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budgie Amateur Author Age: 18 Gender: Female Posts: 216	June 25th, 2008 at 12:18am I thought we could all take it in turns, and just spew out things that we know about, that other mightn't. Melbourne was originally going to be called Batmania.
The last Dagny Writer's Block Age: 18 Gender: Female Posts: 83	June 25th, 2008 at 12:58am when John smith was coming over to america he was suppose to be hanged for treason..but when they got there and they ming gave them an envolope that would tell who the leaders were and he was one..so he didnt get hung and you know Ratcliffe..they fat guy off of pocahontas? the indians skinned him alive..
Rachelish Amateur Author Age: 17 Gender: Female Posts: 198	June 25th, 2008 at 01:59am Cyprus is the last divided capital in the world.
HeartSearching Ink Slinger Age: 14 Gender: Female Posts: 840	June 25th, 2008 at 08:16am Illinois has had at least three different capitals.
Missing Wings. Cliché Catastrophe Age: 14 Gender: Female Posts: 492	June 25th, 2008 at 07:36pm Paul Revere wasn't the only one to ride his horse yelling "The british are coming!" there were 2 other men, Isreal Bissel and Sybil Ludington.
n!ck3l Writer's Block Age: 15 Gender: Female Posts: 3	June 26th, 2008 at 09:37am The Missing Piece: Paul Revere wasn't the only one to ride his horse yelling "The british are coming!" there were 2 other men, Isreal Bissel and Sybil Ludington. The other two men were caught, and on another note, Paul Revere was sent out a week later to the powder house located in Lexington to hold off the British. He was in a small party that ambushed the British, sucesfully holding them off to move the powder house to another location.
F'n'stein. Fanfic Fanatic Age: 15 Gender: Female Posts: 2483	June 26th, 2008 at 04:23pm Northern Ireland occupies just 17% of the total island of Ireland.
Torden Fanfic Fanatic Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 1308	June 26th, 2008 at 05:33pm Some hens lay eggs shaped like cucumbers.
Lacey Mosely Ink Slinger Age: 14 Gender: Female Posts: 862	June 26th, 2008 at 07:41pm Cleopatra (69 BCE-30 BCE) was the seventh in a long line of Cleopatras, who all married their brothers. Cleo herself was a child of incest.
HeartSearching Ink Slinger Age: 14 Gender: Female Posts: 840	June 26th, 2008 at 07:43pm Torden: Some hens lay eggs shaped like cucumbers. For some reason I started laughing when I read that. If one chicken in a coop looks different or is deformed the other hens will peck it to death.
Mrs.Bellamy Amateur Author Age: 16 Gender: Female Posts: 237	June 27th, 2008 at 03:41am CardiacArrest: Torden: Some hens lay eggs shaped like cucumbers. For some reason I started laughing when I read that. If one chicken in a coop looks different or is deformed the other hens will peck it to death. Haha... that was pretty funny.
Freddie Mercury. Grammar Guru Age: 68 Gender: Male Posts: 5576	June 27th, 2008 at 10:13am isn't there already a thread about this in Off Topic?
budgie Amateur Author Age: 18 Gender: Female Posts: 216	June 27th, 2008 at 01:05pm Freddie Mercury.: isn't there already a thread about this in Off Topic? Is there? Sorry, I didn't see it =/ I did search for it though, just in case. Although I meant this one to be specifically about historical facts.
Rachelish Amateur Author Age: 17 Gender: Female Posts: 198	June 27th, 2008 at 02:51pm My great great great grandmother lived in a wealthy cottage on a hill, hidden from a town, in the 1800's late 1800's and nobody knew how she got the money. She was single with a chiild so it was suspected by my family that someone of wealth and importance got her with child and decided to give her a good life instead of killing her off as was mostly done in 18th century England.
fool's paradise Ink Slinger Age: 14 Gender: Female Posts: 840	June 27th, 2008 at 08:50pm King Louis XIV's brother was a Drag Queen.
Missing Wings. Cliché Catastrophe Age: 14 Gender: Female Posts: 492	July 1st, 2008 at 12:09am I'm related to one of the judges who put 5 witches to death during the Salem Witch Trials. He had a brother who changed his last name just so he wouldn't be associated with the killings...he later jumped off a train.
Die Valkyrie Ink Slinger Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 765	July 1st, 2008 at 01:18am Rasputin liked to "whip it out" in public places and shout "FREE LOVE" no joke And on Napoleon's wedding night while he was with his wife, her lap dog bit him in the leg.
HeartSearching Ink Slinger Age: 14 Gender: Female Posts: 840	July 1st, 2008 at 02:24am cara: Rasputin liked to "whip it out" in public places and shout "FREE LOVE" no joke Oh my God.
HeartSearching Ink Slinger Age: 14 Gender: Female Posts: 840	July 1st, 2008 at 02:28am Rasputin's daughter, Maria Rasputin, worked as a dancer and then a tiger-trainer in a circus.
PenisFace Writer's Block Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 74	July 1st, 2008 at 07:40pm Actually Paul Revere didn't shout "The British are coming!" Because at that time New England had considered themselves British. So instead of "The British are coming!" Paul shouted, "The Redcoats are coming!"

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