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Baron Grim Posted Oct 23, 2011
That's not hard. We just got to figure out which puppet dictator the US was backing about a decade ago.
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Pink Paisley Posted Oct 24, 2011
I think I had better go out for a walk in about 20 minutes.
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The Groob Posted Oct 24, 2011
Mussolini's favourite drink was strawberry sherbet frappe.
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Baron Grim Posted Oct 26, 2011
You can't throw a curve ball on the moon. If you prefer golf, good news, you can't hook or slice either.
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egon Posted Oct 26, 2011
Sideburns are named after the American civil war general Ambrose Burnside
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The Groob Posted Oct 26, 2011
The idea for The Police's "Walking on the moon" came into Sting's head when he was drunk and the song was originally called "Walking round the room".
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The Groob Posted Oct 29, 2011
The dinosaur with the longest name was Micropachycephalosaurus meaning "tiny thick-headed lizard".
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The Groob Posted Nov 1, 2011
Leonardo Da Vinci enjoyed purchasing caged birds so he could set them free.
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Rod Posted Nov 1, 2011
The word Bodger was specific to a group of skilled craftsmen but has become corrupted to mean botcher.
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Baron Grim Posted Nov 1, 2011
I just read that Illibilli (in Sudan) is the world's longest palindromic place name.
But it's not. There are plenty of 9 lettered palindromic places, such as Allagalla, Sri Lanka; Assamassa, Portugal; Krape Park, Illinois, US and Oktahatko, Florida, US.
At 10 letters, there's Saxet, Texas and Zirak Kariz, Afghanistan.
At 11 letters, there's Wassamassaw, South Carolina, US; Ekalaka Lake, Montana, US and Anahanahana, Madagascar.
And at 12 letters, there's Mullum Mullum Creek, Valley, Gorge, Wetlands, etc., all naturally occurring places a few miles east of Melbourne, Australia and there's also Adaven, Nevada, US.
Some, like Adaven, Nevada and Elaka Lake were contrived.
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Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed ) Posted Nov 1, 2011
A town called Yreka (no idea if CAN or USA) had the Yreka Bakery.
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The Groob Posted Nov 3, 2011
If London was a country it would be the 8th biggest in Europe.
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