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Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Friday, June 18, 2004 - 2:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Little tidbits of interesting trivia...


Albert Einstein had a smaller than average size brain

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Friday, June 18, 2004 - 2:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the USA


(shouldn't it be free anyways?)

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Friday, June 18, 2004 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Actor trivia -

Did you know that the movie roles of British actor Julian Glover include the following?

(1980) General Veers in The Empire Strikes Back
(1989) Walter Donahue (with an American accent) in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(2002) the voice of Aragog the giant spider in Harry Potter - Chamber of Secrets

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Friday, June 18, 2004 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
More actor trivia -

Did you know that the movie roles of British actress Shirley Henderson include the following?

(2001) Jude in Bridget Jones' Diary
(2002) Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter - Chamber of Secrets

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol, Cinnamon...isn't it the largest of ironies though!

Uh huh...I see a trend here Weinermeister...Potter triv...or, ahhh...English thespians? ;)

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.)


Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The tallest as well as the heaviest horse ever recorded was a Shire gelding named "Sampson." He measured 21.2 1\2 hands (7 feet 2.5 inches) and weighed 3,360 lbs!

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 8:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Both writer Edgar Allen Poe and LSD advocate Timothy Leary were kicked out of West Point.


Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 8:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".


Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tennessee is bordered by more states than any other. The eight states are Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.


Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hacky-sack was invented in Turkey.


Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 7:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.


Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Love these little tidbits, Rupert.LOL Keep 'em coming!

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 7:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank'ee kindly, Mrs. Upton...lol lol lol ;)

Froggiegirl621
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02-14-2003

Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 2:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow! That fact about Shakespeare gave me the chills. I love learning strange things like that...very fascinating! Thanks for posting these RB!!!

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!


Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open


You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Friday, July 02, 2004 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol...aren't these little tid bits great? I love them!

Thanks, Cinnamon.

I just snuck another peek at your dog. He is absolutely gorgeous!


Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Saturday, July 03, 2004 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The tallest free standing statue in the world is Chief Crazy Horse at Thunderbird Mountain, South Dakota.

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 8:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Very small clouds that look like they have been broken off of bigger clouds are called scuds.