Will Smith is now older than Uncle Phil was when The Fresh Prince first aired.
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In medieval times, if clans and villages sometimes wanted to get rid of people, but their offence was not deserving of death, they'd burn down their hut/house, leaving them with nowhere to live and a tradition "warning" that they were no longer welcome.
Hence the phrase "to be fired".
Hence the phrase "to be fired".
That's nothing. In Austria there is a village called *******!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/17/austrian_village_confusion/
NOTE: I'm not swearing - this is the actual name of the village. It's pronounced 'fooking'.
Perhaps it should become a sister city with the town of Condom in France.
80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn't survive WWII.
wow thats a huge number.
Did other years 1922, 1924 etc have close to as bad death rate?
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Which is...
Being a keen Scrabble player, I can think of a few.
Brrr
Crwth
Hm
Hmm
Mm
Shh
Tsk
Zzz
There are probably a couple more.
Brrr
Crwth
Hm
Hmm
Mm
Shh
Tsk
Zzz
There are probably a couple more.
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The first Australian shots (potentially of all allied forces) of World War 1 and 2 were fired from Fort Nepean (Port Phillip Bay heads).
On a side note it as an amazing place to visit and still very much intact.
On a side note it as an amazing place to visit and still very much intact.
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Australia had a walk on role in the US Civil War too, with the ship CSS Shenandoah docking at Williamstown in 1865. When the Shenandoah finally surrendered, forty two Australians (according to wiki) were found on board having joined the ship during it's time in Melbourne.
Holy Foley!
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We share 50% of our genes with bananas.
These are not words.
Most of them describe sounds, but that makes them as valid as a word such as 'meow'
Are they in the dictionary?
And none of them would be valid in any legitimate Scrabble game.
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Chicken soup was believed to be an aphrodisiac in the Middle Ages.
Blype is the name given to skin that peels off after sunburn.
A claque refers to a group of people hired to applaud an act or performer.
When viewed from above, a rainbow appears doughnut shaped.
Blype is the name given to skin that peels off after sunburn.
A claque refers to a group of people hired to applaud an act or performer.
When viewed from above, a rainbow appears doughnut shaped.
Churchill had plans drawn up for "Operation Unthinkable", an attack by the Western Allies on the Soviet Union, to take place immediately following Germany's surrender.
It was abandoned after his chiefs reported they couldn't support the plan and its "fanciful" chances of success. Despite the loss of over 12 million men, Soviet ground forces in Europe still outnumbered Western Allies 3 to 1.
It was abandoned after his chiefs reported they couldn't support the plan and its "fanciful" chances of success. Despite the loss of over 12 million men, Soviet ground forces in Europe still outnumbered Western Allies 3 to 1.
