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20-March-2008, 06:32 PM
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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20-March-2008, 06:33 PM
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20-March-2008, 07:18 PM
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 Queen Elizabeth has tea every day at 5:30 p.m. wherever she is (according to a former butler). Her beloved corgis are always present too.
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20-March-2008, 07:51 PM
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At one time, house owners in Britain were taxed based on the number of chimmneys their house had.
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"Any technology, no matter how primitive, is magic to those who don't understand it." - Florence Ambrose
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20-March-2008, 09:38 PM
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they were also taxed on the windows too, that is why you see many of the older houses with their windows bricked up.
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Great minds discuss ideas,average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Admiral Hyman Rickover.USN.
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22-March-2008, 12:08 AM
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The Sheik of Dubai owns the largest private yacht currently afloat: 524' long.
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22-March-2008, 03:16 PM
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Gordon Brown's campaign slogan was "Not Flash, just Gordon".
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Rovers forever! - ToSeek "The only way to explore the universe is to go and look." - Brian Cox Well, the best way to find out is to go there and, find out. - Raven's Cry 'Evolution and science are one thing, but you don’t mess with Yoko Ono. Everybody knows that. ' - 386sx
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22-March-2008, 09:20 PM
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It is thought that "The Ballgame," a ritual sport played by Maya and Aztec civilizations, and a forerunner of soccer, often ended with the losing team being sacrificed.
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Great minds discuss ideas,average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Admiral Hyman Rickover.USN.
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22-March-2008, 09:32 PM
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Talk about pressure.
Pressure is used to forecast weather with a barometer.
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22-March-2008, 09:54 PM
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The worlds windiest place is reputed to be Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, where wind speeds of 200 mph (320km/h) have been recorded.
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Great minds discuss ideas,average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Admiral Hyman Rickover.USN.
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23-March-2008, 07:12 PM
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23-March-2008, 09:30 PM
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Great minds discuss ideas,average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Admiral Hyman Rickover.USN.
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23-March-2008, 09:38 PM
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Ground visibility in the Antarctic during the summer months can be as much as 150 miles (250 km)
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Great minds discuss ideas,average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Admiral Hyman Rickover.USN.
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24-March-2008, 10:34 AM
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The dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres were both discovered accidentally, though at the time of their discovery they were both believed to have confirmed scientific hypotheses that are no longer considered valid.
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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.
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24-March-2008, 05:00 PM
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One only has to go 33 feet underwater to feel double the pressure one feels at sea level.
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Rovers forever! - ToSeek "The only way to explore the universe is to go and look." - Brian Cox Well, the best way to find out is to go there and, find out. - Raven's Cry 'Evolution and science are one thing, but you don’t mess with Yoko Ono. Everybody knows that. ' - 386sx
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24-March-2008, 05:45 PM
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In the Moh's scale of hardness which is used to identify minerals, the numbers 1 to 10 were given to the common minerals... (Soft-Hard)
(1)Talc - Gypsum - Calcite - Fluorite - Apatite - Orthoclase - Quartz - Topaz - Corundum - (10)Diamond
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I don't believe in mathematics. Albert Einstein Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female. Desmond Morris. Quantum analysis is scientific dithering Professor Frink: My observations n'hey, n'hey, show the universe could be a torus Weh, uh, or toriod it may like the typewriters and bananas and the monkeys with big teeth the biting the screaming Mm-hai! Homer: mmmmm... doughnuts!
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24-March-2008, 08:49 PM
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Sir David Attenborough inadvertently introduced bungee jumping to the world when he filmed the land divers of Pentecost Island in 1960. The land divers erected giant wooden platforms at the tops of trees and then jumped off them with vines tied to their feet. A viewer, inspired by the programme, swapped bungee cords for vines and took up the sport himself, which spread slowly through the burgeoning lunatic sports fraternity until it reached the mainstream in the 1990s.
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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.
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24-March-2008, 09:23 PM
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The wealthiest man in Britain is the Duke of Westminster..."for the last 400 years".
---- ETA: Whoops, the TV lied!---wikipedia notes: Quote:
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24-March-2008, 10:33 PM
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The cliff divers of Acapulco must time their dive from the 125 ft (38 m) cliff at La Quebrada to coincide with the incoming swells to avoid being dashed on the rocks in the shallow inlet.
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Great minds discuss ideas,average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Admiral Hyman Rickover.USN.
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24-March-2008, 11:10 PM
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