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Brilliant but, thats not as steep as they make out, camara angles helped there.
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I know of it mate some friends climbed it years ago, the last time I was there I was 6. Climbed in Greenland theres some monsters there and its cold. Got the Island but it does look like the other one which is rising again I believe. Stopped climbing in 78 Im 65 now.
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OK here's one.
This disaster is generally regarded as the biggest/worst ever accidental man made explosion. It was also the biggest ever man made explosion, accidental or intentional, prior to the atomic bomb.
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When two ships collided in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia during WW1?
The meteor strike in Tunguska, Siberia, was the biggest explosion full stop (ie not man made)
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Where is the longest in Hight Rock Face in the World :confused:
Old Stoneface himself ....... Charles 'Sonny' Liston (he always had a long face - miserable sod, he was)
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right you are, X. Here's a little summary I typed up.
The disaster is known simply as the Halifax Explosion. In 1917, a ship laden with 2.6 million kilograms of explosives for use in World War I caught fire after a collision and exploded in Halifax Harbour.
Approximately 2,000 people were killed, 1,600 instantly, and 9,000 people injured. The explosion completely demolished an area of Halifax approx 1.5 square kilometres. A piece of metal debris from the ship weighing over 500 kilograms (1,100 lbs) was found 2.3 miles away.
The size of the explosion is said to be roughly equivalent to 3,000 tons of TNT.
If you google Halifax Explosion, you will find plenty of info and pictures.
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Who biult all the stone walls in Patagonia.
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Who biult all the stone walls in Patagonia.
Didn't Pategonia used to be populated by giants? Probably it was them ;D
I seem to remember some kind of story about some kind of white migrants of the 16th or 17th century, damned if I can remember what they were called though.
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Who biult all the stone walls in Patagonia.
The Welsh ?? (there are large areas of patagonia where Welsh is the spoken language - my cousin went to work there once)
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OK, while we are waiting for the answer to the Pategonian walls, here's another one.
There are many countries in Europe whose name ends in the letter "a". But only four of those countries don't end with the letters "ia". Name them.
If you are really feeling ambitious, you can also name all the European countries that end in "ia".
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OK, while we are waiting for the answer to the Pategonian walls, here's another one.
There are many countries in Europe whose name ends in the letter "a". But only four of those countries don't end with the letters "ia". Name them.
If you are really feeling ambitious, you can also name all the European countries that end in "ia".
Andorra, Moldova, Malta and erm um well, I'm spent.
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The Welsh is correct
Is it really?
Well, God's chosen people and all. The only reason we have a retracting roof on our rugby stadium is so that God can watch us play. ;)
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CGM
OK, while we are waiting for the answer to the Pategonian walls, here's another one.
There are many countries in Europe whose name ends in the letter "a". But only four of those countries don't end with the letters "ia". Name them.
If you are really feeling ambitious, you can also name all the European countries that end in "ia".
Andorra, Moldova, Malta and erm um well, I'm spent.
Alba (the ancient name for England) ????