The annual GDP of Iraq is $55 billion.

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Bibio, ergo sum.

Turbo chargers suffer from Time lag.

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The word "one" is spelled that way because in 14th-century London, English speakers had adopted the French "un" to denote that number, and in early modern spelling, "o-final consonant-e" was the method for representing the "oo" sound (so "book" was spelled "boke", "doom" was spelled "dome" "room" was spelled "rome" etc). So "un" was spelled "one". However, in the 1500s, the "wun" pronunciation bled down from the north of England and usurped the foreign "un", but by then the printing press had been invented and spelling, which tended to follow London patterns, had pretty much set.

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I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?

It's gotten to the point where careful investigation is needed just to tell parody from reality. I think that means reality is broken.- Noclevername.

...as do digital cameras:

Digital Camera Shutter Lag Comparison Table

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Superchargers do not suffer from lag but they consume BHP(energy), in physics there is always a trade off.

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But you're sure the astronauts are lying; you just don't seem to know what they're lying about. jayutah

Luke Skywalker's surname was originally suposed to be "Starkiller".

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"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek
"Carl Sagan sent a message to ET,
Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song

Back to reality:

Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville Ontario is hosting the third annual pond hockey competition with some 222 three-man/woman teams from all over the world competing this weekend and next. I believe there are 28 rinks in play at a time!

Which was referenced as the title of the no-budget movie-in-a-movie seen at the drive-in Joe Dante's "Explorers"

Climatologists classify eighty different types of snowflake.

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I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?

It's gotten to the point where careful investigation is needed just to tell parody from reality. I think that means reality is broken.- Noclevername.

The first Russian state was based in Kiev.

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Bibio, ergo sum.

The UK has no written constitution.

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The U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1787.

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"Any technology, no matter how primitive, is magic to those who don't understand it." - Florence Ambrose

The European Union has no ratified constitution.

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Bibio, ergo sum.

FinalDraft recognizes Arecibo as a word, but not my last name.

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"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek
"Carl Sagan sent a message to ET,
Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song

"God Hates Fags" funeral protester Fred Phelps began his career as a civil rights attorney.

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I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?

It's gotten to the point where careful investigation is needed just to tell parody from reality. I think that means reality is broken.- Noclevername.

The reason worms are slimy is that they breathe through their skin and it helps them take in oxygen, as gas exchange must occur at a moist surface.

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"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek
"Carl Sagan sent a message to ET,
Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song

The three body problem is chaotic, but often ends with expulsion of one of the bodies from the system.

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Bibio, ergo sum.

Dominant bull elephant seals are called...beachmasters.

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Shuttle Atlantis is Targeted for a Feb. 7 Launch.

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Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true. -- Niels Bohr --

Ipsa scientia potestas est. ~ Knowledge itself is power.---- Bacon
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Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.


Hint: this is at heart a scientific forum, and underneath the fooling around there are some diamond-hard minds hanging about, ready to tear you to shreads. -- mike alexander --

February has 29 days, except in years not divisible by 4, and in years divisible by 100 but not by 400.

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Bibio, ergo sum.

double post

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I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?

It's gotten to the point where careful investigation is needed just to tell parody from reality. I think that means reality is broken.- Noclevername.

February has 28 days because Julius and Augustus Caesar stole two days from it to add them to July and August, the months they named after themselves.

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I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?

It's gotten to the point where careful investigation is needed just to tell parody from reality. I think that means reality is broken.- Noclevername.