Fact Of The Day

[Rainbowmum]

Abel Tasman “discovered” Tasmania, New Zealand and Fiji, on his first voyage, but managed to completely miss mainland Australia!

^ Well now ,I will never be able to say "Dot your i's and cross your t's "again

[monk]

It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a kerb in St. Louis.

[Lalo]

Odontophobia is the fear of going to a dentist or having dental work.

[Bowyn Aerrow]

Fact: I rarely have any idea what I'm saying....

[Rainbowmum]

The Parliament of Iceland is the oldest still acting parliament in the world. It was established in 930.

[monk]

In the second Star Trek pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Kirk is shown his soon-to-be grave. The name on the tombstone is "James R. Kirk".

Oops!

[Rainbowmum]

After the U.S Civil War, about 33% – 50% of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit.

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Wouldn't it be great to get ones hands on one of those bills, can you imagine the value of it in an auction?[/COLOR]

[monk]

The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.

[Lilitu]

Crassus, the wealthiest member of the first triumvirate, was allegedly killed by the Parthians by having molten gold poured down his throat.

[Rainbowmum]

^And his body is where?
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Quickly Monk get the shovels we are going treasure hunting.
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Romans Recorded Some Of The First UFOs

One of the first recorded examples of a UFO actually came from Rome, although most people tend to think of them as a modern phenomena. In 218 B.C., a written account reports that a fleet of gleaming ships appeared to be floating in the sky of Rome. That wasn’t the only one, either—in A.D. 150 a report from an area right outside of Rome described “a beast like a piece of pottery about one hundred feet in size, multicolored on top and shooting out fiery rays, landed in a dust cloud.”