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If you're a UNIX user and you use the 'cal' command, do a 'cal 9 1752' and see how many days there were in September 1752 :thumb: Start of the Gregorian calendar.

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If you cut yourself the wound will heal a LOT quicker if you wrap it in clingflim than if you leave it to dry out.
surely it would get infected?

but wait till you hear mine........

Spiders have no heart or lungs. thats why is you trap them under a glass they dont suffocate

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If you cut yourself the wound will heal a LOT quicker if you wrap it in clingflim than if you leave it to dry out.
surely it would get infected?

Well, every wound is colonised with bacteria, but usually the body's defence mechanism copes perfectly well in keeping it at bay; it's only when your immune system starts to lose the battle that 'colonised' becomes 'infected', so as long as you're relatively fit you should be fine. That said, you should always clean the wound with saline first. Just think of the cling film as an artificial scab - it just does the job better...

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Dennis the Menace (UK) and Dennis the Menace (USA) are almost exactly the same age.

dennis2.jpgdennis.thumbnail.jpg

They were both published for the first time in the very same week in March 1951. The Atlantic was a lot wider then and neither Dennis knew about the other, so it was entirely coincidental.

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Its probably a bit unfair to dismiss this as "trivia" but i guess at the end of the day, it is.

Interest rates in Zimbabwe are currently at 1'200% per day (reserve bank of Zimbabwe), inflation was a rather scary 66'212.3% for December 07 (BBC) and the central bank have just this week issued a $10'000'000 (thats ten million) dollar bill which isnt even enough to buy a burger and chips from the cafe, as that will cost you a cool $15m at the moment. (first post)

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