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Oscar Wilde - "Either that wallpaper goes or I do."
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People Who Got Things Wrong In Their Lifetime.
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The telephone was thought to have too many short comings to be considered as a means of easy communications according to a Western Union internal memo.
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When told about the new invention of sound for the movies, H.M. Warner said "Who the h.... wants to hear actors talk."
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An executive of the Decca Record Company turned down the Beatles because they did not like their sound and they thought guitar music was on the way out.
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Lord Kelvin, president of the Royal Society which is dedicated to science, said that heavier than air flying machines were impossible.
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Gary Cooper turned down the lead role in "Gone With the Wind" because he thought it would flop.
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If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
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In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
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Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
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The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
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In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"
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The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.
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According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favoured day for self-destruction.
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Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.
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It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
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Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
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The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Benny & Joon or Forrest Gump?
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The Green Mile or The Last Samurai?
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Sucker Punch or 300?
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Underworld or Con Air?
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