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Wonderland.
Ink Slinger
Age: -
Gender: Female
Posts: 809 | August 16th, 2008 at 04:19am Justinian's wife was a prostitute.  |
blitzkriegBOOM
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 506 | August 19th, 2008 at 01:10am bethanyherself:The Mona lisa has no eyebrows, It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave Your eyebrows
I always wished I could go back to those days... in the sun my eyebrows disappear 'cause they are gold colored-ish.
@topic: It was also considered good to be fat or mildy tubby in those (Renessaince) days... it was a sign that you were wealthy because you could eat enough to get that way. ^_^ |
Peter Petrelli.
Parkman's
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Posts: 26814 | August 19th, 2008 at 01:42pm In the late 1800's a man had two dicks but his wife didn't know that was a bad thing until he died.
When my sister told me that I giggled 
one was just below his belly button |
Fallen From Grace
Student Shakespeare
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 7816 | August 19th, 2008 at 02:56pm In the 1800s, if you attempted suicide and failed, you would have to face the death penalty.
Sounds pretty pointless to me... |
nimrod.
Ink Slinger
Age: -
Gender: Female
Posts: 877 | August 22nd, 2008 at 02:08am Symbolics.com was the first website to have the domain name of '.com' |
fool's paradise
Ink Slinger
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 840 | August 22nd, 2008 at 06:23am Al Capone's business card said he was a Used Furniture Dealer.
Lawlz. |
Skrillex.
Fanfic Fanatic
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Posts: 1181 | August 24th, 2008 at 07:27pm The last Dagny: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..
..Ow.
I was gonna do a Pocahontas theme as well.
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In 1962, the schools in Tanganyika had to be closed because of an outbreak of contagious laughter that lasted for six months!
Omfg!  |
panic at the disco
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 465 | August 25th, 2008 at 05:58pm The first ballpoint pen cost $12.00. [1945] |
Heart-Shaped Box.
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Posts: 429 | August 26th, 2008 at 06:32am I heard once that the Mona Lisa wasn't even like, a real model; it was a self-portrait of Da Vinci, of what he thought he'd look like as a woman. |
Skrillex.
Fanfic Fanatic
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Posts: 1181 | August 26th, 2008 at 08:26pm • The youngest pope was 11 years old.
Omg this made me laugh! |
Heart-Shaped Box.
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Posts: 429 | August 30th, 2008 at 06:43pm It took Michelangelo four years to finish painting the Sisten Chapel ceiling; the whole project left him crippled, and afterward, wrote a poem about how he didn't even like the job, because he didn't think he was a good painter. |
budgie
Amateur Author
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Posts: 216 | September 19th, 2008 at 01:35pm The metric system was invented during the French Revolution. |
Freddie Mercury.
Grammar Guru
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 5576 | September 20th, 2008 at 03:21am Heart-Shaped Box.:It took Michelangelo four years to finish painting the Sisten Chapel ceiling; the whole project left him crippled, and afterward, wrote a poem about how he didn't even like the job, because he didn't think he was a good painter.
 That's interesting.
Wow. Haha. [/spam] |
Freddie Mercury.
Grammar Guru
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 5576 | September 20th, 2008 at 03:21am double  |
empty.
Writer's Block
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 42 | September 20th, 2008 at 07:43pm Alexander Graham Bell would not have a phone in his study because they ringing drove him nuts. |
empty.
Writer's Block
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 42 | September 20th, 2008 at 07:45pm The founder of Kodak, George Eastman, hated having his picture taken. |
empty.
Writer's Block
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 42 | September 20th, 2008 at 07:47pm The kilt originated in France.
This made me laugh:
More people die playing golf than any other sport. The leading causes of death are heart attacks and strokes. |
empty.
Writer's Block
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 42 | September 20th, 2008 at 07:48pm It was noted in King George III of England's diary on July 4, 1776 that "Nothing of importance happened today." |
empty.
Writer's Block
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 42 | September 20th, 2008 at 07:55pm *The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.
*The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."
*In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.
*Paul Revere rode on a horse that belonged to Deacon Larkin.
*The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.
*"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
*The first drive-in service station in the United States was opened by Gulf Oil Company - on December 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
empty.
Writer's Block
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 42 | September 20th, 2008 at 08:11pm *Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
*The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War 2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
*Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin Look-alike contest.
*The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
*Each king in a deck of playing cards represents! a great king from
history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
*In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed Firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."
*In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from. |
