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 ...that King Christian IV of Denmark was probably the most notable person in history to be afflicted with the hair disease known as Polish plait? ...that Edgeworth's Limit theorem examines the range of possible outcomes resulting from barter or free market exchange between groups of traders of various sizes? ...that actress Michele Lee appeared in four episodes of Knots Landing without pay when the show suffered a budgeting problem? ...that the United States' National Governors Association serves as a key interface between state governments and the federal government?
 ...that the Smyth Report was the first official administrative history written on the development of the first atomic weapons? ...that songwriter Billy Steinberg spent more than a year trying to find someone to record his song Like a Virgin before it was accepted by Madonna?
...that in 1975 a freak typhoon caused the Banqiao Dam in China's Henan Province to fail, killing over 200,000 people?
...that American lions were probably cave lions who crossed the Bering land bridge into Alaska?
 ...that several species of Cordgrass have become invasive, especially on the West Coast of the United States?
...that Nicci French is the pseudonym for a couple of London journalists, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together?
...that Maxim髇, a saint venerated in the highlands of Guatemala, drinks whiskey, smokes cigarettes and grants prayers for revenge?
..that the Weaubleau-Osceola structure is the largest exposed untectonized impact crater in the United States?
 ...that female Wrinkled Hornbills build nests in treeholes, then plaster over the holes, trapping themselves inside for months?
...that the Curse of Billy Penn is an alleged curse that may explain the failures of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania professional sports teams?
...that scaly leg is a bird disease caused by mites, and can be treated with petroleum jelly?
...that the Konopi歵ě ch�teau (castle), the last residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, houses a large collection of antlers?
 ...that the Ryan X-13 Vertijet aircraft landed by using a hook on its nose to hang itself on a wire?
 ...that Ambloplites species are native to a region extending from the Hudson Bay basin in Canada to the lower Mississippi River basin in the United States?
...that Esteban Huertas, a general who led Panama to independence, appears in a Scrooge McDuck comic?
...that the London Warehouse Theatre was threatened with closure after an Arts Council grant was withdrawn in 1984, but that closure was averted when Croydon Council and the GLC agreed to replace the grant?
...that Miliaria is a skin disease marked by small and itchy rashes and is commonly found in infants?
 ...that for over a thousand years Trajan's bridge was the longest bridge ever built?
...that Lyndon Johnson announced his hiring of Jerri Whittington, the first African-American White House secretary, by arranging for her to appear on the TV game show What's My Line?
...that the Cryolophosaurus is informally known as the Elvisaurus because the bizarre crest running across its head resembles Elvis Presley's 1950s pompadour haircut?
 ...that the Long-tailed Broadbill is the only bird in the genus Psarisomus?
...that the 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery to get the 2002 Winter Olympic Games to Salt Lake City, Utah?
...that the large positive void coefficient of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl was a major factor in causing the Chernobyl accident?
 ...that Luigi Fagioli had a one of auto racing's most famous rivalries with Louis Chiron in the 1930s?
...that Sutton Foster was pulled from the chorus to replace the leading lady during the pre-Broadway tryout of Thoroughly Modern Millie?
...that Hubie Brown resigned as coach from the Memphis Grizzlies on Thanksgiving Day 2004?
...that Welsh Nationalist terrorists planted bombs to protest against the 1969 investiture of the Prince of Wales?
 ...that Harlequin Valentine opens with a literal heart being nailed to a door in a modern retelling of the classic Commedia dell'arte?
...that a security token can also store cryptographic keys and biometric data?
...that a gravity hill is a location where an out-of-gear car can appear to roll up a hill?
...that many of the glassware produced by Wheaton Industries are on display at the Museum of American Glassware at Wheaton Village?
 ...that Ardre image stones were used as paving under the wooden floors of a local church in the Ardre parish of Gotland?
...that some people in the BDSM community are sexually aroused by being gagged?
...that Hit Parade was Spirit of the West's final release for Warner Music Canada?
 ...that Braeriach is the third highest mountain in Scotland, surpassed only by Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui?
...that the real name of drummer Mel Lewis was Melvin Sokoloff?
...that France was the first nation to issue official postage due stamps in 1859?
...that Kaa's Hunting is an 1893 short story by Rudyard Kipling featuring Mowgli?
 ...that the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga led the first Japanese Embassy to The Americas and Europe in 1615?
...that Cloudland Canyon State Park straddles a gorge cut into the mountain by Sitton Gulch Creek, where the elevation differs from 1,980 to 800 feet?
... that 24-hour comics have become so popular that there is now a holiday for it on 24 April?
...that motorcyclist Jo Siffert was killed in an end-of-season non-championship F1 race on 24 October 1971 at Brands Hatch?
 ...that cabinets of curiosities were early centers for artifacts of natural history?
...that the Mi'kmaq people used a pictorial writing scheme?
...that Egg plc is now the world's largest "pure" internet bank, meaning it's only accessible from the internet?
...that reed valves are made of thin flexible metal or fiberglass strips?
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 ...that the painter Jan Matejko always depicted Stańczyk, Poland's most famous court jester, with a concerned and reflective look on his face?
...that the largest African crocodile, the Nile Crocodile, is both hated and revered, especially in Ancient Egypt where crocodiles were mummified, and worshipped as gods?
...that playboating is a discipline of kayaking or canoeing where the paddler performs various technical moves in one place, as opposed to whitewater kayaking or canoeing where the objective is to travel the length of a section of river?
...that Bill Barker's alien-infested Schwa artwork became such a hit in the 1990s that he eventually teamed with AOL to make an online game based on it?
 ...that Yamada Nagamasa was a Japanese adventurer who played a key military role in 17th century Thailand?
...that in Greek and Roman mythology, the Palladium was an ancient statue of Pallas Athene which kept the city of Troy safe, until it was stolen by Odysseus?
...that the 1643 Westminster Assembly was appointed by Parliament to restructure the Church of England and produced the Westminster Confession, which is the foundation of the Presbyterian Church?
...that The Happy Mutant Handbook might be the only book to chronicle a large number of underground subcultures of the 1980s and 90s?
 ...that the Japanese Paleolithic includes the earliest known examples of polished stone tools in the world, dated around 30,000 BCE?
...that Monty Norman is the film composer who wrote the "James Bond theme", even though John Barry usually gets credited for it?
...that Thomas Usk's 1387 The Testament of Love, once attributed to Chaucer, was written while in prison to drum up sympathy?
...that the fairy in nVidia's Dawn technology demo was designed by Steven Giesler, who also created many characters for the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and Final Flight of the Osiris films by Square?
 ...that the documentary film Aliens of the Deep by Academy Award winner James Cameron and Steven Quale was made using footage of at least 40 deep sea dives in both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?
...that Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head is credited as achieving the highest combined sales, airplay and downloads in the world, since Cher's single "Believe" in 1998?
...that Daskalogiannis was an 18th Century Cretan rebel skinned alive by the Ottoman rulers?
...that cadigans are a class of placeholder names of unnamed or unknown objects such as gadgets, thingamajigs, or widgets?
 ...that Cornwall's South West Coast Path came into being as a working path used by Revenue Officers to patrol the coast near Polperro in search of smugglers?
...that "Teewurst" is a German sausage made from two parts of raw pork (and sometimes beef) and one part bacon?
...that the Christian flag was the idea of a superintendent of a U.S. Sunday school who gave a speech asking students what a flag representing Christianity would look like?
...that Wordsworth thought that the purpose of poetic diction is to flatter the reader's self-love?
...that the rock group Foghat had five gold records in the 1970s and believes that the movie This Is Spinal Tap was based on their career?
 ...that the geography of Tasmania results in a climate so similar to that of pre-industrial England that it was once referred to as a Southern England?
...that up to 70 percent of the small intestine can be surgically removed as a treatment for Crohn's disease before short bowel syndrome becomes a factor?
...that a rod sagging under the weight of clothes on coat hangers is an example of a beam experiencing bending?
...that Zentropa is the name of both Lars von Trier's production company and his third theatrical feature film, released in 1991?
 ...that Thomas Jefferson offered James Monroe many design suggestions for the Oak Hill plantation?
...that The Book of Sports was a 1617 declaration of James I of England listing archery and dancing as permissible on Sundays and that Puritans in Parliament had it publicly burned in 1643?
...that soccer player Paul Reaney was briefly a car mechanic before signing with Leeds United?
...that Palestinian presidential candidate Mustafa Barghouthi is a distant cousin of Marwan Barghouti, another presidential candidate?
...that the term apicophilicity was first proposed in 1963 for the structural analysis of pentacoordinate phosphorus fluorides by 19F NMR?
...that damask, a fabric with a rich pattern formed by weaving, got its name from ornamental silk fabrics from Damascus, Syria?
...that after the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Free Republic of Schwarzenberg existed for some time in an area that Allied forces neglected to occupy?
...that Tunde Baiyewu, the singer from Lighthouse Family, is the step-son of Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo?
 ...that one of the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic was the Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boat, which went on to serve in the Luftwaffe in WWII?
...that Lin Wang was an elephant that served with distinction with the Chinese army during World War II?
...that Eastern Mountain Sports employees are required to take a training course covering not only store policies, product information, and sales techniques, but also the science behind all the products they sell?
...that J. Harlan Bretz's theories on the origins of the Channeled Scablands started a forty year debate between neocatastrophist and uniformitarianist geologists?
 ...that L閛nce Verny was a French Naval engineer who directed the construction of the Yokosuka arsenal in Japan from 1865 to 1876, thus helping jump-start Japan's modernization?
...that the television movie Born Innocent is credited with airing the first all-female rape scene on American television?
...that Luis Rafael Sanchez is considered to be the greatest playwright to hail from Puerto Rico?
...that Johnny Temple became a sportscaster after he retired from Major League baseball?
 ...that Jemmy Button was an American Indian from Tierra del Fuego who was bought for a mother of pearl button in 1830 and taken on HMS Beagle to meet the King and Queen of England?
...that although he was a German national, Ken Adam fought in the Royal Air Force during World War II?
...that the store that would eventually become Waldenbooks was started during the height of the Great Depression?
...that the first all-steel passenger car in the world was built by American Car and Foundry in 1904 for Interborough Rapid Transit in New York City?
 ...that in ancient Greece, small bowls, such as pateras, were used for libations?
...that Steve Kipner originally wrote Olivia Newton-John's biggest hit "Physical" for a "Mr Universe" pageant ...that at over 310,000 words, the Alabama Constitution is the longest constitution in the world?
...that comedian Bill Saluga is the man behind the character Ray Jay Johnson, who is known for the catch phrase "You can call me Ray, you can call me Jay"?
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...that the Ryan X-13 Vertijet aircraft landed by using a hook on its nose to hang itself on a wire?
X-13 antara pesawat siri X US (pesawat ujian). Ianaya diguna untuk kaji konsep pendaratan dan berlepas tegak (VTOL) yang sekarang diguna dengan jayanya oleh pesawat Harrier. bagaimanapun konsep cangkuk X-13 tidak diguna kerana tidak praktikal.
...that the largest African crocodile, the Nile Crocodile, is both hated and revered, especially in Ancient Egypt where crocodiles were mummified, and worshipped as gods?
Dewa Sobek adalah berbentuk reptilia ini. Spesis ini ditakuti kerana reputasi ganas dan diketahui membham manusia....situasi buaya Nil ini sama dengan ular tedung selar (King cobra) yang ditakuti kerana bisa dan juga dipuja sebagai dewa (Naga) oleh penganut Hindu.
...that the rock group Foghat had five gold records in the 1970s and believes that the movie This Is Spinal Tap was based on their career?
This Is Spinal Tap merupakan filem 'mocumentary' megenai kehidupan kumpulan rock British...antara cult film dalam industri.
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Tahukah Anda ...?
 ...that a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was used in the 2004 film Flight of the Phoenix?
...that with his roles in Malcolm in the Middle and Unhappily Ever After, Justin Berfield is the youngest person to appear in over 100 episodes of two different television shows?
...that the Comal River is the shortest river in the U.S. state of Texas, running entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels?
 ...that the East and West Memorial Buildings in Ottawa, Canada were originally built in 1949 to house the rapidly growing Department of Veterans Affairs?
...that the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's plan to expand into Wyoming's Powder River Basin would be the largest new railroad construction in the United States since the American Civil War?
...that the Great Black Hawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, hawks and Old World vultures?
 ..that Telford Taylor, the U.S. Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, was also an opponent of McCarthyism and an outspoken critic of the U.S. conduct in the Vietnam War?
...that businessman John King was Chairman of British Airways from 1981 and was successfully sued by Richard Branson for libel as a result of BA's dirty tricks against Virgin Atlantic?
...that Wai-Wai is a popular noodle-like snack eaten in Nepal, Sikkim and in northern parts of West Bengal?
 ...that the first Wabash was a steam screw frigate in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War?
...that The Vampyre was a short novel first published on April 1, 1819 in parts in the New Monthly Magazine with the false attribution "A Tale by Lord Byron"?
...that in October 1950, the U.S. National Guard bombed the small town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico, where Blanca Canales led a revolt?
 ..that the neoclassical Mistley towers were part of the now-demolished church of St. Mary the Virgin at Mistley in Essex, England?
...that Semmering is a mountain pass in the Northern Limestone Alps connecting Lower Austria and Styria?
...that the Zippe-type centrifuge, named after Gernot Zippe, is a device designed to collect uranium-235?
 ...that 18th century actress Anne Bracegirdle most frequently played vivacious, breeches-wearing, guardian-tricking young women of great initiative?
...that a major milestone in the decline of Buddhism in India came in 1193 when the great university at Nalanda was destroyed by Turkish Muslim raiders?
...that Kordylewski clouds are large concentrations of dust that orbit Earth at the distance of the Moon?
...that Warton in Lancashire is an historic village famous for its contribution to the UK aerospace industry?
 ..that Foreigner vocalist Lou Gramm survived a brain tumor in 1997 and completed a tour with his new band in 2004?
...that the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism was famous for developing the shakuhachi flute as a means of meditation?
 ...that the actress Viviane Romance rejected the offer of a Hollywood contract in the 1930s, preferring to work in French cinema?
...that dew ponds are man-made ponds placed on the top of hills, built for watering livestock?
...that cr鑝e fra頲he is made by inoculating pasteurized light cream with lactobacillus cultures?
...that the 2001 UBK protest campaign in Kiev's Independence Square foreshadowed the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine three years later?
...that Je Tsongkhapa founded the Gelugpa order of Tibetan Buddhism, emphasizing monastic discipline and scholarly pursuits?
...that Albert Calmette developed "Calmette's Serum", the first antivenom developed against snake venom?
...that the book Hollywood Babylon was condemned for including photographs of the dead bodies of actresses Carole Landis and Thelma Todd?
...that the charity Heifer International allows you to give a family a gift of livestock in the spirit of sustainability?
 ...that Agathokleia was an Indo-Greek queen who ruled parts of Northern India from 135 to 125 BCE?
...that Bridgett Riley lost her contact lenses in the fifth round of a boxing match against Theresa Arnold on September 19, 1996, leading to her first ever defeat?
...that a statue of Joan of Arc in Meridian Hill Park is the only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C.?
 ...that there are so many species of Murinae (Old World rats and mice) that it is said they are in the process of taking over the world, and humans just came along in the middle of it?
...that Rumaisa Rahman, born prematurely in Chicago on September 19, 2004, was eight inches (20 cm) long and weighed 8.5 ounces (244 g) at birth?
...that Les Horribles Cernettes, a humorous rock band based in the CERN, supplied the first image on the web, posted in 1992 by Silvano de Gennaro and Tim Berners-Lee?
 ...that the eruption of Pu'u 'O'o added 544 acres (2.2 km |
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that a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was used in the 2004 film Flight of the Phoenix?
C-119 merupakan pesawat pengangkut buatan US era 1950an. Dinama 'Flying Boxcar' sebab fungsi yang sama dengan gerabak kargo keretapi dan juga bentuk fuslaj yang menyerupai kotak.
..that Telford Taylor, the U.S. Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, was also an opponent of McCarthyism and an outspoken critic of the U.S. conduct in the Vietnam War?
Nuremberg Trials ialah proses perbicaraan ke atas bekas pemimpin Nazi jerman selepas tamat WW2. McCarthyism mengambil nama Senator McCarthy dari Kongres US yang sangat anti-komunis hingga semua aspek kehidupan di US dipersoal beliau sekiranya ada penyusupan komunis...termasuk le pelakon Hollywood.
...that Warton in Lancashire is an historic village famous for its contribution to the UK aerospace industry?
Di Warton terletak sebuah lapangan terbang kecil yang menjadi depot tentera US masa WW2. Selepas perang ia menjadi lapangan terbang ujian bagi syarikat pembina peswat UK iaitu BAe Systems. Antara pesawat yang pernah duji dsini termasuk Canberra, Lightning, Hawk, Tornado dan Typhoon.
...that in gold mining, cyanide may be used to extract gold in areas where ore-bearing rocks are found at the surface?
Ini merupakan antara penyebab pencemaran paling teruk dalam industri perlombongan kerena cyanide mengalir masuk ke dalam air bawah tanah dan mencemar sumber air. |
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 ...that the rex Nemorensis was a Roman priest of Diana who got his position by killing the previous incumbent?
...that Australian author Duncan Ball worked as an industrial chemist and as an editor before he became a full-time author?
...that Aer Arann is the only scheduled airline that uses Waterford Airport, which lies close to Tramore Bay in the Republic of Ireland?
...that Takashi Sakai, a General of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, was sentenced to death on August 27, 1946 for atrocities committed against civilians and surrendered soldiers in Hong Kong?
 ...that Szare Szeregi (Polish for "Grey Ranks") was a codename for the underground Zwiazek Harcerstwa Polskiego (Polish Scouting Association) during World War II?
...that the Des Moines Register, "The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon," ended its tradition of printing the sports sections on peach-colored paper in 1999?
...that in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Ness' son Conchobar mac Nessa was brought up as the son of the druid Cathbad, although the true father may have been her lover, Fachtna F醫hach, the High King of Ireland?
...that hose clamps are sometimes used as a more permanent version of duct tape, and can be found mounting signs and holding together emergency home repairs?
 ...that the Saddle-billed Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae?
 ..that the Blue Eagles are one of only two professional helicopter aerobatics teams in the world?
...that Labour's Alfred Dobbs was the shortest-serving post-war British Member of Parliament |
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..that the Blue Eagles are one of only two professional helicopter aerobatics teams in the world?
Blue Eagles adalah pasukan aerobatik Pasukan Udara Tentera darat Britain. Pasukan satu lagi ialah 'Sarang' dari Tentera udara India.
...that Untersturmf黨rer was the first commissioned officer rank of the German SS?
SS ialah unit tentera elit Nazi jerman dan juga berperanan sebagai pengawal kem tahanan. Untersturmfuhrer sama level dengan Leftenan Muda.
...that George Michael's song I Want Your Sex touted monogamy instead of promiscuity?
Kena dengar Part I dgn Part II baru nampak....tapi funny sebab somebody who is gay promotes monogamy!
...that Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, a major division of Lockheed Martin, is manufacturer of some of the world's most advanced military aircraft?
Lockheed Martin lahir hasil gabungan Lockheed Corporation, antara pengeluar pesawat tempur di US dgn Martin Marietta, antara pengeluar peluru berpandu dan satelit di US. Pesawat gah buatan Lockheed Martin antaranya pesawat pengintip SR-71 Blackbird, F-16 'Viper', F/A-22 Raptordan C-130 Hercules manakala peluru berpandu balistik antarabenua Titan dihasilkan oleh Marietta. |
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hmmm terkejut gak
lagu I Want Your Sex ni promote monogamy
prefer I Want Your Sex part 1 dr part 2 .......
ske lagi lagu Father Figure ....
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Tahukah Anda ...?
 ...that there are multiple theories why LMLK seals were stamped on the handles of large storage jars in and around Jerusalem circa 700 BC?
...that Aquarius is the world's only underwater research facility?
...that Elecia Battle, who claimed to have a 162 million dollar lottery winning ticket, is a professional female boxer?
...that the film Dangerous Minds was based on the true story by the high school teacher Louanne Johnson, My Posse Don't Do Homework?
 ...that black seadevils are a family of anglerfish named for their baleful appearance and pitch black skin?
...that ignorantia juris non excusat is Latin for the legal doctrine, "ignorance of the law is no excuse"?
...that medieval pilgrims on the Way of St James would join up at the French Basque town of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port before crossing the Pyrenees?
...that in the animated Laff-a-Lympics, non-competing Hanna-Barbera characters such as Fred Flintstone and Jabberjaw made appearances as guest announcers?
 ...that the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 was the deadliest natural disaster to hit the Great Lakes basin region, killing over 250 people? ([[:]])
...that professional wrestler Gorilla Monsoon grew a long beard and billed himself as a terrifying giant from Manchuria as a heel gimmick?
...that U.S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen received the secret protocol to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which contained an understanding between Hitler and Stalin to split Central Europe, from German diplomat Hans von Herwarth?
...that Nancy Olson was nominated for an Oscar for playing the "good" girl in Sunset Boulevard shortly after being considered for the role of the temptress Delilah in the film Samson and Delilah?
 ...that Franz Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor was influenced by Franz Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy?
...that the only international cricket in South Africa between 1971 and 1981 comprised 6 private tours and 1 women's test match, because no test match playing nation was willing to tour the country because of its apartheid policy?
...that in the ionization chamber of a smoke detector, ions strike smoke particles and are neutralized, and this drop in current triggers the alarm?
...that the Saladin tithe was levied in England in 1188 to help finance the Third Crusade?
 ...that Catsear is sometimes mistaken for dandelions, and has similar culinary uses?
...that Mary Magdalene realized that Jesus had returned from the dead after his crucifixion in the Bible verse John 20:16?
...that the Fox television series Herman's Head used characters to represent different aspect of the main character's psyche, similar to Eric Berne's concept of transactional analysis?
...that tusk shells are a class of marine mollusks that resemble elephants' tusks, and were used by the natives of the Pacific Northwest as wampum?
 ...that Senator William A. Blakley of the U.S. state of Texas worked as a ranch hand as a young man?
...that the tangent piano is a rare keyboard instrument that fuses the sound of the harpsichord and piano?
...that in 1944, Gwethalyn Graham was the first Canadian writer to reach number one on The New York Times bestseller list, with a novel depicting an interfaith romance between a Protestant woman and a Jewish man?
...that the earliest record of Gaelic handball is the 1527 town statutes of Galway, Ireland, which forbade the playing of ball games against the walls?
 ...that DONKEY.BAS was a computer game cowritten by Bill Gates and included with early versions of the PC-DOS operating system for the original IBM PC, in which the player must avoid hitting donkeys?
...that the 1995 documentary film Anne Frank Remembered contains the only known film footage of the young diarist?
...that the Beatles' song "Polythene Pam" was partly inspired by a Liverpool fan who ate polyethylene?
...that the Fairy Queen is the longest-operating steam locomotive in the world?
 ...that the English outsider artist Madge Gill claimed to be guided by a spirit she called Myrninerest (my inner rest), and often signed her works with this name?
...that Fastnet Rock, a small clay-slate island with quartz veins, is the southernmost point of Ireland?
...that in the court case Trop v. Dulles, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that it was unconstitutional for the government to cancel the citizenship of a U.S. citizen as a punishment?
...that Nica de Koenigswarter of the Rothschild family was known as the "bebop baroness" for her patronage of jazz musicians, including Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker?
 ...that Manuc's Inn, the oldest operating hotel building in Bucharest, Romania, was the site of the preliminary talks for the peace treaty that put an end to the 1806 |
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 ...that sow thistles are named because they were fed to lactating sows?
...that Mary Hallaren was the first woman to join the United States Army?
...that in Lebanon, the spice mixture Za'atar is thought to bring physical strength and keep the mind alert?
...that Dutch magician Fred Kaps was the only magician to win the magic world championship three times?
 ...that while mine owner Franklin B. Gowen was the president of the Reading Railroad, he was also the special prosecutor in the trial to break up the clandestine Molly Maguires society?
...that Barbarossa is an award-winning German-style board game by Klaus Teuber from 1988 in which the players have to sculpt plasticine to earn points?
...that the children's anime series The Littl' Bits has aired in Japanese, English, Spanish, Polish, German, and Italian?
...that Nils Liedholm is the last surviving member of the famous footballing Gre-No-Li trio?
 ...that the Nasrani Menorah is the symbol of the Knanaya community in South India, acknowledged as Christian Jews by the Vatican?
...that NASA inventor and scientist, Dr. Pedro Rodriguez is the son of the renowned Puerto Rican salsa singer, the late Pellin Rodriguez?
...that Italian mathematician Guido Castelnuovo secretly taught geometry to Jewish students during World War II?
...that the UN estimates that 150,000 people died during the Liberian Civil War, with 850,000 refugees fleeing to neighboring countries?
 ...that from 1908 to 1940, over 100,000 of the 447 different models for Sears Catalog Homes were sold in the United States?
...that a Punnett square is a tool in genetics developed by British geneticist Reginald Punnett, and which biologists use to this day to predict the probability of possible genotypes of offspring?
...that the Ochil Hills are a Devonian lava extrusion whose southern fault line is particularly prominent today as an escarpment?
...that balancing the ticket has been an important part of American presidential politics since 1830
 ..that the Meadow Vole is a common rodent species found from Alaska to Florida, and that the subspecies from Florida is endangered?
...that Robert Koldewey led an archeological dig in modern day Iraq which he believed to be the location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for 18 years?
...that Melissa McIntyre, best known for her role in Degrassi: The Next Generation made her television debut in the 1997 series, Timesweep, in which she played an extraterrestial being?
...that Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev worked on mechanical linkage design for over thirty years which led to his work on Chebyshev polynomials?
 ...that Leo Tolstoy's play The Living Corpse played in New York City in both Yiddish (1911) and German (1916) before it was ever presented there in English (1918)?
...that weatherman Alex Deakin has a masters degree in astrophysics?
...that the Russian avant-garde art collective UNOVIS signed most of their works with a single black square, partly as a homage to a similar work by their leader, Kazimir Malevich?
 ...that school bus yellow is a specific shade of yellow formally adopted as the standard color for school buses in the United States in 1939, following a conference funded by the Rockefeller Foundation?
...that an amateur baseball tournament held on August 16, 1933 in the Christie Pits, ended with Nazi-symphatisers unveiling a flag depicting a swastika?
...that during the "dawn-to-dusk" publicity run for the CB&Q's Pioneer Zephyr on May 26, 1934, the train reached a top speed of 112.5 mph (181 km/h)?
 ...that The Yiddish King Lear by Jacob Gordin is not a translation of Shakespeare's King Lear, but that the title is an acknowledgement of the roots of the plot?
...that Ulysses S. Grant awarded Bolama to Portugal, who made it the first capital of Portuguese Guinea?
...that when he was promoted to president of the Great Northern Railway in 1919, Ralph Budd was the youngest American railroad president up to that date?
...that Boxcar is an Australian electronic band that sometimes performed wearing gas masks?
 ...that the Slovak National Theatre hosted its first performance, the Czech opera Hubička by Bedřich Smetana, at its opening on March 1, 1920?
...that in the history of neurology, Ancient Egyptians described the effect of high transection of the spinal cord in humans?
...that empty nest syndrome is a form of depression that affects parents when a child leaves home?
...that Sue Rubin, the subject of the documentary film Autism Is a World, was considered mentally challenged until she learned to communicate with a keyboard?
 ...that Slovakia Summit 2005 between Presidents Bush and Putin will mark the first occasion when a sitting President of the United States visits Slovakia?
...that Representative Edith Nourse Rogers sponsored the G.I. Bill and the legislation that created the Women's Army Corps before becoming the longest-serving woman in the U.S. Congress?
...that The Patty Duke Show challenged the scope of special effects on television in the 1960s, with Patty Duke playing two roles?
...that John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset was one of the most noted cricketers of the mid-to-late 18th century?
 ...that Elmer Robinson was the 33rd mayor of San Francisco?
 ...that Ferdinandea was a volcanic island near Sicily which was claimed by four countries when it appeared in 1831, but was destroyed by erosion less than a year later?
...that Andy the Clown performed at Chicago White Sox games for 30 years, outlasting an attempt to replace him with two new mascots?
...that Arthur Ronald Nall Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron Brocket - grandfather of British TV celebrity Lord Brocket - was a known Nazi sympathiser?
...that Devils & Dust, the upcoming folk album from Bruce Springsteen, will be his nineteenth released album?
 ...that Hungarian-born composer M醫y醩 Seiber was killed in a car crash while on a lecture tour of South Africa?
...that a Pd/H2 electrode is a reference electrode similar to a standard hydrogen electrode (with platinum), but with the added ability to absorb molecular hydrogen?
...that Hamilton Palace in Scotland was lent for use as a naval hospital during World War I, by Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton?
...that Obolon CJSC, the largest Ukrainian brewer based in Kiev, was the first private company of the independent Ukraine?
 ...that the ancient marketplace of Rhapta on the east African coast is believed to have been an important link in bringing the spices cinnamon and cassia west by merchants?
...that Leonid Kadeniuk, the first astronaut of independent Ukraine, made his first space flight on NASA's space shuttle Columbia in 1997, and had been training for such a mission since 1976?
...that Godfrey Ho, a Hong-Kong based filmmaker, has been credited under more than 20 different pseudonyms?
...that the clapping game Mary Mack may refer to the Battle of Hampton Roads?
 ..that the Western Railway Corridor, built in the late 1800s, links Limerick to Sligo through the West of Ireland?
...that scotopic sensitivity syndrome is a form of dyslexia which makes it very difficult for a person to read black text on white paper?
...that Playland, often called Rye Playland, is America's only government owned and operated amusement park?
...that faculty members at the Stanford Institute for International Studies include Condoleezza Rice and William Perry?
 ...that the first person to formally convert to Buddhism in America was Charles T. Strauss, a New York businessman, in 1893?
...that a fire-control system is a computer which is designed to assist a weapon system in hitting its target(s)?
...that girls in Poland wear red lingerie underneath their dresses during a studni體ka (high school ball)?
 ..that the poorly studied Evermannellidae family, or Sabertooth fish, have oversized, inward curving teeth suggestive of the sabertooth cats' teeth?
 ...that Julia A. Moore inspired the character of Emmeline Grangerford in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
...that the Asiatic Society of Bombay possesses one of the only two surviving original copies of Dante's The Divine Comedy?
...that rugby player Wayne Shelford suffered a ripped scrotum during an All Blacks match against France?
...that the film David and Lisa, shot in black-and-white for just $183,000, was nominated for the 1962 Academy Award for Directing?
 ...that the Battle of Appomattox Court House signalled the end of the American Civil War?
...that Reginald Hill's novel "A Clubbable Woman" was his first story about Dalziel and Pascoe?
...that tumor markers are chemical substances found in blood that arise from the presence of cancerous tissues?
...that the Squirrel Nut Zippers were influenced by the energetic sounds of 1920s hot jazz?
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...that the South African Mokopa missile uses a powerful, tandem shaped charge HEAT warhead?
HEAT = High Explosive Anti Tank. Bahan letupan yang direka untuk memusnahkan kertakebal.
Shaped charge = bahan letupan dibentuk bagi menghasilkan 'tembakan jet' bagi menembus armor.
Tandem warhead (peledak berganda) diguna utk musnahkan tank yang menggunakan ERA (Explosive Reactive Armor) - kotak2 kecil disekitar tank, terutama buatan bekas Soviet, tengok nanti tank PT-91M TDM bila sampai nanti atau google T-72 atau T-80...kotak2 ini mengandungi sedikit bahan letupan yang akan meletup apabila peluru HEAT mengenainya. Letupan balas ini meneutralkan 'tembakan jet' dan tank selamat dari dimusnahkan. Penggunaan tandem warhead (peledak berganda) mengatasi masalah ini. Warhead yang pertama akan meletup (dan dineutralkan ERA)...tapi blok ERA dibhagian tersebut dah takde dan warhead kedua akan menmbusi armor utama tank tadi....
Selain Mokopa, beberapa sistem anti-tank lain turut guna tandem warhead spt TOW-2, BILL dan Hellfire. |
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...that Mary Hallaren was the first woman to join the United States Army?
Beliau memasuki Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Tentera US masa WW2. Dan Bila WAAC (kemudian WAC) dijadikan unit penuh tentera darat US, beliau yang memegang jawatan Pengarah WAC berpangkat Kolonel menjadi wanita pertama masuk tentera darat US secara rasmi pada 1948.
...that a fire-control system is a computer which is designed to assist a weapon system in hitting its target(s)?
Well, the name is clear isn't it? Hehe... FCS mengira pelbagai faktor (bergantung kepada jenis senjata) seperti angin, jarak, suhu bagi membantu ketepatan senjata.
...that the Battle of Appomattox Court House signalled the end of the American Civil War?
Pertempuran terakhir Perang Saudara AS. Berlaku di Appomattox, Virginia pada 9 April 1865. General Robert E. Lee dari Confederate States of America menyerah kalah kepada General Ulysses S. Grant dari tentera Persekutuan. Bagunan Mahkamah Appomattox dijadikan kubu utama Lee. |
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DO YOU KNOW....
 ....that this man is my governor. 
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Originally posted by BeanDiesel at 17-7-2005 02:04 PM:
DO YOU KNOW....
....that this man is my governor.
[ Last edited by BeanDiesel on 16-7-2005 at 10:05 ...
tau sesgt mamat ni
x sangka jd gabenor ......
ikut jejak langkah
jessie ventura ek ......
bekas wrestler wwe ....... |
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Stadium bolasepak di bandar Graz, Austria dinamakan Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadion sebagai tribute kepada anak jati bandar ini....(yang mungkin dah tak ingat kampung dia...hehe) |
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tahukah anda ..
TIGER WOODS telah memenangi 10 kejuaran major golf dan setiap kejohanan
dan dua kali grand slam,
dan merupakan pemain ketiga dalam ranking pemain golf yg
memiliki kejuaraan major terbanyak yg diketuai oleh jack
nicklous iaitu sebanyak 18 kali
ROGER FEDERER adalah legenda tenis dalam pembikinan
pemenang 3 kali berturut2 wimbledon sejak 2003-2005 |
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Tahukah Anda
Masa yang diambil bagi sesebuah planet membuat pusingan (mengorbit) matahari (atau jangka masa satu tahun)
Bumi - 365 hari/1 tahun
Utarid - 88 hari
Kejora/Venus - 224 hari
Marikh - 687 hari
Jupiter - 4,335 hari @ 11.8 tahun
Zuhal/Saturn - 10,758 hari @ 29 tahun
Uranus - 30,708 hari @ 84 tahun
Neptune - 60,225 hari @ 165 tahun
Pluto - 90,613 hari @ 248 tahun
Jankamasa satu hari diplanet2 (atau masa diambil untuk melengkapkan satu pusingan)
Bumi - 23j 56m (satu hari)
Utarid - 58 hari
Venus - 243 hari
Marikh - 24j 39m
Jupiter - 9j 55m
Saturn - 10j 39m
Uranus - 17j 14m
Neptune - 16j 6m
Pluto - 6 hari |
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TAHUKAH ANDA.....
penguasaan tiger woods dalam terbuka British menghasilkan penilaian tertinggi bagi tontonan televisyen bagi kejohanan kali ini sejak kemenangan kali terakhir dilakar oleh pemain nombor satu dunia itu
syarikat penyiaran ABC mendapat penilaian 5.0 dengan 14 saham bagi pusingan akhir Ahad lalu bagi membuat liputan kejayaan Woods yang memenangi atas kelebihan lima pukulan di gelanggang St Andrews
Yelena Isinbaya...
Jurulatihnya Evgeny Trofimov yan gberumur 61 tahun mengambil berat latihan Isinbaya menyebabkan dia mengambil keputusan membawa enam galah milik yelena seberat 40kg setiap kali anak didiknya itu mengadakan latihan dan menyertai kejohanan.
UNTUK REKOD, setakat hari ini, sudah 15 kali beliau memecahkan rekod |
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***Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.
****Airplanes
* The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
* A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight (120ft).
***Aluminum
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.
***Automobile
George Seldon received a patent in 1895 - for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000.
****Coin Operated Machine
The first coin operated machine ever designed was a holy-water dispenser that required a five-drachma piece to operate. It was the brainchild of the Greek scientist Hero in the first century AD.
***Compact Discs
Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
***Computers
* ENIAC, the first electronic computer, appeared 50 years ago. The original ENIAC was about 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons, had 17,000 tubes. By comparison, a desktop computer today can store a million times more information than an ENIAC, and 50,000 times faster.
* From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day.
* The first "modern" computer (i.e., general-purpose and program-controlled) was built in 1941 by Konrad Zuse. Since there was a war going on, he applied to the German government for funding to build his machines for military use, but was turned down because the Germans did not expect the war to last beyond Christmas.
* The computer was launched in 1943, more than 100 years after Charles Babbage designed the first programmable device. Babbage dropped his idea after he couldn't raise capital for it. In 1998, the Science Museum in London, UK, built a working replica of the Babbage machine, using the materials and work methods available at Babbage's time. It worked just as Babbage had intended.
****Electric Chair
The electric chair was invented by a dentist, Alfred Southwick.
*******E-Mail
The first e-mail was sent over the Internet in 1972.
***Eye Glasses
The Chinese invented eyeglasses. Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West.
****Glass
If hot water is suddenly poured into a glass that glass is more apt to break if it is thick than if it is thin. This is why test tubes are made of thin glass.
****Hard Hats
Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.
****Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
*****Limelight
Limelight was how we lit the stage before electricity was invented. Basically, illumination was produced by heating blocks of lime until they glowed.
****Mobile (Cellular) Phones
As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by your head.
****Nuclear Power
Nuclear ships are basically steamships and driven by steam turbines. The reactor just develops heat to boil the water.
***Oil
The amount of oil that is used worldwide in one year is doubling every ten years. If that rate of increase continues and if the world were nothing but oil, all the oil would be used up in 400 years.
****Radio Waves
Radio waves travel so much faster than sound waves that a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 18,000 km away than in the back of the room in which it originated.
***Rickshaw
The rickshaw was invented by the Reverend Jonathan Scobie, an American Baptist minister living in Yokohama, Japan, built the first model in 1869 in order to transport his invalid wife. Today it remains a common mode of transportation in the Orient.
****Ships & Boats
* The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
* The world's oldest surviving boat is a simple 10 feet long dugout dated to 7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse Holland in the Netherlands.
* Rock drawings from the Red Sea site of Wadi Hammamat, dated to around 4000 BC show that Egyptian boats were made from papyrus and reeds.
* The world's earliest known plank-built ship, made from cedar and sycamore wood and dated to 2600 BC, was discovered next to the Great Pyramid in 1952.
* The Egyptians created the first organized navy in 2300 BC.
* Oar-powered ships were developed by the Sumerians in 3500 BC.
* Sails were first used by the Phoenicians around 2000 BC.
*****Silicon Chip
A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
*****Skyscraper
The term skyscraper was first used way back in 1888 to describe an 11-story building.
****Sound
Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.
*****Telephones
There are more than 600 million telephone lines today, yet almost half the world's population has never made a phone call.
*****Television
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television in 1926 in Soho, London. Ten years later there were only 100 TV sets in the world.
*****Traffic Lights
Traffic lights were used before the advent of the motorcar. In 1868, a lantern with red and green signals was used at a London intersection to control the flow of horse buggies and pedestrians.
******Transistors
More than a billion transistors are manufactured... every second.
******VCR's
The first VCR, made in 1956, was the size of a piano.
*****Windmill
The windmill originated in Iran in AD 644. It was used to grind grain.
******World Trade Center
The World Trade Center towers were designed to collapse in a pancake-like fashion, instead of simply falling over on their sides. This design feature saved hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives on Sept. 11, 2001, when they were destroyed by terrorists. |
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Pada September 1977, Joseph telah diamugerahkan 慣he Knight of the Royal Order of Belgium |
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