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I did not know (but now I do!) that the acre is an area of length 1 furlong and a width of 1 chain. The Old English word "acre" means field and it was generally considered the area that could be ploughed in a day using a yoke or oxen. There are exactly 640 acres in a square mile. It is unusual in that it is not a measure of a square but a rectangle, even though most people in agriculture, including myself, use the unit regularly and conceptualize a square area.
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
I did not know (but now I do!) is that the word barracking ( as in barracking for your team) came from when soldiers at Victoria Barracks would stand on the roof of their barracks and cheer for their teams playing nearby at the Garrisson Ground which was later to become the Sydney Cricket Ground.
I did not know (but now I do) that Henry Lawson became partially deaf from an ear infection when he was around ten and was totally deaf from age fourteen!
Will be interesting reading any of his works now and seeing references to noise.
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
I did not know (but now I do) that Onion is Latin for “large pearl.” A basket of onions was considered a respectable funeral offering in ancient Egypt, second only to a basket of bread. Onions, with their circular layers, represented eternity and were found in the eyes of King Ramses IV who died in 1160 B.C
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
I did not know (but I now do) that there are people who think the entire universe is actually a hologram, and they are spending millions of dollars reaserching :s that means it must be plausable ...
"Believe in the best, think your best, study your best, have a goal for your best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best."
that there is a fish with a built in viewing bubble like a submarine:
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that has to be out there with the strangest things in nature..
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what the?!?!?!?!?!
imagine having one of them in a fish tank! come out in the middle of the night half asleep to see it staring at you!
The term for "barracking" in UK is "Rooting" for your team...anyone shed any light how that saying came to pass??? Then I would know something that I don't know now!!!