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1)Never eat a polar bear's liver, it contains such a high concentration of vitamin A that you would go blind.
2)Constantinople was taken by the Ottoman empire in 1453. And was then renamed Istanbul.
3)After the siege of a city, Ottoman soldiers were allowed three days of legal pillage, looting and rape.
4)Contarary to common opinion, most Janissaries were NOT muslim, they were Balkan in origin
5)Male seahorses can become pregnant.
6)I lost my virginity in a rose bush.
7)Prawns are black before you cook them.
8)A teenager CAN drink three full sized bottles of russian vodka in one hour and not be sick or pass out.......till the morning.
9)I own a cuddly stuffed hippo, which i aptly named: Hippo
10)You can only die once.
11)A chinese man with only one chopstick will go hungry.
12)Richard the lionheart was not only partly french and supposedly gay (bisexual most likely), but also a brutal fighter and mean character.
13)A fart in a lift is an entirely different experience for a midget.
14)Tolkein's book was based on the ancient maps of Europe. And mordor is NOT next to Iraq.
15)Jamie lee Curtis was NOT born an Hamaphrodite. Although i think she has to shave....
16)My grandfather's real name is William, but everyone, including his wife, has always called him Donald or Don.
17)Every week, 47 people die in donkey related incidents.
18) i can only think of 17 stupid facts.

 

The original name for the French language was "François" and now it's "Français" ( in french at least)

 

I caught a weird virus while in Japan that lengthened my uvula. When I came back to Canada, I had to have it cut off -- if I opened my mouth and leaned forward, the uvula would dangle out of my mouth.

The General Surgeon who did the operation was named . . . . Dr. Hackett! I s*** you not.

 

@Morningstar - Regarding Admiral Nelson's seasickness, Hyman Rickover suffered the same condition. That's why he went to submarines instead, and eventually became the father of the US nuclear navy.

 

I know this is , but I can't help but say it, with apologies to anyone out there. If my first name were "Hyman", I think I'd change it.

 

Chimps have larger testicles than gorillas

(Who, me, weird?)

 

According to some of the many theories about the life and times of Sherlock Holmes:
1) Holmes' full name was William Sherlock Scott Holmes.
2) His father killed his mother (for a variety of reasons, but usually for having an affair. With his math tutor. Named Moriarity.)
3) Dr. Watson had anywhere from 1 to 6 wives.

And now...

Jeremy Brett suffered from manic depression until the day he died.
Both of my kids are lactose intolerant.
I seem to have forgotten all of my cool useless facts that I knew when I was 15.
In a set of twins, 99% of the time, the oldest will be the smallest and also have gastro reflux.
If you have a set of fraternal twins, you have a 60% chance of having another set of fraternal twins.

 

The word "Long" is shorter than the word "short"

 

Richard the Lionhearted was gay.

Istanbul is a Greek name and was in use before Constantinople being captured by Otomans. It means 'inside the town'.

George Washington wanted US a kingdom under Stuarts.

In 3E there's a prestige class 'Drunken Master'.

Roman Catholic priests may have wives.

'Dolar' comes from Spanish.

Well, enough for today.

 

1 - It's illegal in Florida to put livestock on a schoolbus.

2 - The opposite of a vacuum is a plenum.

3 - (I think this is right) The average pencil can write about 30,000 words.

4 - Sir Dargorn used to have the avatar that I now have.

5 - I still don't know how to write foreign characters on this board.

 

This post should get me my fifth gem.

 

Joseph Stalin and Sergei Prokofiev, two Russian VIP's, died on the same day. The Russian media postponed the announcement of Prokofiev's death by a week so that the two events did not overshadow one another.

(You'll appreciate this useless fact more if you know who they are obviously)

 

Aikanaro lives in Australia

 

Hephaestus is a spammer.

Stalin did not know that the Netherlands and Holland were the same country.

It is theorectically possible to have a half-dragon dragon, or a half-fiend demon in D&D.

Chris Carabba of Dashboard Confessional used to be the vocals of another emo band: Further Seems Forever. He left before their (FSF) first album was released.

 

I have 28 games, not including emulated, of which I play only three at a time.

The upper part of the background (at SP) is darker than the lower part when using TFT. With my old LCD it was monotomous.

Someone should shoot Amazon.com; there is a clear target already!

[ March 28, 2003, 21:29: Message edited by: Virne ]

 

Foot-and-mouth is the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook

 

Actually - you can die more than once

 

• 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.
• 'Underground' is the only word in the English language to begin and end with the letters 'und'
• A pregnant goldfish is called a 'twit'
• Jellyfish and starfish have no brains

 

There are no words in English that rhyme with "Orange."

 

It is physicaly impossible to lick your elbow