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akkaps said:
Was doing abit of reading today and found out that Aussie Rules and Football (soccer) were iron ally variants of Rugby Football (which is now called Rugby Union).

The Football Association (FA) was founded by combining both Sheffield Rules and Cambridge Rules Football.

And in early variations of soccer players were allowed to catch the ball and therefore receive a free kick from it (now known as a mark in AFL).
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And to add to that:
Association Football (soccer) was called 'soccer' nearly a full 2 decades before it is first recorded as being called the singular 'football'. Australian soccer fans who get pissy about people calling it soccer and calling AusF/AmF/RL 'football' really give me the shits. If anyone has a right to whinge about other sports ripping off the term 'football' it's Rugby Football i.e. the original 'football' fans.
 

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Denmark has just outlawed bestiality in a bid to kerb animal sex tourism. I didn't know that being intimate with fido was legal there in the first place.
In completely unrelated news, there has been a 92% drop in requests for Danish visas from New Zealanders.
 
Quivorir said:
As long as he doesn't forget the Malteasers...
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Just read this and now crave for chocolate.

Thanks Quiv for making me fat.
 
Tara from the Walking Dead, Hyde from that 70's show and Francis from Malcom in the Middle are all siblings IRL.

The mongoose has the fastest reflexes of any mammal
 
Jack Package said:
Tara from the Walking Dead, Hyde from that 70's show and Francis from Malcom in the Middle are all siblings IRL.

The mongoose has the fastest reflexes of any mammal
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Adding to the Malcolm in the Middle bizz, Frankie Muniz, who plays the title character and the 2nd youngest sibling, is actually older than Justin Berfield whose character is older than Malcolm.
 
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This is what Dixie Square Mall, featured in the Blues Brothers looks like now.
 

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- Perhaps surprisingly, Hobart is the driest capital city in Australia.

- Australia has the 9th lowest population density of any country or dependency. For every square kilometre, we have 3.1 people. In contrast, Macau has over 21,000 people per square kilometre while Greenland has 0.03.
 
Engimal said:
- Perhaps surprisingly, Hobart is the driest capital city in Australia.

- Australia has the 9th lowest population density of any country or dependency. For every square kilometre, we have 3.1 people. In contrast, Macau has over 21,000 people per square kilometre while Greenland has 0.03.
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It used to be 2.1 or 2.2 not all that long ago. And country wise, we're the 3rd lowest (behind Mongolia & Namibia).
 
Here’s a topical one
Deathrow criminal Gary Gilmore’s very famous last words before he was executed by firing squad were ‘Let’s do it’
He became a bit of an icon and was mentioned in and inspired several tv shows and movie characters.
Dan Wieden who is an advertising executive said Gilmore's last words were the Inspiration for the Nike brand’s ‘Just Do It” tag

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilmore
 
Doss said:
Utah's greatest legacy to the world, besides Mormons and beautiful scenery.
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Ski resorts and Sundance Film Festival

Edit: I knew there was something big happened there..Winter Olympics 2002
Bradbury!
 
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