Little known facts

[pornoboy]

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[belamyi]

The "South Entrance" of Barcelona's trade fair Gran Via venue faces the west/northwest, and its "North Entrance" faces the southeast.

 

[smokeshadow]

When one enters the Eastern end of the Panama Canal, you enter from the Pacific Ocean side. The Western end of the Canal opens into the Atlantic Ocean (or a subsidary thereof)

 

[Kulindahr]

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It's frustrating that the warming properties of CO2 have been known for well over a century yet some scientists today deny it.

 

[belamyi]

 

[pornoboy]

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[belamyi]

 

[rareboy]

 

[Kulindahr]

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In an English lit course we learned that "grog" wasn't a term for all liquor, but a mix -- water and rum, juice and rum, etc.

 

[Kulindahr]

The "wal" in "walnut" is a Germanic reference to people who speak Latin -- i.e., the Romans.

 

[Kahaih]

The "wal" in "walnut" is a Germanic reference to people who speak Latin -- i.e., the Romans.

That's rather insulting. Walnuts aren't very big.

 

[Kahaih]

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In an English lit course we learned that "grog" wasn't a term for all liquor, but a mix -- water and rum, juice and rum, etc.

In the funny papers we learnt that 'Grog' is the name of a hairball caveman character in the BC comic strips.

 

[pigface]

That's rather insulting. Walnuts aren't very big.

About the size of a dinosaur's brain.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

About the size of a dinosaur's brain.

That has largely been proven to be a fallacy.

 

[LilBit]

That has largely been proven to be a fallacy.

Yes, we've seen Trump's MRIs.

 

[gsdx]

Dogs don't stick their heads out of car windows because they like the wind blowing in their face. They do it because their noses are assaulted by a Smorgasbord of smells.

 

[pigface]

SMORGASBORD translates to "bread & butter table".

 

[Alistair]

 

[pigface]

 

[gsdx]

'Bucket List' did not exist before 2007 when it was invented for the Nicholson/Freeman movie of the same name.