutes ago, waters44 said:

TIL Sir Terry Wogan and Olympian Michael Phelps have both held the world record for longest televised golf putt ⛳️ 

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