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phinds said:
Illustration of why questions need to be well formulated:
The River Avon near Bristol is a variant on Afon, the Welsh for "river". My geography teacher claimed this is probably due to a similar conversation between a Roman military map maker and some unimpressed local...
 
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Ibix said:
The River Avon near Bristol is a variant on Afon, the Welsh for "river". My geography teacher claimed this is probably due to a similar conversation between a Roman military map maker and some unimpressed local...
Not as bad as an entire country named "the village" :smile:
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The name of Canada has been in use since the founding of the French colony of Canada in the 16th century. The name originates from a Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata (or canada) for "settlement", "village", or "land".
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
If you replace 123456789 with 123456790 it's exact.
However, that removes the mathematical beauty of the formula.
Can't be right!:eek:
 
Did you know that Meatloaf's girlfriend refused to do his taxes for him? Apparently she would do anything for love, but she won't do VAT.

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If we send astronauts to the sun they will burn!

Don't worry, we will send them at night.
(These were speech bubbles on a photo of two prominent people.)
 
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