True Romance
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True Romance (1993)
IMDB rating: 7.80
Plot: Clarence Worley, a penniless hipster in Detroit with a love for Elvis meets a mysterious hooker paid to meet him named Alabama on his birthday in a theater at night. Falling in love, he makes it his mission to dispose of her past, namely her violent pimp, Drexl Spivey. Defeating him and unknowingly taking a vast fortune of Cocaine, the two fight to sell the white gold in Los Angeles as Drexl’s associates fight to reclaim it in a bloody romantic thriller full to the brim with style.
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Directors: Scott Tony
Actors: Slater Christian,Rapaport Michael,Kilmer Val,Pinchot Bronson,Hopper Dennis,Oldman Gary,Pitt Brad,Sizemore Tom,Walken Christopher,Jackson Samuel L.,Rubinek Saul,Gandolfini James,Argo Victor,Adonis Frank,Action,Crime,Drama,Romance,Thriller,
In Christianity, is it a sin to watch/read and enjoy lustful romances, horror, etc.?
Is anything other than pure stories and entertainment a sin? I mean, I love my True Blood, Dexter, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, etc. (which all have plenty of swearing, sex, and gore) and I honestly don’t know if I’m sinning by enjoying these things since I’m just watching a scripted show and not actually advocating these real-life acts or committing them. I get confused with what is actually considered wrong by God and what corrupt churches have come up with…
P.S. Is Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc. "wrong" as some churches believe, as they contain "sorcery"- why would that be wrong? Doesn’t it even mention witches and such in the bible itself?
Anything that feels good or excites the mind is sin. You are better off saying your prayers or reading the quran - uh - I mean the bible.
His Divine Shadow | Feb 01, 2010
not unless you start jacking off in the movie theater like peewee herman or something
Occasional Ignorance | Feb 01, 2010
It is human to sin, we cannot help ourselves, even if you fought it, you would probably sin every single day without even realising it. Relax and enjoy your life, be a good person and love God. There are so many misunderstandings with religion. You just need to be sure that you do not actively do it to spite God
monkphish | Feb 01, 2010
No. It is not a sin. Porn is because it exists strictly to entice people to lust, nothing more. The Lord of the Rings is actually a terrific Christian story. Tolkien meant it to be such.
Irish Eyes | Feb 01, 2010
got the same question in my head, so there’s a star for ya
I Love Two Points | Feb 01, 2010
Maximum Overdrive
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Maximum Overdrive (1986)
IMDB rating: 4.60
Plot: When the tail of rogue comet Rhea-M passes through Earth’s atmosphere, humanity’s worst nightmares come to life as machines gradually develop minds of their own, turning on their creators in bloody rebellion. At the Dixie Boy truck stop just outside Wilmington, North Carolina, both workers and patrons alike are coming to grips with the horror as a series of increasingly bizarre accidents occur, some injurious, some near-fatal, and some fatal. The terror finally comes to a head when the parked trucks - led by one for a toy company which sports a demonically-smiling goblin face - each start up on their own, circling the truck stop and preventing anyone from getting in or out. Trapped by the trucks and an emotionless manager (’Pat Hingle’ (qv)), a young ex-con (’Emilio Estevez’ (qv)) takes it upon himself to lead the rescue of anyone in the immediate vicinity who’s life is in danger, and to ultimately escape the truck stop and head to safety. Unfortunately, things become more complicated when a machine-gun-mounted mobile platform orders each of the humans to pump gasoline for the trucks. Pitted against an army of machines demonized by an unknown phenomenon, the people trapped in the Dixie Boy truck stop must use stealth and a concealed arsenal to escape. In the meantime, they realize that there is more to the tail of Rhea-M than they initially thought.
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Maximum Overdrive
Directors: King Stephen
Actors: Estevez Emilio,Hingle Pat,Short John,Quinn J.C.,Murney Christopher,Graham Holter,Faison Frankie,Miller Pat,Canon Jack,Bell Barry,Brasington John,Ferguson J. Don,Action,Horror,Sci-Fi,Thriller,
Maximum Bass Overdrive album cover?
Does anyone know where i can get the album cover for Maximum Bass Overdrive?
Im pretty lazy and cbf scanning the cover itself
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| Oct 27, 2009
11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie)
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11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie) (2003)
IMDB rating: 7.30
Plot: In Middletown, at 11:14 PM, two cars accidents happen at the same time, affecting the lives of five different groups of people. A drunken driver hits a man in a lonely road near a bridge; three young men hits a woman with a van, one of the passenger has a severed penis while another man on the road shoots them; a young man robs a convenience store, with the support of the clerk; a man finds a body in a cemetery and gets rid off it; and a young woman pretending to be pregnant tries to raise money for an abortion. All of these characters and their fates are very connected.
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Download 11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie)
Directors: Marcks Greg
Actors: Thomas Henry,Heron Blake,Gregg Clark,Hatosy Shawn,Sands Stark,Hanks Colin,Foster Ben,Swayze Patrick,Segel Jason,Gomez Rick,Comedy,Crime,Drama,Thriller,
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1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.
5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.
7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
20. It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
22. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.
24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Lowenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).
28. Camel’s have three eyelids.
29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
30. John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.
31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".
39. Slugs have four noses.
40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON’T TRY IT, DUMBASS)
44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.
47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".
49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
52. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.
54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.
55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.
60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s "Born in the USA".
64. IBM’s motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different".
65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.
66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
67. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.
72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.
73. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.
74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.
75. In Disney’s Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).
76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles".
77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
78. One in ten people live on an island.
79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.
84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
92. Back in the mid to late ’80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.
93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).
95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
96. Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."
97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words "North" and "South).
98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.
99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.
100. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.
102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a "palindrome".
103. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
105. China has more English speakers than the United States.
106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year’s Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
107. One in every 9000 people is an albino.
108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.
112. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
113. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
114. In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
115. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.
116. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
118. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
119. About 55% of all movies are rated R.
120. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.
121. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.
122. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.
123. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
124. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
125. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
127. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
128. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
129. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.
130. The word "maverick" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.
131. Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
132. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse’s legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
134. An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.
135. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
136. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT".
137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.
138. Almonds are members of the peach family.
139. Rats and horses can’t vomit.
140. The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.
141. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
142. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
143. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
144. There are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
146. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
147. "101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.
148. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
149. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.
150. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
151. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
152. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
154. All polar bears are left-handed.
155. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
156. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
157. Butterflies taste with their feet.
158. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
159. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
160. Starfish have no brains.
161. 11% of the world is left-handed.
162. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.
163. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
164. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
165. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
166. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
167. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
168. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
170. Los Angeles’ full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
171. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
172. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.
173. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
174. A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
175. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
176. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.
177. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.
178. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.
179. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
180. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs melted into it.
181. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
182. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
183. Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. "You’ve got Mail!"). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as "Q-Link."
184. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
185. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.
186. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
187. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
188. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
189. There are a million ants for every person on Earth.
190. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
191. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
192. The name Jeep comes from "GP", the army abbreviation for General Purpose.
193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
194. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
195. Cats’ urine glows under a black light.
196. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
197. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.
198. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
199. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
200. 25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.
201. David Sarnoff received the Titanic’s distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
202. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
203. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.
204. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the ’30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).
205. "Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
206. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
207. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
208. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.
209. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
210. A jellyfish is 95% water.
211. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
212. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
214. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
215. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)
216. In golf, a ‘Bo Derek’ is a score of 10.
217. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.
218. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
219. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
220. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
221. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.
222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.
223. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska’s third largest city.
224. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s "It’s a Wonderful Life".
225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
226. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.
227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.
229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand "1" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
233. Judy Scheindlin ("Judge Judy") has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
234. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.
235. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
237. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
238. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
239. John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
240. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
241. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
242. "The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
243. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.
244. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn’t kill their enemies.
245. "Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
246. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
247. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.
248. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
249. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
250. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
251. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
252. Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
253. The tool doctors wrap around a patient’s arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.
254. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
255. US gold coins used to say "In Gold We Trust".
256. In "Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
257. A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
258. In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
259. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)
260. Pearls melt in vinegar.
261. "Lassie" was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.
262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.
263. Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.
264. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.
265. Tiger Woods’ real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
267. Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.
268. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.
269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
270. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.
271. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
272. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.
274. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
275. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.
276. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
277. Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.
278. Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.
279. The "if" and "then" parts of conditional ("if P then Q") statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q).
280. Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.
281. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
282. Only female mosquitoes bite.
283. The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world’s mail.
284. Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.
285. One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.
286. The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.
287. The "countdown" (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called "Die Frau Im Monde" (The Girl in the Moon).
288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
289. There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul’s armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.
290. A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.
291. Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.
292. Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.
293. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."
294. The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland’s baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.
295. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
296. The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).
297. There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
298. While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the "Treaty of Paris": Seven Years’ War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951).
299. Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln’s oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father’s assassination as well as during President Garfield’s assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.
300. The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.
301. The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst".
302. Don Mac Lean’s song "American Pie" was written about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who all died in the same plane crash.
303. The drummer for ZZ Top (the only one without a beard) is named Frank Beard.
304. Hummingbirds can’t walk.
305. When movie directors do not want their names to be seen in the credits, they use the pseudonym "Allen Smithee" instead. It has been used over 50 times, starting with "Death of a Gunfighter" (1969).
306. Four different people played the part of Darth Vader (body, face, voice, and breathing).
307. Pamela Lee-Anderson was the first to be born in Canada on the centennial anniversary of Canada’s independence (7/1/1967).
308. There is about 200 times more gold in the oceans than has been mined throughout history.
309. William Shatner is credited for being the first person on TV to say "hell" as well as to have the first inter-racial kiss (with Nichelle Nichols), both in episodes of Star Trek.
310. While the US government’s supply of gold is kept at Fort Knox, its supply of silver is kept at the Military Academy at West Point, NY.
311. Alexander Graham Bell’s wife and mother were both deaf.
312. Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.
313. In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men.
314. Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), Pope Leo VII (936-939), Pope John VII (955-964), Pope Leo VIII (963-965), Pope John XIII (965-72), Pope Paul II (1467-1471), Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister, 1784-1865), Nelson Rockefeller (US Vice President, 1908-1979), and John Entwistle (The Who’s bassist, 1944-2002) all died while having sex.
315. Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure.
316. Pac-Man, Namco’s 1979 arcade game, was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realized that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P".
317. Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, April 23, 1616.
318. There are about 7.7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population).
319. The youngest mother on record was a Peruvian girl named Lina Medina. She gave birth to a boy by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 (which happened to be Mother’s Day), at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days.
320. The "middle finger" gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play "The Clouds".
Very informative…. they say ur meant to learn at least 1 new thing each day and i just learnt 320!..
Megz | Oct 08, 2007
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quagmire1 | Oct 08, 2007
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Butterfly Tattoo, The
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Butterfly Tattoo, The (2008)
IMDB rating: 5.00
Plot: “Chris Marshall met the girl he was going to kill on a warm night in early June, when of the colleges in Oxford was holding its summer ball.” A chance meeting with Jenny at an Oxford party leaves seventeen-year-old Chris with hope for a summer romance - and no premonition of trouble. Busy with his job and soon in love with Jenny, whose cheerful surface belies the dark uncertainty of her past, Chris misses all the signs of danger. Before he knows it, he’s caught in the sinister web of a criminal whose desire for revenge crushes those who stand in his way.
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Actors: Stuart Duncan,Magrath Aidan,Dane Christopher,Morgan Dan,Easterbrook Peter,Addo-Quaye Alvin,Hollingworth Richard,da Silva Antony,Higgs Jonathan,Nuckley Simon,Drama,Romance,Thriller,
Girls.. Would you date a guy with a butterfly tattoo on his left ankle?
yeah, why not???
Genevieve | Feb 02, 2010
Probably not.
Confused?! | Feb 02, 2010
no… couldn’t take him seriously
Kristen | Feb 02, 2010
i wouldnt see any problem with that…depends on the design, i saw a really rad butterfly that was a cross between a butterfly and a skull…..not saying it would have to be skull related or anything like that but i dont think it would bother me, it would be his body not mine
Monica | Feb 02, 2010
. . .no
BARBiE<$ | Feb 02, 2010
yes it could have sentimental meaning behind it. sibling, parent, or grandparent. nothing wrong with it at all.
coral | Feb 02, 2010
No. It would look very girlish.
Michella | Feb 02, 2010
Lol, I’d laugh at him, might have a one stand stand with him, but would never date him
Nikki | Feb 02, 2010
if there’s a sentimental reason then i have no problem with it! it might be for a sister or grandparent or parent or just someone they’re very close to. I dont think one little tattoo would bother me at all
Abby | Feb 02, 2010
No way and he probably wouldn’t want to date me either since I’m a girl and it doesn’t sound like he’s into girls. ha.
Amanda | Feb 02, 2010
Only if he had a real reason for getting a butterfly tattoo… (i.e. if his sister died and she was really into butterflies), then I could accept that. And it would be better if the butterfly was as masculine looking as possible…
if he just got it for decoration… then… that would be questionable.
Ally | Feb 02, 2010
no.
Angelica | Feb 02, 2010
Hell no!
Shorty | Feb 02, 2010
Sure, why not? I once dated a football player sized guy that had a jack-o-lantern tattoo on his ankle, because he was born on Halloween. Maybe the butterfly is special and significant to him.
Giggles | Feb 03, 2010
Corruptor, The
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Corruptor, The (1999)
IMDB rating: 5.60
Plot: A New York police officer (Wahlberg) goes undercover in a dangerous crime scene to investigate abductions and drug-trafficking operations. He obtains backup with the help of another brave Hong Kong police officer (Yun-Fat) who works for the NYPD. They partner up together to stop the operation before the city goes down. The criminal orginization is called the “Fukanese Dragons” who are likely terrorists and illegal immigrants who are about to tear up Chinatown in New York City.
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Directors: Foley James
Actors: Chow Yun-Fat,Wahlberg Mark,Young Ric,Ben-Victor Paul,Lee Jonkit,Pang Andrew,Cox Brian,Mann Byron,Chan Kim,MacDonald Bill,Chow Ho,Action,Crime,Drama,Thriller,
Is not the greatest corruption is born of prolonged expectation, greed, and pride?
Do not seek to make mischief in the land; surely God does not love the corruptors.
[As for] that Future Abode, We assign it to those who have no desire to exalt themselves in the earth nor to make mischief; and the good end is for those who have precaution.
Holy Quran
Yes, I agree.
Muhammed was a person who demonstrated these characteristics,
From Wikipedia;
William Muir, a 19th century scholar, like many other 19th century scholars divides Muhammad’s life into two periods
Deep Rising
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Deep Rising (1998)
IMDB rating: 5.40
Plot: A gang of jewel thieves board an empty luxury liner in the South Seas to find that the crew and passengers have been killed by a monster that kills its victims and sucks the water from their bodies that looks like a mix of a giant squid and the monster from “Aliens”.
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Actors: Williams Treat,Heald Anthony,O’Connor Kevin J.,Studi Wes,O’Connor Derrick,Flemyng Jason,Curtis Cliff,Powell Clifton,Goddard Trevor,Hounsou Djimon,Curtis Clint,Takeuchi Warren,Banks Linden,Action,Horror,Sci-Fi,Thriller,
I am going on vacation to hawaii? please help and advise?
What to wear and what not to wear??
I mean bikini, swim-wear, clubwear (front open, back open), halter, sleeveless, spaghetti etc. mini dresses, tank tops and tube tops. i hate bras and undies. I have thongs and g strings though. I have pierced navel. I love to show skin, cleavage and recently butt crack.
I want to wear two piece at airport also. so should i wear a tight and short seamless tube top so that i can show my stomach area and piercing. And for bottoms should i wear low rise jeans or low rise shorts or very small cotton boy-short or skirt just covering my area. Should i go commando or wear a thong so i can show my thongs and butt crack while walking and more when bending??
Please help !! I’m in deep trouble!! Plz help ASAP.
but what about my dress code at the airport??
Is it ok to reveal half boobs with low cut or plunging neckline top or go with white colour short tube without bra??
I for got to ask if there are nude beaches in hawaii?? so shaved pussy or small straight landing strip or smal triangle trimmed hairs??
I think you are a brave and exotic girl. I just want to tell you what I love to see. Most are no difference with your taste.
At the beach or swimming pool: high tigh swimming wear (remember Baywatch), thong or G-string.
At the airport: low rise short or low rise jeans, or mini skirt, with batik tube top or white transparent shirt. Wear a thong of course. (and high heel :)) Prepare a tight jeans jacket in case of wind and cold.
Nud beach: small triangle trimmed hair (for the art and maturity).
For me, I understand this is not (only) about drawing attention, but to make you feel passionate and enthusiastic, comfortable and confidence. It’s unique for each of us.
magicsmile | Mar 16, 2010
wow, ever thought that you might look like a slut?
Sam | Mar 16, 2010
Whatever you have mentioned in your question is alright when you are partying, clubbing or want to hook up with a guy or guys in hawaii.
2 piece Bandeau bikinis with slight open in middle will be good for you as you can show some side boobs from your bikini.
thongs and g-strings are on your choice. I will choose for "going commando" at all times. even at airport. As for ass crack, be very careful. airports have security cameras everywhere. half to one inches is ok for me. more than that is very very risky.
If someone complains or tells that your crack is visble. Be innocent and apologize.
I think boy shorts will be best, then would be mini skirts, then low rise shorts. low rise denims is ok. i will not recommend.
You can even go for workout bra top from reebok, nike which would allow you to show you navel piercings. You can also go for normal white shirt, all buttons open and tie a knot just above your navel. In that way you can show your piercings as well your front will be completely open.
Make sure shirt is white though.
poppins | Mar 16, 2010
I Am Legend
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I Am Legend (2007)
IMDB rating: 7.20
Plot: Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague — The Infected — lurk in the shadows… watching Neville’s every move… waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered… and quickly running out of time.
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Do people know why they worship or how it affects them?
People do not tend to understand that religion from the mind and thoughts of a man. It creates their psychology. religions determines who we behave and interact with each other.
Since religions form how we perceive the world it can be fundamentally a problem. Religious persecution and hatred is the bad side of religions development. Religions can divide the world apart, because man is naturally arrogant.
In the ancient world there was conflict between all religious groups.
Those who worshiped Odin, a god of war, naturally filled the world with violence. They in turn would war against those who opposed their cultural war-like values and norms.
A little education for the non-Jew:
The bible tells the story about the fall of Babel. the bible may read that God wants the world divided, killing each other as a punishment.
The confusion according to Jewish legend was the result of Nimrod calling himself God, or according to only the word of the bible because men sought to make a name for themselves. either way a man or a group of men decided to put themselves first before everyones else and it lead to division.
The Torah was born to combat this division, which we even seen in the modern day world with Jesus Christ as God, in the Christian world, or a man, in the Muslim world. the world is divided
Judiasm was born under the thought, "If god tears this world apart, can they be united if they all worshipped one sole God." so they the Torah focuses on the oneness of God.
according to sumerian myth the world has been united one before until the God enlil divided the world who worshiped Enki. If you percieve it as a book of mere recycled stories, you are missing the point.
Judiasm will not accept foreign God because allow they may not know how it affects their psychology they hope that one day the world will be one.
so to Judiasm whem they say ‘the Lord our God is one’. they do not believe in a truine God, rather one God for a specific purpose, world salvation: because salvation is the Lords.
So people who say Jew lead people to hell do not understand what Judiasm is.
In Jewish thought the God of the world is more of a god that live within us rather than one that can be seen, they are not deaf, blind, or dumb.
Tha is why I ask do people understand why they worship or how it affects them?
Jew are not bad people they just know what they want. to reconstruct the world by sticking to the unity of one God. who is to say they are right or who is to say they we wrong.
Not always, there are plenty of people who are religious and know the purpose of their religion and of life, yet there are people who don’t know yet claim they do.
Mr. Dingo | Feb 03, 2010
Prestige, The
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Prestige, The (2006)
IMDB rating: 8.20
Plot: A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy — full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London.
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Directors: Nolan Christopher
Actors: Jackman Hugh,Bale Christian,Caine Michael,Bowie David,Serkis Andy,Davis Daniel,Piddock Jim,Neame Christopher,Ryan Mark,Rees Roger,Harris Jamie,Drama,Fantasy,Thriller,
MW2 Tips, Help, Anything Useful?
OK, i see people everywhere 2nd, 3rd, or fourth prestige and they go like at least 25-3 a match. They always get tatical nukes,and they make it look so easy. They also have a ratio of like 1.10. Me, i go maybe 20-10 on a good match, or go 5-20 on a bad match. My ratio is 0.72, and i havent gotten a nuke. I want to get to 2nd or 3rd prestige fast. Anything helpful will be appreciated. Also, leave your GT so you can help me in a REAL match
play more ull get better, ps, drop to the floor whenver u shoot someone
Meesh | Feb 09, 2010
if you want 2 rank fast then play search and destroy
get accostomed to peoples routes or rush like i do
if you can get atleast one kill a round then you will rank fast
try to defuse and plant bombs
and if u see someone that cant see u get a free headshot for double the points\
killstreaks set to 3 4 5
Tewfeek | Feb 09, 2010
try hacking
it worked for this kid in my class.
every headshot he gets, he gets a million pts
Carey | Feb 09, 2010
hmmm…this is my opinion try camping…stay in a safe place(house, trees, bushes…etc) while laying down…trust me i got to 15 straight kills online…proud i got to 15
Hmmmm? | Feb 09, 2010
Try out these classes that are listed below.
Primary - ACR w. Silencer.
Secondary - SPAS-12 w. Grip.
Equipment - Semtex w. Flash Grenades.
First Perk - Scavenger Pro.
Secondary Perk - Stopping Power Pro.
Third Perk - Ninja Pro.
Primary - UMP45 w. Red Dot Sight.
Secondary - AA-12 w. Red Dot Sight.
Equipment - Throwing Knife w. Stun Grenades.
First Perk - Sleight of Hand Pro.
Second Perk - Stopping Power Pro.
Third Perk - Steady Aim Pro.
I recommend playing Search and Destroy. Each kill is 500+ experience points. And each plant and defuse of the bomb is 1,000 experience points. I also recommend you mess around in the different game types and with the weapons. It really doesn’t matter if you have a high Kill / Death ratio, it’s just a number.
Pizzandraaa. | Feb 09, 2010
its just about the kind of player you are are you good at rushing or can you sit back and snipe im not the best but i have my fair share of good games and thats another thing they dont always get good games either you know…
GT: KATastroFEE3×1x
KATastroFEE3×1x | Feb 09, 2010
Bangkok Dangerous
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Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
IMDB rating: 5.40
Plot: A professional hit man, who picks someone of the street to do his errands, and after he is finished kills that person. His next assignment takes him to Bangkok, and as usual, he finds a street kid named Kong to help him. After Kong has a close call and learns who he is, asks him to train him and he does. He also meets a local girl who is deaf and spends time with her. However, has a hard keeping his other life from her, and it also appears, the person who hired him, breaks his rule of complete anonymity and tries to find him.
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Directors: Pang Chun Oxide
Actors: Cage Nicolas,Delaney Shaun,Hetrakul Dom,Waley Philip,With James,Yamnarm Shahkrit,Action,Drama,Thriller,
which hitman would win in a fight ?
martin blank from grosse point blank, reborn from katekyo hitman reborn, leon from leon the professional, jason bourne from the bourne identity, joe from bangkok dangerous, or frank martin from the transporter series ? all they have is there fists and guns from there movies.
Frank
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obviously jason bourne.
stvbckwth | Sep 08, 2009
Frank Martin .. its a pity he doesnt have his car to well .. run over the others and get away with it …hehe ..
Riskey | Sep 08, 2009
Blade Runner
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Blade Runner (1982)
IMDB rating: 8.20
Plot: Los Angeles, 2019: Rick Deckard of the LPD’s Blade Runner unit prowls the steel & micro-chip jungle of the 21st century for assumed humanoids known as ‘replicants’. Replicants were declared illegal after a bloody mutiny on an Off-World Colony, and are to be terminated upon detection. Man’s obsession with creating a being equal to himself has back-fired.
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Directors: Scott Ridley
Actors: Hauer Rutger,Olmos Edward James,Walsh M. Emmet,James Brion,Sanderson William,Turkel Joseph,Ford Harrison,Hong James,Paull Morgan,Thompson Kevin,Allen John Edward,Pyke Hy,Adventure,Sci-Fi,Drama,Thriller,
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11. Based on the following lines from