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03 May 2014, 4:20 am

In 1985, a Frenchman named Jean-Marie Loret died.

He was very probably Adolph Hitler's son.

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03 May 2014, 5:16 am

A man from Bolton In Lancashire UK, built LA.

I can't think of his name now, it was on the news last night.

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04 May 2014, 2:46 am

Wichita, Kansas is NOT actually in Wichita County in that state; it is in Sedgwick County.

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04 May 2014, 3:55 am

It is said that King Solomon was the first to mine and put to use copper, and that his treasure hordes was mostly made of that.
Although truth and fiction are sometimes strange bed fellows, for copper it seems was first discovered and used by the Syrians, or so our archaeological evidences points too. although King Solomon was supposedly near that area at that time.

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04 May 2014, 6:58 am

AspergianMutantt wrote:

Before 5500 BP (before present), (Or 3500 BC) most all the civilizations practiced infanticide, be it through sacrifice or that of need for population control. children between ages newborn and 10 years old, and it was not that uncommon to see a bit of the practice of cannibalism by the priests of those times.. Children also many times got sold or traded off into slavery, many times by their own families, or from when they were taken in war.

Also In early roman times, it was also a common practice to leave unwanted newborns beside a road or out side the cities to either die or be cared for by a passer byre that may want to adopt the child.

Things like this both undermine and reinforce my horror and hope
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04 May 2014, 7:19 am

Taking a derivative is a linear transformation, and so is taking an interval.

The more I learn about different branches of mathematics, the more I see ways in which each branch tries do define the operations of the other branches in the terms of that branch. The more different types I learn, the more options I have for solving various problems. Math teachers will still want you to do it the way they taught you, but know that in the real world, you probably have several options.

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04 May 2014, 9:13 am

syzygyish wrote:

AspergianMutantt wrote:

Things like this both undermine and reinforce my horror and hope
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I was shocked too when I first read about stuff like that. but you have to keep in mind, they didn't have much for birth control back then. and death was an everyday fact of life to them, esp for the slaves, whom forced into prostitution would have much preferred the death of those children then for them to grow up as slaves like them selves. it was a vary cruel world back then.

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04 May 2014, 8:01 pm

Shaggy Rogers from Scooby Doo's real name is Norville, and Shaggy the Jamaican singer's real name is Orville.

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05 May 2014, 7:03 pm

Ronald Reagan slept with Elizabeth Taylor when she was just fifteen years old.

He was thirty-three.

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06 May 2014, 8:56 am

A study was done not long ago to see how educated people are in the world, and contrary to popular opinion, The world is NOT flat. (that was stunning news to me that any modern persons could even still think that!)

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07 May 2014, 4:26 pm

Kangaroos are lactose-intolerant.

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07 May 2014, 7:35 pm

The Platypus is not actually poisonous, but is venomous.

The male has a venom-containing claw or spur on each hind leg.

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07 May 2014, 8:45 pm

A dog can't hear the lowest key on a piano.

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10 May 2014, 2:11 am

Shark teeth are actually scales; because of this, they can grow back for as long as they live.

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10 May 2014, 5:50 am

Your brain operates on the same amount of power that would light-up a 10-watt lightbulb.

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10 May 2014, 10:33 am

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford loathed each other.

Intensely.

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