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06 Nov 2009, 4:20 am

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That even some people who post here are a**holes

Totally agree polymorphous! :thumleft:



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06 Nov 2009, 4:50 am

That there are people in this world even more overly sensitive than me.


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06 Nov 2009, 5:17 am

that staying up for 20 hours is TIRING!


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09 Nov 2009, 6:20 am

I listen to way too much music. It consumes my life.


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09 Nov 2009, 7:34 am

Tach wrote:
that staying up for 20 hours is TIRING!


I've stayed up longer than that.


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09 Nov 2009, 7:36 am

I learned that Anson Williams, aka Potsie Weber (from Happy Days), is the nephew of Henry Heimlich, inventor of the Heimlich Maneuver.


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09 Nov 2009, 7:45 am

"Dennis" and its variants derive from "Dionysius."


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09 Nov 2009, 2:38 pm

I learned that Carl Sagan was most likely in the spectrum, no wonder I could understand a great deal of what he said..Anyways, also learned to say thanks more often when it really pays...



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09 Nov 2009, 6:47 pm

My cold isn't going away, anytime soon.


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09 Nov 2009, 9:19 pm

Benford's Law

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09 Nov 2009, 9:56 pm

there are roughly 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy



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09 Nov 2009, 9:56 pm

Sorry. Accidently posted twice.



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09 Nov 2009, 11:49 pm

That WP is a democracy, and I can post whatever I want, whenever I want.


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10 Nov 2009, 1:37 am

After owning my car for more than 3 years I just learned that the clock can also display temperature in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.



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10 Nov 2009, 2:41 pm

I've learned to not let other people's limited view of my life and myself as well, there harsh words define myself as a person but, rather my own sincere actions and writings define me..



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11 Nov 2009, 10:26 am

That I hate Remembrance Day.


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