Tag: history
member name: Jason S.
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June 19, 2008 08:54 AM EDT --
On This Day:
1967, during an interview with Life Magazine Paul McCartney admitted that he had taken the drug LSD.
1976, future Smiths singer Steve Morrissey had a letter published in this weeks . . .
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June 19, 2008 06:37 AM EDT --
America once issued a 5-cent bill!
I guess you could buy coffee and a donut with it or something back then.
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July 18, 2008 03:41 PM EDT --
The word 'banan' is Arabic for finger.
A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are known as fingers.
As bananas ripen, the starch in the fruit turns . . .
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July 28, 2008 09:40 PM EDT --
JIMI HENDRIX was the opening act for the MONKEES on their first tour.
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July 29, 2008 03:13 PM EDT --
The U.S. Post office introduced the Zone Improvement Plan (Zip codes) in 1963.
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April 02, 2008 01:09 PM EDT --
Read what Obama has said on two seperate occasions and tell me if you think he is Racist, hypocritical or whatever.
Obama said this in his recent speech about his racist pastor,
"He . . .
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June 22, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
Some of Ghandi's ashes are at the Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades near Los Angeles.
These were the only ashes allowed outside of India when he died
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June 19, 2008 07:52 PM EDT --
Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings!
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June 22, 2008 10:33 AM EDT --
A long time ago when women were allowed to live on Navy ships to keep company for sailor husbands and friends who had to stay for several months at sea without being in battle.
On occasion, a woman . . .
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June 22, 2008 04:06 PM EDT --
Louisiana has the most crayfish: 98% of the world's crayfish
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June 26, 2008 08:29 AM EDT --
You probably knew a group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, but did you know a group of geese in the air is a skein!
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July 05, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
Diet Coke wasn't invented until 1982. Over 60 years after coke. Oh and coke use to have real sugar too... damn things tasted better back in the day!
Oh and this picture is of a diet coke . . .
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July 14, 2008 02:21 PM EDT --
In Heinz 57 Ketchup, the 57 stands for the variety of pickles they once produced.
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July 20, 2008 10:43 PM EDT --
Ghandi didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria.
I wonder what his reasoning was in that. I respect the man, but . . .
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July 27, 2008 06:48 PM EDT --
President George Washington owned foxhounds named DRUNKARD, TIPLER and TIPSY.
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April 02, 2008 04:29 PM EDT --
I think it depends on your definition of racist.
I personally think everyone is racist to a certain extent. People naturally fear difference. Everyone has a preconception about someone else prior . . .
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June 19, 2008 06:13 PM EDT --
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote the novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E !
It seems impossible, but he did it by trying the letter . . .
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June 28, 2008 09:46 AM EDT --
Lacrosse was invented by American Indians and was adopted by French traders.
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June 29, 2008 12:08 PM EDT --
Infant beavers are called kittens.
It's interesting.. an adult kitten can either be a Beaver or a Pussy... Something to think about.
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July 03, 2008 09:15 AM EDT --
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
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