Forum: Idle Banter
24-04-09, 09:55 AM
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
all Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time (one day per week) on projects that interest them. Some of Google's newer services, such as Gmail...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-01-09, 10:00 AM
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
Only when the last tree has shrivelled and died, and the last river has dried to a trickle, will humans realise that we can't eat money, and, reciting old provebs makes you sound like a tw*t. Fact.
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Forum: Idle Banter
08-01-09, 10:57 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-01-09, 10:38 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-12-08, 02:02 PM
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
they've done this with the m1 between junction 36 and 37 - stepped the carriageways on different levels - the southbound carriageway is about 20 feet higher than the northbound which is immediately...
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-12-08, 02:00 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-12-08, 10:48 AM
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
Stott Hall Farm which is located between the east and west bound carriageways of the m62 on saddleworth moor is known to have existed as far back as the 18th century. The road forks around the farm...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-11-08, 03:13 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-11-08, 08:39 AM
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
The Guinness Book of Records entry for the longest Monopoly game is 1,680 hours. Sad *******s. No amount of pride is worth that much time, although I once played for 7 hours and won :)
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Forum: Idle Banter
16-10-08, 01:45 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
16-10-08, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 2,182
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
The term 'wharf' is an abbreviation of "Warehouse at the river front" - hence "Canary Wharf". Canary wharf takes its name from subsiduary company of Fred Olsen Lines which had it's main line of...
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Forum: Idle Banter
16-10-08, 07:36 AM
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
the saying "Let the cat out of the bag" has its origins in the days of old where commerce would take place at market. In order to stop livestock running away, traders would keep their animals (such...
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-09-08, 11:29 AM
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
we drive on the left side of the road because, in the days of old when knights rode horses, they would approach an oncoming rider on the left, so that their right hand could draw their sword and...
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