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Once bitten, twice shy they say when it comes to certain affairs of the heart, but in this case one bite it seems was plenty!

In Britain during 1837, one Mr Thomas Saverland took one Miss Caroline Newton to court.

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The offence that led to this? When he tried to kiss her she bit his nose!

It seems that the lady in question was not so keen on being kissed by Mr Saverland and so when he attempted to do so, she promptly took a piece out of him - straight from the nose!

The judge acquitted Miss Newton after stating that any woman is entitled to bite a man's nose if she is kissed against her will. One solicitor present was heard to add "And eat it."
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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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IT FELL From The SKY! MEAT!!!

July 3rd 2008 10:15
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All sorts of strange and bizarre items have fallen from the sky in the past, but how would you feel if a lump of fresh meat landed in your lap?

In 1851 soldiers at a base out near San Francisco were practising drills when they were hit by blood and pieces of meat, from a cloudless sky.

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Levi's are NOT Really Jeans!

February 13th 2008 10:15
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When Levi Strauss invented jeans during the late 1800's, he did not call his 'strange' pants denim jeans or even jeans at all.

Supposedly these strange trousers were originally made out of sailcloth and canvas for miners and prospectors to wear as they had been complaining about how their ordinary pants would stretch and split while on the job.

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I'LL BET YOU 50 WORDS To Be PRECISE!

January 10th 2008 21:08
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The founder of Random House book publishing, Bennett Cerf once made a bet after 30 years in the company with a gentlemen by the name of Theodor Geisel, known better by his Nom-de-plume of Dr Seuss.

Cerf bet Geisel that he couldn't write a book with exactly 50 words in it.

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A White Christmas For England???

December 13th 2007 00:05
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There is really only one present my 8 year old daughter wants for Christmas this year having now relocated to the UK.

In short, after a number of smelly, sweaty, stinky Christmases in the Great Land Downunder, she wants to experience a 'White Christmas' ie. snow on Christmas day.

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Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
In 1939, the management of the Chicago based Montgomery Ward department store decided to ask one of their employees, Robert L. May, to compose a story book for the children visiting their store that Christmas.

Drawing on his own experiences as a child and drawing on the line of thought from Hans Christian Anderson's "The Ugly Duckling", Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer was composed, published and handed out to a total of 2.4 million children.

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A REAL Eye For Detail!

August 7th 2007 00:23
In the 1800's, a convicted forger by the name of A. Schiller was serving time in Sing-Sing prison.

After 25 years, the guards eventually found him dead in his cell. On his body they found seven regular straight pins whose heads measured the typical 47/1000ths of an inch or 1.17 millimetres in diameter.

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Paraskevidekatriaphobia - try saying that 3 times fast!

Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the name for the phobia or fear of Friday the 13th.

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Guide To Hiring Women During 1943

June 19th 2007 00:30
The following originated from a 1943 magazine written for the male supervisors of women going into the workforce during World War II.

Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees:

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Notable Superstitions

June 14th 2007 00:25
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Superstition - it's everywhere, but if you're the superstitious sort then you're certainly not alone. There have been some very notable figures of times past and present who are affected by their superstions.

One example is Queen Elizabeth II who upon being presented with a gift of cutlery gave a half-penny in return as to accept knives without some form of payment risks cutting the 'ties of friendship'.

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Microsoft Windows 3.0
17 years ago today, Microsoft brought out it's much anticipated Windows 3.0, the most successful version out for it's time and something to possibly rival that of the Apple Macintosh and the Commodore Amiga. (Yes, the old Amiga!)

The old MS-DOS (now we're showing some age) had finally been replaced in most parts with the icon-based program manager and list-based file manager that we recognise today, although the DOS was still in the system as a user alternative.

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Rubber Duckie, You're The One!

April 20th 2007 00:25
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We're all familiar with the popular concept of the floating bathtub toy known as the Rubber Duck, although these days some ducks are too hoity-toity for simple bath time fun as discussed in a previous post about quirky Valentine's Day gifts.

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Today Is FRIDAY The 13th!

April 13th 2007 00:01
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Today is Friday the 13th, otherwise known as 'Black Friday'.

But why exactly is today so black


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