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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby Joodoo on Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:45 am

Did you know that Ancient Greece was the first democracy in the world?
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby muy_thaiguy on Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:57 am

Joodoo wrote:Did you know that Ancient Greece was the first democracy in the world?

Did you know that it was actually Athens, and not the whole of Greece?
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby Hologram on Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:14 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Joodoo wrote:Did you know that Ancient Greece was the first democracy in the world?

Did you know that it was actually Athens, and not the whole of Greece?
Did you know that it was also one of the only democracies?
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby reminisco on Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:36 pm

Hologram wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Joodoo wrote:Did you know that Ancient Greece was the first democracy in the world?

Did you know that it was actually Athens, and not the whole of Greece?
Did you know that it was also one of the only democracies?


yeah, he's right. the USA isn't a democracy, it's a republic. one of the limitations of pure democracy (like pure communism) is that it only works on a small scale. Democracy worked in Athens because it was a city-state.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby Minister Masket on Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:17 pm

Did you know that chewing gum was invented by a dentist?
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby firth4eva on Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:47 pm

The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby Khuntlipz on Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:49 pm

Did you know that the most densly populated town in europe is London? Closely followed by Portsmouth.

And that the biggest council estate in Europe in in Basingstoke, England

Also, the highest rate of teen pregnancy in europe is in england

Also, the highest rate of drug-abusers in europe is in england

Also the lowest quality of life within the G8 is in England

And that once upon a time, the mongolians were the largest, most successful empir in the whole of the world?

Now the mongolians are a poverty-striken, inconfident race of people who the whole world has forgotten?

England: Our next venture...beating mongolia in them respects.

England: Raped.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby muy_thaiguy on Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:20 pm

Khuntlipz wrote:Did you know that the most densly populated town in europe is London? Closely followed by Portsmouth.

And that the biggest council estate in Europe in in Basingstoke, England

Also, the highest rate of teen pregnancy in europe is in england

Also, the highest rate of drug-abusers in europe is in england

Also the lowest quality of life within the G8 is in England

And that once upon a time, the mongolians were the largest, most successful empir in the whole of the world?

Now the mongolians are a poverty-striken, inconfident race of people who the whole world has forgotten?

England: Our next venture...beating mongolia in them respects.

England: Raped.

Interesting. Yet, it seems to happen with a lot of former great empires.

Russia
China (several times over the millenia)
Spain
Turkey
Egypt (also several times)
Greece
Rome
Iran/Persia
etc.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby Minister Masket on Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:23 pm

Khuntlipz wrote:Did you know that the most densly populated town in europe is London? Closely followed by Portsmouth.

And that the biggest council estate in Europe in in Basingstoke, England

Also, the highest rate of teen pregnancy in europe is in england

Also, the highest rate of drug-abusers in europe is in england

Also the lowest quality of life within the G8 is in England

And that once upon a time, the mongolians were the largest, most successful empir in the whole of the world?

Now the mongolians are a poverty-striken, inconfident race of people who the whole world has forgotten?

England: Our next venture...beating mongolia in them respects.

England: Raped.


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Sorry fool, but the general consensus is that the British Empire was the largest - one whole fourth of the world.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby Snorri1234 on Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:18 pm

Khuntlipz wrote:Also, the highest rate of teen pregnancy in europe is in england

Lowest is the netherlands! We win. :D
Also, the highest rate of drug-abusers in europe is in england

Netherlands also one of the lowest!


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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby btownmeggy on Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:33 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:Interesting. Yet, it seems to happen with a lot of former great empires.
(...)
Spain


Poor Spain... so screwed... until the Socialists came... Yeow!
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby Snorri1234 on Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:46 pm

reminisco wrote:
Hologram wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:Did you know that it was actually Athens, and not the whole of Greece?
Did you know that it was also one of the only democracies?


yeah, he's right. the USA isn't a democracy, it's a republic. one of the limitations of pure democracy (like pure communism) is that it only works on a small scale. Democracy worked in Athens because it was a city-state.


Did you guys also know that women, slaves, foreigners and people who just weren't our kind of people couldn't vote in Athens?
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby muy_thaiguy on Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:54 pm

Did you know that Spartan women actually were the property owners and such in Spartan society?

Also, they went through similar physical training as the men did.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby JACKAZZTJM on Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:55 pm

did u know that im the shit
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby muy_thaiguy on Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:57 pm

JACKAZZTJM wrote:did u know that i am shit

Possibly. But, did you know with a few slight altercations, I can change the message's meaning almost entirely?
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby DarrenMUFC on Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:01 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Khuntlipz wrote:Did you know that the most densly populated town in europe is London? Closely followed by Portsmouth.

And that the biggest council estate in Europe in in Basingstoke, England

Also, the highest rate of teen pregnancy in europe is in england

Also, the highest rate of drug-abusers in europe is in england

Also the lowest quality of life within the G8 is in England

And that once upon a time, the mongolians were the largest, most successful empir in the whole of the world?

Now the mongolians are a poverty-striken, inconfident race of people who the whole world has forgotten?

England: Our next venture...beating mongolia in them respects.

England: Raped.

Interesting. Yet, it seems to happen with a lot of former great empires.

Russia
China (several times over the millenia)
Spain
Turkey
Egypt (also several times)
Greece
Rome
Iran/Persia
etc.


Unfortunately MTG, you're next..
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby muy_thaiguy on Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:13 pm

Crap, never knew I had conquered enough land to be considered an empire.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby unriggable on Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:43 pm

WD40 is the 40th attempt at making Water Displacer.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby Minister Masket on Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:20 pm

Did you know that Michael Palin was the world's first fish-slapper to slap on television?
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby reminisco on Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:32 pm

unriggable wrote:WD40 is the 40th attempt at making Water Displacer.


did you know that during the peak of Shale fishing on the Delaware River, it's becoming an increasingly common practice (and increasingly detrimental to the local environment) for fishermen to spray WD40 into the water to attract the fish?

if you get caught doing it, it's a pretty hefty fine. but apparently the fish come right up to the boat and bite the hooks, so many of the fishermen can't resist.

crazy...
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby Minister Masket on Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:25 pm

Did you know that it's illegal to call a pig "Napoleon" in France?
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby firth4eva on Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:26 pm

Minister Masket wrote:Did you know that it's illegal to call a pig "Napoleon" in France?

And it's illegal to call a bear Muhammed.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby gryffin13 on Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:48 pm

reminisco wrote:did you know that "facetious" is the only word in the English language with all of the vowels in order?

and if you need to include the 'y', just make it an adverb.


facetious is only the most common, not the only one. Some but not all are:

abstemious
abstemiously
adventitious
adventitiously
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby reminisco on Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:54 pm

gryffin13 wrote:
reminisco wrote:did you know that "facetious" is the only word in the English language with all of the vowels in order?

and if you need to include the 'y', just make it an adverb.


facetious is only the most common, not the only one. Some but not all are:

abstemious
abstemiously
adventitious
adventitiously


wow, yeah, you're right. good words, too.

i should fucking write to Trivial Pursuit. can't believe i didn't think of the ones you listed, cause i know those words, and have used them before.

although, there's one problem... adventitious... doesn't work cause it repeats the letter "i"... but abstemious, no doubt.
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Re: Did you know that...?

Postby gryffin13 on Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:57 pm

reminisco wrote:
gryffin13 wrote:
reminisco wrote:did you know that "facetious" is the only word in the English language with all of the vowels in order?

and if you need to include the 'y', just make it an adverb.


facetious is only the most common, not the only one. Some but not all are:

abstemious
abstemiously
adventitious
adventitiously


wow, yeah, you're right. good words, too.

i should fucking write to Trivial Pursuit. can't believe i didn't think of the ones you listed, cause i know those words, and have used them before.

although, there's one problem... adventitious... doesn't work cause it repeats the letter "i"... but abstemious, no doubt.


personally my favorite word though is sesquipedalian. It basically means using long words.
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