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tucuxii Posted Mar 7, 2012
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No whey it would have o-curd to him if he had thought it through more caerphilly
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Vestboy Posted Mar 9, 2012
Have I already asked whether people know that there are 4 islands off the coast of the UK called: Barry, Wight, Scilly, Man?
Barry is pronounced as barry
Wight is pronounced as white
Scilly is pronounced as silly
and Man is pronounded as man
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Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed ) Posted Mar 9, 2012
Isle of Man...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HqiUeKpyg
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Mar 11, 2012
The word 'botulism', referring to the illness caused by clostridium botulinum bacteria, is derived from the Latin 'botulus' meaning 'sausage'.
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Baron Grim Posted Mar 28, 2012
From their website: http://dsc.discovery.com/show-news/mythbusters-by-the-numbers.html
To date, after 9 years, the Mythbusters have used more than 33,500 yards of duct tape; destroyed 146 vehicles; and used 13.5 tons(US) of explosives in approximately 792 explosions (about 4.24 explosions per episode on average).
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Baron Grim Posted Mar 28, 2012
I think the only original piece remaining of Buster is the head. Everything else has been replaced.
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Baron Grim Posted Mar 28, 2012
Sorry, that particular bit of useless information is not known to me.
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Vestboy Posted Mar 29, 2012
That's probably because it would have been useful to Mr X.
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Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Posted Apr 14, 2012
Here's one: The Chinese had no concept of a round Earth until it was introduced to them by European missionaries in the 17th century. Oddly, their astronomy was otherwise fairly advanced.
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swl Posted Apr 17, 2012
All the carpets in the Grand Mosque of Bahrain were made in Paisley.
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Pink Paisley Posted Apr 17, 2012
I am pleased to hear that. I wonder what colour they are?
PP.
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Apr 17, 2012
Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden once appeared on the Sooty Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnE_8oeDj88
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tucuxii Posted Apr 18, 2012
Bob Holness (of Blockbusters fame) was the first actor to play James Bond (on the radio) - although an American actor had played CIA agent Jimmy Bond loosely based on 007.
Ian Flemming named his secret agent after the author of Birds* of the West Indies where he lived in a house called Goldeneye (named after a species of duck)
*The feathered kind rather than the type top 007 and SNP MSP for Marbella Sean Connery used to chase.
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Vestboy Posted Apr 18, 2012
Do you get extra points for cramming in so many useless facts into one entry? Well done! I think you should.
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- 8721: tucuxii (Mar 7, 2012)
- 8722: Baron Grim (Mar 7, 2012)
- 8723: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Mar 8, 2012)
- 8724: Vestboy (Mar 9, 2012)
- 8725: Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed ) (Mar 9, 2012)
- 8726: Baron Grim (Mar 9, 2012)
- 8727: Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... (Mar 11, 2012)
- 8728: Baron Grim (Mar 28, 2012)
- 8729: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Mar 28, 2012)
- 8730: Baron Grim (Mar 28, 2012)
- 8731: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Mar 28, 2012)
- 8732: Baron Grim (Mar 28, 2012)
- 8733: Vestboy (Mar 29, 2012)
- 8734: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Apr 14, 2012)
- 8735: Vestboy (Apr 17, 2012)
- 8736: swl (Apr 17, 2012)
- 8737: Pink Paisley (Apr 17, 2012)
- 8738: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Apr 17, 2012)
- 8739: tucuxii (Apr 18, 2012)
- 8740: Vestboy (Apr 18, 2012)
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