February 2011
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Steve Buckhantz
Buckhantz’s catchphrases have seeped into the lexicon of Washington, D.C. area sports fans, who revel in using them to describe a myriad of non-sports related events (ex. males observing a friend attempting to ask a woman for her phone number exclaim[citation needed] ”Dagger!” or “Backbreaker!” when she can be seen rejecting the friend’s advances) as well as...
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Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?
The usage of the form voulez-vous may also be interpreted as addressing more than a single person, thus, alluding to an orgy.
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The Terminator
The studio had suggested O. J. Simpson for the role of the Terminator, but Cameron did not feel that Simpson would be believable as a killer.
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Madballs
Screaming Meemie : A baseball with an eerie grin. He is apparently the Madballs leader as he often refers to his friends as “gang”. He also seems to be a friend of Freakella because they are seen together near the end of the intro and is often seen speaking with her.
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Barn raising
There is an organisational structure. One person, who is often paid, is in charge of the barn raising. Older people who have participated in many barn raisings are crew chiefs. On the whole, the affair is well organized. At most barn raisings, the community has raised barns before and is able to approach the task with experience both in the individual tasks and the necessary organization. Young...
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Ulu
An ulu (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐅᓗ, plural: uluit, English: woman’s knife[1]) is an Inuit all-purposeknife traditionally used by women. It is utilized in applications as diverse as skinning and cleaning animals, cutting a child’s hair, cutting food and, if necessary, trimming blocks of snow and ice used to build an igloo. The ulu is still used today but not for cutting children’s...
Vanna White
In 1988[6], she appeared in the NBC television film Goddess of Love, in which she played Venus; fellow game-show personality Betsy Palmer co-starred as Juno. The film was panned universally by critics, with TV Guide joking that White’s acting was “wheely” bad.
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No Money
Realizing that he has started off on the wrong foot by raping Ayase after the auction, he tries to make it up to him by doing various things with mixed results.
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[Citation Needed] Podcast - Episode 02
We’re back with Episode 2 of the Citation Needed Podcast. In this episode, a Punchman faces down a critic, we discuss the many aliases of the Disney character “Pete”, pitch another movie from the director of “Tammy and the T Rex”, go to dinner with Ray Charles’ sons and enjoy some delicious ice cream.
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Autograph hobby timeline
2001: The September 11 terrorist attacks raise airport security levels, making it difficult for the public to approach celebrities for autographs at U.S. airports.
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2011 Libyan protests
The location and time of Gaddafi’s statement could not be independently verified by news organizations outside of Libya, but he carried an umbrella, which suggested to analysts that it was raining in the video.
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Bubble O' Bill
A recent minor change to the ice-cream has compromised its balance of flavours.[citation needed]
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Trace Adkins
Adkins made his acting debut in the 2008 film An American Carol.
Adkins made his real acting debut in an episode of the sitcom, “Yes, Dear”, in 2004.
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United States presidential pets
Calvin Coolidge: A Duiker (a very small antelope)
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Playground
In the 1990s, after the breakup of the USSR, many items of playground apparatus in post-Soviet states were stolen by metal-thieves, while relatively few new playgrounds were built. However, there were so many Soviet playgrounds that many of them still exist and are in a relatively good state, especially those that were repainted.
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Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har
The latter’s name is ironic, as it’s an onomatopoeia for laughter, and Hardy is an eternal pessimist, Hardy is the stereotype of someone with a very deep Major depressive disorder; indeed, one short implies that expression of joy or happiness actually puts Hardy in pain.
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Shamrock (comics)
She later retired from superhero activity and became a hairdresser.
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Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse...
The brothers have turned their happy life of bowling into a life of vengeance.
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Ilidža
Ilidža is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has a metro population of 157,654,[citation needed] making it the 7th largest city in the country.[citation needed] Ilidža is the chief[peacock term]suburb of Sarajevo.[citation needed] It is famous[peacock term] for the natural beauty[peacock term] of its surroundings and historical tradition dating back to neolithic times....
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The Louvin Brothers
When performing and drinking, Ira would sometimes become angry enough on stage to smash his mandolin; otherwise his style was heavily influenced by Bill Monroe.
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The Craft (film)
According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, The Craft is the 7th highest grossing movie since 1980 dealing with the genre of witches.
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Tortellini
The origin of tortellini is surrounded by several legends.[citation needed]
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Mesoamerican ballgame
Even without human sacrifice, the game could be brutal
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Burgoo
Being cheap and easy to provision, it was said to be served excessively on some ships and was reputed to be unloved by seamen.[citation needed]
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The Boxcar Children
Benny is known for his love of all food and the cracked pink cup he found in the dump. His endearingly childish qualities and comments make him a favorite amongst young readers. He is very talkative.
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Mucilage
Mucilage is edible, but tastes rather bland[citation needed].
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Booyah (stew)
Highland Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, has a shed with 5 kettles which can have a total yield of 350 gallons of booyah. The kettles have been around for several decades, but as of December 2003, there is controversy regarding the safety of the burners used to heat them.
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Wild, Wild West (The Escape Club song)
The recording includes gunshots, as well as lyrics like “I love her eyes and her wild, wild hair”, “heading for the 90s, living in the wild, wild west”, and a section of phrases in Spanish.
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It's Gonna Be Me ('N Sync song)
The lyrics are addressed to a woman with apparent attachment issues, connected with bad experiences from previous relationships. The singer assures her that “I’m not like them”, and that he’s prepared to wait for her to overcome her problems. When she is ready to love someone again, he maintains, “It’s gonna be me”.
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Grizzly Falls
The film starts with an old man, Harry Banks (Richard Harris) telling his grandson and granddaughter about his life as a young boy in the early 20th century.
The tale begins: Harry as a boy (Daniel Clark) is in his pre-teens. His mother (Marnie McPhail) dies, and he is sent to a boarding school because his father cannot look after him. Eventually his father, Tyrone Banks (Bryan Brown) comes,...
Truck nuts
Reaction to these accessories has been mixed.
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The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
Kevin Costner was inspired to write Dances With Wolves after viewing this movie on television.
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List of fictional toxins
Red Skull’s Dust of Death
A dust made of unknown chemicals, it instantly kills a person and disfigures his/her head so that it looks like a red skull. Used by Adolf Hitler’s top Nazi agent, The Red Skull.
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Where is the Love?
The music video for “Where Is the Love?” was shot in East Los Angeles and features the Black Eyed Peas and various other people, including various young children, asking the world where the love really is.
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[Citation Needed] Podcast - Episode 1
Download episode 1 here
We have some exciting news: your favorite tumblr assemblage of crappy wikipedia prose is now a podcast! That’s right, the Citation Needed Podcast debuts today!
Since we rarely offer up commentary on the entries we post here, (preferring that they stand alone like the fine works of art they are), this podcast will give us the chance to expand upon some of the more...
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Xuxa
The audience of the show was of kids who jumped up and down during the whole show. Kids shook pompoms throughout the show, marking the trademarks of the show. But the biggest trademark was the pink spaceship.
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Narwhal
Narwhals that have been brought into captivity tend to die.
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Vietnam War
The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities (See: Vietnam War casualties). Estimates as to the number of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians killed vary from less than one[24] to more than three[25] million.
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List of Disney's Fantasia characters
The Dinosaurs are background characters in the film. All of them died in the end.
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Chocolate sandwich
In Israel, chocolate sauce may be spread on a slice of bread and eaten.
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X-Men (arcade game)
Many websites and reviewers such as Gouki.com[4] and XBLAfans.com stated that having unlimited Continues without penalty for all modes has cheapened the classic experience, especially Online play. Players will intentionally abuse the use of Mutant Powers and intentionally die just to refill on Mutant Powers and get a high score.
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Buzkashi
Buzkashi is often compared to polo. Both games are played between people on horseback, both involve propelling an object toward a goal, and both get fairly rough. However, polo is played with a ball, while Buzkashi is played with a dead animal.
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The PJs
Thurgood is terrified of black rats, as revealed in the episode, “Fear of a Black Rat.”
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Suspense
Suspense could however be some small event in a person’s life, such as a child anticipating an answer to a request they’ve made, e.g., “May I get the kitty?”. Therefore, suspense comes in many different sizes, big and small.
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