Going away

I will now be away for 2 weeks but the life-time project of course will continue. I will update this site when I return. (I will be manually writing down what I learn every day in that period.)
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423

423) 27/6/2009

Today I learnt that a symbol for Zen is this circular motif.

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422

422) 26/6/2009

Today I learnt that the Michael Jackson song "Thriller" was originally entitled "Starlight" with a chorus of "Star-light.... Starlight sun". A demo exists of this version.
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421

421) 25/6/2009

Today I learnt that the Ardennes is a region of forests and hills primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg as well as France.
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420

420) 24/6/2009

Today I learnt that there are two Radwanska sisters in women's tennis.
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419

419) 23/6/2009

Today I learnt that Kristi Klenot is an adult movie actress.
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418

418) 22/6/2009

Today I learnt that some people keep skunks as pets.
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417

417) 21/6/2009

Today I learnt that the word "milieu" means a social environment or set of surroundings.
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416

416) 20/6/2009

Today I learnt that Rafael Nadal is out of this year's Wimbledon.
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415

415) 19/6/2009

Today I learnt that a trite remark is one which is meaningless due to it being an over-used, often repeated, hackneyed cliche.
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414

414) 18/6/2009

Today I learn that North Korea have qualified for the 2010 World Cup.
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413

413) 17/6/2009

Today I learnt that there is a website called "National Novel Writing Month" where anyone can sign up and attempt to write a 50,000 word during the month of November.
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412

412) 16/6/2009

Today I learnt that you can get guitar leads which plug into your computer via USB rather than through the microphone jack - amazing.
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411

411) 15/6/2009

Today I learnt that Bellowhead is an eclectic folk band.
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410

410) 14/6/2009

Today I learnt that Andy Murray has become the first British player to win Queens since 1938. A historic day in British sport.
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409

409) 13/6/2009

Today I learnt that the French painter Manet can be viewed as one of the fathers of modern art, with his controversial subject matter and stylistic precursors of Impressionism.
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408

408) 12/6/2009

Today I learnt that Gallows' second album Grey Britain begins with a song named The Riverbank.
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407

407) 11/6/2009

Today I learnt that Japanese Manga is read from right to left.
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406

406) 10/6/2009

Today I learnt that parts of Panic at the Disco's Beatles influenced album Pretty. Odd. were recorded at Abbey Road studios.
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405

405) 9/6/2009

Today I learnt that one of the most controversial album covers of all time is Scorpions' Virgin Killer.
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404

404) 8/6/2009

Today I learnt that the Jury Team is a British political organisation set up this year which has the aim of putting up independent candidates in elections; selecting them by public texts votes in the style of TV shows like "The X Factor".
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403

403) 7/6/2009

Today I learnt that some BNP guy with a neo-Nazi past was elected to the European Parliament as one of the MEPs from my own Yorkshire/Humberside region. Retarded.
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402

402) 6/6/2009

Today I learnt that Green Day's new album 21st Century Breakdown is set out in "3 Acts".
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401

401) 5/6/2009

Today I learnt that the film Misery was based on a Stephen King novel.
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400

400) 4/6/2009

Today I learnt that obsidian is categorised as a volcanic glass.
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399

399) 3/6/2009

Today I learnt that the Alice in Chains song "Rooster" was written about Jerry Cantrell's father's service in the Vietnam War.
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398

398) 2/6/2009

Today I learnt that the software Tor is an acronym for "The Onion Router".
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397

397) 1/6/2009

Today I learnt that Audi means "Listen" in Latin.
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