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But... Georgina was right there! Poor woman. Georgetta sounds like a brand of cleaning spray.
Only presuming the reader has an attention span long enough to get to the end of the sentence. With the Internet demographic, that's not guaranteed.
Great thread, by the way!
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There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach in the world.
Ten percent of all the photos ever taken were taken in the last 12 months.
In the 1930s, horse jockey Ralph Neves was thrown from his horse during a race, declared dead and taken to the morgue. Hours later, he woke up in the morgue, caught a cab back to the racetrack and proceeded to win the next race.
John Frusciante was only 18 when he wrote the guitar parts for Mother's Milk.
In 1918, the geographic center of the United States was determined by balancing a cardboard cutout shape of the US on a point. It was accurate to within 20 miles.
There is a stadium in Brazil in which the midfield line supposedly lies exactly on the Equator, making each team defend one hemisphere.
In 1861, a slave took over a confederate ship and delivered it to the Union. He was then given the ship to command during the Civil War.
J.R.R. Tolkien taught himself Finnish at 18, just so he could read one book, the Kalevala–which he used as a basis for Middle Earth legendarium.
In a tragic twist of irony, Karl Marx’s grave has an entry fee to view.
Ten percent of all the photos ever taken were taken in the last 12 months.
In the 1930s, horse jockey Ralph Neves was thrown from his horse during a race, declared dead and taken to the morgue. Hours later, he woke up in the morgue, caught a cab back to the racetrack and proceeded to win the next race.
John Frusciante was only 18 when he wrote the guitar parts for Mother's Milk.
In 1918, the geographic center of the United States was determined by balancing a cardboard cutout shape of the US on a point. It was accurate to within 20 miles.
There is a stadium in Brazil in which the midfield line supposedly lies exactly on the Equator, making each team defend one hemisphere.
In 1861, a slave took over a confederate ship and delivered it to the Union. He was then given the ship to command during the Civil War.
J.R.R. Tolkien taught himself Finnish at 18, just so he could read one book, the Kalevala–which he used as a basis for Middle Earth legendarium.
In a tragic twist of irony, Karl Marx’s grave has an entry fee to view.
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Have you ever thought you are obsessed?
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My birthday through history in 5 facts...
1204 The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople.
1606 England adopts the Union Jack as its flag.
1782 The British navy wins its only naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica.
1927 The British Cabinet comes out in favor of voting rights for women.
1961 Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes first man to orbit the Earth.
1204 The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople.
1606 England adopts the Union Jack as its flag.
1782 The British navy wins its only naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica.
1927 The British Cabinet comes out in favor of voting rights for women.
1961 Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes first man to orbit the Earth.
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Cornflakes were indeed meant as a sexual suppressant but not in that way! The creator, John Harvey Kellogg, thought that if men release man juice, it would somehow take something away from his vitality and fitness. He intended the food to suppress sexual desire. Not quite sure how, maybe because it was so dull tasting. It is an example of Holistic medicine.
In 1952, Marilyn Monroe was a driver and she would take photographer Sam Shaw to the set of "Viva Zapata!" every day, and they became great friends. In 1954, Sam Shaw would capture that immortal photograph of Marilyn's flying skirt, which was a set up to promote the movie "The Seven Year Itch".
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It is a good obsession though.
Haha this one's not true, he's buried in Highgate Cemetery, you can see for yourself.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/death-to-capitalism-visitors-to-marxs-grave-balk-at-fee-1445818914
I can't read the rest, so don't know what the fee is actually for.
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/death-to-capitalism-visitors-to-marxs-grave-balk-at-fee-1445818914
I can't read the rest, so don't know what the fee is actually for.
Hmm you're right, website says there is a charge, that's ridiculous! They should accept donations but charging for entry??
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Haven't read it all but it looks like an entry fee for the whole place and Karl Marx just so happens to be there.
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You really nailed that one.
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It was built as a private cemetery and around 1960 the owners went bankrupt. The cemetery by this point was already in decline. It struggled on until 1975 when the money ran out and it closed. The 'Friends of Highgate Cemetery' was formed and that body still maintains the cemetery.
'We rely on the entrance charges you pay to enable us to maintain and enhance Highgate Cemetery. Unlike most cemeteries, we are not run or funded by a local council. All the funds we raise are devoted to the preservation of the cemetery: we don’t make a profit.'
When I went to see owls at Hightgate Cemetery, when I came out there was nobody about. The first people I saw were two people skiing up the sloping road (wheeled skis). It was very surreal.
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