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The term "rhinestone," from the French caillou du Rhin, came to be because the colorless, hard-glass artificial gems were originally made at Strasbourg (on the Rhine).

Ice is considered a mineral since it's a naturally occuring crystalline solid.

Roger Bannister never won an Olympic medal. He placed fourth in the 1,500 meters in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. The winner was Josey Barthel of Luxembourg.

Roger Bannister's exceptional life is proof positive you don't need an Olympic gold medal to succeed in life.

You can light a fart on fire.

Fact is this: I ain't agonna try to!

A kick to the crotch can be as painful to women as it is to men, or moreso.

A building in which silence is enforced, like a library or school room, is referred to as a "silentium."

Norris McWhirter, co-editor of the Guinness Book of World Records with his twin brother Ross, was Roger Bannister's roommate at Oxford.

Ross McWhirter was killed by IRA terrorists in 1975 and Norris died of a heart attack in 2004.

Even though an analog radio with the Wadley Loop system is analog, a good one doesn't drift off freq.

Keanu Reeve trained for four months with a martial arts expert before filming The Matrix (1999).

Herr Doktor Porsche got the basic layout for the VW from engineer hans ledwinka. sometime in the 1960s VW paid a large settlement to Tatra.

There is a new cat in our neighborhood that strongly resembles my Lynx point Siamese, Prince.

The Mustang's radiator duct was so carefully designed that with merlin at full tilt, the duct produced measurable thrust!

The Declaration of Independence is not signed by La Toya Jackson, Jesse Jackson, or Steve Martin.

Well, dang!
Now I have to relearn my American history!
Bloody hell.

Tea is not grown by Mr. T.

the burial location of wolfgang amadeus mozart is unknown. he died a poor man and was buried in an unmarked grave.