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The year dot

I'd been given to understand that the year dot referred to some time in the 1100's and referred to law on common land i.e. that if it had been in use as common prior to that date (the year dot) then...
10:27 Fri 22nd Feb 20084 answers, last by Thicko2006 11:10 Mon 25th Feb 2008
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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...
10:36 Fri 01st Apr 20057 answers, last by piptik 14:49 Fri 01st Apr 2005
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sipping cider through a straw

Is there any scientific basis to the teenage theory that drinking booze through a straw gets you drunk quicker? I have one party saying it's psychosomatic and I reckon it's true - but how, and why?
16:20 Tue 22nd Mar 20056 answers, last by JOEYSHABADO 12:10 Wed 23rd Mar 2005
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Hitlers Moustachio

My German colleague tells me the reason that Hitler wore his distinctive moustachio as it was the only practical facial hair that would allow the correct wearing of a gas mask.  This would have...
09:18 Thu 03rd Feb 20054 answers, last by Chillum 18:59 Thu 03rd Feb 2005
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the moon in daylight

Not having done a physics lesson in my life - I've often speculated as to why you can see the moon during the day.
13:07 Thu 06th Jan 20052 answers, last by landie 16:42 Fri 14th Jan 2005
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Blue arsed fly?

Is the origin of running around like a blue arsed fly just from buzzing bluebottles or is there a more interesting origin?
13:45 Thu 23rd Dec 20043 answers, last by Quizmonster 12:18 Sat 25th Dec 2004
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riddle, mystery, enigma

Where did the phrase "a riddle, surrounded by a mystery, enshrouded with an enigma" or other versions of that come from?
09:47 Tue 21st Dec 20041 answer, last by Quizmonster 10:24 Tue 21st Dec 2004

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