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Share anything obscure you'd like.

Did you know...

Between 1900 and 1920, Tug of War was an Olympic event.

Mod edit: I deleted my first post as it's possible it wasn't true. So... let's try again!
 

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Did You know?

Russia has more land surface than the former planet Pluto?
 

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Did You know?

Russia has more land surface than the former planet Pluto?

Pluto may well be considered a planet again. A movement is underway to classify a planet as being round. Therefore Pluto and another 109 bodies (including our moon) could become classified as planets in the near future. So when you say you memorized the name of every planet in our solar system it will really sound impressive!
 

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Pluto may well be considered a planet again. A movement is underway to classify a planet as being round. Therefore Pluto and another 109 bodies (including our moon) could become classified as planets in the near future. So when you say you memorized the name of every planet in our solar system it will really sound impressive!

It's unlikely that'll pass, there's not a lot of support for it as it's way too broad.

Pluto is a dwarf planet, no biggie.. It potentially has an active core, that's something to be excited about, it doesn't need to be a planet.
 

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The first American movie to show a toilet flushing was Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
 

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It's unlikely that'll pass, there's not a lot of support for it as it's way too broad.

Pluto is a dwarf planet, no biggie.. It potentially has an active core, that's something to be excited about, it doesn't need to be a planet.
Nerd.:snicker:
 

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"The first American movie to show a toilet flushing was Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho."

Talking of Hitchcock..........did you know he was a massive West Ham fan? Great bloke.
 

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The first tv series to show a man and woman in the same bed was The Flintstones... Fred was making the bed rock :rimshot:
 

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The first American movie to show a toilet flushing was Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

Funny enough, when they first sent that movie for it's rating they kicked it back because of the shower scene, saying it was too violent. So he sent them the same film but removed the audio for the scene and sent it back for review. They approved it.

The actress also never showered again because she was scared... Also the reason he got away with the toilet (because it was actually not allowed to be shown) was because everyone was too distracted about the rest of the movie to notice.
 

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Did you know:

That Godzilla can't wait to play croquet in Manhattan?
The-incredible-U-shaped-New-York-skyscraper-unveiled.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...le-U-shaped-New-York-skyscraper-unveiled.html
 

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Greg Maddux faced 20,421 batters during is career and only 310 saw a 3-0 count.
177 of them were intentional walks
 

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Chevy Chase's real first name in Cornelius
 

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Chevy Chase was the drummer for a jazz trio that also had Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The latter two later became the founders and driving forces behind Steely Dan.