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REVENGE Publicised for Posterity!!! Moral Included!

November 30th 2008 23:45
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This gravestone is located in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, Section C, Plot: 01369.

Can you see the hidden message it contains?!

It's made a little clearer here:
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No-one knows for sure the exact story behind the inscription, but the Montreal Mirror was able to locate the man who engraved it. The story he gave was that the dead man's ex-wife and mistress came in and ordered the stone. They said that it was a thing between the three of them. The moral of the story - think twice before you cheat on your wife!
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Sho Who Really Is The Biggest???

October 22nd 2008 13:16
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OK, so following on from my last post, here is a list of the top 15 airlines according to who has the biggest fleet of aircraft. The number of aircraft is also shown.

1. USA - American Airlines = 655
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I'm Off, I'm Off!!!

October 20th 2008 13:15
No, I don't mean smell-wise. In fact I smell rather sweet today even if I do say so myself. After all, it is my birthday and I'm wearing a rather nice perfume - all in aid of the fact that in about 6.5 hours or so I, along with my two rug-rats, or maybe that should be Wii-rats seeing as they're a little old to be amused by a rug any more, will be hopping on our first plane back home to Sydney in little over a year.

I'm looking at the weather here in the north-west of England today and thinking I couldn't pick a better time to leave. Mind you, by the time we arrive in Sydney, it's forecast to be around 15 degrees Celsius, and wet to boot - rather like here, but the rest of the week that we're down will be looking much better.
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The English Between The Sheets!

October 13th 2008 09:31
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In England, the average age for losing it for the first time is 16.

Supposedly the average number of partners for both men and women combined is 20, with 13 of those being the number for men, and 7 the number for women. However it has been said that even in anonymous surveys, people, especially men do have a tendency to exaggerate.
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The TOP 10 FUNERAL Songs of the UK!

September 30th 2008 13:01
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Here is the top 10 list of the most popular songs requested for funerals in Britain according to the UK's The Bereavement Register.

1. Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt
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ALL The TEA In CHINA!

August 4th 2008 21:31
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Most of us have heard the phrase "all the tea in China", as in " I wouldn't give up xxxx for all the tea in China".

But how much tea is there really in the whole of China???
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Top Hats! A Menace To Society!!!

July 9th 2008 10:30
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James Heatherington, the inventor of the top hat, introduced his design to the world in London during 1797.

Upon leaving the shop wearing his unusual headwear he was surrounded by a crowd of onlookers where some pushing and shoving ensued, resulting in women fainting and a young boy having his arm broken.
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The Origin Of Rickshaws

June 23rd 2008 12:28
Rickshaws were invented in Japan by an American missionary back in 1869. Initially it was designed to transport his invalid wife around Yokohama, but eventually they caught on for other reasons.
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The name of the man who invented them??
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United Kingdom Car Registration Plates

April 10th 2008 10:52
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Just a little something we noticed recently about car registration plates in the UK. They all have a white plate on the front of the car and a yellow on the back? Hmmm.....

You can also tell a lot about somebody's car from their licence plate over here - it's built into the numbers and lettering of the plates as to the year model of the car, the time of year it was originally registered at and the region the car was purchased.
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World's Largest Easter Egg

March 20th 2008 11:34
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Ever wondered about the size of the World's largest Easter egg?

Belgian chocolate company Guylian, known best for their seashell designed chocolates won themselves a place in the Guinness Book of Worlds records during Easter of 2005 with an egg composed of over 50,000 bars , the equivalent of or 1,950 kilograms (4,300 pounds in weight) of chocolate.
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The ESKIMO OLYMPICS

March 6th 2008 09:42
In Fairbanks, Alaska during the later half of July every year, the WEI Olympics are held.

What exactly are the WEI Olympics? The World Eskimo Indian Olympics of course!
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Would You REALLY Like To Become A JEDI!

March 1st 2008 09:15
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Thousands of Australians during a national census have been known in the past to put down their religion as being 'Jedi'.

Now it seems the first 'Jedi Church' is in the makings thanks to brothers Barney and Daniel Jones of Anglesey, Wales
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Interesting Valentines Facts!

February 14th 2008 11:00
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- Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine's Day each year.

- Of all flowers purchased, men are responsible for buying approximately 3/4.
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Turning A BLIND EYE! Where DID IT COME FROM???

February 6th 2008 09:26
We've all heard the expression 'to turn a blind eye' but where did it really come from?

In short, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson is the culprit responsible for today's common expression.
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