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The Battle of Sedgmoor 6th July 1685 was the last Pitched Battle to take place on English Soil, it was fought between James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (Charles II illegitimate son) and James II of England (Monmouth's Uncle). It was won by James II loyalist troops.

2 more engagements took place on English soil after this, Battle of Preston November 1715 but this was a siege and an engagement at Clifton Moor, Penrith December 1745 which is regarded as a skirmish.
 
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (thus the name of the Don McLean song)
Water towers...what are they for.....anyone?


They are there so your toilets can flush by gravity instead of a pump system in your home
 
We actually had to modify this fact due to recent changes in the billionaire world. Thirteen years our buddy Bill Gates from Winblows was the richest man in the world. However, as of 2008 the top five richest people are: 1. Warren Buffett (Stocks and investments), 2.Carlos Slim Helu (Mexican telecom mogul), 3. William Gates III (Windows and more), 4. Lakshmi Mittal (World's largest steelmaker - India), 5. Mukesh Ambani (Petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries - India).
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Greenlizard0 said:
Knowledge clearly a few years old and showing. What are the other states then? Noted I forgot to include Plasma in that list.
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just search 'states of matter' in wikipedia - some of them are a bit dubious imo though. As it says :More recently, distinctions between states have been based on differences in molecular interrelationships.
that could include a huge number of situations.
 
vincent1989 said:
it still only travels in a straight line...
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For most practical purposes, light moves in a straight line. However, it does bend a little due to gravity. The small curvature of light passing near the Sun was first observed in 1919. The agreement of that curvature with the prediction of General Relativity was the first big piece of evidence for General Relativity. However, the curvature near the Earth is much smaller even than near the Sun, because the Earth is very small compared to the Sun. Really big curvature of light by gravity occurs near the strange objects called black holes, which were also predicted by General Relativity.
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more here
 
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vincent1989 said:
well, number 2 would only require each object to be moving just a touch over 1/2 the speed of light for them to be moving away from each other at over the speed of light ;)
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Doesn't work like that I'm afraid. The speed of one from the inertial frame of the other won't (and can't) be greater than the speed of light.
 
In Burmese, the word for "chewing gum" is "chewing gum"

In Thai, the word for "fountain pen" is "parker"

It is impossible not to look like a dumbass if you ridicule someone who says it is possible for some people to lick their own elbow, then try it yourself and can actually do it.
 
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