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said on Jun 10, 2010 at 01:51 AM

Never got Blackjack.

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said on Jun 10, 2010 at 02:08 AM

I love Blackjack, First time i ever played it i got three 21's, a 20, a 19,18, and two 17's.

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said on Jun 10, 2010 at 03:38 PM

NSDAP got the Jewish slums idea from the Venetians who also had Jewish slums in Medieval times.

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said on Jun 18, 2010 at 08:43 PM

the least amount of people to vote in a canadian election (as a percentage) was in 2008 with a meager 58% of eligable voters, and the most was in 1958 with 79.4% of eligable voters participationg. the only political party to see an increase in votes between 2006 and 2008 was the green party wich saw an increase of 273,545 votes. during the 2008 election the highest turnout (as a percentage) was from the province of PEI

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said on Jul 02, 2010 at 11:06 AM

warman45 said

the least amount of people to vote in a canadian election (as a percentage) was in 2008 with a meager 58% of eligable voters, and the most was in 1958 with 79.4% of eligable voters participationg. the only political party to see an increase in votes between 2006 and 2008 was the green party wich saw an increase of 273,545 votes. during the 2008 election the highest turnout (as a percentage) was from the province of PEI

lol Britain's average turnout is like 60% or less

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said on Jul 02, 2010 at 01:21 PM

beast566 said

warman45 said

the least amount of people to vote in a canadian election (as a percentage) was in 2008 with a meager 58% of eligable voters, and the most was in 1958 with 79.4% of eligable voters participationg. the only political party to see an increase in votes between 2006 and 2008 was the green party wich saw an increase of 273,545 votes. during the 2008 election the highest turnout (as a percentage) was from the province of PEI

lol Britain's average turnout is like 60% or less

Because we are awesome. They was on about making it illegal not to vote and you got fined if you didn't because of the limited turn out

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said on Aug 24, 2010 at 06:31 AM

beast566 said

The tradition of eating Turkey at Christmas is actually a substitute for the original goose, which was too expensive for most.

A Germanic Tribe believed that Santa Klaus was a reformed daemon.

Great Britain only adopted Christmas trees after it adopted a German monarch, as this was a German tradition.

yes I know its the wrong time of year, I just really like Christmas :P

Everyone in the Middle Ages believed -- as Aristotle had -- that the heart was the seat of intelligence.

The first Christmas tree was Italian. Just saying.

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said on Aug 24, 2010 at 06:32 PM

EasyC said

beast566 said

The tradition of eating Turkey at Christmas is actually a substitute for the original goose, which was too expensive for most.

A Germanic Tribe believed that Santa Klaus was a reformed daemon.

Great Britain only adopted Christmas trees after it adopted a German monarch, as this was a German tradition.

yes I know its the wrong time of year, I just really like Christmas :P

Everyone in the Middle Ages believed -- as Aristotle had -- that the heart was the seat of intelligence.

The first Christmas tree was Italian. Just saying.

Way to ruin the parade

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said on Sep 13, 2010 at 09:18 PM

During the Napleonic Wars some in the British army considered converting back to crossbows.

said on Sep 17, 2010 at 09:03 AM

Seventy four men died when the US Submarine USS Tang accidentally torpedoed itself.

Muhammad Ali of Egypt had two infantry regiments in his army that consisted solely of one eyed soldiers.

The Oscar awards were made out of wood during WWII to conserve metal.

Lawrence of Arabia led the the British into battle in a fleet of Rolls Royce's. Now that's fucking style.

The Armistice that ended WWI was typed back to front after a French clerk put the paper in the wrong way round. This was only discovered after it had been signed. What the hell did the Germans think they were signing?

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said on Sep 17, 2010 at 09:07 AM

"During World War II, Oscars were made of plaster due to the metals shortage. Winners were allowed to turn in the plaster statues for gold ones when the war ended."

Nearly right but it's plaster not wood. Also it was propaganda as there was enough metal for the Oscars xD

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