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Mystery birdsong resembling human tune

Due to the recent good weather I've spent a lot of time in the garden and have heard birdsong that resembles the opening notes of the tune known, (at least by humans!) as 'Camptown Races'. Does anyone...
16:48 Sun 23rd May 20046 answers, last by Kit 20:04 Wed 26th May 2004
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Robin Friday print or poster

Does anyone know where I could buy a print or poster of that famous photo of Robin Friday wheeling away from goal giving the 'V' sign to the 'keeper he's just beaten? Cheers.
16:01 Sun 14th Mar 20041 answer, last by PBPA 23:27 Thu 15th Jul 2004
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Comedy show on BBC2

There was comedy series on BBC2 last year that featured a Chinese guy called 'Errol' who worked in a fishmarket and a divorcee who kept his daughter's Shetland pony in the spare room of his flat. I...
18:35 Tue 17th Feb 20042 answers, last by omblod 19:47 Tue 17th Feb 2004
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Generals in Franco-Prussian War

This may well be an urban myth propagated by history students but I remember someone telling me that there were two generals in the Franco-Prussian War called something like 'Henau' and 'Stedion' -...
18:14 Mon 02nd Feb 20041 answer, last by sadstat 01:10 Mon 03rd May 2004
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Model of car in Con Air

I was watching Con Air on TV last night and wondered if anyone knew the make and model of the silver car John Cusack's character drives. Cheers.
23:36 Mon 26th Jan 20044 answers, last by omblod 18:15 Tue 27th Jan 2004
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Spanish surnames of Irish Origin

I'm aware that several modern Spanish surnames have their orgins in Ireland. The names of Irish mercenaries fleeing to join the Spanish Army were often changed into Spanish versions, e.g. Kennedy -...
22:22 Sun 14th Dec 20033 answers, last by worldlastnames 23:44 Thu 23rd Apr 2020
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What ever happened to the 'h' in yoghurt?

Answerbok's question about nougat reminded me of this - what ever happened to the 'h' in yoghurt? Nowadays it seems to be spelt, 'yogurt' but being from the old school, I stubbornly persist in...
17:59 Wed 03rd Sep 20036 answers, last by Buffy 00:50 Sat 06th Sep 2003
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Is swallowing chewing gum bad for you?

We've all been told the old wives tales as kids e.g; if you swallow chewing gum it'll wrap round your heart and kill you, or it'll give you appendicitis! However, is swallowing chewing gum, actually,...
17:28 Wed 30th Apr 20035 answers, last by ramrock007 19:33 Mon 23rd Mar 2009
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Cleaning leather

Recently I bought a leather jacket from a charity shop. It's in great shape and only cost me a fiver, however, it smells badly of stale sweat. Any ideas on how to get rid of this odour? Cheers.
21:25 Thu 05th Dec 20024 answers, last by vpv4snet 06:53 Mon 14th Sep 2009
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Closest Relative

Who is your closest relative - your mother, father or siblings and does it matter what sex you are? I've never heard a satisfactory answer to this!
18:29 Tue 16th Jul 20022 answers, last by WaldoMcFroog 00:17 Wed 17th Jul 2002

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