Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Only if it crashes I presume?
Really TRUE odd factoids
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Ming the Merciless
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Not according to Classic
classic33
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Survey by TIME, not me!
classic33
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Only one out of every 11 million people will be in a plane crash in their lifetime. Dying in a plane crash is so unlikely that you’re far more likely to:
Be born with an extra finger or toe (1 in 500)
Get killed by a meteorite (1 in 700,000)
Drown in your bathtub (1 in 840,000)
Be murdered (1 in 18,000)
If you’re flying commercial – which most people do – you’re even less likely to be killed in an airplane accident than someone who is traveling in a private plane.
Be born with an extra finger or toe (1 in 500)
Get killed by a meteorite (1 in 700,000)
Drown in your bathtub (1 in 840,000)
Be murdered (1 in 18,000)
If you’re flying commercial – which most people do – you’re even less likely to be killed in an airplane accident than someone who is traveling in a private plane.
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more research needed classic - i note that you say "so-called" memoirs.
There's a book in it for you if you can back it up.
Not saying not true, just not really substantiated - i read again about the story somewhere recently.
edit - just read that well written link fully (did you?) - see all the stuff by respected historian Ian Kershaw. (been a book of his on my shelves for years I should read)
His detailed researches don't back up the story at all - in fact quite the opposite.
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"totally true and proven fact" is a strong phrase.
please provide sources.
it is a great story of course, been doing the rounds for years.
may be true may not be.
I'd love to see the evidence - not being sarky.
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classic33
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Everything rests on those memoirs, of which there are apparently two copies. One handwritten, the other typed and stopping mid sentence.
http://historyofliverpool.com/hitler-living-liverpool/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/england/liverpool/user_1_article_3.shtml
https://www.irishpost.com/news/brid...e-story-adolf-hitlers-irish-sister-law-155025
Odd that when Bridget's & Alois son joined up/enlisted in the US Navy the recruiting Sergeant was George Hess
Chris S
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The DJ John Peel can be seen in the footage of Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination.
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The novel 'Absolute Beginners' was written in the 1950s. In it the narrator meets a left-wing trade unionist called 'Ron Todd' in a jazz club.
In 1985 a real-life trade unionist called 'Ron Todd' became general secretary of the TGWU.
In 1985 a real-life trade unionist called 'Ron Todd' became general secretary of the TGWU.
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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Oswald sent a demo tape to John Peel with the title “I shot the president but I did not shoot his deputy”. But the demo tape wasn’t rediscovered for another 30 years. It’s rumoured Bob Marley had heard the demo and came up with a copy in 1973.
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Wrong thread.
See the other one.
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Sodium ferrocyanide is used as an anti-caking agent in commercially produced salt. It can react with acid, such as vinegar, to produce hydrogen cyanide gas which is highly toxic.
classic33
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The Tour de France is more popular than the American Super Bowl And The Summer Olympics.
21 day Tour de France race (3.5 billion viewers).
Super Bowl (114.4 million viewers).
Winter Olympics (500 million viewers).
Italy’s cycling Grand Tour (775 million viewers).
The summer Olympic games (2 billion viewers).
FIFA World Cup (3.2 billion viewers).
