Patrick Curtin |
Patrick Curtin wrote:That's what my younger brother said. But he pointed outthere's no way to know without accurate historical data.Aberzombie wrote:The first city to reach 1 million residents was London.Huh, I thought Rome did it back in the day
True that. Facts are facts and inference is only inference.
Hitdice |
Patrick Curtin wrote:That's what my younger brother said. But he pointed outthere's no way to know without accurate historical data.Aberzombie wrote:The first city to reach 1 million residents was London.Huh, I thought Rome did it back in the day
Then shouldn't that be, There's no way to know whether or not the first city to reach 1 million residents was London?
Dal Selpher |
Aberzombie wrote:Then shouldn't that be, There's no way to know whether or not the first city to reach 1 million residents was London?Patrick Curtin wrote:That's what my younger brother said. But he pointed outthere's no way to know without accurate historical data.Aberzombie wrote:The first city to reach 1 million residents was London.Huh, I thought Rome did it back in the day
Or rather, The first recorded city to reach one million residents is London.
LazarX |
...that Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of the Koran, the Islamic holy text? It is currently being kept in the Library of Congress rare book collection.
That same book was borrowed in 2007 to swear in Keith Ellison D-Minn, the first Muslim to be elected to Congress.
June Cleaver |
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Greek architecture was not the naked-white marble thing we're used to seeing. It was, instead, heavily decorated with bright colours. The Parthenon, for instance, was declared "The Whore of Athens" when first built, as a lot of people considered it was "excessively decorated and ridiculously big".
I was known as "The Whore of Mapleton Drive" for much the same reasons.
Oni_NZ |
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-The plastic things at the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Their true purpose is sinister!
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Justice_League#Question_Authority
Run, Just Run |
Greek architecture was not the naked-white marble thing we're used to seeing. It was, instead, heavily decorated with bright colours. The Parthenon, for instance, was declared "The Whore of Athens" when first built, as a lot of people considered it was "excessively decorated and ridiculously big".
Same with Roman architecture and both of their statues would be painted vibrant colors.
Hitdice |
Patrick Curtin wrote:And Chang'an during the Tang dynasty. The ancient city is actually geographically larger than the modern city of Xi'an which is built on top of it today.Aberzombie wrote:The first city to reach 1 million residents was London.Huh, I thought Rome did it back in the day
Indeed, my There's no way of knowing... reply was provoked by the toffee-nosed, imperial-excellence character of the claim about London. It was a cheap shot though; the appropriate response to such (totally unfounded) claims is always "Piltdown Man."
Aberzombie |
Saint Caleth wrote:Indeed, my There's no way of knowing... reply was provoked by the toffee-nosed, imperial-excellence character of the claim about London. It was a cheap shot though; the appropriate response to such (totally unfounded) claims is always "Piltdown Man."Patrick Curtin wrote:And Chang'an during the Tang dynasty. The ancient city is actually geographically larger than the modern city of Xi'an which is built on top of it today.Aberzombie wrote:The first city to reach 1 million residents was London.Huh, I thought Rome did it back in the day
Like I told the other troll who kept attacking this thread - I just cut and paste from a website. You don't like it? Take it up with them or hide the thread.
Klaus van der Kroft |
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Kajehase wrote:According to the Byzantine calendar it's the year 7521.Its like living in the future!
So you're telling me it's seventeen-thousand, five-hundred and twenty-one and WE STILL DON'T HAVE FLYING CARS?!
Good Lord! If aliens come by and challenge us to a flying-car race against the most powerful competitors in the galaxy to determine whether or not we survive as a species, they have every right to pull the trigger.
SCIENTIIIISTS!
Hitdice |
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Hitdice wrote:Like I told the other troll who kept attacking this thread - I just cut and paste from a website. You don't like it? Take it up with them or hide the thread.Saint Caleth wrote:Indeed, my There's no way of knowing... reply was provoked by the toffee-nosed, imperial-excellence character of the claim about London. It was a cheap shot though; the appropriate response to such (totally unfounded) claims is always "Piltdown Man."Patrick Curtin wrote:And Chang'an during the Tang dynasty. The ancient city is actually geographically larger than the modern city of Xi'an which is built on top of it today.Aberzombie wrote:The first city to reach 1 million residents was London.Huh, I thought Rome did it back in the day
The thing is Aber, if you're just cutting and pasting to this thread without verifying your info-nuggets, you're part of the problem that gave rise to the did you know thread, not part of the solution.
And thank you for the endorsement Herr Burgomeister. Lord Dice would gladly favor your burgh with the purchase of a townhouse; He's pretty awful on equal devision of labor or wealth, but he will increase the average per capita income by infinity percent. :)
Aberzombie |
Aberzombie wrote:Hitdice wrote:Like I told the other troll who kept attacking this thread - I just cut and paste from a website. You don't like it? Take it up with them or hide the thread.Saint Caleth wrote:Indeed, my There's no way of knowing... reply was provoked by the toffee-nosed, imperial-excellence character of the claim about London. It was a cheap shot though; the appropriate response to such (totally unfounded) claims is always "Piltdown Man."Patrick Curtin wrote:And Chang'an during the Tang dynasty. The ancient city is actually geographically larger than the modern city of Xi'an which is built on top of it today.Aberzombie wrote:The first city to reach 1 million residents was London.Huh, I thought Rome did it back in the dayThe thing is Aber, if you're just cutting and pasting to this thread without verifying your info-nuggets, you're part of the problem that gave rise to the did you know thread, not part of the solution.
You do realize that I was the one who started the thread? Not because there was a problem, but as a fun place to post some interesting tidbits I had come across. Can I help it if some people love to nitpick?
And forgive me, but your little comment (bolded above) came across as a personal attack. So I just figured you were another one of the trolls.
Hitdice |
Hitdice wrote:Aberzombie wrote:Hitdice wrote:Like I told the other troll who kept attacking this thread - I just cut and paste from a website. You don't like it? Take it up with them or hide the thread.Saint Caleth wrote:Indeed, my There's no way of knowing... reply was provoked by the toffee-nosed, imperial-excellence character of the claim about London. It was a cheap shot though; the appropriate response to such (totally unfounded) claims is always "Piltdown Man."Patrick Curtin wrote:And Chang'an during the Tang dynasty. The ancient city is actually geographically larger than the modern city of Xi'an which is built on top of it today.Aberzombie wrote:The first city to reach 1 million residents was London.Huh, I thought Rome did it back in the dayThe thing is Aber, if you're just cutting and pasting to this thread without verifying your info-nuggets, you're part of the problem that gave rise to the did you know thread, not part of the solution.
You do realize that I was the one who started the thread? Not because there was a problem, but as a fun place to post some interesting tidbits I had come across. Can I help it if some people love to nitpick?
And forgive me, but your little comment (bolded above) came across as a personal attack. So I just figured you were another one of the trolls.
I'm sorry, if I had realized you actually were toffee-nosed, an imperial citizen, or lived in London, I would have reconsidered my post.
My real point here? No one will ever blame you for checking your own facts; PILTDOWN MAN!
Aberzombie |
I'm sorry, if I had realized you actually were toffee-nosed, an imperial citizen, or lived in London, I would have reconsidered my post.
My real point here? No one will ever blame you for checking your own facts; PILTDOWN MAN!
Meh! It's all good. Just noticed that Anklebiter vouched for you as a non-troll. I'll trust his judgement.
However, I'm not really any of those things. Although I'm not really sure what toffee-noesd is. Sounds kinky. I would like to visit London, one day. Or at least wherever the Young's brewery is.