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05 Nov 2006, 12:20 pm

Bob the Llama also hijacked a plane in 2001. He accidentally crashed it into a very important building. People blamed it on terrorists but it was actually just a drunk chipmunk named Bob. I don't know how he survived.

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05 Nov 2006, 12:25 pm

he had pillows strapped to his body.

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06 Nov 2006, 3:29 pm

The Mercedes three point star hood ornament originally stood for the fact that they made Aeronautical, Naval, and Automobile engines.

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06 Nov 2006, 3:33 pm

An old Irish method of guaranteeing rich, creamy butter was to dip the left hand of a dead man into the cream.

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06 Nov 2006, 3:34 pm

(I thought that's how they made smooth whiskey????)

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06 Nov 2006, 3:38 pm

Fate is monstrous and empty

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06 Nov 2006, 4:12 pm

A little old lady in Pasadena invented anime in 1956.

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06 Nov 2006, 4:18 pm

One of the first forms of correction fluid was invented in 1951 by the secretary Bette Nesmith Graham, founder of Liquid Paper (the mother of Michael Nesmith, a member of The Monkees).

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06 Nov 2006, 4:21 pm

David Bowies real name is Smith, so he went through a phone book to pick Bowie. He didn't want people making jokes about the Monkees.

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07 Nov 2006, 7:26 am

One of Hitler's Mercedes cars stands in a barn in Småland. Another stands in a museum in Canada, if I'm not mistaken.

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07 Nov 2006, 7:30 am

The Swedish word "barn"="child/ren/" is ethymologically the same as the English "barn" and has to do with the verb "bear".

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07 Nov 2006, 7:41 am

No Swedish syllable with the pronounciation [k] is spelled with "ch", except for the most common of them all, the conjunction "och"="and". The spelling was and idea of a German printer living in Stockholm in the 16th century, to separate it from the spelling of the adverb "ock(så)"="too" and the Danish and Norwegian spelling "og".

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07 Nov 2006, 10:49 am

>>The Canadian War Museum / Le Musée canadien de la guerre), located in Ottawa, Ontario, is a Canadian museum that honours Canada's veterans and commemorates the wars and conflicts in which Canada has taken part. The museum traces the history of conflict from a Canadian perspective, from pre-Columbian times in Canada to the Gulf War and Canada's participation in peacekeeping efforts.

>>The museum has an extensive collection of artifacts and war art, although one of the most popular exhibits remains Hitler's personal Mercedes limousine.

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07 Nov 2006, 11:34 am

Wolves may travel 16 to 50 kilometers (~10-30 miles) each day in search of food.

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07 Nov 2006, 7:55 pm

Sixela wrote:

>>The museum has an extensive collection of artifacts and war art, although one of the most popular exhibits remains Hitler's personal Mercedes limousine.

What did I say? And in Sweden they let Adolf's fancy V12 (or V16?) Mercedes with bullet proof glass and cover stand and rust and rotten.

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07 Nov 2006, 7:56 pm

you're all crazy! ah, that's better. now, if you don't mind i have to get out of this strait suit...

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