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 Tallest snowman
The world's tallest snowman, which is actually a snowwoman, is being unveiled in the western Maine town of Bethel.
Christmas
| Bethel, Maine [USA]
[Hits: 19] Updated On: 11/20/2009
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 Driving a car through the smallest gap
Driver Dave Ackland, aged 39, from Keyham, drove on two wheels through a gap 67cm wider than the height of the car, at the Barbican Leisure Park.
Smallest
| Plymouth [United Kingdom]
[Hits: 18] Updated On: 11/20/2009
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Plymouth, United Kingdom, Vauxhall Viva, Driver Dave Ackland, Keyham, Barbican Leisure Park, Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazzard, John Blakemore, Rev Mike Symonds, Cllr Glenn Jordan, Alex Lummis, Frontline Image Ltd, Dave Idolised Daredevils, Evel Knievel, Eddie Kidd, Car through Smallest Gap
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 Largest collection of Santa Claus memorabilia
Retired geography teacher Jean-Guy Laquerre, 73, owns more than 20,000 Santa Claus illustrations and figurines.
Christmas
| Boucherville, Quebec [Canada]
[Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 2, Hits: 19] Updated On: 11/19/2009
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Collection of Santa Claus Memorabilia, Boucherville, Canada, Geography Teacher, Jean-Guy Laquerre, Largest Collection of Santa Claus Memorabilia, Dad Army Star, Arthur Lowe, Santa Claus Kingdom, Christmas, Papier Mache Santa, Magic of Christmas, World Largest Santa Memorabilia, Santa Claus Collectibles, Santa Claus Figurines
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 Who is known as the ‘Pumpkin King of Britain’?
Ralph Upton of the village of Slindon, in West Sussex, south England, was known as the Pumpkin King of Britain...
Society
| West Sussex [United Kingdom]
[Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 10, Hits: 63] Updated On: 11/7/2009
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Ralph Upton, Village of Slindon, West Sussex, South England, Pumpkin King of Britain, Market gardener, Slindon, Pumpkin capital of Britain
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 What is Big Crunch theory?
This theory says the universe will one day stop expanding...
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[Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 20, Hits: 104] Updated On: 11/7/2009
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Stop expanding, Super hot, Super-dense singularity, Giant souffle, Big Bang Theory, Universe
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 Why does the touch-me-not shrink when touched?
Upon stimulation, like touching, the touch-me-not plant leaf cells lose potassium ions, triggering water to leave the cells through osmosis...
Science
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[Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 25, Hits: 120] Updated On: 11/7/2009
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Loss of turgidity, Cell wall, Pulvini-specialised motor organs, Potassium ions, Osmosis, Cells to regain turgidity, Touch-me-not Plant
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 What is the anchor investor concept?
The anchor investor is a recently introduced category of investor in the Initial Public Offer (IPO)...
Society
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[Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 16, Hits: 72] Updated On: 11/7/2009
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Initial Public Offer (IPO), category of investor, Qualified Institutional Buyer, Institutional quota, Anchor investor, Higher degree of confidence, Investing community, Anchor investment, Brand ambassador
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 What is carbon dating?
It is a method to determine the age of plants and fossils...
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[Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 21, Hits: 89] Updated On: 11/7/2009
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Method to determine the age of plants and fossils, C12 C13 and C14, C14 radioactive in nature, Half-life, Radio carbon dating, Willard Libby, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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 What is peep culture?
Peep culture is a vent for social isolation, ironically, a result of an increasingly virtual world...
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[Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 20, Hits: 78] Updated On: 11/7/2009
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Pop culture, television and radio as entertainment, peep culture, Reality TV, Internet, Private lives on blogs and social networking sites, Social isolation, Virtual world
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 Biggest Smallfry Smallmouth
Dylan Davis, 7 of Rowlett, landed a 35-pound, 10-ounce Smallmouth Buffalo on Hubbard. the biggest Smallfry Smallmouth Buffalo Male caught by a boy.
Nature
| Rowlett, Texas [USA]
[Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 15, Hits: 127] Updated On: 10/28/2009
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