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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 7:16:35 AM

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Monopoly was the one game not allowed in Soviet Russia.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 7:29:48 AM

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 7:32:51 AM

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The Etymology of Fuck
Did you know that any popular beliefs in the origin of the word ‘fuck’ is incorrect. It has nothing to do with kings, pilgrims and experts argue that may not have anything to do with German derivatives of ficken or the Dutch fokken. The first written use was somewhere between 1475 – 1500 in Cambridge, England.
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Fuck does not come from an acronym:
Fornication Under the Christian King
Fornication under Christ, King
Fornication Under the Command of the King
Fornication Under Consent of the King
Fornication Under Charles the King
Fornication Under Crown of the King
Fornication Under Carnal/Cardinal Knowledge
Forbidden Under Charter of the King (a sign posted on brothels closed by the Crown)
False Use of Carnal Knowledge
Felonious Use of Carnal Knowledge
Felonious Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Full-On Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Found Under Carnal Knowledge
Found Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Forced Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (referring to the crime of rape)
Forced Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
File Under Carnal Knowledge (how Scotland Yard marked rape files)

There are many false etymologies for the acronymic origin for the word. A popular version, it is said that the word "fuck" came from Irish law or the pilgrims use of stocks. If a couple committing adultery were "Found Under Carnal Knowledge" they would be penalized, with "FUCK" written on the stocks above them.

Another false version is kings had first rights to everything in their kingdom, including brides. To have sex with your bride, you needed the king’s consent. Continuing the theme, a variation is that kings could take the place of a priest and condone a coupling or granted knights special privileges, thus Fornication Under Consent of the King – F.U.C.K

There are endless alternative explanations for the acronym F.U.C.K. None of these acronyms existed before the 1960s.
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Fuck does come from:

Flen flyys and freris
The first known occurrence is in code in a poem in a mixture of Latin and English composed some time before 1500. The poem, which satirizes the Carmelite friars of Cambridge, England, takes its title, "Flen flyys", from the first words of its opening line, Flen, flyys, and freris (= "Fleas, flies, and friars"). The line that contains fuck reads Non sunt in coeli, quia gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk. Removing the substitution cipher (here, replacing each letter by the next letter in alphabetical order, as the English alphabet was then) on the phrase "gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk" yields non sunt in coeli, quia fvccant vvivys of heli, which translated means, "They are not in heaven because they fuck wives of Ely". The phrase was coded likely because it accused some Church personnel of misbehaving; it is uncertain to what extent the word fuck was considered acceptable at the time. (The stem of fvccant is an English word used as Latin: English medieval Latin has many examples of writers using English words when they did not know the Latin word: "workmannus" is an example.)
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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:22:58 AM

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Horses cannot throw up..........
Horses have a band of muscle around the esophagus as it enters the stomach. This band operates in horses much as in humans: as a one-way valve. Food freely passes down the esophagus into the stomach as the valve relaxes but the valve squeezes down the opening and cuts off the passage for food going back up. If material does pass from stomach out the esophagus, the horse is dead or nearly so. That's why horses can't vomit. But, sometimes they do.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 7:46:49 PM

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cows have 4 stomachs

the same squid that can eat your face off has an intellect at least as high as a SMART 2 year old human, and a vocabulary using colours, patterns and flashes and combos of all three to approximate what we would consider to be over 200 words+phrases.

They can speak to each other to eat you better.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 7:56:02 PM

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The most popular street name in the USA:

Main Street

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 7:57:01 PM

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Venus is the only planet in the entire solar system that is named after a female figure.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:01:07 PM

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unless something eats them or injures them, some types of amoeba can live for thousands of years.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:07:40 PM

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The antibacterial components of antibacterial soaps (usually triclosan or, less commonly, triclocarbon) needs to be left on a surface for about two minutes in order to work. Most people are not this patient, and end up washing off the soap before the antibacterial ingredients can do their job.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:12:29 PM

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THANKS! I did not know that and I have seen Nurses wash these soaps off nearly immediately!

My mother and nanna will love ot know this next time I speak with them!

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The original Slavic "vampires" were nothing like Dracula; they were more akin to mindless shambling ghouls that ate living flesh as well as drank blood.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:13:04 PM

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Kind of scary isn't it....

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:32:13 PM

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The Fictional vampire Count Dracula has almost nothing to do with the actual character of Dracula, except the name.

The Borgo Pass and Bran Castle have nothing to do with Vlad Tepes

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:37:40 PM

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Bran is actually a Celtic Pagan name. Means "Raven".

Bram Stoker is Irish (not yank or Brit)

The Greek variant of vampire known as the Mormo is WAY scarier than the "construct" of "Dracula" created by Stoker OR Vlad Tepes (alternatively "Tepescu").

The Vorvolaka is interesting, but scarey, like the Mormo.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:38:09 PM

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ORIGINAL: TwistedHeart74

The antibacterial components of antibacterial soaps (usually triclosan or, less commonly, triclocarbon) needs to be left on a surface for about two minutes in order to work. Most people are not this patient, and end up washing off the soap before the antibacterial ingredients can do their job.

These antibacterial products we've created have created meds resistant bacteria.

That's why I try not to use them.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:42:00 PM

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"These antibacterial products we've created have created meds resistant bacteria.

That's why I try not to use them. "

AAAAGHHH!

my new monster movie plot!

AGHHHH!

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:47:52 PM

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A recent medical development will include a small amount of nitroglycerin in the tip of a new Durex condom to stimulate erection during intercourse. "The CSD500 condom contains a chemical in its teat, called glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), which is absorbed by the skin and causes blood vessels to dilate."

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:49:50 PM

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One of the responses to the taxation of tea by Britain oh so long ago (and the resultant "Boston Tea Party") was that Colonists switched to coffee...

and may I say... THANK GOODNESS...

Actually, I love both - coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon and evening. It's a special treat.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:50:17 PM

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So now when they say "The Earth Moved", they MEAN it.

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:51:50 PM

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Napoleon was not actually short, he was about 5'7. His often used nickname "le petit corporal" was a term of affection from his soldiers.

In early Batman stories, he actually used guns and killed criminals. Fun stuff for a character known for his code against killing and his (almost universal) anti-gun stance.

H.P. Lovecraft of Cthulhu fame and Robert E. Howard of Conan fame were very close friends and often used one another's themes and ideas in stories. So, there are many Conan stories that people consider to be a part of the Cthulhu mythos. Of course, other people will tell you that the Cthulhu mythos doesn't even exist, so what can you do?

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RE: Trivia - 10/13/2009 8:53:52 PM

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and Fox... how many of the royal families have facebook pages?

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