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04-28-2010 , 04:28 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe%2B585,_Senior - The longest name ever

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime - A number that is illegal to distribute

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Molossia - Reminds me of that Family Guy episode where Peter secedes from the US

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_from_laughter - You can die from laughing too hard
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04-28-2010 , 05:03 PM
Hahahah that last link is killing me

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* On 24 March 1975, Alex Mitchell, a 50-year-old bricklayer from King's Lynn, England, died laughing while watching the "Kung Fu Kapers" episode of The Goodies, featuring a Scotsman in a kilt battling a vicious black pudding with his bagpipes. After twenty-five minutes of continuous laughter, Mr. Mitchell finally slumped on the sofa and died from heart failure. His widow later sent The Goodies a letter thanking them for making Mr. Mitchell's final moments of life so pleasant.[15]
* In 1989, a Danish audiologist, Ole Bentzen, died laughing while watching A Fish Called Wanda. His heart was estimated to have beaten at between 250 and 500 beats per minute, before he succumbed to cardiac arrest.[16]
* In 2003, Damnoen Saen-um, a Thai ice cream salesman, is reported to have died while laughing in his sleep at the age of 52. His wife was unable to wake him, and he stopped breathing after two minutes of continuous laughter. He is believed to have died of either heart failure or asphyxiation.[15]
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04-28-2010 , 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Etats360
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Wolfe*schlegelstein*hausenberger*dorffvoraltern*wa ren*gewissenhaft*schaferswessen*schafewaren*wohlge pflege*und*sorgfaltigkeit*beschutzen*von*angreifen *durch*ihrraubgierigfeinde*welche*voraltern*zwolft ausend*jahres*vorandieerscheinen*wander*ersteer*de m*enschderraumschiff*gebrauchlicht*als*sein*urspru ng*von*kraftgestart*sein*lange*fahrt*hinzwischen*s ternartigraum*auf*der*suchenach*diestern*welche*ge habt*bewohnbar*planeten*kreise*drehen*sich*und*woh in*der*neurasse*von*verstandigmen*schlichkeit*konn te*fortplanzen*und*sicher*freuen*anlebens*langlich *freude*und*ruhe*mit*nicht*ein*furcht*vor*angreife n*von*anderer*intelligent*geschopfs*von*hinzwische n*sternartigraum, Senior was born in Bergedorf, Germany (near Hamburg), and later emigrated to the United States
lol -- why does the filter block out letters in his last name?
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04-28-2010 , 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Vantek
Hahahah that last link is killing me
I've heard it before, but it remains my favourite:
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It is said that the Burmese king Nanda Bayin in 1599 "laughed to death when informed by a visiting Italian merchant that Venice was a free state without a king."
Yeah, solid joke.
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04-29-2010 , 11:36 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_giant

Basically similar to the geoglyph, but in England, and this one has an enormous boner instead of being flaccid.

The Cerne Abbas giant, also referred to as the Rude Man or the Rude Giant, is a hill figure of a giant naked man on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas, to the north of Dorchester, in Dorset, England. The 180 ft (55 m) high, 167 ft (51 m) wide[1] figure is carved into the side of a steep hill, and is best viewed from the opposite side of the valley or from the air. The carving is formed by a trench 12 in (30 cm) wide,[1] and about the same depth, which has been cut through grass and earth into the underlying chalk
The figure's origin and age is unknown. Early antiquarians associated it with a Saxon deity, though there is little evidence for such a connection.[3] Other scholars sought to identify it with a Celtic British figure or the Roman Heracles, or some syncretization of the two.[4] The 1996 discoveries strengthened the identification with Heracles, who was often depicted wielding a club and carrying a cloak made from the Nemean Lion.[4] However, since the first descriptions of the figure do not appear until the mid-18th century, many scholars conclude that it is not significantly older than that.[4] Regardless of its age, the Cerne Abbas giant has become an important part of local culture and folklore, which often associates it with fertility.[4]
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05-01-2010 , 12:27 AM
Does anyone know the name of the micronation that was a deactivated oil platform in the ocean somewhere.

edit: found it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
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05-01-2010 , 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by aarono2690
Does anyone know the name of the micronation that was a deactivated oil platform in the ocean somewhere.
Hmm, do you mean this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealand
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05-01-2010 , 11:38 PM
imo, Sealand is the str8 illest.
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05-02-2010 , 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Orange
[ ] killed time
[ ] expanded mind
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05-02-2010 , 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by undisonant
*head explodes*
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05-02-2010 , 05:06 PM
This may have been posted already-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjaman_Kyle
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05-02-2010 , 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Etats360
This may have been posted already-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjaman_Kyle
That was a great read.
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05-02-2010 , 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AJW
I’m sure I heard a radio program about the vultures being killed off by something and now there aren’t enough of them to take care of all the bodies.
Also I liked the idea of Tibetan Sky burial better when I didn’t know some Tibetan guy cuts you into pieces for the birds like a parent with a toddler’s steak.
I think the program may have been about Zoroastrianism. They have a similar ritual. They believe that a dead body is impure and can't be allowed to contaminate the earth (or fire).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Silence
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05-02-2010 , 10:42 PM
Is reading wikipedia really good for your mind? Hasn't it been proved that every minute you spend looking at a computer screen you are killing x amount of brain cells? If so this thread is responsible for a lot of dead braincells.
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05-03-2010 , 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by LonesomeFugitive
Is reading wikipedia really good for your mind? Hasn't it been proved that every minute you spend looking at a computer screen you are killing x amount of brain cells? If so this thread is responsible for a lot of dead braincells.
ummmm no?
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05-03-2010 , 07:33 AM
Physics. It find it takes me from articles such as lightening to so many varied articles around the Wikinet
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05-03-2010 , 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by LonesomeFugitive
Is reading wikipedia really good for your mind? Hasn't it been proved that every minute you spend looking at a computer screen you are killing x amount of brain cells? If so this thread is responsible for a lot of dead braincells.

rof lol, maybe you should watch out for that hair your in palms to big boy.

life hint: dont go through life believing everything your parents told you as a child are 100% truth
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05-03-2010 , 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by prohornblower
Hi Frank Buckles!
I lol'ed

Great thread, keep it up.
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05-03-2010 , 12:18 PM
05-03-2010 , 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by RichGangi
"While 26 U.S. soldiers were initially charged with criminal offenses for their actions at My Lai, only William Calley was convicted. He served only three years of an original life sentence, while on house arrest."

Isn't this particularly messed up? ****in' United States, how do they work?
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