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* The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
* The real name of the “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” lady is Edith Fore.
* Ancient Romans ate flamingo tounges and considered them a delicacy.
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After much trial, error, and gnashing of teeth, I was finally able to use InCD to format a CDRW and allow me to use it as a giant floppy.
I honestly can’t say what it was I did that finally got it to work, but here’s what I learned along the way:

Many people in many forums […]

* Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin. However, every stamp carries a relief image or a silhouette of the monarch’s head instead.
* Artist Constantino Brumidi fell from the […]

The CD to which I was trying to copy that folder was formatted with a utility called “InCD” which comes with Nero Bruning ROM. InCD allows you to read and write to a CD-RW disk just like you would a floppy disk. I find that incredibly more convenient than having to wait while the […]

I recently discovered that every folder on every partition of my hard drive (I have drives C: thru H:) was marked read-only. The files within the folders were still marked read/write, so the only real problem this caused was when I tried to drag-n-drop a folder onto a CD-RW disk. Windows would merrily create […]

* Other than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that may have blue eyes.
* The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
* The two longest one-syllable words in the English language are “screeched” and “strengths.”
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* The Andy Griffth Show was the first spin-off in TV history. It was a spin-off of the Danny Thomas Show.
* Goat’s eyes have rectangular pupils.
* Walt Disney’s autograph bears no resemblance to the famous Disney logo.
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ComputerRentals.com is the home of CRE Rentals. Looking at their website, I get the impression that they are just the people to see if you need to rent a single computer while yours has a part replaced or if you need to rent a whole room full of them for a trade show.
They handle computer […]

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

These laws were once actually on the books (and may still be):

You can’t even look at a moose from an airplane in Alaska.
If you live in Idaho, you can’t give any other citizen of that state a candy bar weighing more than 50 pounds.
Residents of Kentucky must bathe at […]

With gas prices hitting record highs on fairly regular basis, I find myself wondering two things:

Why is this happening?

and

When will it end?