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JavaScript keeps its spot atop programming language rankings
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7 programming languages we love to hate -- but can’t live without
These are not flamebait. If you don't like them, let me know where to post such articles (if not the Basement). I wanted to ask them what their favorite language was, but I couldn't register. Can anyone else do that?
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116 Amazing Facts for People Who Like Amazing Facts
These are some of the "Facts" in the list. I have not verified anything. These are a preview of what is there.
The first webcam watched a coffee pot. It allowed researchers at Cambridge to monitor the coffee situation without leaving their desks.
The actor who was inside R2-D2 hated the guy who played C-3PO, calling him "the rudest man I've ever met."
When Disneyland opened in 1955, "Tomorrowland" was designed to look like a year in the distant future: 1986.
The German word kummerspeck means excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.
The collective noun for a group of pugs is a grumble.
In 1939, Hitler's nephew wrote an article called "Why I Hate My Uncle." He came to the U.S., served in the Navy, and settled on Long Island.
In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on rubber bands just to hold all their cash.
The Vatican Bank is the world's only bank that allows ATM users to perform transactions in Latin.
At Fatburger, you can order a "Hypocrite"—a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon.
Obsessive nose picking is called rhinotillexomania.
In the early stage version of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s faithful companion Toto was replaced by a cow named Imogene.
Sorry, parents. According to NASA's FAQ page, "There are no plans at this time to send children into space."
God and Jesus are the only characters on The Simpsons with a full set of fingers and toes.
Only one McDonald's in the world has turquoise arches. Government officials in Sedona, Arizona, thought the yellow would look bad with the natural red rock of the city.
Dolly Parton once entered a Dolly Parton look-a-like contest—and lost.
Before settling on the Seven Dwarfs we know today, Disney also considered Chesty, Tubby, Burpy, Deafy, Hickey, Wheezy, and Awful.
Before Stephen Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants, he taught marine biology.
In a study by the Smell & Taste Research Foundation, the scent women found most arousing was Good & Plenty candy mixed with cucumber.
In 1958, Larry King smashed into John F. Kennedy's car. JFK said he’d forget the whole thing if King promised to vote for him when he ran for president.
Until 1954, stop signs were yellow.
Furbies were banned from the National Security Agency's Maryland headquarters in 1999. It was feared the toys might repeat national security secrets.
When the mummy of Ramses II was sent to France in the mid-1970s, it was issued a passport. Ramses' occupation? "King (deceased)."
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/newsinenglish/116-amazing-facts-for-people-who-like-amazing-facts/ss-BBv2YNg#image=116
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tomos:
^yeah, wouldnt trust many of them - but an entertaining list (quoted) all the same :up:
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Can you find the feline Cat photo stumps the internet
It's much more conspicious once you know where it is. Location shown below picture in article. Be careful if you don't want to cheat.
There's nobody like that here, is there? ;)
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Quadrooter: the latest Android security flaw
How many scanned positive? Mine were 1 out of 2.
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