sábado, abril 01, 2006

Did you know...

...that the Ostrog Bible of 1580 was the first complete printed edition of the Bible in a Slavic language?

...that Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) once worked as a lorry driver?

...that the pseudonymous author of the defunct left-wing muckraker blog Media Whores Online has not yet been identified?

...that the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center is the northernmost supercomputer cluster in the world?

...that British Rail had a design for a flying saucer?

...that consumers of casu marzu, a Sardinian cheese, are advised to wear eye protection while enjoying it, since the live maggots inhabiting the cheese can jump 15 cm?

...that Werowocomoco was the chief village of the Powhatan Confederacy in Virginia where Captain John Smith of Jamestown was rescued from execution by Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan?

...that in Sweden, a court ruled that the name Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 was unacceptable?

...that Proclamation of Połaniec from 1794, abolishing serfdom in Poland, is regarded as the most famous legal act of the Kościuszko Uprising?

...that the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad was a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway that operated in Arizona, New Mexico and California from July 1, 1897 till July 1, 1902?

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