Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 22, 2003 at 5:27:37 PM CET
Who invented the paper clip?
Up until the 19th century, stacks of papers were bound with ribbons, strings, straight pins, or even clothes pins. All that changed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when several patents for the fastening device were filed.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 22, 2003 at 4:07:03 PM CET
How much $$$$$ are you worth
Please answer all of the questions below. If you do not know the answer to a question, or the question doesn't apply to you then leave it blank. We won't hold it against you.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 21, 2003 at 4:33:20 PM CET
Over $6 Million Found In Truck Loaded With Other Dough
Authorities found boxes filled with millions of dollars when they searched an 18-wheeler because its paperwork "didn't add up" during a routine inspection. Eleven boxes filled with packaged money were found in the truck Wednesday among its regular load, boxes of heat-and-serve dinner rolls, authorities said. The total was estimated at $6 million.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 21, 2003 at 4:18:47 PM CET
World Beard And Moustache Championships 2003
Pictures from the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Carson City NV
via biber
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 21, 2003 at 3:57:35 PM CET
Python attacks, swallows Bangladeshi woman
Basanti Tripura, 38, was collecting fruit with a friend in a forest when she was attacked on Tuesday, a police official said.
She was swallowed up to her waist.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 21, 2003 at 3:46:39 PM CET
Ham attack hits Australian sheep
A shipment of Australian sheep destined for the Middle East has been delayed after it was confirmed that animal rights activists had laced the animals' food with ham in a bid to make them unsuitable for Muslim countries.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 21, 2003 at 1:43:18 PM CET
Woman Finds Deer in Her Bedroom
aura Lee Nicholas heard a couple of taps on her bedroom window Wednesday morning. Her day was about to get very interesting. "All of a sudden, I heard this really bad crash," the 21-year-old college student said. "I thought it was a burglar."
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 19, 2003 at 1:14:28 PM CET
Coke on trial as Indian villagers accuse plant of sucking them dry
The village claims that Coca Cola's biggest bottling plant in India is draining water from their wells, drying up their ponds and adversely affecting the lives of more than 2,000 families who depend on the underground water for crops.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 15, 2003 at 11:45:34 PM CET
Wine industry urges drinking, driving
France’s wine industry wants drivers to know: It’s OK to have a drink for the road. Or three.
THE $18 BILLION-A-YEAR wine industry is fighting back against a government campaign to discourage drunk driving. It claims the government is scaring people away from ordering a glass when they go out and points to a 15 percent drop in wine sales at restaurants.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 14, 2003 at 7:14:32 PM CET
Croc catcher will use bare hands
An Australian hunter who catches crocodiles with his bare hands, has demanded chicken heads, a bamboo pole, and a boat to trap a tricky Hong Kong crocodile that has evaded local officials for two weeks.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 14, 2003 at 11:37:02 AM CET
Underwear Boiling System
SAMSUNG's Digital World - Fully Automatic WA50U1
Boiling(100% Perfect Sterilization) / 100% Perfect Wash / Clean Hygienic Stainless Steel Tub / Economic / Various Washing Course / 5 Steps' Safety Design
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 14, 2003 at 11:31:29 AM CET
50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know
Russ Kick has proved himself a master at uncovering facts that "they" would prefer you never hear about. The giant Disinformation Guide series edited by Kick has become the definitive place to find revelations about government cover-ups, scientific scams, corporate crimes, medical malfeasance, historical whitewashes, media manipulation, and other knock-your-socks-off secrets and lies.
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