Apellosine

Apellosine t1_j83t6cb wrote

Reply to comment by smallbutlazy in TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy

Citizens being among the richest in the world does not make a country "One of the wealthiest in the world" when their population is incredibly small.

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Apellosine t1_j6vyhmp wrote

Reply to comment by ForgotMyOldLoginInfo in TIL the Wayne Gretzky trade from Edmonton to the LA Kings yielded a "Trade Tree" that lasted 34 years (i.e. the players and draft picks Gretzky was traded for in 1988 spawned their own trades and draft picks over the years, with the final player leaving the NHL before this current season.) by doctor-rumack

I will always make the argument for Sir Donald Bradman as an Australian cricketer who was so far ahead of any player at the time and since for this spot.

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Apellosine t1_j1u6sre wrote

Reply to comment by FinancialYou4519 in Til Boxing day in the UK has to do with a tradition of boxing up presents to give to the poor and has nothing to do with boxing the sport by Jasong222

It could be, this year's boxing day test match was between Australia and South Africa. 2/231 means that Australia has scored 231 runs while only having 2 outs in the first innings of the test match. South Africa being all out for 189 is quite a low score for a single innings in a test match too and is also what they scored this year.

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