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05 Jul 2011, 4:11 pm

again, this isn't really a thread for current events. sorry, Henbane. don't worry i'm just being finicky, but if people start conversing about the news it'll spoil this thread, ie if everyone voices their opinion about the same story.. anyway, rant over

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06 Jul 2011, 6:02 am

Iceland is greener than Greenland and Greenland is icier than Iceland.

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08 Jul 2011, 12:21 pm

QI Fact of the Day

Cleveland Abbe (1836-1916) was the first official weather forecaster in America and also the man who divided the USA into time zones.

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"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. "EDWARD ABBEY (1927-89)

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09 Jul 2011, 12:46 am

Fudo wrote:

I like that quote! You may think it is metaphorical, but I think not. Edward Abbe is known for his writings which advocated preserving nature. Of course, he might have meant it to be both literal and metaphorical.

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10 Jul 2011, 2:11 pm

QI Fact of the Day

Battle Abbey in Sussex was built by William the Conqueror in 1070 on the site of the Battle of Hastings. The high altar was placed directly over the spot where King Harold was killed.

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"There never was a good war or a bad revolution."
EDWARD ABBEY (1927-89)

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11 Jul 2011, 11:08 am

QI Fact of the Day

Aberdeen has the largest and busiest civilian heliport in the world, though the world record for helicopter flights during a single day occurred at Silverstone heliport during the 1999 Grand Prix.

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"Insects do not nest in a busy door-hinge."
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14 Jul 2011, 11:10 am

QI Fact of the Day

Abnepos is Latin for 'great-great-grandson'.

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"You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was."
IRISH PROVERB

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14 Jul 2011, 2:16 pm

music [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK0ORP8Zm9s[/youtube]

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14 Jul 2011, 5:35 pm

^^ Egad - I've not heard Santana for years!

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15 Jul 2011, 1:32 pm

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^^ Egad - I've not heard Santana for years!

who's egad? :lol:

QI Fact of the Day

Aborigines, whose culture reaches back to the last Ice Age, can name and locate mountains that have been under the sea for 8,000 years.

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"If the Aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilisation would presumably flunk it."
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16 Jul 2011, 7:21 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzCe_RPbOeM&feature=related[/youtube]

Just a little gift. Been a while since I was on here.

....And it's interesting!

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16 Jul 2011, 3:45 pm

tis indeed. thankyou, usagimimi

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXk_8_8oLY&feature=related[/youtube] on a similar note.

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17 Jul 2011, 6:05 am

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Up to 70% of all pregnancies end in spontaneous natural abortion. In most of them, the woman doesn't even know she's pregnant.

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"It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard."
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09 Aug 2011, 11:54 am

A million miles a minute is the fastest speed there is.

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09 Aug 2011, 12:30 pm

It's more than ten times that.

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09 Aug 2011, 12:32 pm

Cornflake wrote:

It's more than ten times that.

Crap...it's 12 million miles a minute. Sorry. :roll:

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