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 Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:55 pm
Gizensha Out of the nine actors who have played the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who, two of which had previously been monks. The appearance of Daleks (monster in the BBC series Doctor Who) was based upon the movement of ballet dancers. The result is a creature that isn't too dissimilar to a pepperpot in appearance. The longest running sci-fi series is Doctor Who, which is currently in it's 27th season. The first season of which was transmitted in the UK in 1963, specifically the day after the JFK assassination. During the 'void years' (those years between the last episode in 1989 being transmitted and the production of the 27th season starting in 2003), several hundred books, around 50 audio dramas and a televission movie were made. In fact, it could be argued that during the void years was a second golden era for Who fans, the first widely being considered to have been the mid 70s.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:06 pm
Wolfey Fireborn Gizensha Out of the nine actors who have played the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who, two of which had previously been monks. The appearance of Daleks (monster in the BBC series Doctor Who) was based upon the movement of ballet dancers. The result is a creature that isn't too dissimilar to a pepperpot in appearance. The longest running sci-fi series is Doctor Who, which is currently in it's 27th season. The first season of which was transmitted in the UK in 1963, specifically the day after the JFK assassination. During the 'void years' (those years between the last episode in 1989 being transmitted and the production of the 27th season starting in 2003), several hundred books, around 50 audio dramas and a televission movie were made. In fact, it could be argued that during the void years was a second golden era for Who fans, the first widely being considered to have been the mid 70s. This. Is. So. Friggin. WEIRD. This is like the fifth time in a WEEK someone's mentioned Dr Who! I think it's a SIGN...
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:50 pm
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Charlie Brown's father was a barber.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific
Ocean
The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English
language.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
those are just a few of ones that i found...more shall be posted later
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:28 pm
LizzBlizz The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are members of the peach family. Charlie Brown's father was a barber. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. those are just a few of ones that i found...more shall be posted later Awesome facts razz I liked the one about the moon, the word "set" and the Charlie Brown one 3nodding Especially the Charlie Brown one...could explain his lack of hair o.o
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:12 am
madamfluff LizzBlizz The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are members of the peach family. Charlie Brown's father was a barber. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. those are just a few of ones that i found...more shall be posted later Awesome facts razz I liked the one about the moon, the word "set" and the Charlie Brown one 3nodding Especially the Charlie Brown one...could explain his lack of hair o.o
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:26 pm
A duck's quack does not echo. No one knows why.
The longest capital name of a country is Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.
Huh? Washington is longer than Bangkok!
True, but the official name of Bangkok is: Krungthepmahanakhornbowornrattanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokpopnopparatratchathaniburiromudomratchaniwetmahasathanamornpimanavatarnsathitsakkathattiyavisnukarprasit
which is Thai for: "Great city of angels, the supreme repository of divine jewels, the great land unconquerable, the grand and prominent realm, the royal and delightful capital city full of nine noble gems, the highest royal dwelling and grand palace, the divine shelter and living place of the reincarnated spirits."
Damascus, the capital of Syria, is the oldest existing city in the world. People have lived there since prehistoric times.
Lhasa, Tibet (which is officially part of China) is the highest capital city in the world at 12,087 feet above sea level. La Paz, Bolivia, comes in a close second at 11,916 feet.
You lose brain cells every time you sneeze.
The top ten most spoken languages are as follows in order: Mandarin Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, Japanese.
It is impossible to sneeeze with your eyes open.
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:29 pm
The_Angel_of_Music A duck's quack does not echo. No one knows why. You lose brain cells every time you sneeze. Awesome on the duck power man biggrin And that's prolly why I am so brain dead and daft most of the time o.o from all the sneezing I do :S
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:53 pm
The_Angel_of_Music A duck's quack does not echo. No one knows why.
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:34 pm
In most advertisments, including newspapers, the time displayed on a
watch is 10:10.
The second longest word in the English language is
"antidisestablishmenterianism".
Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
Wilma Flinestone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's
Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten
words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he,
in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert
the
cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life"
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand
corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the
front upper right-hand corner.
a few more....
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:20 pm
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 1:27 am
Wolfey Fireborn The_Angel_of_Music A duck's quack does not echo. No one knows why. That show rocks!! I don't get to watch it often because the Discovery Channel never has it on at a set date sad I watched the one with how you can sell a car with a bad smell...which was gross! x_x
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 10:22 am
3nodding Nice facts everyone! The one about the longest capital kinda...scared me eek
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 11:26 am
madamfluff Wolfey Fireborn The_Angel_of_Music A duck's quack does not echo. No one knows why. That show rocks!! I don't get to watch it often because the Discovery Channel never has it on at a set date sad I watched the one with how you can sell a car with a bad smell...which was gross! x_x Yeah, I love that show, too! I can't wait to be in the Netherlands - they at least have a set time when it comes on. Plus, it's like, one out of four shows I can actually stand to watch there xp European TV is so... Well, I don't like it biggrin
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 11:29 am
Oh, I wanted to say something about 'antidisestablishmentarianism':
One time, my dad and brother and I were playing Hangman. My brother and I were about, ohhhhhh... about 6 and 7 respectively. My dad put antidisestablishmentarianism as the word to guess... And when we didn't get it right, he wondered why the hell we couldn't guess it. It was really mean. It's why I never play games with my dad anymore - he's a sore loser and he's too competitive.
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 12:40 pm
madamfluff Wolfey Fireborn The_Angel_of_Music A duck's quack does not echo. No one knows why. That show rocks!! I don't get to watch it often because the Discovery Channel never has it on at a set date sad I watched the one with how you can sell a car with a bad smell...which was gross! x_x
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