Any Facts that Fit the Numbers

[Arneb]

Last year, the world's coal reserves were estimated to be good for another 204 years.

[KLA2]

205 years ago, in 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstated slavery in the French colonies, which had been abolished during the French Revolution.

[Halcyon Dayz, FCD]

There are 206 bones in the typical adult human body.

[KLA2]

207 when aroused ...



Oh, I crack myself up. Sorry. Back to serious facts. {snicker}

[Arneb]

I admit I didn't get the joke. Could you explain? :? ( I am constantly worried about not getting the subtleties here, so please bear with me).

208? Well, asteroid 208 Lacrimosa has a name entirely inappropriate for this festive season.

[KLA2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boner
Boner is also a slang term for:
An erection of the human penis, although the erection is not actually created by a bone.

Geeze, Arneb. Who is kidding who here? :?

Thought that crude quip would easily translate ino at least 209 languages and/or cultures. :P

{Edited to add} Sorry, Arneb. Check all the definitions of aroused ... 8) Oh, and I can speak ONE language adequately. I bow before you (and others on this board) who speak 2+.

[Halcyon Dayz, FCD]

210 years ago. (1797)

The last invasion of Britain begins. French forces under the command of American Colonel William Tate land near Fishguard in Wales.
They surrender 3 days later.

Also, Joseph Haydn composes the music to "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser", later to become the German national anthem.

[Arneb]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boner
Boner is also a slang term for:
An erection of the human penis, although the erection is not actually created by a bone.

Geeze, Arneb. Who is kidding who here? :?

Oh my, yes, I got it now... Sorry, I am sometimes a slow burner. I didn'T get the connection to the previous post.

On 2 11, 1889, the Dakotas joined the Union as the 39th and 40th states.

[Halcyon Dayz, FCD]

212 years ago. (1795)

The French revolutionary army invades the Netherlands.
Batavian Republic proclaimed.

[Arneb]

Myosin, a principle component of the contractile muscle protein apparatus, has a molecular weight of 213 kd.

[pmcolt]

If you were formerly in the US military, you're probably asked for your DD 214 discharge papers anytime you apply for a job.

[Arneb]

The General election of 1916 left the House split along Party lines with 215 Republicans and Democrats each.

[KLA2]

RAF number 216 Squadron can trace its roots to 'A' Squadron, RNAS, which formed at Manston on 5 Oct 1917 with four Handley Page 0/100s. After moving to Ochey in France as a strategic night bomber squadron, it was redesignated No. 16 Squadron, RNAS, on 8 Jan 1918. When the RAF was formed on 1 Apr 1918 was renumbered No. 216 Squadron, and soon afterwards became part of the Independent Force under Major General Trenchard flying Handley Page 0/400s.

[troubleagain]

California's Proposition 215 was the first statewide
medical marijuana voter initiative adopted in the USA.

[Arneb]

Hey! That post was for 217 - By the way, U.N. General Assembly resolution No. 217 contained the universal declaration of human rights (10 Dec. 1948).

Hannibal crossed the Alps in 218 B.C.

[KLA2]

K-219 was a Navaga-class ballistic missile submarine (NATO reporting name "Yankee I") of the Soviet Navy involved in what has become one of the most controversial submarine incidents in the Cold War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-219

[Capt. Moosedoom]

Muzzy in Gondoland Part 2/20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nFlIN5kb0

[Halcyon Dayz, FCD]

221 BCE: The state of Qin conquers the state of Qi. The king of Qin unifies China and proclaims himself the First Emperor, as he is the first Chinese sovereign able to rule the whole country, thus ending the Warring States Period. He is known by historians as Qin Shi Huang.

Muzzy in Gondoland Part 2/20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nFlIN5kb0

You're learning English:?:

[KLA2]

222 - Our newly planted ideas are beginning to grow into reality. Keep watering and nurturing them, and soon they will push through the soil so you can see evidence of your manifestation. In other words, don't quit five minutes before the miracle. Your manifestation is soon going to be evident to you, so keep up the good work! Keep holding positive thoughts, keep affirming, and continue visualizing. Keep going, you are on the correct path!

http://www.spiritualhearts.com/articles/numerology.html

Well, they couldn't post it on the internet if it wasn't true, could they? :wink:

[Arneb]

Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation on the world, has a population of 223 million.

[KLA2]

σ Sgr (Nunki) is a magnitude 2.0 blue-white star 224 light years away.

[Halcyon Dayz, FCD]

225: number of squares on a Scrabble board.

[Arneb]

Thierry Henry scored 226 goals for his longtime club, Arsenal London.

[troubleagain]

227, a tv show starring Marla Gibbs who played Florence on "The Jeffersons".

[Halcyon Dayz, FCD]

The 228 Incident, also known as the 228 Massacre was an massive anti-government uprising in Taiwan that began on February 28, 1947 that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang (KMT) government resulting in many civilian deaths. The Incident marked the beginning of the White Terror period in Taiwan in which thousands more Taiwanese vanished, were killed, or imprisoned.