TIL: Today I Learned
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SS-18 ICBM
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TIL about barrel bombs.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
I read that as "barret bombs". That was a bit awkward.
That Republicans consider a non-Republican misleading the public to be infringing on the Republican's intellectual property.
Verarde
Pondering Wearing A Hat
TIL about polyphasic sleep. Cool concept, but don't expect me to be trying it anytime soon.
SS-18 ICBM
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TIL the indefinite incarcerations at Guantanamo Bay detention camp are done by the US government for kicks. There's apparently nothing at stake by letting them stand trial.
Also, Tide detergent is involved in money laundering. I am not making this up.
Also, Tide detergent is involved in money laundering. I am not making this up.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
The sentence "I'm out of marijuana right now, but when I get re-upped, I'll hook you up if you can get me 15 bottles of Tide." gets us awfully close to the point where someone will say "Screw dollars, we're trading in caps!". Without, of course, the post-nuclear apocalypse setting (hopefully).
SS-18 ICBM
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Plastic caps wouldn't last well.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
I guess we'll just have to wait for Coca-Cola to invent a metal cap that can withstand a nuclear explosion.
cybrxkhan
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TIL there's a city in Britain called "Westward Ho!"
Yes, the exclamation mark is part of the name.
Yes, the exclamation mark is part of the name.
Borachio
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Yes. The name comes, via Kingsley's novel of the same name, from the cry of Thames boatmen looking for trade up river.
Also used by Viola, as a very mild exclamation, in Twelfth Night.
Maida Vale is another interesting name. The town was named after a pub, which had been named after a battle between the French and English fought in Italy.
Also used by Viola, as a very mild exclamation, in Twelfth Night.
Maida Vale is another interesting name. The town was named after a pub, which had been named after a battle between the French and English fought in Italy.
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cybrxkhan
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Borachio
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More or less everyone who reads already knew that.
This is new, and made for very good reading.SS-18 ICBM said:
Bottle caps! How much for a Nuka-Cola?
It can be outdone.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
That would be 10 caps, depending on your barter skill.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
Rifles? These are for the weak-minded. Real men come up close by with a proton axe and kill robots/use a thermic lance to stick it up so deep they'll like it.
Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
Real men use Fat men
KMRblue1027
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Kiwis got you beat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Of course there's always Bangkok's nonsensical formal name. Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit; tranlated as City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest..
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