Last Two Letters...

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DaveMitsky — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:22:49 GMT

Ernest Borgnine won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Marty.

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Doberman — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:07:57 GMT

Hoist with his own petard literally means "blown up with his own mine." More generally, a "petard" is a hat-shaped device which can be be charged with gunpowder

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DaveMitsky — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:43 GMT

Owyhee County is the southwesternmost county in Idaho.

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leo731 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:41 GMT

A new day is dawning:

Good Morning Starshine

The Earth says "Hello"

You twinkle above us

We twinkle below.

(Lyrics from Good Morning Starshine form the musical Hair)

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Doberman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:49:25 GMT

Ceatec (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) is an annual trade show in Japan

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DaveMitsky — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:29:18 GMT

Interference filters remove unwanted wavelengths by the use of destructive interference.

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Doberman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:59:39 GMT

Alan Deere was a New Zealand Spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain

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zachsdad — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:25:47 GMT

General Sun Tzu was a Chineese military strategist who lived in the 5th century BC and was the author of the book 'The Art of War', which is still considered a classic military manual.

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Doberman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:02:06 GMT

Interpretation of the message in an authors' works is always subject to the readers personal understanding of the written language.

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DaveMitsky — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:40:27 GMT

Erasmus Darwin, a British medical doctor and scientist, was the grandfather of Charles Darwin.

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leo731 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:37:21 GMT

Other famous last words: We all get the same amount of ice, the rich get theirs in summer, and the poor get theirs in winter.

(Bat Masterson)

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zachsdad — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:45:16 GMT

"Is that a slingshot?"

(Goliath's last words)

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leo731 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:46 GMT

Once you've been in space, you appreciate how small and fragile the Earth really is.

(Valentina Tereshkova: The first Woman in Space)

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DaveMitsky — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:13:55 GMT

Starburst galaxies such as M82 produce new stars at tremendous rates and radiate extreme amounts of infrared radiation.

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Doberman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:35:15 GMT

I.E is short for that is from the Latin phrase id est.