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[30 May 2012|05:58pm] |
In Germany, toilet paper sheets follow the A6 paper standard, being 105mm×148mm/4.13"×5.83".
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[28 May 2012|07:08pm] |
Melanism is an undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages and is the opposite of albinism. It is also the medical term for black jaundice. The word 'melanism' is deduced from the Greek: μελανός, meaning black pigment.
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[20 May 2012|01:47pm] |
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A knork is a hybrid form of cutlery which combines the cutting capability of a knife and the spearing capability of a fork into a single utensil. The word knork is a portmanteau of knife and fork. Typically, one or both of the outer edges of a fork-like utensil are sharpened to allow the user to cut their food.
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[14 May 2012|10:39am] |
Socks Clinton passed away on 20 February 2009. He was nineteen.
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[12 May 2012|11:53am] |
Rihanna and Chris Brown are no longer friends on Twitter.
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GOVE vb. To stare stupidly.
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[09 May 2012|12:27pm] |
Marriages between heterosexual first cousins are legal in North Carolina.
Cousin Couples
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[18 Apr 2012|03:10pm] |
The Earth is 400 years old.
Source: Groupon
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[15 Apr 2012|06:37pm] |
Saturday, April 14, 2012 was the country of El Salvador (pop. approx. 6.3 million) first murder-free day since June 2009.
- via Yahoo! News
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[10 Apr 2012|08:14pm] |
The Miss Universe pageant will explicitly allow transgendered entrants for the first time, starting in 2013.
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[10 Apr 2012|08:59am] |
In April 2012 Facebook, Inc. purchased the photo sharing service Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. Instagram is 553 days old.
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As of 9 April 2012, the New York Times was worth $946 million. The newspaper is 161 years old.
Source: 1 and 2
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[09 Apr 2012|09:47am] |
The following items will not be allowed on the premises of the upcoming Republican National Convention being held in Tampa, Florida:
- air pistols
- water pistols
- masks
- plastic or metal pipe
- string more than six inches long
- pieces of wood larger than a ruler
By state law, any firearm restrictions instituted by the city in the area would be void.
Source: Tampa Bay Online
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Athazagoraphobia is defined as the fear of forgetting, being ignored, or generally anything dealing with the idea of forgetfulness. The definition can be extended to depression, anger, or deliberate isolation caused by one being forgotten, or dealing with death (thus being forgotten by those who have passed away).
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[28 Mar 2012|05:30pm] |
Wearing hats is disallowed on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. This rule includes covering one's head, such as with a hooded shirt, or "hoodie", such as the one worn by Representative Bobby Rush on 28 March 2012. At the direction of the presiding speaker of the chamber, Rush was escorted from the chamber.
Source: CBS News
This rule was instituted in 1837 to distinguish the US Congress from the British Parliament, after several previous attempts for similar rules failed. In 1833, Lewis Williams of North Carolina argued that if Members were “to sit without hats” they would have no place to put them as the Old House Chamber had no facilities such as modern day cloakrooms.
Source: United States Office of the Clerk
US Representative Frederica Wilson is a noted wearer of hats, and has a collection of hundreds of different hats. While she was Representative from 2003 through 2010, she obtained a waiver from Speaker of the House John Boehner to wear hats while on the House floor.
Source: Picklepedia
The United States Senate does not have any similar rule restricting hats on its floor.
Source: Politifact
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| Because we know how much you guys love sports! |
[28 Mar 2012|12:10am] |
A group of investors, fronted by Magic Johnson, have purchased Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers for $2 billion. This nearly doubles the previous highest price for a sports franchise: $1.1 billion paid by Steven Ross for the NFL's Miami Dolphins in 2009.
Source: USA Today
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| McDonald's has a new biggest competitor... |
[21 Mar 2012|08:26pm] |
In 2011, Wendy's surpassed Burger King to become the #2 burger chain in the U.S., with $8.5 billion in sales, compared to BK's 8.4.
McDonald's is firmly #1 with $34.2 billion in sales.
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[20 Mar 2012|04:34am] |
A squadron of blimps is called a blimpron.
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