# Not many people know that... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647 "2004-10-28T11:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/221 "2004-11-26T18:35:03Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Is **legion** the OP, or does it describe the amount of posts that are going to make up this thread? \*\* Legion\*\* refers to the number of girls that were laid end to end in the Marianas Trench just once. For 20 minutes. In 1960. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/222 "2004-11-26T19:12:51Z")
> [@CBCD](#): > > \*\* > Legion\*\* refers to the number of girls that were laid end to end in the Marianas Trench just once. For 20 minutes. In 1960. Ya know, I shoulda seen that one coming. At least once, that is. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/223 "2004-11-29T01:35:36Z")
I once had a wicked little _Trieste_ with a Yale co-ed name Mariana. For 1960 minutes in 20 AD. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/224 "2004-11-29T02:03:13Z")
> [@I Love Me](#): > > For 1960 minutes in 20 AD. ::Head explodes:: ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/225 "2004-11-29T04:09:25Z")
> [@The Sonoran Lizard King](#): > > That suggests the trench is named for the nearby Island chain, the northernmost part of Micronesia, Which in turn was named in the 17th century for an Austrian Queen of Spanish decent. Yeah, her Spanish was pretty decent, considering that she was Austrian. I hear her trench was pretty good too. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/226 "2006-01-23T21:42:04Z")
According to wikipedia, today is the anniversary the bathyscaphe Trieste reaching the record depth of 10,916 m (35,813 feet) in Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench. In 1960. For twenty minutes. > **[January 23](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23)** > > January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 342 days remain until the end of the year (343 in leap years). ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/227 "2006-01-23T21:55:21Z")
This here be an old thread. This be frowned upon (in most cases). This be closed. - This Be Skippy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647.md?page=11)