577

577) 30/11/2009

Today I learnt that if you are about to get shot, a good thing to say would be this: "If I live I will kill you; if I die then you are forgiven, such is the rule of honour."
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576

576) 29/11/2009

Today I learnt that a song by Mott the Hoople (Sea Diver) features on Morrissey's Desert Island Disks.
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575

575) 28/11/2009

Today I learnt that Ben Harper's song "Like a King" is about the LA riots and Rodney King.
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574

574) 27/11/2009

Today I learnt that as a young boy Cassius Clay was always asking his brother to throw rocks at him so he could dodge them.
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573

573) 26/11/2009

Today I learnt that Scatness is in the Shetland Isles.
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572

572) 25/11/2009

Today I learnt that Heathers is a late 1980s black comedy cult movie.
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571

571) 24/11/2009

Today I learnt that there exists an outstanding scene in the movie Taxi Driver where the camera pans up to reveal the main protagonist sporting a new Mohawk hair cut whilst attending the public speech of a politician.
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570

570) 23/11/2009

Today I learnt that P.M. in archaeological terms often refers to Post-Medieval.
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569

569) 22/11/2009

Today I learnt that Byzantium was the Christian East.
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568

568) 21/11/2009

Today I learnt that Anthony Trollope was instrumental in inventing and introducing post boxes in Britain.
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567

567) 20/11/2009

Today I learnt that Max Wall was an English comedian known for his ludicrously attired and hilariously strutting comedic performance.
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566

566) 19/11/2009

Today I learnt that the fetishism of commodities is a Marxist idea, implying that for capitalists value is inherent in a commodity rather than being added to it by the labour that created it.
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565

565) 18/11/2009

Today I learnt that the word "fidelity" as well as referring to sound quality of course, can denote faithfulness, loyalty and devotion.
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564

564) 17/11/2009

Today I learnt that in the Thursday song "Telegraph Avenue Kiss" the second word the singer spells out is "Fidelity".
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