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Wilko Johnson who plays Sir Ilyn Payne on Game of Thrones, and (a lot more importantly) the guitar in Dr Feelgood, will, at least for now, not die from pancreatic cancer after having a three-kilo tumor removed along with parts of his spleen.
Since Tabellverket started to keep meteorological records in 1756, there has never been a warmer late-October day in Stockholm than today.
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When Nikita Krustjev visited the US, the KGB told their American counterparts that any assassination attempt- even a failed one - would result in a nuclear strike.
The FBI had estimated that 25'000 Americans actively wanted to kill him.
Wilko Johnson who plays Sir Ilyn Payne on Game of Thrones, and (a lot more importantly) the guitar in Dr Feelgood, will, at least for now, not die from pancreatic cancer after having a three-kilo tumor removed along with parts of his spleen.
"They got him on milk and...alcohol"
I didn't know he went into acting.
On November 11, the airlines SAS and Norwegian will attempt to fly two planes that runs on frying oil.
Well, 45% frying oil.
Researchers at the Institute of Applied Chemistry in Lund have discovered that it might be possible to use sugar beets to manufacture blood replacement.
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The oldest church in America is a tiny chapel in the Dominican city of Santo Domingo, originally built by Columbus' son.
It is the longest standing church in America but an older church, St. Bernard de Clairvaux was shipped over from Spain and put back together in Florida.
It dates from the 12th Century and is thus the oldest church in America.
Jon Stewart of The Daily Show fame appeared as love interest of the week on an episode of Nanny.
Jon Stewart of The Daily Show fame appeared as love interest of the week on an episode of Nanny.
He also appeared in a bit part as a stoner in the 1998 Jim Breuer/Dave Chappelle film "Half Baked."
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The oldest church in America is a tiny chapel in the Dominican city of Santo Domingo, originally built by Columbus' son.It is the longest standing church in America but an older church, St. Bernard de Clairvaux was shipped over from Spain and put back together in Florida.
It dates from the 12th Century and is thus the oldest church in America.
Depends on the definition of "church". An ancient Egyptian temple was shipped over from its site near the Aswan Dam and reassembled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Depends on the definition of "church". An ancient Egyptian temple was shipped over from its site near the Aswan Dam and reassembled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.The oldest church in America is a tiny chapel in the Dominican city of Santo Domingo, originally built by Columbus' son.It is the longest standing church in America but an older church, St. Bernard de Clairvaux was shipped over from Spain and put back together in Florida.
It dates from the 12th Century and is thus the oldest church in America.
Suh-weet!
According to market research website YouGov, supporters of the far right British National Party (BNP) are more likely than the average population in the UK to be fans of rapper 50 Cent.
The starring actors in the Yugoslavian film Neretva includes Yul Brunner (as a Communist partisan), and Orson Wells (as a royalist leader who don't like the movie's her, Marshal Tito).
The starring actors in the Yugoslavian film Neretva includes Yul Brunner (as a Communist partisan), and Orson Wells (as a royalist leader who don't like the movie's her, Marshal Tito).
One of the movie posters for Bitka na Neretvi ("Battle of Neretva") was supposedly done by Pablo Picasso, who, it is said, demanded a case of Yugoslav wine as payment. Dunno if that's true, but if so, it's more interesting to me than Yul Brynner starring (but don't get me wrong, I am a Brynner fan).
Italian actor Franco Nero, who played the original Django, also appeared in the movie.
Don't know what he asked for it, but yes, Picasso did the second movie pister of his career for it. (I hadn't gotten that far into the documentary I was watching when I made my first post.)
Also, Picasso's first movie poster was for a Buñuel movie in 1928.
Elvis Presley wanted a cape for his stage costume in the 70s. He had his designers use the short one that Captain Marvel (now Shazam) wears as the model.
Yet, anyway.
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Bassist Joey DeMaio, bassist for the Heavy Metal band Manowar, was born Joseph Eleuthère Hellmann IV, of the Connecticut Hellmanns. He is the sole heir to the Hellmann’s mayonnaise fortune — thus, his stage name, an affectionate moniker bestowed upon him by his mother’s close friend, Truman Capote, in 1978.
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Woooooow....
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Now I'm imagining a man sitting in a wing-backed chair in an oak panelled library, sipping vintage port out of a drinking horn and wearing a furry loincloth, a helmet with horns on and a monocle...
Bassist Joey DeMaio, bassist for the Heavy Metal band Manowar, was born Joseph Eleuthère Hellmann IV, of the Connecticut Hellmanns. He is the sole heir to the Hellmann’s mayonnaise fortune — thus, his stage name, an affectionate moniker bestowed upon him by his mother’s close friend, Truman Capote, in 1978.
That's from that joke article on Metalsucks.com, right? If so, that s&$+ was hilarious.
That's where I got it, where they were voted "Fake Number 1 Metal Band". I think they deserve more love than that.
The Joker died in his first appearance as a Batman villain.
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That's where I got it, where they were voted "Fake Number 1 Metal Band". I think they deserve more love than that.
Seconded. Manowar is just fun.
every president of the USA since 1900 has been left handed Except two
guess which two:)
(if you'd rather not i'll tell later)
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every president of the USA since 1900 has been left handed Except two
guess which two:)(if you'd rather not i'll tell later)
Coolidge, FDR, Ike, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, and Dubya were all right-handed, so you need to check your numbers: either you mean "1974" instead of "1900," or you mean "at least eight" rather than "two."
Coolidge, FDR, Ike, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, and Dubya were all right-handed, so you need to check your numbers: either you mean "1974" instead of "1900," or you mean "at least 8" rather than "two."every president of the USA since 1900 has been left handed Except two
guess which two:)(if you'd rather not i'll tell later)
really! the NYT lied to me 10 years ago then (big surprise there:D)
thanks Kirth!for the record the NYT said it was George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter
LOL! i've been using that stat for years now!
thanks again!
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for the record the NYT said it was George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. LOL! i've been using that stat for years now!
Evidently a lot of people have been: it's a common enough trope that Wikipedia has a whole article devoted to it.
For reference, here's the NYT article.
thats funny! i learned something new today
liberal newspapers can't be trusted! ;-D
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liberal newspapers can't be trusted! ;-D
Either that, or memory can't: see linked Times article.
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considering how much pot I was smoking then thats a pretty fair assessment, also being told that "left handers aint right in the head" most of my childhood might've made my memory more selective there:)
fun fact: both my kids are left handed:-)
Captain Yesterday isnt my real name, i've never been in anything where a rank could be attained, and in fact I am terrified of being on boats of any kind, and yes I swim perfectly well, the uncle that taught me was an olympic swimming coach:)
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Fine, King George IIOn July 4th, 1776, King George of Great Britain wrote in his diary, "Nothing important happened today."What makes that feat truly impressive is that he'd been dead for 50 years...
i rather like King George the VIII from sesame street (you know the one that would only eat eight of everything:)
crap! i think i just made myself feel old=(