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5 things I didn’t know till last week – Series 2

March 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment

#1 The talented Indian movie comedian Johnny Walker was a teetotaler all his life. Then why did he get the name of a whiskey brand? Read here #2 Wish you could put more into that SMS? Read why text messages are limited to 160 characters? #3 Fucking (pronounced “fook-ing”) is an Austrian village located in [...]

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5 things I didn’t know till last week

May 4th, 2009 · No Comments

I didn’t know that … Carrots came in various colours like red, yellow and even black. The orange coloured carrot was developed by the Dutch in respect of their national colour. Additional reading at Orange Journey. There is something called sea-burial. They take the body placed in a coffin and sail into the sea from [...]

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