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Stanley Kubrick never won an Academy Award for Best Director. (I don't think he was exactly broken up about this.)

As of 2006, Little Marvin, started a petition to convince the Nobel Committee in Oslo to amend their statute concerning posthumous nominations and finally award Gandhi the Nobel Peace Prize which eluded him during his lifetime. Many have taken up this cause now, with petitions being signed in LA, Portland, NY, the UK and India.

It's common knowledge, at least among educated Swedes, that Göring was in a Swedish nut house in the 20s. It was a documentary about it and there they also quoted the medical records. Since Göring has been dead for 60 years it's perfectly OK to make his records public. It has nothing to do with him being a nazi boss, you could do that for research purpose on any old medical record.

He was also married to a Swedish count's daughter, Karin von Rosen. When she died, he remarried with the German actress Emmy Sonnemann, but built a monument over Karin, named Karinhall. She was buried in Sweden, but when Göring put a wreath with a swastika on it on her grave, people wiped away the wreath. Therefore, he had her body moved to this monument in Germany. He had to remove Karins body 1945, when the Russians came, and blew the monument up, so they couldn't desecrate it. She was later reburied in Sweden.

Wow Litigious, yer better than Wikipedia, they hardly reference his marriage to Von Rosen.

Hats off ! !!

My favorite Goring quote:"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

My posts per day has fallen below 66.6. I will have to post more to make sure Michael Jackson doesn't rape me.

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Well, he was right there, wasn't he?

The word "orange" ultimately comes from Sanskrit narang. Oranges originated in southeast Asia, in either India, Pakistan, Vietnam or southern China. The fruit of Citrus sinensis is called sweet orange to distinguish it from Citrus aurantium, the bitter orange. In a number of languages, it is known as a "Chinese apple" (eg. Dutch Sinaasappel (China's apple)).

Linus Torvald is often credited with inventing the "Linux" operating system. This is incorrect, he merely applied for the US copyright for the name, so it wouldn't get tangled up in lawsuits and counter lawsuits. Mr. Torvald in Finn, but from that part of Finland that speaks swedish, so he's also often mis-identified as being swedish.

The English word "window" is a Scandinavian word meaning "wind-eye", brought to Britain by the Vikings. It's still in use in Norway, "vindue", but in Sweden we use the word "fönster" from the German word "Fenster".

Uncle Fenster ! !! He was my favorite member of the Addams Family ! !!

Due to the migration of people from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe to Sweden, the community that inhabits the greatest percentage of Swedish-speaking people isn't in Sweden but is the village Korsnäs in Swedish-speaking Finland...

Generally, one's cousinship to another is determined by a connection through only one parent to an individual in that parent's biological family. But an individual's cousinship to another individual may be determined by a connection through both parents. These cousins are biologically connected to both the maternal and paternal family trees and that cousinship is termed a double cousin. Another term is cousins on both sides.

In Swedish there are different words for the grandparents on the maternal vs the paternal side.

The Beretta Model 93R is a selective-fire machine pistol. The "R" stands for "Raffica" which means burst in Italian. It was designed in the 70s and meant for police and military use, offering extra firepower in a small package. It is perfect for concealed carry purposes such as VIP protection, or for close quarters fighting such as room-to-room searches.

A selector switch and the foldable foregrip allows the pistol to fire three round bursts with each pull of the trigger for a potential cyclic rate of 1100 rpm. The designers limited it to three round bursts to allow it to be more easily controlled.

(Not bad for an Italian firearm.)

Due to commercial fishing, the average swordfish has dropped from 260 pounds in 1960 to 90 pounds in 1996. The numbers of North Atlantic swordfish have dropped to less than 50% of what they were just 20 years ago and U.S. commercial fisherman account for about a third of the worldwide catch. This alarming decline is largely due to the popularity of this species by seafood lovers. A major part of the problem is related to over-fishing, general absence of regulations regarding fish harvest during critical periods, no minimum fish size, and lack of protection for spawning and nursery areas. This fish has been included on many endangered fish lists including the Audubon Society and others.
They are the sole member of their family Xiphiidae.