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The year my Uncle was born. Still waiting for the answer to my question...
122.1992
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 Originally Posted by sjpfencer220 122.1992 Number and year of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode titled "Imaginary Friend"
1 But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
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The only number that's both a square number and a square root of itself.
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The day I was born 
500 Beer, it's whats for dinner! ~ a young snowboarding Canadian
The meek don't want it! ~ sticker on a rock band's guitar
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The year my sofa was made.
It was also the year C.W. Post introduced his first breakfast cereal, called Grape Nuts, although it contains neither grapes nor nuts (Post erroneously thought that the manufacturing process resulted in grape sugar and that the cereal had a "nutty" taste). If memory serves me... quite a few cereal companies got started around this time.
In July 1897 Guglielmo Marconi formed The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company Limited. He also gave a demonstration to the Italian Government at Spezia where wireless signals were sent over a distance of twelve miles.
Two years later, he established wireless communication between France and England across the English Channel..... oh I could go on... I love history!
1792 Beer, it's whats for dinner! ~ a young snowboarding Canadian
The meek don't want it! ~ sticker on a rock band's guitar
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The date, when on October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on San Salvador in the Bahamas, "discovering the new world".
02-17-1979.
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Originally Posted by seven6ty The date, when on October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on San Salvador in the Bahamas, "discovering the new world".
02-17-1979. The combination to John Brown's top secret cache of spears with which he intended to arm free negros so they could aid his militant abolitionist movement.
Spears of course being the weapon of choice for free negros in 1857. 
Oh... 1857 Take your time. Read carefully.
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Here's one for BrianH (and other Canadian History buffs)... 1857 the year David Thompson, British-Canadian explorer died.
For the rest of you... Joseph Gayetty invented toilet paper in 1857. 
His new toilet paper was composed of flat sheets. Before Gayetty's invention, people tore pages out of mail order catalogs - before catalogs were common, leaves were used.
Unfortunately, Gayetty's invention failed. Walter Alcock (of Great Britain) later developed toilet paper on a roll ( instead of in flat sheets). Again, the invention failed.
In 1867, Thomas, Edward and Clarence Scott (brothers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) were successful at marketing toilet paper that consisted of a small roll of perforated paper . They sold their new toilet paper from a push cart - this was the beginning of the Scott Paper Company.
Who would think toliet paper would take so long to catch on???
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The combination to John Brown's top secret cache of spears with which he intended to arm free negros so they could aid his militant abolitionist movement.
*glare* Are you making that up???
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Mr E is not only light on his feet but fast with his fingers… there’s not a safe he hasn’t cracked or a bra he hasn’t managed to open on the eastern seaboard…. You would be surprised the things he knows!…
Since you jumped in I can answer my own question! Yes I really wanted to....
1593 ~ The year the thermometer was invented by Galileo Galilei. His thermometer consisted of water in a glass bulb; the water moved up and down the bulb as the temperature changed.
Pretty cool eh?
Alright... no more history
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl 12345 Incidentally, the first five numbers on my keyboard number pad! *spook* 
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen 17. I was 17 years old when I fell in love with her. *sigh* Despite all that happened, it was a very good year.
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Originally Posted by JackOfHearts 5785 The year when Alan will accept the 'new' foil timings.
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen 36. A very good age to be.
48 Why sabre? Because you don't take heads with the point.
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Originally Posted by sabreur 48 An age I hope to live to experience.
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen 71. The SR-71 ("Blackbird") was a long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying at speeds over Mach 3.2 and at 85,000 feet.
8 But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
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The number of kids my parents had.
95123 Beer, it's whats for dinner! ~ a young snowboarding Canadian
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl 95123 Postal code for San Jose, California, USA
96 But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
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Originally Posted by Goofy 96 (2^6)*1.5
41592653589 Obviously, a piece of pi.... Why sabre? Because you don't take heads with the point.
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