Oky so Google tells me Oxford English dictionary use a corpus and reading programme to discover new words being used by various sources, if a word flags up often enough it's added. If I'm wrong then correct me.
(Apologies for UK centric) smallest actual city in the UK?
Oh god I want to hear you say,
I want to hear you say that you were wrong again
This is the first thing
I have understood:
Time is the echo of an axe
Within a wood.
*tries not to get out ninjaed again* I love this thread because I'm learning so many new things.
Margaret Mitchell?
Jenna and I thought of a few questions together yesterday but I can only remember one so I'm going to beat her to it.
What is the name of the first IVF baby?
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Reason: I got out ninjaed AGAIN!!!
For you to be here now trillions of drifting atoms had somehow to assemble in an intricate and intriguingly obliging manner to create you. It's an arrangement so specialized and particular that it has never been tried before and will only exist this once. That is of course the miracle of life.
-Bill Bryson
Don't ever frown because you never know who's falling in love with your smile.
What does the amplitude of a sound wave determine?
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
Horse riding! Amazing. There's a brilliant video on YouTube of a horse doing dressage to hip hop - the video is called 'hip hop dressage'. It's great. I digress...
What is the name of the main super scary man who wields a chainsaw in the film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
Charmed: Good question! Google tells me, 'The will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895'
Doikers: 1998. It's quite young really!
On average, what is the incidence of lameness is the UK Dairy Herd? (This will make you think the next time you buy milk). Bonus points if you know the difference between incidence and prevalence!
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Reason: NINJA
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
Google says, 'in the Museo Civico di Sansepolcro in the town of Sansepolcro, region of Tuscany, Italy.'
I have never heard of that painting.
What is a 'Hidden Mickey'?
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
Sounds like a type of cocktail! Now to check , ooo Aparently it's when Disney sneak the Mickey Mouse logo shape into their films .... Looking at a couple of examples I'm not convinced *Cynic alert*
How many Moons does Jupiter have? 1 point each moon if you can name any :)
I'm still not comfortable in my skin and the anasthetic's slowly wearing thin - Otep
Everyones lost but me! - Indiana Jones
It's okay , they know me here .
Kahlia1981 is my adopted little sister :)
''Courage doesn't always roar , sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow"
What was the name of the last novel Charles Dickens wrote?
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you wish to make.
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
Google informs me its la Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Malory in 1485 or Fon Quizonte in 1605 or potentially Robinson Crusoe in 1971 but it depends on the definition of a novel? I'm honestly slightly confused by Googles answers! :p and now I have 3 novels instead of two!
Who discovered penicillin?
Have you ever looked fear in the face and said "I just don't care"?