Comments for Things I Learned Today http://otsana.wordpress.com Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:16:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on by otsana http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/143/#comment-20 otsana Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:16:21 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/143/#comment-20 This is my secret: http://xkcd.com/214/ This is my secret: http://xkcd.com/214/

]]> Comment on by angelique http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/143/#comment-19 angelique Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:35:34 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/143/#comment-19 I have shared this tidbit with pretty much anyone who would listen to me today. (Okay, so that list is pretty short...) How did you learn this? :) I have shared this tidbit with pretty much anyone who would listen to me today. (Okay, so that list is pretty short…)

How did you learn this? :)

]]> Comment on by thras http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/143/#comment-18 thras Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:04:46 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/143/#comment-18 There's a great Rumiko Takahashi story about the dangers of anthropomorphic watermelons. They may not have teeth, but they can spit seeds. There’s a great Rumiko Takahashi story about the dangers of anthropomorphic watermelons. They may not have teeth, but they can spit seeds.

]]> Comment on by Angelique http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/139/#comment-17 Angelique Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:32:26 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/139/#comment-17 Holy crap, yay! I <3 these snippets of info and am so glad to see them return. I always have the feeling you must be reading/watching stuff way more interesting than my daily fare to come across these bits of trivia. Holy crap, yay! I <3 these snippets of info and am so glad to see them return. I always have the feeling you must be reading/watching stuff way more interesting than my daily fare to come across these bits of trivia.

]]> Comment on by thras http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/108/#comment-13 thras Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:03:32 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/108/#comment-13 The last couple of pictures <a href="http://www.ianandwendy.com/OtherTrips/France/Trips/December/ChateauxDeLaLoire/slideshow.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a> show it. The tapestry was made in the 14th century, and was used in parades. A priest found it in storage hundreds of years later. The last couple of pictures here show it. The tapestry was made in the 14th century, and was used in parades. A priest found it in storage hundreds of years later.

]]> Comment on by thras http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/90/#comment-12 thras Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:46:18 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/90/#comment-12 They could see the spectral signature of Helium in sunlight. That's also why its name means "sun-element." They could see the spectral signature of Helium in sunlight. That’s also why its name means “sun-element.”

]]> Comment on by The Lady Speaks Saturday Potluck « http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/72/#comment-11 The Lady Speaks Saturday Potluck « Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:25:22 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/72/#comment-11 [...] interestesting facts like: The failed Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes almost setting off barrels of gunpowder under the House of [...] [...] interestesting facts like: The failed Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes almost setting off barrels of gunpowder under the House of [...]

]]> Comment on by thras http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/70/#comment-10 thras Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:57:42 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/70/#comment-10 I am Spartacus! I am Spartacus!

]]> Comment on by thras http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/66/#comment-8 thras Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:26:10 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/66/#comment-8 http://www.welshwales.co.uk/horsetrain1870.jpg http://www.welshwales.co.uk/horsetrain1870.jpg

]]> Comment on by otsana http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/63/#comment-7 otsana Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:57:06 +0000 http://otsana.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/63/#comment-7 http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/

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