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John Lennon's Happy Xmas (war is over) song starts with Yoko whispering "Happy Christmas, Kyoko", then John whispering "Happy Christmas, Julian". Not as I always thought "Happy Christmas, Yoko. Happy Christmas, John".
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That's funny, I was wondering about that exact thing when I woke up!

Tell me something about you, Flyingpiglet, and the I will have learned something about you besides the fact that you aren't currently thrilled with myspace/yourface. :D
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I learned that it is okay to use the word learnt.
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i learnt that romans used to symbolise mortality with the herb tansy
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That Einstein's brain was removed within hours of his death and without permission. Then it was photographed, studied and later dissected into about 240 pieces which were preserved in some sort of plastic.
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Stephen wrote:That Einstein's brain was removed within hours of his death and without permission. Then it was photographed, studied and later dissected into about 240 pieces which were preserved in some sort of plastic.
Part of it ended up lost in the post I think. :lol:
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That there's an enzyme database named after me :lol: BRaunschweig ENzyme DAtabase
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Flying pig437 wrote:
Stephen wrote:That Einstein's brain was removed within hours of his death and without permission. Then it was photographed, studied and later dissected into about 240 pieces which were preserved in some sort of plastic.
Part of it ended up lost in the post I think. :lol:
I hope that wasn't on your round Alan?
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snifferdog wrote:That there's an enzyme database named after me :lol: BRaunschweig ENzyme DAtabase
You should apply to be a mod on there . :D
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In something called American English the words learnt and learned are interchangeable! So...
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I learned/learnt to use zoom and pan commands in AutoCAD on a touchpad. I've been using the program for some 8 years now and I've always been doing those things with a mouse wheel. So, what do you do when you only have a laptop computer without a mouse and need to get a drawing done quickly? Learn to use the goddamn touchpad!
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I learnt that you can set Photoshop Lightroom so that, as you open a new menu on the right in Develop mode, the one you had open closes! Useful for keeping things in order.

I also learnt that Americans say learned and English ones say learnt. If you are going to use our language you American ones, then start spelling things correctly and stop writing bitchy things in your national security records about us!!!!!! :lol: :D
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I learnt today that it is best not to start a fight over something stupid even if your right.
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That there should have been 24 FIFA executives voting in the World cup host vote yesterday but two were suspended after a sting by The Sunday Times exposed them for corruption.
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The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well