Knowledge is POWER.

[SweatyMexican]

Did you live in the 1800's to confirm this?

Sorry, it's the other way around, we would have had 24 hours and 40 minutes in a day. But my point stands, Earth's rotation slows at about 17 milliseconds a century. Which means it would take 23 million years to get an extra hour in a day, not 300 years.

 

[TomandJerry]

Sorry, it's the other way around, we would have had 24 hours and 40 minutes in a day. But my point stands, Earth's rotation slows at about 17 milliseconds a century. Which means it would take 23 million years to get an extra hour in a day, not 300 years.

So 23 million years ago there was one less hour in a day?

 

[Guy Fawkes]

The tadpoles of the South American paradoxical frog are larger than the frog itself

No science experiment has ever been done (or could be done) to prove that time exists

Naughty racehorse names that have managed to escape the Jockey Club censor include: Hoof Hearted, Peony's envy, Wear the fox hat and Sofa can fast

The Roman name for Paris was Lutetia which translates into English as 'Slough'

 

[OzMike]

Facetious, is the only word in the English language where all the vowels are in the correct order.

 

[LadySeagull]

Facetious, is the only word in the English language where all the vowels are in the correct order.

Ahem... 'abstemious' is the other word in the English language where all the vowels are in the correct order!

 

[Don Quixote]

40% of the human race did not survive beyond its first birthday

People earning over £14,000 a year are the richest 4% on the planet

In japan only 2% of adoptions are of children: 98% are adult males aged 25 to 30

It's unsafe for travellors to rely on 'St Chrisopher' any more: he lost his sainthood in 1969

Until 1913, children in America could legally be sent by parcel post

Ancient Greek democracy lasted for only 185 years

He did not lose his sainthood at all

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

Ahem... 'abstemious' is the other word in the English language where all the vowels are in the correct order!

also, abstentious

 

[happypig]

Basenji dogs cannot bark.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

He did not lose his sainthood at all

According to Qi he did, however on a quick internet search i found this:

The Church began honoring saints by the year 100 AD. The practice grew from the long standing Jewish practice of honoring prophets and holy people with shrines. ... Canonization has only been used since the 10th century. Prior to that saints were chosen by public acclaim. With that process, some saints stories were distorted by legend and some never existed. In 1969 the Church reviewed all the saints on its calendar to see if there was historical evidence of each saints existence. After discovering that there was little proof that many saints including some very popular ones ever lived, some were dropped from the calendar of feast days. Among those who were dropped is Saint Christopher, patron saint of travels. There are several legends about him....but he was determined to be based on legend and was taken off the universal calendar.

So possibly dropped from the Roman calendar but still a saint?

Once completed, the act of canonization is irrevocable. In some cases a person has been popularly "canonized" without official solemnization by the Church . . . yet any act short of solemn canonization by the Roman pontiff is not an infallible declaration of sanctity. Should circumstances demand, the Church may limit the public cult of such a person popularly "canonized"

(if the answer given on the site is correct of course)

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Caffine is made of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen & oxygen: the same as cocaine, thalidomide, nylon, TNT & heroin.

The same man invented heroin and aspirin in the same year: Felix Hoffman, 1897.

Heroin was originally marketed as cough medicine

Worldwide sales of cocaine earn more than Microsoft, McDonald's and Kellogg's combined

 

[Guy Fawkes]

The modern world's first international sporting fixture was a cricket match played in 1844 between Canada and the USA. Canada won by 23 runs

Baseball - the name and the game - was invented in England in the 1750's

Soccer is not and Americanism, it's short for Association Football and was populised by Charles Wreford-Brown, captain of the England national team 1894-5

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Blorenge rhymes with Orange.

(Its the hill outside my window)

. Nice try !!!

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Caffine is made of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen & oxygen: the same as cocaine, thalidomide, nylon, TNT & heroin.

The same man invented heroin and aspirin in the same year: Felix Hoffman, 1897.

Heroin was originally marketed as cough medicine

Worldwide sales of cocaine earn more than Microsoft, McDonald's and Kellogg's combined

I think you'll find man was using Heroin from the Poppy a few thousand years before that to get strung out !

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Is it still legal to kill a Welshman with a bow and arrow in Nottingham anymore ?

 

[Phat Baz 68]

You cannot keep your eyes open when you sneeze .

 

[miffy6]

The Currency of Siberia used to be Solid blocks of Tea.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Is it still legal to kill a Welshman with a bow and arrow in Nottingham anymore ?

Chester.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

According to Qi he did, however on a quick internet search i found this:


So possibly dropped from the Roman calendar but still a saint?

(if the answer given on the site is correct of course)

The word saint means believer, and was used in Psalms in King David's time long before Christianity. Several hundred years later it was decided that some believers were better than others and 'made' saints, which was a corruption of the original meaning.

 

[OzMike]

Ahem... 'abstemious' is the other word in the English language where all the vowels are in the correct order!

Yeah................................and that one as well.

 

[OzMike]

also, abstentious

And that one too.......................

But then again are those two words actually in the dictionary as words, or are they linked to the main word abstent/abstem?
eg. when you look up tender it mentions the word tenderness, as related to tender but not as a word in it's own right, if you get what I mean.