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YoLover

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:49 pm

I did not know this

Hayden
YoLover

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:50 pm

Chris YWD (183671403) wrote:Random facts O_O

Random But, Slightly interesting

alex
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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:50 pm

Figs and olives are the only fruit mentioned more often than grapes in the King James Bible

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YoLover

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:50 pm

True

alex
YoBeliever

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:51 pm

About 600 grapes are needed to make one bottle of wine.

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YoLover

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:51 pm

Wow that is a lot of grapes..

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YoLover

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:53 pm

I'm in an acution atm!

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YoManiac

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:53 pm

That one I knew. My Spanish teacher in HS mentioned it.

alex (180123321) wrote:In Spain, it is traditional to celebrate the New Year by eating 12 grapes at midnight on December 31, one at each clock chime.

alex
YoBeliever

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:55 pm

The Eiffel Tower.The lifts in the tower were not yet operating, so they went up the stairs on foot. It took more than an hour. The lifts entered service on May 26.

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YoLover

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:55 pm

Gosh i would die walking tha tmuch up some dang stairs..

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YoEnthusiast

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:55 pm

Thanks for the contest!

alex
YoBeliever

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:56 pm

The Eiffel Tower is 1,063ft tall and was the world’s tallest man-made structure for 41 years.

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:57 pm

The word ‘tragedy’ comes from a Greek expression meaning ‘goat song’…and ‘theatre’ comes from a Greek verb meaning ‘to behold’.

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:57 pm

Theatre as we know it began in ancient Greece with a religious ceremony called ‘dithyramb’ in which a chorus of men dressed in goat skins.

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:58 pm

Good luck everyone

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YoLover

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:58 pm

Oh right, GL to all! xD

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YoBeliever

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:58 pm

Ancient Greek audiences stamped their feet rather than clapping their hands to applaud.

alex
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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:58 pm

World Theatre Day has been held on March 27 every year since 1962 when it was the opening day of the “Theatre of Nations” season in Paris.

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YoLover

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:59 pm

alex (180123321) wrote:Ancient Greek audiences stamped their feet rather than clapping their hands to applaud.

Odd..

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Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:59 pm

The longest continuous dramatic performance was 23 hr 33 min 54 sec achieved by the 27 O’Clock Players in New Jersey, USA, on July 27, 2010.