The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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Shakespeare's tombstone in Stratford's Holy Trinity Church bears this inscription, said to have been written by him: Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear to dig the dust enclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these stones, and curst be he that moves my bones.

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The animal world is well represented in Shakespeare's works. Over 3,000 references to some 180 difference species of animals--both real and imaginary--have been identified in the plays. Everything from simple country wildlife--birds, bats, hedgehogs, insects, wild boar and deer--to more exotic species--rhinoceros, tiger, elephant and bear, as well as the mythical unicorn, phoenix, and dragon.

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The most insulting insult that Shakespeare used was 'You Bulls Pizzle'

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In 1910, magician Harry Houdini was the first solo pilot to fly a plane in Australia. He taught himself to drive an automobile just so he could drive out to the airfield- and he never drove again!

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In 1994, new cars put out cleaner air then they took in in LA, due to the high concentration of Co2 in the air and ability of cars to burn the Air.

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If you are in an automobile when lightning strikes,you are generally safe. This is due to the Farrady effect in which the electricity disapates over the area of the car. There would be a potential difference(Pd or V(volts)) between different points across the area of say the roof for example. This effect causes circles of electricity over the 'cage' of the car.

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Women spend more than $65 million on new cars and trucks, influence 80 percent of all new-car purchases, and bought 60 percent of new cars in 2000.

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160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.

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Former 'Monkee' Mike Nesmith had a rather creative mother, Bette Nesmith Graham. Her invention, liquid paper was initially rejected by IBM so she set up her own cottage industry to make and sell the now famous stationery item.

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Did you know that Parker Bros. intially rejected inventor Clarence Darrow's board game Monopoly due to '52 fundamental playing errors'. He thought they were wrong so started production himself. Once the success of the formula became apparent, Parker Bros. decided to take on production after all.

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Canadian inventors Chris Haney, Scott Abbott and John Haney struggled with the board game trivial pursuit. While it only took them 45 minutes to create the concieve, they lost $45,000 trying to market it in over four years before it finally became a hit.
Unemployed artist Michael Wurstlin had designed the board and logo for five shares in the company. Despite the early failure his shares were valued at $2,500,000 by 1986.

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The Bic pen was named after its French Inventor Marcel Bich. However they decided to drop the 'H' from the name fearing that the American market might pronounce the name 'Bitch'.

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The British Museum was the conduit for the invention of the Rawlplug. They needed electrical fittings installed in the walls without damaging the masonry but traditional methods weren't good enough. Local builder John Rawlings solved the problem by inventing a fibre plug, made from jute and bonded with animal blood. He called it the Rawlplug and the original design is still in production today!

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One of the things that Apollo mission did was deposit a cockroach on the moon. During their outward flight, the astronauts noticed a cockroach in their spaceship, but when they returned, the craft was thoroughly inspected by NASA technicians and no trace of it was found. The only conclusion is that it crept out and was left behind.

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A total of 382 kg of rock samples were returned to the Earth by the Apollo and Luna programs.