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| 924970. Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:37 pm |
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| Arthur Koestler seems to have led a varied & interesting life. He and his third wife died in a suicide pact on 1 March 1983. Amongst his output was a book on Kepler, Copernicus and Galileo.
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| 'yorz
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| 924976. Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:54 pm |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 924997. Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:15 pm |
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| Good point. Amended. |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 925006. Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:44 pm |
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Kornucopia is the name of a font.
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| Spud McLaren
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| 925008. Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:50 pm |
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| Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the influential 20th C composer whose life was saved by Robin Hood. |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 925010. Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:09 pm |
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Most Brits have heard of the famous Dutch roadie Kenning van Hire, who seems to have been on the scene for many a fledgling rock group. Here is a brief history of the Chesterfield-based company.
"Kenning Car and Van Rental, with its highly visible rental vans, was perhaps one of the most well known of Kennings Companies. At the turn of the century*, the Company were pioneers in the contract hire business, with contracts for the hire of horses to BP and bicycles to Shell."
* I think it means 19thC-20thC. |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 925011. Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:18 pm |
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| The rather diconcerting origin of the name of the mountain range known as the Hindu Kush |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 925013. Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:25 pm |
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Darius I, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Timur Lane, Babur and the British all used the Khyber Pass in their aggressive marches, the British being the odd-men-out (!) in that they were going in the opposite direction from the others.
In the film Carry On Up The Khyber, the part of the Pass is played by the Watkin Path on Snowdon. |
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| Heldoorn
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| 925023. Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:16 pm |
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Kermitterand, a rather strange French mix:
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| mckeonj
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| 925036. Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:11 am |
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| mckeonj
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| 925037. Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:15 am |
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A quagmire of diphthongs:
Ekatarina is the Russian form of the name Katherine, or Catherine. |
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| 925082. Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:01 am |
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| mckeonj wrote: | | Ekatarina is the Russian form of the name Katherine, or Catherine. |
Ekaterina, Jekatarina, Jekaterina.
Umm Kulthum.
Kebabs (General Ignorance halal-mistake, albeit I'm not an expert: pork doesn't always mean it's haram, for example when the consumer isn't aware and the sellers claims the food is halal. Then it may be okay to eat pork).
Call signs of radio stations in the United States start with a K.
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| 925098. Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:41 am |
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| Khartoum - the place, and the movie. |
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| 925313. Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:36 am |
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| Kinder eggs are illegal in the United States - the law has been put into practice quite recently. |
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| 925315. Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:40 am |
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Also, check out the (never actually built) Katzenklavier - the keys are linked to hammers, which hit the tails of the cats, creating a mewy sound.
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