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Luca Pacchiarini
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Topic: Daily horrible trivia from your countries Posted: February 12 2016 at 12:02 |
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Thought this could be a funny yet slightly perverse idea for a thread
Italy - Fun fact no. 1 If you refuel at an Italian petrol station, you will pay a number of excises on each litre of fuel: you will be delighted to know that through these taxes you will help fund the colonial war against the Ethiopian Empire, which ended in 1936.
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emigre80
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Posted: February 12 2016 at 12:40 | |
Just out of principle, when in Italy I will rely on public transportation so I won't be called an imperialist.
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infocat
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Posted: February 13 2016 at 03:02 | |
Donald Trump.
'nuf said. |
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Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
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someone_else
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Posted: February 13 2016 at 08:22 | |
Nil novo sub sole. We have a similar thing in the Netherlands: het kwartje van Kok, an additional excise on gasoline as a compensation for economic stagnation. The measure was taken in 1991 and said to be temporary. But they never abolished it until this day...
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: February 15 2016 at 16:07 | |
The median home value in Detroit is $6,600 USD. The median value for the rest of the country is $224,100.
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus |
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rushfan4
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Posted: February 15 2016 at 16:13 | |
That's right...I can own 60 homes for every 1 home the rest of you own. :)
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bbaabs
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Posted: February 15 2016 at 16:23 | |
Bread is a staple food and cannot be taxed.
BUT in a bakery a single tart is taxed at the 13% filthy Canadian HST but anything over the quantity of six is not subject.
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Atavachron
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Posted: February 15 2016 at 16:28 | |
It's a fair point-- I know someone who plans to buy and renovate in his native Detroit and since he's doing most of the work, he could end up with property that will increase in value. Or not. But he knows the city and culture and it could be the best buy he's ever made. I guess we'll see. |
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: February 15 2016 at 17:04 | |
Edited by Dayvenkirq - February 15 2016 at 17:06 |
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rushfan4
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Posted: February 15 2016 at 17:46 | |
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David64T
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Posted: April 28 2016 at 06:17 | |
[QUOTE=Luca Pacchiarini]Thought this could be a funny yet slightly perverse idea for a thread /QUOTE]
Australia - Non-Fun fact no. 1 I'm sure there's other items of "horrible trivia" about Australia - though I tend to think more in terms of my State (South Australia) rather than the entire country - after all, we've only been a federation since 1901, these things take time... |
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dr wu23
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Posted: April 28 2016 at 07:27 | |
The average American throws away 4.5 pounds of trash a day.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin |
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David64T
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Posted: April 28 2016 at 08:32 | |
I thought that was pretty bad - but I am shocked on investigation to find that, according to the ABS, the "waste generated per person in Australia in 2006/2007" (which would seem to be equivalent) is 12 pounds per day (2,100kg per person per year), that had increased from 1200kg per person per year just 10 years before... That is truly horrible |
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TeleStrat
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Posted: April 28 2016 at 10:15 | |
North American Food Waste Facts
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Icarium
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Posted: April 28 2016 at 14:30 | |
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micky
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Posted: April 28 2016 at 17:06 | |
Portland Oregon's name was decided with a coin toss to decide whether to name
the place after Portland, Maine or Boston, Massachusetts. The then small
community was initially known as "The Clearing" because of the many
trees were cut for development. In 1843, Asa Lovejoy of Boston,
Massachusetts purchased half of the 640-acre area for 25 cents and later
Francis W. Pettygrove of Portland, Maine purchased the other half. Both
Pettygrove and Lovejoy wished to rename "The Clearing" after their
respective hometowns. In 1845 this controversy was settled with a coin
toss which Pettygrove won in a series of two out of three tosses,
thereby naming the community 'Portland'. The coin used for this
decision, now known as the Portland Penny, is on display in the
headquarters of the Oregon Historical Society.
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Dean
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Posted: April 29 2016 at 03:06 | |
It's fun watching people run-down their countries.
The land of Issac Newton, Charles Darwin, James Clarke Maxwell, Marie Stopes, Elziabeth Fry, William Shakespere, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, William Blake, Jane Austen, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Locke, Alexander Graeme Bell, Frank Wittle, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Charlie Chapplin and of course Mary Poppins is practically perfect in every way.
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 29 2016 at 03:09 | |
^ Having just watched the first series of The Detectorists, I'd have to agree.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23098 |
Posted: April 29 2016 at 03:26 | |
Denmark has no bosoms - exceedingly flat topography....but we have deep people.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 29 2016 at 08:14 | |
And damned proud we are, too! |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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