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[li]“Happy Birthday to You” is copyrighted.[/li][/ul]
I’ll be in my bunk.
Did you know that ducks can not be legally used as desk ornaments in Oregon?
Herbert “Zeppo” Marx held several patents, and manufactured the clamp used in the bombing of Nagasaki.
Makes it twice as hot!
[ul][*]Artichokes are flower buds. And if allowed to grow on the stalk, the fuzzy part you dig out to get to the heart after the leaves are gone becomes a gorgeous purple flower![/ul]
Thank you! I’ve looked high and low on the internet for that damn paper and couldn’t find it, nor remember the author’s name or anything. I was beginning to doubt if it was even real. 
Gold is yellow because some of its electrons are moving fast enough that relativity alters their apparent mass.
You have to be an American. Poland and China were both invaded before that.
For some unknown reason Americans believe that that war started Dec. 7, 1941; they also seem to believe WWI started in 1916 when America finally showed up.
This must be like the historical equivalent of Gaudere’s Law.
Daffy Duck appeared on April 17, 1937.
China was invaded on July 7, 1937. Poland was invaded on September 1, 1939.
No need to thank me. I’m just an American who’s always glad to teach a little history.
The first attack by the Japanese on Western forces occurred on December 8, 1941, two hours before the Pearl Harbor attack.
The average number of legs humans have is less than 2. Same with arms.
But does every duck in the world then have an echo-proof vocalization, regardless of whether we represent it as /quack/ or some other phonetic sound?
About 1/5 of all classified mammal species in the world have wings and are capable of sustained flight.
The scientist who documented that was the winner of the 2003 Ig Noble Prize in Biology.
I’ve been a fan of the awards since 2002 when, in Straight Dope-ian fashion, they awarded the Economics prize to:
did you know that there’s an image of a dog hidden on a duck’s bill?
My apology for the enthusiasm, and thanks for making me check the facts, your dates are correct. My Premise still stands, Americans for the most part do not understand that they were late starters in both WWI and WWII.
Manchuria was invaded in 1931.
True. But while China claimed sovereignty over Manchuria at the time, they did not actually control the region and for all practical purposes it was an independent country. So it arguably doesn’t count as an invasion of China.
Specifically the melody, not the lyrics. The original song had the lyrics “Good morning to you” instead, and those are out of copyright. It’s a little confusing.