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« on: September 12, 2009, 11:49:52 AM »

An opposite of "Things everybody knows that are actually wrong"

Things you know, but you don't thing others are know
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« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2009, 01:00:40 PM »

Damn you, I have to start Angry

Did yoy know, that in Berlin and some other old Prussian provinces executions were carried out by a axe decapitation?
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« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2009, 01:54:08 PM »

Did you know that the Island of Lundy off the coast of England was briefly Ottoman?
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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2009, 02:51:27 PM »

Did you know that Sweden had a small colonial empire?
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« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2009, 03:21:27 PM »

Did you know that the little string of white glop connected to the yolk of a chicken egg is the rooster's sperm?

The incredible edible egg!
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« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2009, 04:00:57 PM »

Polish law ceased to consider homosexuality as a diease (and, most of all, any offense) in early 1930s. Germany did so in late 1960s.

See, we can be progressive too! Wink
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« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2009, 04:50:09 PM »

     San Francisco Bay was of importance originally as a stopping point on the way from Manila to Mexico. Monterey Bay was originally going to be the checkpoint, but San Francisco Bay was immediately chosen upon its discovery due to its interior being sheltered from the winds as well as the aperture being easily defended from pirates.
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« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2009, 05:48:26 PM »

The Industrial Revolution started in Shropshire, of all places. Very close to where I grew up, as it happens. The Gorge is a fascinating area with many weird accents.
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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2009, 07:43:04 PM »

That France 'officially' decriminalized the notion of homosexuality (between consenting adults in private) in 1791 (though there were various anti-gay laws, notably a much higher age of consent [set by Vichy, kept by the GPRF] until Giscard equalized it to the hetero age and Mitterrand repealed the Vichyist law entirely).
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2009, 07:53:17 PM »

While writing new Republic constitution, ou favorite Michel Debre liked to check some Vichy decrees
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2009, 09:37:23 AM »

There is a special level of hell where people that drive in the passing lane without actually passing go when they die.  If you are in the passing lane and there are no cars in front you and there are cars in back of you, you are worse than Hitler.
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2009, 11:39:41 AM »

Did you know that the little string of white glop connected to the yolk of a chicken egg is the rooster's sperm?

The incredible edible egg!

Is this true, or am I gonna have to waste 3 minutes fishing the rooster sperm out of every egg I try to cook?
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2009, 12:03:43 PM »

Did you know that the little string of white glop connected to the yolk of a chicken egg is the rooster's sperm?

The incredible edible egg!

Is this true, or am I gonna have to waste 3 minutes fishing the rooster sperm out of every egg I try to cook?

      You can send it to me & I'll send you the yolks of the eggs I eat. Tongue I can't get enough of the white part of the egg.
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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2009, 12:34:26 PM »

Did you know that the Island of Lundy off the coast of England was briefly Ottoman?

Not Ottoman, though it was controlled by the Barbary Pirates.
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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2009, 05:24:10 PM »

Did you know that the Island of Lundy off the coast of England was briefly Ottoman?

Not Ottoman, though it was controlled by the Barbary Pirates.

You're correct Verily, at least according to the wikiped.
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