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#316
09-19-2014, 01:34 PM
Did you know that the alphabet song is just "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" with different lyrics?


(I literarily just realized this.)
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#317
09-19-2014, 01:37 PM
I noticed that too. I knew that there was a reason why it sounded familiar.
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#318
09-19-2014, 01:37 PM
(09-19-2014, 01:34 PM)Boyobmas Wrote: (I literarily just realized this.)

Welcome to 2007, the time when Youtube would post bulletins about this nonstop.

Man, those were some fun times.
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#319
09-21-2014, 12:47 AM
Any type of gem, crystal, material, ECT that is hard to find, obtain, or find that serves some sort of plot point in a piece of fiction or a thought experiment is dubbed unobtainium.

So no. James Cameron did not make up a stupid name for the hard to get rocks in Avatar. However, a good writer would know NOT to use the ad-lib word in the final script.
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#320
09-21-2014, 10:41 AM
Apparently, if you fake a surrender to an enemy during a war, it is a war crime, as well as controlling the weather during a war.
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#321
09-21-2014, 01:25 PM
(09-21-2014, 10:41 AM)retrolinkx Wrote: Apparently, if you fake a surrender to an enemy during a war, it is a war crime, as well as controlling the weather during a war.

Makes sense.

I always find it incredible how, in something as vile as war, there are still rules to which most abide. Deep down, within that hate and resentment, there is still some semblance of honour.
That and the UN would not be happy.
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#322
09-21-2014, 02:21 PM
I don't know. If I'll be completely honest, I find the idea of laws in war to be kind of overly optimistic.
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#323
09-24-2014, 04:41 PM
[Image: tumblr_ncf6a9UeLe1qet9hvo1_500.png]

Today is Jim Henson's birthday. He would have been 78.
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#324
09-24-2014, 05:03 PM
^That makes me feel happy and sad all at once. Keep singing Rainbow Connection big guy, keep on singing.
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#325
09-24-2014, 06:35 PM
Nintendo turned 120 years yesterday. That's over a century. A CENTURY.
[Image: tumblr_ncdbuv7yHq1sg6dygo1_500-300x274.png]
Thanks for the memories, Big N. Hope you make it to 150.
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#326
09-24-2014, 06:55 PM
That picture is adorable. And today is Jim Hensons birthday too. What a suprise.
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#327
10-02-2014, 09:15 PM
The song "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) by The Moody Blues was written by sometimes lead singer and full time bassist John Lodge. He was annoyed that people were always coming to him asking him about questions about political problems. At the time, he noticed that many people thought singers knew a lot about politics and should take an active role in them (see for example how politically active Bob Dylan was). He felt he had NO answers to any such problems and just knew how to make music. On top of that, the band had recently heard that some of their fans were turning to their music for "spiritual enlightenment". Annoyed by all of this, he penned "I'm Just a Singer (In A Rock and Roll Band)" as a way of saying "HEY! QUIT ASKING ME QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS!!!"
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#328
10-04-2014, 08:28 PM
http://imgur.com/gallery/Ot05Z77

Saturday Morning Cartoon chain has officially been broken.
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#329
10-04-2014, 09:48 PM
(10-04-2014, 08:28 PM)Psychospacecow Wrote: http://imgur.com/gallery/Ot05Z77

Saturday Morning Cartoon chain has officially been broken.
That was bound to happen sooner or later. Let alone that bad choices throughout the executives of television entertainment brought the saturday morning to a close. 
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#330
11-05-2014, 04:01 PM
September 12 is  Freddy Krueger Day in Los Angeles.
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