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andizuki1982

Special people!

For a study I am doing, who would you pick as the most inspirational, special or most important person of the 20th/21st century? I would have to pick Mother Teresa who helped thousands of poor and...

jake-the-peg

Building myths

Whilst renovating my house we discovered a George II halfpenny under two of the corners of the living room. Now they could have rolled under the floor and become lodged there but it sounds a bit...

rja211077

check this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4326446.stm wasn't AB victim to this not so long ago when we kept getting folk randomly asking 'where can i buy cillet bang'. and the like? perhaps the...

justineo

David Cameron

Did anyone else hear the recent interview when he was asked about using drugs at Uni? He wouldn't say one way or other. do you think it matters or should we have a straight answer?

:Ace:

Cupboards

Who invented Cupboards? And Shelves and Drawers and all the things like that??

joules99

The truth about the Bible

exactly who wrote the bible, and how did it ever become so popular and when was it written?

:Ace:

Snowflakes

How do "they" know that each one is different? Do scientists run outside while it snows, catch one then quickly run back inside and look at it before it melts??

Carol Anne

TV license detectors

Does anyone know whether or not it is true that TV detectors cannot infact detect televisions being watched through a digital tuner? My son is now in second year at uni and has moved into a flat with...

Loosehead

Latest misuse of the HR act........

What is going on? why does the ECHR keep making these loony statements about what is supposedly a HR violation? madness! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4315876.stm

mfewell

Theresa May ?

Interviewed on R4 this morning all Theresa May would reveal is that she hasn't shown her hand (if any) yet. I think she would be a complete winner for the Tories - a very attractive lady with...

ieatbees

cider apples

i would like to know what apple tree i should grow in my garden to get good cider apples from. thanks

alphamale

Nuclear power stations - yes or no

How many people are for or against the UK building some modern nuclear power stations? Do you want to keep the lights on and your fridge to work. Do you want to cut down greenhouse gas emissions? You...

izzymem

What is strong enough to stick a pound coin to concrete?

I want to have a laugh basically and stick a pound to concrete. I have used super glue and addisive......both the strongest froms of glues. THEY DO NOT STICK!!! does anyone know something that...

manandise

Marine archeology

my daughter, student in conservation, writes a thesis on marine archeology. the subject is about artifacts recently found on the site of the wreckage of a 13th century junk in the Sea of...

ARSENAL

Where Dukes Live.

How come that, for example, the Duke and Duchess of Kent don't live in Kent and the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire live in Derbyshire (Chatsworth) etc? I know there is probably a...

happy_face

Trojan virus

Have just found out my laptop's got a virus called Trojan Elite.bar. I have Norton Anti virus on it but (entirely my own fault) it wasn't up to date and this virus slipped through. Luckily I have...

MargeB

Flat earth

Some scentists say the earth is round, some not. Do we have anything beyond a 'theory' that shows it is not flat? I have driven many many miles, and it just seems to keep on going, flat as ever. Even...

MargeB

Water

What are the constituents of water?

blojolo

school performance tables

what is the website address for the league tables for bromley borough secondary schools?