What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?
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Jan 2019
3:53pm, 13 Jan 2019
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McGoohan
That's very interesting Chris. The A N I M A L has been taken down I think now.
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Jan 2019
5:58pm, 13 Jan 2019
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Night-owl
There's such a thing as no trousers tube ride google.com Even more so it's been going on for 10 years |
Jan 2019
8:04am, 14 Jan 2019
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Diogenes
That for most of human history, until well into the Middle Ages, it never occurred to anybody to read silently
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Jan 2019
9:46am, 14 Jan 2019
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GlennR
[The Venerable Bede is traditionally said to be the first person in Britain who read without talking out loud, but not sure how reliable that is.]
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Jan 2019
9:59am, 14 Jan 2019
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Diogenes
I’m not sure we can prove that some subversive types weren’t doing this a long time before Bede
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Jan 2019
10:16am, 14 Jan 2019
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GlennR
Yes, there may well have been some freaks. It's perhaps worth noting that Socrates didn't approve of writing at all, but in the oral tradition.
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Jan 2019
10:37am, 14 Jan 2019
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Wriggling Snake
No Glenn, some good clubs have a long history of sustained success as they are ran well, some are Johnny Come Lately through good luck, the odd good manager, but most signiificantly money.
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Jan 2019
5:52pm, 17 Jan 2019
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CaptainDad
The french for "Fake News" is "Info Faux"
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Jan 2019
6:39pm, 17 Jan 2019
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NDWDave
Wingding was the name for a lively party and not just made up for the font
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Jan 2019
8:16pm, 17 Jan 2019
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NDWDave
Winchester cathedral is on the £10 note
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