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Baron Grim Posted Aug 19, 2014
In not a single episode of "Lassie" was Timmy ever saved from a well.
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swl Posted Aug 21, 2014
There's more water in Antarctica than the entire Atlantic Ocean.
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ITIWBS Posted Aug 21, 2014
Ivan the Terrible's lifelong infestation with pin worms (in the round worm group) may have contributed to his legendary attitude.
(That rather pinched aspect to his features you can see in portaits of Ivan the Terrible is symptomatic.)
Effective treatments for the problem were just beginning to penetrate to Europe from the New World in his time, but were rather slow to reach Russia, and apparently came there by way of Turkey.
Massive infestations with worms of vartious kinds were still considered medically normal as late as the pre-WW II era.
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Vestboy Posted Aug 22, 2014
There is currently a movement headed by a GP in the UK to get people with Coeliacs to infest themselves with hook worms as they can reduce the patient's intolerance to wheat. Oops, sorry, that could be useful.
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Baron Grim Posted Aug 22, 2014
Haircuts are gluten free. http://www.theboredninja.com/pictures/pic-dump-may-9th-2014/attachment/gluten-free-haircut/
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Baron Grim Posted Aug 28, 2014
"King of the Hill"'s Dale Gribble was born on 12 July. (He shares this birthday with Van Cliburn.)
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 6, 2014
Shirley Henderson, the actress who played 11 year old Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was 37 at the time.
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You can call me TC Posted Sep 6, 2014
She never seems to age. Perhaps it's the voice.
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 6, 2014
I honestly didn't recognize her in Chamber of Secrets. I knew she looked familiar but I couldn't place her. I know her mostly from Hamish MacBeth and Trainspotting.
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Cheerful Dragon Posted Sep 6, 2014
She also appeared in an episode of Doctor Who. The episode was called Love and Monsters and had Peter Kay as the monster (called an Absorbaloff).
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You can call me TC Posted Sep 7, 2014
I remember that one. Also, unforgettably, she was in Bridget Jones.
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Sep 7, 2014
"She also appeared in an episode of Doctor Who. The episode was called Love and Monsters and had Peter Kay as the monster (called an Absorbaloff)."
No, no she wasn't. There was no such episode. Move along. 
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