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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 1, 2023 14:30:12 GMT
You know what causes that....
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Post by bjd on Dec 2, 2023 15:38:13 GMT
Douglas Adams Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe
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Post by mossie on Dec 2, 2023 19:09:23 GMT
Ada Lovelace - worked with Babbage who built the first computer, for which she wrote programmes
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 2, 2023 19:55:47 GMT
Michael Gove - political weasel
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 3, 2023 5:52:36 GMT
Anne Hidalgo - mayor of Paris
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Post by whatagain on Dec 3, 2023 11:20:48 GMT
Salvador Dali. A man with a big moustache.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 4, 2023 3:59:23 GMT
Roger Vadim -- French screenwriter, film director and producer
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2023 6:39:06 GMT
Dimitri Rassam - French film producer, son of actress Carole Bouquet
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 4, 2023 12:27:27 GMT
Dimitar Berbatov - footballer who once played for Spurs.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2023 14:33:48 GMT
Demi Lovato - American model, singer and actress
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 4, 2023 17:07:12 GMT
Milo O’ Shea - Irish film and stage actor who died in 2013.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2023 18:35:32 GMT
Ed Sheeran - English pop star
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 4, 2023 21:13:34 GMT
Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji - Indian cricketer who ruled the princely state of Nawanager from 1907-1933. Cricketer from 1893 to 1904 for Cambridge University, Sussex and England for 15 Test matches.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 4, 2023 23:21:24 GMT
Marshall Mathers -- Eminem
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 5, 2023 5:35:01 GMT
Shakira - Colombian pop star
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 5, 2023 8:01:10 GMT
Ira Hayes - WWII marine subject of the song Ballad of Ira Hayes made famous by Bob Dylan.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 5, 2023 11:05:41 GMT
Marvin Gaye - American singer murdered by his father
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Post by whatagain on Dec 5, 2023 11:31:45 GMT
Vin Diesel. Actor.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 6, 2023 14:17:27 GMT
Selena Gomez - American singer and actress
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Post by whatagain on Dec 6, 2023 15:49:47 GMT
Nena. German singer of the 80 scoring a major hit with 99 Luftballons. Then with irgendwo.
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Post by bjd on Dec 7, 2023 7:04:31 GMT
Léna Mahfouf Franco-Algerian influencer and web presence
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 7, 2023 9:16:07 GMT
Farveez Maharoof - Sri Lankan cricketer. Fast bowler.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 7, 2023 14:40:54 GMT
Veena Malik - Pakistani singer and actress
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Post by mossie on Dec 7, 2023 15:39:35 GMT
Lena Horne - singer , noted for the song "Stormy Weather"
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 7, 2023 19:43:01 GMT
Israel Horovitz - American playwright
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 7, 2023 20:25:56 GMT
El Hadji Diouf - former pro footballer
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 8, 2023 4:54:22 GMT
Hadrian -- Roman emperor "known for his travels throughout the empire and the civil and military constructions of his reign. ... In 122 Hadrian initiated the construction of a wall [in Britannia to separate Romans from barbarians'. The idea that the wall was built in order to deal with an actual threat or its resurgence, however, is probable but nevertheless conjectural. A general desire to cease the Empire's extension may have been the determining motive. Reduction of defense costs may also have played a role, as the Wall deterred attacks on Roman territory at a lower cost than a massed border army, and controlled cross-border trade and immigration. A shrine was erected in York to Britannia as the divine personification of Britain; coins were struck, bearing her image, identified as Britania.By the end of 122, Hadrian had concluded his visit to Britannia. He never saw the finished wall that bears his name." source
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 8, 2023 10:33:19 GMT
Sir Adrian Boult - major orchestra conductor who died in 1983.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 8, 2023 12:49:52 GMT
Paul Boulton. Actually two people who joined forces and built aircrafts. They design a revolutionary aircraft called the Defiant. That aircraft was a fighter with all its armament in a quadruple turret manned by a second member. The idea looked good but priced a major disaster and they were shot like sitting ducks in the early days of 1940.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 8, 2023 14:53:42 GMT
Isn’t it Boulton Paul? And a company not a famous person?
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