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Post by Cogjammer on Nov 17, 2003 0:00:02 GMT
The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear
weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within
city limits.
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Post by ManInBlack on Nov 17, 2003 13:07:46 GMT
The "-oid" ending in English is normally added to a word to indicate that an item is not the real thing. A humanoid is not quite human. Originally "factoid" was an ironic term indicating that the "fact" being offered was not actually factual. However, CNN and other sources have taken to treating the "-oid" as if it were a mere diminutive, and using the term to mean "trivial but true fact." As a result, the definition of "factoid" is hopelessly confused and it's probably better to avoid using the term altogether. - taken from an Errors in English site |
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Post by BoogieMan on Nov 17, 2003 13:32:09 GMT
Pontius Pilate was born in Scottland.
I wonder if he ever had a "Black n Tan" with Barabas?
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Post by ProfessorLizzard on Nov 19, 2003 17:46:16 GMT
In our country is legal to do pastries with poppy-seed
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Post by BoogieMan on Nov 19, 2003 22:49:21 GMT
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.....True!
....The monkeys surrendering soon followed.
(this part is a joke...lol)
Boogaloo Zoo ;D
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Post by Cogjammer on Nov 19, 2003 23:13:35 GMT
When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off
There are more nutrients in the cornflake package itself than there are in the actual cornflakes.
The screwdriver was invented before the screw.
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Post by BoogieMan on Nov 20, 2003 3:21:04 GMT
In 1977, Napoleon's manhood was sold in Paris for about US $3,800 to an American urologist. .....(I guess that was about $1,900 an inch?) We Americans buy just about anything..... BoogieBone  |
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Post by Cogjammer on Nov 20, 2003 8:55:56 GMT
Who would have thought that Adolf Hitler, one of the most brutal dictators in history was interested to become an artist? Adolf Hitler, the man responsible for leading the Nazi Party with a mission to take over the world, the man who almost single-handedly launched the World War II, was also originally interested to become an artist. Unfortunately, he was rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts when he was 18. Apparently, he was deemed unqualified by the academy.
Rembrandt, the famous Dutch artist has always been known by his first name. His full name was Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
Pure electricity, when photographed, shows up as a brightly glowing liquid droplet flowing inside a tiny crystal.
From 1836 to 1896, the Red Flag Act in England required that any self-propelled vehicle be preceded by a man carrying a red flag by day and a red lantern by night. In effect, this limited the speed to four miles per hour and retarded the development of all self-propelled vehicles, including the automobile.
In Las Vegas, it's against the law to pawn your dentures.
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Post by BoogieMan on Nov 20, 2003 17:19:14 GMT
Socrates - Philosopher In 399 BC he was required to drink hemlock to end his life after being found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens. Maybe we could make Michael Jackson do the same. Hail, BoogusMaximus  |
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Dan2d2
Experienced Haunter
I have only myself to believe in, and even that is hardly believable.
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Post by Dan2d2 on Dec 7, 2003 17:03:19 GMT
California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat
Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
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