On 15 April 1912 the SS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson’s fictional ship was the Titan.
There are over 200 religious denominations in the United States.
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Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour during World War II, left school at the age of eleven.
At the age of 12, Martin Luther King became so depressed he tried committing suicide twice, by jumping out of his bedroom window.
It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
The Turk’s consider it considered unlucky to step on a piece of bread.
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“An optical illusion is exemplified by visually apparent images that are misleading or confusing.”
The Puritans forbade the singing of Christmas Carols, judging them to be out of keeping with the true spirit of Christmas.
Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems.
Uri Geller, the professional psychic was born on December 20 1946. As to the origin of his alleged powers, Mr Geller maintains that they come from the distant planet of Hoova.
Ralph and Carolyn Cummins had 5 children between 1952 and 1966, all were born on the 20 February.
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“In the mean time why don’t you go outside and play for a while”
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Milan Furniture Show 2008 showcased this superb chair, properly named ‘Her’, designed by Fabio Novembre. He, as almost all man, sticks to his adulation of the human (mostly female) form and has shaped a chair to echo his visions - this chic chair combines the female curves and the functionality of a chair.
It is available in black or white polyethylene at http://www.casamania.it/
5 millions of stupid people buy this pipe, named ‘The Firm’
The FIRM is “making history” and “changing minds” to use its best-guarded hi-tech secret: a God damn pipe.
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The conventional watch is a very manly thing because of the high quantity of technology that it hides. The “i/o” concept emphasizes the watch as a fashion accessory for women. It is a bracelet with a concealed digital clock. Its carcass features a slick mirror surface finish that only allows light through from underneath. When not in use it shows just a dot. After touching the dot, the time will show and the watch will be revealed!
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Every person knows golf originate from Scotland…..
It’s absolutely true that golf as we know it was invented in Scotland. The Scots were playing golf in its very primitive form.
This 2 old golf images show us how addicted is this sport:
Here’s what the USGA Museum says about the issue: “While many Scots firmly maintain that golf evolved from a family of stick-and-ball games widely practiced throughout the British Isles during the Middle Ages, considerable evidence suggests that the game derived from stick-and-ball games that were played in France, Germany and the Low Countries.”
How much bird shit gets on your car? You are afraid every day of bird shit? Can you believe this?
The art of Professional Bird Shit Removal is highly wanted for this car.
The cost of the first pay-toilets installed in England was tuppence.
Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
In 1647 the English Parliament abolished Christmas.
Mao Rse-Tang, the first chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, was born 26 December 1893. Before his rise to power, he occupied the humble position of Assistant Librarian at the University of Peking.
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Because they had no proper rubbish disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in rubbish.
The Toltecs, Seventh-century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.
China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.
The Amayra guides of Bolivia are said to be able to keep pace with a trotting horse for a distance of 100 kilometres.
Sliced bread was patented by a jeweller, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on it for 16 years, having started in 1912.
Before it was stopped by the British, it was the not uncommon for women in some areas of India to choose to be burnt alive on their husband’s funeral pyre.
“Endangered Species Act listing decisions must be based only on science, and the scientists have finished their work on the polar bear listing. There is no reason for political appointees to interfere. Time and again, delays like this one have been used by bureaucrats in Washington to illegally overrule and rewrite the conclusions of agency scientists. This delay is illegal and unjustified.”
“At the same time the administration is illegally delaying a decision on the polar bear listing, it is also racing to sell some of the polar bear´s most important habitat in the Chukchi Sea for oil and gas development”
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A french guy, Jean-Yves Blondeau, has created a rollerblading bodysuit!
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The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.
When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn’t understand German.
St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.
