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Rains in Chennai | Comfortably numb
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Cherry Blossom, Washington DC. San Diego, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas. Cherry Blossom, Washington DC. San Diego, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas. September 30, 2011 /. This whole week the sun was out, without a cloud on the sky. So today morning when I woke up to heavy showers here in Chennai, I was surprised to say the least. Made for a quick photography session before I had to hit the road for office. That last snap shows the effect rains have – look at all that fresh and clean green! Add yours →. Send to Email Ad...
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B | The Beginners' Guide
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The Beginners' Guide. End of the World, The. Grand Canyon, The. Hastings, Battle of. Raleigh, Sir Walter. World Cup, The. All the Beginners’ Guide entries for this letter of the alphabet are listed under it above. Just roll your cursor over it and then click on the entry that you want to read. Once you can do that it’s your first step to not needing this guide. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Send to ...
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Calendars | The Beginners' Guide
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The Beginners' Guide. End of the World, The. Grand Canyon, The. Hastings, Battle of. Raleigh, Sir Walter. World Cup, The. Created by a retired Catholic priest, Old Father Time, they standardised the days of the week so that people would know when to strain vegetables. Monks hated the new calendar, so went around chanting what day it was in the old one to drown out people telling them the new one. Julian Caesar made his own so countries he wanted to invade wouldn’t know exactly when he’d arrive. Without c...
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Antarctica | The Beginners' Guide
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The Beginners' Guide. End of the World, The. Grand Canyon, The. Hastings, Battle of. Raleigh, Sir Walter. World Cup, The. Myths about a barren southern land date back to antiquity. This was before the Isle of Wight was discovered. Antarctica is at the bottom of the world. This is because of continental drift and the weight of all the ice. It hardly ever rains in Antarctica. This is small comfort to those who stay shivering in huts there. Group of people who have been there. What Captain Scott slept under.
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Alfred the Great | The Beginners' Guide
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The Beginners' Guide. End of the World, The. Grand Canyon, The. Hastings, Battle of. Raleigh, Sir Walter. World Cup, The. Alfred’s mother was called Osburga. But then she was around before make-up had been invented. His dad. His brothers were Ethelbald, Ethelbert, and Ethelred. He laughed at their names (Coventry hadn’t been founded). While he was there he was recognised by the Pope, who said, “I know you. I’ve seen you on a coin”. 8221; led to his nickname. His wife. They had seafood at the reception.
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Books | The Beginners' Guide
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The Beginners' Guide. End of the World, The. Grand Canyon, The. Hastings, Battle of. Raleigh, Sir Walter. World Cup, The. Books were developed after Roman readers found it difficult to remember their place in a long scroll. Bookmarcus, as he was originally known, was a slave employed to keep his finger on the word his owner had reached in a scroll. He tended to have a bent one. Finger that he used. The first books were a dry read. Monks who used to copy out books by hand. Often has a hard front as well.
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Athens | The Beginners' Guide
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The Beginners' Guide. End of the World, The. Grand Canyon, The. Hastings, Battle of. Raleigh, Sir Walter. World Cup, The. Athens was named after Athena, who, in the ancient Olympics, played tennis with her skirt tucked into her pants and became the world’s first pin-up. The place got rather dirty during the Olympics. Game played with bits of ancient monument. Often led to arguments between the players, especially in internationals between Britain and Greece. Disputed race result at the first Olympics.
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Bonfire Night | The Beginners' Guide
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The Beginners' Guide. End of the World, The. Grand Canyon, The. Hastings, Battle of. Raleigh, Sir Walter. World Cup, The. The Gunpowder Plotters decided to blow up Parliament on Firework Night as they hoped there would be so much noise that no-one would notice. Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November. They were illiterate, so they had to keep chanting this between themselves to remember when they were going to do it. This may have something to do with them eventually being found out. King James I and VI.
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Bicycles | The Beginners' Guide
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The Beginners' Guide. End of the World, The. Grand Canyon, The. Hastings, Battle of. Raleigh, Sir Walter. World Cup, The. The first bicycles didn’t work very well, and were also very cheap. They were known as the ‘horseless horses’ and had to by towed along canal paths by steam engines. A man in front of them was so appalled he waved a white flag. Type of bike favoured by posh, short-sighted people. And Chris Eubank. First attempt at riding a bicycle. Machine for riding around universities. You are comme...