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tartwitahart

why???

y do most myths have really strange animals/people in them like 2 headed animals and that??????

Scarlett

Machismo!

How do you pronounce "machismo"? Is it like it looks with a CH sound, or with a "K" instead? Thanks!

teamcool

1960's liberal ideas

sorry if this is in the wrong section but there isnt a politics section :) what were the liberal/radical ideas in the 1960s? any help is appreciated. thanks :p

action1a9

How do Plants do this

How can such a delicate plant such as a Thistle, and other plants grow under say 2 inches thick Tarmac / Concrete lift up through the Tarmac / Concrete breaking it up in the process. ??Derek

piptik

april fool differences

Hey, my German friend thinks we're stupid for stopping doing practical jokes at midday - apparently our continental cousins carry on fooling each other for the duration - any idea where the midday...

#1debz

Sleeping Beauty

Does anyone know really where the story of Sleeping Beauty would have taken place? Im interested to know where the spark may have set off for this story to be envisaged. Surely the writer...

MrCalavera

Pinball

Could anyone tell me when the first pinball machine was made?

bigi

paper

Can you find me a list of phrasesand saying about paper?

neilred24

Sapper, creator of bulldog Drummond, what was his real name?

egordon

battle

in arthurian myth,at which battle was king arthur mortally wounded?

maybe_baby37

Charles Dickens's Great Expectations

how do we know the bank notes come from the convict?

bertie21

lewis carroll

Hi everyone, does anyone know what the name of the book regarding Lewis Carroll and his courtship with his wife is called.  I believe it was also made into a film.  Many...

jakesi

ketchup sachets.

I'm a person of reasonable build and strength, so why can't I open those bl00y sachets?

Phantaxus

Schrondinger's Cat

Ok I know what it is but what does it prove? Is it just an example of Heisenberg's Uncertantity Principle that you cant tell the result of a experiment until you have observed it and that the...

curiouskat

Derby & Jones

What is the origin of the phrase 'Derby and Jones'?

firefly

American greyhounds

Why do they tend to be more successful than their English counterparts?

clcandj

Handball

Is it legal to play handball without gloves?

keewa1984

The Iliad

Does Homer reveal anything special about Achilles in his poem "The Iliad"?

jenky

Mastermind.

If you were to appear on Mastermind, what would be your specialist subject? (I know this was asked a couple of years ago but there's lots of new contributors).