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The reason Montgomery and Patton were so effective at fighting Rommel in North Africa was that the Brits had cracked the German Secret Code Rommel used, and were able to tell them in advance of his intended moves. (OK, they were also great tacticians. But the advance warnings helped speed things up.)

You can't go to Mozart's grave. His placement in the cemetary was lost shortly after his burial. A monument was erected in the cemetary so people would have a memorial.

Salieri didn't really hate Mozart. That was all made up for the stage play "Amadeus." In fact, they admired each other.

Frogs use their eyes to push food down their throats.

An ostrich can kill a lone lion. The ostrich has a huge spear-shaped claw on it's foot. It's leg power has been measured at being able to kick at 300lbs per square inch!! Wowsers!! If the ostrich throws in it's 200lb bodyweight, it could do you mate ! !!

The Titanic and the Kursk were never christened. (The Kursk was the Russian nuclear submarine that caught fire.) The Titanic was taken out to sea instead of being properly christened to test it's stopping distance (! !! !????) The Kursk wasn't christened because the bottle of Russian Champagne didn't break when it hit the prow.

Walt Disney originally thought "Mortimer Mouse" was a good name. His wife persuaded him that "Mickey" sounded less formal.

Emmett Kelly, the famous sad clown with Ringling Brothers circus, started out as a cartoonist.

The Ku Klux Klan was started when JC Penney held an ill-timed white sale after the Civil War.

If an Arkansas couple gets divorced, they are still legally brother and sister.

Something atleast ounce a year destroys my operating system. Such as
virus, spyware, hardware failure, etc. I basically have WP working and thats it. Not
that I really need anything else when I think about it.

Update!! !! !

I got my tv card going, WP, google talk other than my pictures,video and music on another harddrive I
have yet to hook up I'm back.

Scientific studies have proven that people can survive on a diet of WP posts.

The U-2 airplane had only two landing wheels, one in front of the other like a bicycle. The wings were so wide and so thin they drooped when it was on the ground. The wheels were designed that way to save weight. It was believed that it flew too high to get shot down. They were wrong.

Queen Elizabeth of the UK is the third cousin, once removed to her husband Prince Philip. Both are descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark.

Queen Ranavalona of Madagasgar executed any of her subjects who appeared in her dreams.

The word "sneaker" was coined by Henry McKinney, an advertising agent for N.W. Ayer & Son.