24.5.2009

Where Else?

    Where Else?

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    In 1994, water was found in a galaxy 200 m. light-years away. Scientists say the galaxy is in the constellation of Pisces-the fish.

 

    Result Posted

    When Sidney successfully campaigned to stage the Olympic Games its long-time postcode became its campaign slogan-Sidney 2000.

 

    Cannonball Curse

    Keith Pritchard, 31 an accredited racing-car driver and official in the world's first legal Cannonball Run, was a worried man a few days before the event in early 1994.

    He told his parents that Japanese entrant Akihiro Kabe a millionaire dentist from Tokyo was absolutely crazy and was going to kill somebody according to P. mother.

    As he was coming into a checkpoint 150 km south of Alice Springs, Kabe's Ferrari spun out of control and into an official car, killing himself and 3 others, incl. the man who had predicted tragedy, Keith Pritchard.

 

    Fiery Stories

    In the California fires of 1993, British film director Duncan Gibbins died from burns while trying to rescue his Siamese cat. G. had credits for 3 hit movies. He co-wrote Third Degree Burns, 1989, directed Fire with Fire, 1986 and co-wrote and directed Eve of Destruction, 1991. As their titles suggest all had to do with fire and destruction. The cat was later found safe but singed.

 

    Classic Reunion

    Andrew Milton was rummaging through a box of books in a second-hand store when he came across a copy of Moby Dick. He had not read the classic since his school days, so decided to buy it. When he opened the cover looking for its price, he saw his own name and classroom number from 20 years before.

 

    Last Puff

    A group of smokers trying to kick the habit went on a nicotinebanned holiday to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel. The island is famous for its resident puffin colony.