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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563

563) 16/11/2009

Today I learnt a quote which I saw inscribed on a board by a church. "Love people, not things; use things, not people."
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562

562) 15/11/2009

Today I learnt that somniphobia is the fear of sleep.
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561

561) 14/11/2009

Today I learnt that Nilmar is a very good Brazilian footballer.
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560

560) 13/11/2009

Today I learnt that South African athlete Oscar Pistorius attended some weird-ass boarding school as a teenager.
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559

559) 12/11/2009

Today I learnt that Clarke and Binford can be seen as pioneers in "New Archaeology" as it moved away from cultural-historical models to a more functionalist ethos in the 1960s.
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558

558) 11/11/2009

Today I learnt that Unix is a computer operating system.
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557

557) 10/11/2009

Today I learnt that in the film District 9 the alien refugees enjoy cat food.
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556

556) 9/11/2009

Today I learnt that the word "derivative" can mean unoriginal, bland.
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555

555) 8/11/2009

Today I learnt that one of the venues for the South Africa 10 World Cup features an astonishing, gargantuan arch which can which features a lift to carry visitors to the top.
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554

554) 7/11/2009

Today I learnt that David Haye now joins the Klitchko brothers as one of the three heavyweight champions of the world.
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553

553) 6/11/2009

I learnt that a line of balance graph is a way of programming data in projects which is well suited to projects which feature numerous repetitive activities.
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552

552) 5/11/2009

Today I learnt that Timothy Taylor is a much-respected professor of Archaeology who has written somewhat controversial books and even appeared on television.
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551

551) 4/11/2009

Today I learnt that the "Design Argument" is any argument for the existence of God. especially the one that theorises the Earth is so complicated/beautiful that a divine entity must have created it.
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550

550) 3/11/2009

Today I learnt that "Coma White" is the final track on Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals album.
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549

549) 2/11/2009

Today I learnt that Bill Bryson actually lived in Britain for many years before writing his books about this country.
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548

548) 1/11/2009

Today I learnt that the New York Marathon is a relatively slow course. The winning time will never be earth-shatteringly fast.
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547

547) 31/10/2009

Today I learnt that the JJB stadium in Wigan is now called the DW Stadium.
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546

546) 30/10/2009

Today I learnt that the film Son of Ranbow includes an amusing French exchange student character who is just incredibly cool.
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