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Always with a joke - Monty Python 17 Feb 2012 12:47 PM (13 years ago)

After they had successfully entertained television viewers from all around the world in the late sixties and early seventies of past century, the group Monty Python started making full-length movies and publishing books. Although their fans expect similar gags in their movies, hardly anyone expected from silly Britons to make pell-mell even in publishing venture. For a book titled "The

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Zuma Fact: #212: Radio Waves! 17 Feb 2012 12:25 PM (13 years ago)

The distance that radio waves can reach partly depends on the number of sunspots at the moment of their broadcast.

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War of the Polish Succession - King Augustus III of Poland 21 Nov 2011 11:44 AM (13 years ago)

When Polish King Augustus II the Strong died in 1733, French King Louis XV (1710 –1774) decided to reappoint his father in law, Stanisław I Leszczyński 1677 –1766) on the Polish throne. However, Russia wanted Augustus’ lawful son Frederick Augustus II (Augustus III) (1696 –1763) to rule Poland. Stanisław I Leszczyński managed to get hold of the throne but the upcoming Russian army of

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Zuma Fact: #211: Atmosphere pollution! 21 Nov 2011 11:39 AM (13 years ago)

Atmosphere pollution with carbon dioxide mostly comes from power plants and factories – 56%. Next in line are private households with 24%. The remaining 20% comes from exhaust pipes of transport vehicles.

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Salieri’s leaf - Fahrid Murray Abraham 19 Nov 2011 1:08 PM (13 years ago)

Manufacturer of underwear "Fruit of the Loom" is recognizable by its trademark - familiar logo with the apple, leaves, green grapes, currants, and purple grapes. For their first television ad, in 1975, they had hired actors who were costumed as huge fruits.   Not many people know that Fahrid Murray Abraham, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role of Antonio Salieri

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Zuma Fact: #210: San Andreas Fault! 19 Nov 2011 12:59 PM (13 years ago)

San Andreas Fault in California, United States, where the city of San Francisco lies, forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. These two plates are moving side by side at a speed of 0,5 centimeters per year.

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A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick and The Rolling Stones. 19 Nov 2011 12:03 PM (13 years ago)

Before Stanley Kubrick (1928 –1999) got hold of "A Clockwork Orange", writer Anthony Burgess (1917 –1993) negotiated with Mick Jagger, who wanted to obtain film rights for the sum of a few hundred dollars. Jagger wanted to make a film in which his "Rolling Stones" would play the heartless thugs in white. Fortunately for Kubrick and film art history, Mick gave up on that idea and the role was

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Zuma Fact: #209: Average life expectancy! 19 Nov 2011 11:55 AM (13 years ago)

According to World Health Organization, 68 years is the average life expectancy at birth of the global population in 2009. At the top of their list are Japan and San Marino with average life expectancy of 83 years. At the bottom is Malawi with average life expectancy of 47 years, and Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Chad, Lesotho and Zambia with average life expectancy of 48 years.

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Friends of Sport and Alcohol – Welcome to Belfast! 19 Nov 2011 10:23 AM (13 years ago)

Belfast, a city that was known as the European Beirut, is now one of the most important touristic centers on the island of Ireland. Brief description? The locals are spending much of their time in pubs, while Catholics and Protestants are now conflicting just once a year. Imagine a city where for nearly 100 years, half of the population is trying to massacre the other half. A city that was

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Zuma Fact: #208: White House! 19 Nov 2011 10:12 AM (13 years ago)

White House in Washington, the official residence of the U.S. president and his family, is a luxurious two-storey building with 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms, 412 doors, 147 windows, twenty-eight fireplaces, eight staircases, three elevators, five full-time chefs, a tennis court, a (single-lane) bowling alley, a movie theater, a jogging track, a swimming pool, and a putting green. White House

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The miraculous life of Ronnie Biggs. 6 Nov 2011 2:28 PM (13 years ago)

Participator of the Great Train Robbery who voluntarily gave himself to British authorities in 2001 has become a national hero. The legend of his life and his “work” – avoiding to be caught – is alive even today.  He robbed a train full of money, became a national hero, spend the best years of his life in Brazil as a free man, and received a lifetime achievement award for his services to

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Zuma Fact: #207: Greenland! 6 Nov 2011 1:59 PM (13 years ago)

Almost the entire population of Greenland, about 56,000 people, is living in the capital - Nuuk.   The remaining few hundred Greenlanders are living in 16 towns and 66 villages. Greenland is world's largest island but it is also one of the least densely populated dependencies or countries in the world.

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FBI's nightmare - D. B. Cooper 5 Nov 2011 4:38 PM (13 years ago)

The FBI is still searching for D. B. Cooper, the protagonist of the only unsolved airline hijacking in American aviation history. In 1971, this man jumped from Boeing 727, carrying $ 200,000 of ransom money in his bag - and simply disappeared.  The good guys from the FBI absolutly hate it when someone commits a very serious and very well-known criminal offense and then just – disappears.

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Zuma Fact: #206: Energy in the universe! 5 Nov 2011 4:02 PM (13 years ago)

  The total amount of energy in the universe is constant.

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John – the man who located Bin Laden. 5 Nov 2011 10:04 AM (13 years ago)

To CIA's shame, Associated Press has recently published a profile and several photos of certain John, an agent that was most likely the main link in the capture of the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden.  The scene is almost cinematographic – A middle-aged CIA analyst begins to inform the gathered crowd that the Agency is almost certain that in one complex in the Pakistani

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Zuma Fact: #205: Dice! 5 Nov 2011 9:17 AM (13 years ago)

A sum of dots (pips) on a pair of dice for games or gambling is 42. Traditionally, opposite sides of a die add up to seven, implying that the 1, 2 and 3 faces share a vertex. Non-precision dice are manufactured via the plastic injection molding process, while precision casino dice may have a polished or sand finish, making them transparent or translucent respectively.

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Mr. Dawkins, why was Darwin right? – Richard Dawkins 5 Nov 2011 3:38 AM (13 years ago)

Richard Dawkins, the world's most famous atheist and author of numerous best-selling books, decided to abandon the enlightenment of adults, and with his new book “The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True” he focuses on 5-year-olds, claiming that they have to learn the theory of evolution along with their first letters.  Richard Dawkins is no longer satisfied with his books

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Zuma Fact: #204: Spouses and sacred cows in India! 5 Nov 2011 3:11 AM (13 years ago)

Spouses in India who want children are whispering their wish to the ear of the sacred cow.

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Gandalf smokes? I should do that too! 2 Nov 2011 1:08 PM (13 years ago)

One recent study found that children who watch movies in which characters relentlessly consume cigarettes will more likely start smoking at young age. How to prevent this? Teenagers who watch movies in which actors smoke have greater probability to start smoking by themselves. This has been proved with a recent study in the UK. The researchers came to this information by performing a research

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Zuma Fact: #203: Titanic survivors! 2 Nov 2011 12:49 PM (13 years ago)

Only 710 out of 2.224 passengers survived the sinking of RMS Titanic that occurred on 15 April 1912. Among the survivors were also two dogs.

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Battle for the Valley of the Fallen! 1 Nov 2011 3:50 PM (13 years ago)

In the place where he is buried, Spanish dictator Francisco Franco has built a symbol of his dictatorship that lasted for four decades. Now, the Spanish government plans to exhume his remains and remove this monument to fascism - but the conservatives are opposed to opening of old wounds. The hills near Madrid are home to a symbol of a four decades long dictatorship – the famous Valley of

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Zuma Fact: #202: Three Mile Island! 1 Nov 2011 3:33 PM (13 years ago)

Three Mile Island is just two and a half miles long. It is so named because it is located three miles downriver from Middletown, Pennsylvania. It is known for its civilian nuclear power plant (Nuclear Generating Station - TMI) and an accident involving core meltdown in Unit 2 of the Nuclear Generating Station that occurred in 1979.

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Angela Merkel – The Titanium Frau 30 Oct 2011 11:59 AM (13 years ago)

Angela Merkel, the first female Chancellor of Germany and Europe’s most powerful politician, has come a long way from a member of Socialist-led youth movement “Free German Youth (FDJ)”, to the position of Chancellor. The whole world respects her and her people will most definitely put their trust in her for yet another term. For a woman who has a picture of famous German woman, Russian

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Zuma Fact: #201: Old magazines! 30 Oct 2011 11:38 AM (13 years ago)

Before throwing them away, an average person keeps old magazines for 29 weeks.

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Pepsi vs. Coca Cola – Never-ending war! 22 Oct 2011 8:08 AM (14 years ago)

Coca Cola, the most famous luscious drink in the world, recently celebrated its 125th birthday. But the main rival, Pepsi, still claims that they are better then Coca Cola in every aspect. It is needless to say that these two companies have written thousands of pages of marketing strategies. World War II was perhaps the most devastating and tragic conflict in history. The U.S. war in

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