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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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 Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:54 pm Post subject: 100 things we didn't know this time last year |
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From Auntie ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4566526.stm
My favourites are ...
19. The = sign was invented by 16th Century Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde, who was fed up with writing "is equal to" in his equations. He chose the two lines because "noe 2 thynges can be moare equalle".
27. Only in France and California are under 18s banned from using sunbeds.
54. Deep Throat is reportedly the most profitable film ever. It was made for $25,000 (£13,700) and has grossed more than $600m.
89. Spanish Flu, the epidemic that killed 50 million people in 1918/9, was known as French Flu in Spain.
91. Croydon has more CCTV cameras than New York. |
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joe_doufu
Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere
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| 41. Tactically, the best Monopoly properties to buy are the orange ones: Vine Street, Marlborough Street and Bow Street. |
I thought this was interesting. Don't they mean St. James Place, Tennessee Avenue, and New York Avenue?
Oh, I guess not! |
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