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Oaglor
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20 May 2012, 11:44 pm

A few different dinosaur genera have had their coloring found:
Anchiornis huxleyi: Black with white specs and a red crest of feathers
Microraptor zhaoianus: Black with flourescence
Sinosauropteryx prima: Orange with white stripes on the tail

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21 May 2012, 2:02 am

Traffic signal lenses (the green, yellow, or red glass plates) usually come in 8-inch and 12-inch varieties. The US is gradually moving away from the use of 8-inch lenses and toward the use of 12-inch lenses.

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21 May 2012, 3:19 am

For whatever reason, a lot of composers since Beethoven died upon completing their 9th symphony. That list includes:

Ludwig van Beethoven
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Anton Bruckner
Gustav Mahler
Antonin Dvorak
Franz Schubert
Louis Spohr

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21 May 2012, 12:01 pm

The world's first air conditioning system was installed in St George's Hall in Liverpool.

@redrobin62 Philip Glass is still living!

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21 May 2012, 12:05 pm

At one point in her life Melissa Gilbert dated Tom Cruise.

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21 May 2012, 1:57 pm

@Chipshorter. My bad! Actually, I didn't think anyone would notice this faux pas! I'm so ashamed! :oops:

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21 May 2012, 2:30 pm

The Little House tv series was only loosely based on the Little House books and even the Little House books weren't completely factual when it came to Laura Ingalls Wilder's real life.

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21 May 2012, 2:59 pm

In Germany is a satirical party which want to rebuilt the seperation of Germany.
The name of this party is "Die Partei" (the party).

lostgirl1986
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21 May 2012, 3:36 pm

In Mary Ingall's real life she didn't marry anybody or have any children. She died early in life from a neurological condition. (Little House on the Prairie)

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23 May 2012, 3:27 am

There are over 3000 songs in Rock Band, and there is only one Muse song, which is "Hysteria."

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25 May 2012, 1:55 pm

On this day the 25th of May (today )
Liverpool Football Club won there first European Cup in 1977 in Rome.
They also won there fifth European Cup on the same day in 2005 in Istanbul.

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