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No, Lady Godiva wasn't & an apple didn't fall on Newton's head... some historical myths revealed
DailyMail.uk ^
| 30th May 2008
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 05/30/2008 12:06:37 PM PDT by yankeedame
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To: dighton
Aw heck yeah.
Always loved that Collier rendition.
To: Monkey Face
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posted on
06/17/2008 10:16:24 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Fiddlstix
I heard he was a cereal killer.
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posted on
06/17/2008 10:19:49 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Monkey Face
Of course the Godiva legend is true - or a lot of models and actresses took their clothes off for nothing, in which case we’d have to make the legend up anyway.
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posted on
06/17/2008 12:48:05 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(Number nine, number nine, number nine . . .)
To: colorado tanker
Since there is a notation in my genealogy next to Lady Godiva’s info, I have to believe she really did make that ride. But I also thought she rode bareback, not just bare. (Wonder where I got THAT idea?)
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posted on
06/17/2008 12:59:45 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
("Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.")
To: yankeedame
George Washington was not the first of America's 43 presidents. During the American War of Independence, the Continental Congress sitting in Pennsylvania chose Peyton Randolph as their first President. I see this pop up from time to time...Peyton Randolph and John Hancock were both President of the Continental Congress...they were not President of the United States. There were no United States to be President of.
Washington only became the first popularly elected President of the United States.
As if being elected meant nothing.
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posted on
06/17/2008 1:10:12 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
To: yankeedame
George Washington was not the first of America's 43 presidents. During the American War of Independence, the Continental Congress sitting in Pennsylvania chose Peyton Randolph as their first President. I see this pop up from time to time...Peyton Randolph and John Hancock were both President of the Continental Congress...they were not President of the United States. There were no United States to be President of.
Washington only became the first popularly elected President of the United States.
As if being elected meant nothing.
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posted on
06/17/2008 1:11:06 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
To: Swordmaker
I am proud to say that my Great Uncle, along with another inventor, were responsible for the tipless lighbulb, commonly used today. They invented it when they were employed at GE.
To: Monkey Face
Most of the depictions I’ve seen show her riding bareback, too. Hey, why not be consistent?
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posted on
06/18/2008 9:17:34 AM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(Number nine, number nine, number nine . . .)
To: colorado tanker
See? Of course, I think the long hair was stretching the modesty factor. Nakedidity aside, if that’s all that was between her and the bridle, then...well...then...she was NEKKID!
Now THERE’s a freedom....
;o])
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posted on
06/18/2008 9:23:21 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
("Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.")
To: dighton
Protest of taxes, fiddlesticks. She exhausted her clothing budget on the horse. Not to mention her chocolate-weakness ... a good ol' Hershey bar just as satisfying, and don't break the bank!
To: MozarkDawg; null and void
Candy is dandy, and liquor is quicker, but sex won’t rot your teeth. ;o]
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posted on
06/18/2008 10:27:31 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
("Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.")
To: Monkey Face
HEY! That's MY line!
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posted on
06/18/2008 10:51:37 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Bureaucracies are stupid. They grow larger by the square of their age and stupider by its cube.)
To: null and void
LOL!
I know! Isn’t that what you told me, the first time you offered me chocolate?
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posted on
06/18/2008 10:53:54 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
("Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.")
To: Swordmaker
Edison invented the first successful electric lightbulb after trying and testing over 1500 different filament materials. A bit of clever misdirection on Edison's part.
The "secret sauce" wasn't the filament. It was the vacuum!
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posted on
06/18/2008 11:00:59 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Bureaucracies are stupid. They grow larger by the square of their age and stupider by its cube.)
To: Monkey Face
Awwwwwwwwww! You remembered!
I’m touched!
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posted on
06/18/2008 11:03:12 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Bureaucracies are stupid. They grow larger by the square of their age and stupider by its cube.)
To: blam
Lady Godiva....some how I always pictured her covered in
chocolate...
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posted on
06/18/2008 11:10:13 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: null and void
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posted on
06/18/2008 11:23:20 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
("Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.")
To: null and void
A bit of clever misdirection on Edison's part.
The "secret sauce" wasn't the filament. It was the vacuum! While the vacuum was essential, finding a filament that would give sufficient light while not burning out in a short time was the real problem. Edison started with using a vacuum. Many materials contained enough impurities that passing an electrical current through them caused destructive failures... some lasted longer than others but Edison was looking for a practical, economical light that would be manufacturable. The carbon filament was the answer.
It was pretty practical. The longest burning bulb in history is still lit in a Livermore, California, Fire Housefor 107 years.
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posted on
06/18/2008 11:40:13 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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