December 2010
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"John Doe" according to other countries
“John Doe” in other countries: Australia: Fred Nurk Austria: Hans Meier Belgium: Jan Janssen Colombia: Fulano de Tal Croatia: Ivan Horvat Czech Republic: Josef Novák Estonia: Jaan Tamm France: Jean Dupont Guatemala: Juan Perez Italy: Mario Rossi Lithuania: Vardenis Pavardenis Malta: Joe Borg New Zealand: Joe Bloggs Philippines: Juan dela Cruz Poland: Jan Kowalski Romania: Ion...
Dec 17th
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“It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.”
– an Irish saying, via the futility closet dot com
Dec 17th
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Dog Barks Around the World
Dog barks around the world: English: woof, woof Albanian: ham, ham Arabic: haw, haw Bulgarian: bau, bau Danish: vov, vov Estonian: auh, auh Farsi: vogh, vogh Finnish: hau, hau French: ouaf, ouaf German: wau, wau Greek: gav, gav Hindi: bho, bho Icelandic: voff, voff Italian: bau, bau Japanese: wan, wan Korean: mung, mung Latvian: vau, vau Mandarin Chinese: wang, wang Norwegian:...
Dec 15th
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“No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.” — Orville Wright
Dec 9th
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who said what now? “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” — Charles H. Duell, commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
Dec 9th
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Reverse Image Finder. Yes this will change your... →
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Illinois Legalized Same-Sex Civil Unions! →
damn, my home state is making me proud! clever wording for sure.
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