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Optical Effect?

What is this optical effect called? On the bottle of Camp Coffee the label showed an Indian servant carrying a tray on which was a bottle of Camp Coffee with a label which showed an Indian servant...
13:36 Fri 19th Jan 20074 answers, last by mibn2cweus 05:00 Sat 20th Jan 2007
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Appropriate Term?

when airline companies talk about a "near miss", why is it misleading?
13:10 Fri 08th Dec 20065 answers, last by Carby 17:28 Fri 08th Dec 2006
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Tolkien's Lot

What are the flaming trees from which the Eagles rescue Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and the dwarves in The Hobbit, and how do they provide them with temporary weapons.
17:11 Thu 07th Dec 20061 answer, last by drchasuble 17:36 Thu 07th Dec 2006
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Trouble at Christmas

What was the controversy surrounding last year's annual gift to London from the people of Norway of a Christmas tree?
17:09 Thu 07th Dec 20061 answer, last by Everhelpful 20:08 Thu 07th Dec 2006
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Globe traversal

This riddle is doing my head in please help A man in a boat at the Equator rows north for an hour, east for an hour, south for an hour, then west for an hour. Assuming that the sea is flat calm, and...
17:08 Thu 07th Dec 20065 answers, last by Dustybun 23:51 Thu 07th Dec 2006
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A puzzling tree

The Independent Christmas quiz asks: Which tree is commonly called "the pioneer tree" and why?
17:03 Thu 07th Dec 20062 answers, last by Thunderbird+ 19:41 Thu 07th Dec 2006
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Attracted deer

This question is taken from The Indeoendent Christmas Quiz Why are deer so particularly attracted to the willow tree (Salix), to the extent that they are planted as "sacrifices" on the edge of...
17:00 Thu 07th Dec 20061 answer, last by Thunderbird+ 20:21 Thu 07th Dec 2006
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A new name for the Cavern

What was the Cavern Club renamed at the end of the 1960's?
15:52 Wed 06th Dec 20062 answers, last by Leo1972 17:16 Wed 06th Dec 2006
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something in common

The Rolling Stones' Get Yer Yo-Yo's Out, Led Zeppelin's The Song remains The Same and Wilco's Kicking Television. What do these albums have in common?
15:51 Wed 06th Dec 20064 answers, last by Leo1972 21:27 Wed 06th Dec 2006
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Oasis links

What links Oasis with the cat flap
15:47 Wed 06th Dec 20062 answers, last by teash 17:26 Wed 06th Dec 2006
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Connections

What is the connection between the following, the album Dookie, Fleetwood Mac and Booker T and the MGs song Soul Limbo?
01:21 Wed 06th Dec 20062 answers, last by teag1rl 12:29 Wed 06th Dec 2006

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