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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1635 on: February 23, 2011, 05:41:17 PM »
Christopher Walken is my favourite actor :thumbup:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1636 on: February 23, 2011, 05:50:28 PM »
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1637 on: February 23, 2011, 06:08:06 PM »
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 23, 2011, 05:14:58 PM
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Useless fact:


Life is way too damn long to put interest in people you barely know. It just hurts if you do.

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Not taking an interest in people you might get to know makes life damn too empty.

Have been avoiding people for a very long time. May hurt taking an interest, but the emptiness is worse IMO.







That is simply brilliant.

Thank you.

I have known both fullness (which can be a burden)  and emptiness (which can be a burden)  and if I had a way to balance the two, I would be "full."

Again, sheer brilliance on your part, once again.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1638 on: February 26, 2011, 06:48:41 PM »
An elephant's corpse provides around 6 million calories of food, 70% of which are typically consumed by vultures. Useless fact because it was given out by Channel 4, so no idea if it's actually right.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1639 on: February 26, 2011, 06:51:28 PM »
There is still piles of snow in my front yard
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1640 on: February 26, 2011, 07:55:26 PM »
Almost all birds have 2 drumsticks, but can't play the drums.  Maybe it has something to do with getting the drums to the gig?
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1641 on: February 26, 2011, 09:37:37 PM »
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2011, 07:55:26 PM
Almost all birds have 2 drumsticks, but can't play the drums.  Maybe it has something to do with getting the drums to the gig?

Yeah, I hear birds are bad at getting to the gig, maybe it's because they're so flighty!    :oneliner:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1642 on: February 27, 2011, 12:29:19 AM »
We were originally the States of America, not "United" because it's not capitalized.   

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1643 on: February 27, 2011, 08:25:47 AM »
Sweden Denmark and the UK are nominally monarchies but despite that part of a Union of states. Pretty weird.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1644 on: February 27, 2011, 08:44:34 AM »
Quote from: TheoK on February 27, 2011, 08:25:47 AM
Sweden Denmark and the UK are nominally monarchies but despite that part of a Union of states. Pretty weird.

Hey, you forgot the Netherlands. It's plural with a reason. Not that the original states have much of power left to them, but, the start was a union of separate legal "entities".
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1645 on: February 27, 2011, 08:49:12 AM »
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 27, 2011, 08:44:34 AM
Quote from: TheoK on February 27, 2011, 08:25:47 AM
Sweden Denmark and the UK are nominally monarchies but despite that part of a Union of states. Pretty weird.

Hey, you forgot the Netherlands. It's plural with a reason. Not that the original states have much of power left to them, but, the start was a union of separate legal "entities".

So was Sweden, though some provinces are probably an anachronistic "re-construction" to make it more impressive. 24 "historical" provinces. The one I live in was originally Norwegian and as part of Norway one of the most important there.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1646 on: February 27, 2011, 08:54:43 AM »
Quote from: TheoK on February 27, 2011, 08:49:12 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 27, 2011, 08:44:34 AM
Quote from: TheoK on February 27, 2011, 08:25:47 AM
Sweden Denmark and the UK are nominally monarchies but despite that part of a Union of states. Pretty weird.

Hey, you forgot the Netherlands. It's plural with a reason. Not that the original states have much of power left to them, but, the start was a union of separate legal "entities".

So was Sweden, though some provinces are probably an anachronistic "re-construction" to make it more impressive. 24 "historical" provinces. The one I live in was originally Norwegian and as part of Norway one of the most important there.
The Netherlands started with 7, we now have 12 provinces. It was once bigger, when part of Belgium was part of the union of the Netherlands of course, but then it wasn't a monarchy.

We started out as a Republic, and have a quite young monarchy.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1647 on: February 27, 2011, 09:02:11 AM »
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 27, 2011, 08:54:43 AM
Quote from: TheoK on February 27, 2011, 08:49:12 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 27, 2011, 08:44:34 AM
Quote from: TheoK on February 27, 2011, 08:25:47 AM
Sweden Denmark and the UK are nominally monarchies but despite that part of a Union of states. Pretty weird.

Hey, you forgot the Netherlands. It's plural with a reason. Not that the original states have much of power left to them, but, the start was a union of separate legal "entities".

So was Sweden, though some provinces are probably an anachronistic "re-construction" to make it more impressive. 24 "historical" provinces. The one I live in was originally Norwegian and as part of Norway one of the most important there.
The Netherlands started with 7, we now have 12 provinces. It was once bigger, when part of Belgium was part of the union of the Netherlands of course, but then it wasn't a monarchy.

We started out as a Republic, and have a quite young monarchy.

You started right, ended wrong.

Sweden was once more than twice as big, even had a colony in America, which "you" took, by the way, and which "you" in "your" turn had to give up to the Brits.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1648 on: February 27, 2011, 09:04:13 AM »
Quote from: TheoK on February 27, 2011, 09:02:11 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 27, 2011, 08:54:43 AM
Quote from: TheoK on February 27, 2011, 08:49:12 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 27, 2011, 08:44:34 AM
Quote from: TheoK on February 27, 2011, 08:25:47 AM
Sweden Denmark and the UK are nominally monarchies but despite that part of a Union of states. Pretty weird.

Hey, you forgot the Netherlands. It's plural with a reason. Not that the original states have much of power left to them, but, the start was a union of separate legal "entities".

So was Sweden, though some provinces are probably an anachronistic "re-construction" to make it more impressive. 24 "historical" provinces. The one I live in was originally Norwegian and as part of Norway one of the most important there.
The Netherlands started with 7, we now have 12 provinces. It was once bigger, when part of Belgium was part of the union of the Netherlands of course, but then it wasn't a monarchy.

We started out as a Republic, and have a quite young monarchy.

You started right, ended wrong.

Sweden was once more than twice as big, even had a colony in America, which "you" took, by the way, and which "you" in "your" turn had to give up to the Brits.
New York/New Amsterdam?
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Quote from: DirtDawg on July 05, 2016, 01:04:21 AM
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #1649 on: February 27, 2011, 09:07:56 AM »
No, but pretty close. New Sweden in Delaware. It was also Dutch for a short while.
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