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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Friday, June 18, 2004 - 2:03 pm
Little tidbits of interesting trivia... Albert Einstein had a smaller than average size brain
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Friday, June 18, 2004 - 2:07 pm
The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the USA (shouldn't it be free anyways?)
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Friday, June 18, 2004 - 2:15 pm
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
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Friday, June 18, 2004 - 2:19 pm
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
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 9:41 am
Lol, Cinnamon...isn't it the largest of ironies though! Uh huh...I see a trend here Weinermeister...Potter triv...or, ahhh...English thespians? ;)
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 9:47 am
The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.)
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 5:59 pm
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!
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 8:09 am
Both writer Edgar Allen Poe and LSD advocate Timothy Leary were kicked out of West Point.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 8:09 am
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 8:10 am
Tennessee is bordered by more states than any other. The eight states are Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 8:10 am
Hacky-sack was invented in Turkey.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 7:25 am
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.
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Lumbele
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07-12-2002
| Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 7:32 am
Love these little tidbits, Rupert.LOL Keep 'em coming!
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 7:57 am
Thank'ee kindly, Mrs. Upton...lol lol lol ;)
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 2:11 pm
Wow! That fact about Shakespeare gave me the chills. I love learning strange things like that...very fascinating! Thanks for posting these RB!!!
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:11 pm
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:13 pm
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:16 pm
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!
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:18 pm
A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 3:20 pm
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 5:02 pm
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!
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Saturday, July 03, 2004 - 2:55 pm
The tallest free standing statue in the world is Chief Crazy Horse at Thunderbird Mountain, South Dakota.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 8:35 am
Very small clouds that look like they have been broken off of bigger clouds are called scuds.
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