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Khell_Sennet said:
Greek mythology pwnz movies for fucked-uppedness.
I think Egyptian mythology, which personally I think Greek mythology poached liberally from, could give it a run for its money.
 

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Anarchemitis said:
One of the best modern theories of Faster-than-light travel involves making the space-constant ('C', aka the speed of light, 300,000km/s) faster so that the limit of speed allows faster than normal light.
The speed of light in a vacuum is actually EXACTLY 299792458m/s.
 

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iamnotincompliance said:
At the height of their popularity, ABBA made more money in one year than other Swedish giant Volvo. Or, depending on the source, they were second to Volvo. Either way, that means beating out Saab, Ericsson, Electrolux, IKEA, and other major corporations, and that's damned impressive.

That, and they reportedly turned down $1,000,000,000 to reunite in 2000.
yes they turned it down for 2 reasons, they were making more money sitting at home and there's is still a LOT of bad blood

Unknown_Exile said:
The original name of Los Angeles was El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del rio Porciuncula, translating into:The Village of our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Porciuncula River.
that's still the full name of it, it's just commonly called los angeles

much like the full name of the uk is the united kingdom of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland
 

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Khell_Sennet said:
nilcypher said:
Khell_Sennet said:
Greek mythology pwnz movies for fucked-uppedness.
I think Egyptian mythology, which personally I think Greek mythology poached liberally from, could give it a run for its money.
Greek Myth did not rob Egyptian, nor did Roman rob either. There are similarities which suggests many of that era's religions based off an unknown originator, but all these religions developed before contact with eachother. If you study mythology, the god Apollo was also "different"... Not different like Hermaphroditus who had all the genitals of both genders, or Priapus who had a dick measuring between 2 and 3 meters long... Different as in HE did not originate with the other gods, and is an outsider.
this is true a lot of religions poach stuff from others, there is a lot of similarities in them such as a great civilization or race of advanced ppl before a great catastrophe (the great flood story), from what i've read it's the grove ware ppl and they were brilliant to say the least. whomever they were they happened to put a henge like thing right on the tropic of cancer in egypt

the creation myth in judeo-christian belief is poached from summerian/babylonian religions with a couple words changed. so yeah everyone borrows from one another
 

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anyways another addition

after saturday night live played their (in)famous more cowbell sketch, members of the blue oyster cult had people come up to them and express their sadness for the death of the cowbell player (played by Will Ferrell) but the band never had a dedicated cowbell player, in don't fear the reaper it was the singer who played the cowbell
 

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poeple can lick thier elbows it's very possible check out youtube type in lick own elbow first video will be good and there are others which can count for it
 

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Anarchemitis said:
The shortest peice of music known is by Walking Concert titled Run to Be Born. The track is 8 seconds long.
I don't understand the OP's trivia.. I listen to pretty much only 'underground' or 'rare' music, and I have at least a few albums that would fall under or around 8 seconds. But not only that.....

There, I just tapped on my desk for 3 seconds, beating the record. I wonder if anyone is going to argue that a beat isn't music just because it's not done on a conventional instrument?
 

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Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

Salt is mentioned more than 30 times in the Bible.

Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

Strict Puritan laws had their origins from practical reasons. Smoking was banned - farmers would raise badly needed food crops instead of tobacco. Cooking was banned on Sundays - to prevent house fires during the long hours the family was at church. Young men were banned from hunting - to prevent weapons from falling into Indian hands.

The Bible devotes some 500 verses on prayer, less than 500verses on faith, but over 2000 verses on money and posessions.

The patron saint of dentists is St. Apollonia. She reportedly had her teeth pulled out in 249 AD by an anti-Christian mob.

The shortest verse in the Bible consists of two words: "Jesus wept" (John 11:35).

The longest word in the Bible is "Mahershalalhashbaz" (18 letters) which is found in Isaiah 8:1.

"Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, La Allah Il Allah, La Allah Il Allah U Mohammed Rassul Allah" is heard by more people than any other sound of the human voice. This is the prayer recited by muezzins from each of the four corners of the prayer tower as Moslems all over the world face toward Mecca and kneel at sunset. It means: "God is great. There is no God but God, and Mohammed is the prophet of God."

Sherlock Holmes never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson.'

Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games.

According to tradition, the first engineer to build a bridge across the Tiber in Ancient Rome was given the name Pontifex, meaning "bridge builder." The Pontifex was seen as someone who "connects" people, and that symbolism was so powerful that Roman high priests--including Julius Caesar--later adopted the title Pontifex Maximus. During the Roman Imperial age, the emperor was always the Pontifex Maximus. The title eventually passed from Roman emperors to the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Today, the Pope still carries the title Pontifex Maximus.

Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
 

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everytime you sneeze you have a small chance of getting a nosebleed at the exact moment and spraying blood over everyone near and having them look in terror at you before... Ah well I had it once and it was entertaining.

Oo and by the way the computergame theme song that is most played with a guitar is not the one-winged-angel-omygodsepirothissosmexy medley it is the dr. wily segment from megaman 2 and it sounds AWESOME!
 

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Unknown_Exile said:
Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
I saw this factoid somewhere else at one point. The same is true for US paper currency as well, but it turns out, not because the money was all used during the handling of drugs (ie, doing lines with a rolled Benjamin). It just so happens that cocaine is very, very small, and any amount that gets on one bill, stuck in a container with other bills, will likely contaminate every other bill. Glorious stuff. Absolutely insidious. Like moon dust.
 

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Geoffrey42 said:
Unknown_Exile said:
Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
I saw this factoid somewhere else at one point. The same is true for US paper currency as well, but it turns out, not because the money was all used during the handling of drugs (ie, doing lines with a rolled Benjamin). It just so happens that cocaine is very, very small, and any amount that gets on one bill, stuck in a container with other bills, will likely contaminate every other bill. Glorious stuff. Absolutely insidious. Like moon dust.
O and I can't help to fall in love with you comparison between cocaine and moon dust it seems so incredibly right^^
 

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Unknown_Exile said:
Sherlock Holmes never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson.'
This is only true in the books by AC Doyle; I believe it was in one of the television series that it was actually said.