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We all know how our boffins decoded German secret messages during the last war. But is there any evidence that our secret messages were intercepted and decoded by the Germans? And did we have any...
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Apart from across the antarctic continent, does the international date line (NOT the 180th line of latitude) pass through any land territory anywhere at all?
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I recently went to the cinema to see 'Warhorse'. Every time the German NCO came on the screen smoking a cigar I thought I could smell cigar smoke. I was half expecting to smell cordite during the war...
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I was in the houses of parliament recently watching a debate. There was an MP on the government front bench that I would like to know the name of. Can't be mistaken, he was youngish with very long...
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I want to know the formula for calculating the small circle distance ie distance round the earth of a parallel of latitude, using the numerical degree of that latitude and the actual circumference of...
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I run Windows XP on my PC. When I did a course a few years ago I was taught how to print the image from the screen. This not using ctrl+P but some fix involving cut and paste. Can anyone advise me how...
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hiflier
When was Wales subsumed into England? I read recently that it was in 1536. What exactly happened oin that year that made the union final?
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hiflier
Do the provisions of the various Road Traffic Acts apply when driving on private land? In particular, the wearing of seat belts when on private estate roads.
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A joke I heard some time ago involved a farmer who was fed up with people entering his fields and picking his fruits. So he put up a notice saying 'PICK YOUR OWN!' This of course had the opposite...
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hiflier
Endeavour is how we spell it in the UK, whilst in US it would be spelt Endeavor. So why is the US space shuttle written in the English (UK) way?
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I heard recently that one of the earlier cosmonauts re-entered the earth's atmosphere wrongly and fetched up miles away from the designated landing place. He had to make his own way out of the space...
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Would the post office accept letters that have old postage stamps on them? I have many old stamps, some of them marked 1st or 2nd class but most with monetary denominations on them, from 3p up to 90p....
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Can a speed camera take your picture if you're exceeding the limit but are approaching the camera, rather than the usual one where you're snapped whilst driving away from it? And, if a car is caught...
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hiflier
What is the meaning of this quotation from Ecclesiastes?
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Is there any reason why brand-new 50 pence pieces have been put into circulation dated 2011 so early in the year? There do not seem to have been any other coins issued for this year. If the Queen dies...
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I once heard that a newspaper report said something like the following: '...Crowds cheered as Quen Victoria pissed over Westminster Bridge.' Does anyone have chapter and verse of this quotation?
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I have a fixed-interest mortgage. I was told by an employee of the mortgage loan provider that if I paid off more than 20% of the loan it would break the terms of the contract and it would therefore...
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hiflier
Hugh Dalton once described Charles de Gaulle as 'having a head like a pineapple and hips like a woman' But when did he say this?
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hiflier
There is a riddle in the form of a poem. The answer is 'an egg'. All that I can recall is a line containing the words 'halls of marble'. Any elucidation would be welcome.
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hiflier
For how long does UK copyright protection last?
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