Ok, back to business.
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Phil_t:
Name all seven Archangels.
Michael, Jophiel, Chamuel, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Zadkiel.
There are more, by the way.
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SillyWabbit:
What is the age of the universe?
A team of scientists working with the Hubble Space Telescope said Tuesday they have calculated the answer to one of astronomy's most hotly debated questions: how old is the universe?
Answer: 12 billion years old.
Your other question is impossible for me to answer because our knowledge concerning the Universe is way to limited.
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BobbyBurns:
At one point does one become too affable?
This is a statement, not a question.
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RaVeN:
What was the inspiration for the title of the song "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith?
In the 1974 film
Young Frankenstein, Igor at one point says to Dr. Frankenstein "Walk this way", meaning that he wants the good doctor to follow him. Frankenstein does not understand that, he takes it literally, and starts imitating Igor's limp. This inspired Aerosmith's song 'Walk This Way'. The band had written out some lyrics and part of a tune, but they needed a continuing line to make it click. When they caught a late night showing of Mel Brooks's masterpiece, and they saw the scene, they knew they had it.
How did the 'heart shape" originate
Throughout history, Catholics, Egyptians, Africans, and other cultures around the globe have claimed the invention of the heart symbol, each armed with their own theory to back up their creation. More than 100 years ago during the Victorian era, the romantic heart was embellished and became the symbolism of today’s popular heart shape. Regardless of the century, the heart symbol has always been embraced with the energy of love, life, and sexual passion.
Where did the term "Russian roulette " come from? You know, why isn't it called ....oh... French roulette?
The earliest known use of the term is from "Russian Roulette," a short story by Georges Surdez in the January 30, 1937, issue of Collier's magazine. A Russian sergeant in the French Foreign Legion asks the narrator, "'
Feldheim . . . did you ever hear of Russian Roulette?' When I said I had not, he told me all about it. When he was with the Russian army in Rumania, around 1917, and things were cracking up, so that their officers felt that they were not only losing prestige, money, family, and country, but were being also dishonored before their colleagues of the Allied armies, some officer would suddenly pull out his revolver, anywhere, at the table, in a cafe, at a gathering of friends, remove a cartridge from the cylinder, spin the cylinder, snap it back in place, put it to his head, and pull the trigger. There were five chances to one that the hammer would set off a live cartridge and blow his brains all over the place. Sometimes it happened, sometimes not." Whether Tsarist officers actually played Russian roulette is unclear.
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Okay, that was that. Anything else?
NEXT!
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walks off, whisteling the tune to Mission impossible*
Cheers, Eth ... Err, Martin
