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Fun Fact: Fossil Fuels

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Fossil fuels are a renewable energy source.  Unfortunately humanity probably won’t be around to witness it. Related articles New Batteries Will Get Us Off Fossil Fuels (bigthink.com) Energy News Recap: Dems Want Keystone XL Oil Export Ban; How Are Fossil Fuels Like Slavery? (treehugger.com) Renewables nearly competitive with fossil fuels, even without subsidies (grist.org) It’s [...]

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Treaty Of Tripoli

Saturday, January 23, 2010

First fun fact of 2010.  This one comes from 1797.  Relatively early in the life of the United States there was need to secure respite from privateering in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.  The US, with Washington himself spearheading (the bill was later signed by Adams after unanimous approval from Congress) drew up [...]

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Where your tax dollars are going…

Friday, April 21, 2006

“I have seen pictures of older men forcing naked young girls to have anal sex.” – Alberto Gonzales, US Attorney General Source: CNN

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A little Apple magic!

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

On the day Apple released their first Intel based machines (I’m not going to link anywhere since the news is everywhere) they manage to have their stock close at $80.86. If you don’t see the irony you should brush up on your computer history a bit.

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First Fun Fact of 2006

Monday, January 2, 2006

From the BBC News’ “100 things we didn’t know this time last year” we find that: 100. Musical instrument shops must pay an annual royalty to cover shoppers who perform a recognisable riff before they buy, thereby making a “public performance”.

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It’s knot hard (I hate bad puns)

Monday, December 12, 2005

You can learn to tie any knot with the Animated Knots Index.

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Expensive Liquid!

Monday, December 5, 2005

Tobasco Sauce costs about $95 a gallon. Which isn’t bad considering Liquid Paper is just about $200.

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Introducing: Fun Facts!

Friday, December 2, 2005

A new category here at RepTIDE. The Fun Fact. Short little blurbs of genius or stupidity. Welcome to the first ‘Fun Fact’. The RIAA has filed 14,800 lawsuits against people for ‘illegal filesharing’ and only one has ever gone to court.

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