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RE: An interesting thing I have learned today is... - 1/3/2013 2:41:39 PM

Fanboyslayer

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ORIGINAL: Cloud Cuckoo

I really liked his story about English longbow archers at Agincourt having coined the middle finger gesture and it's meaning of "Pluck [fuck] you" - I'd love to believe that's true! I'll certainly be passing it on anyway.

You should read this

I wish it was true but I don't think it is. Still a great read though.

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RE: An interesting thing I have learned today is... - 25/3/2013 2:42:45 PM

Larry of Arabia

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I found out today that Rita Hayworth was actually a Mexican woman formerly known as Margarita Cansino. She had her hairline surgically pushed back, her hair dyed red and her skin bleached to appear whiter.

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RE: An interesting thing I have learned today is... - 25/3/2013 3:23:42 PM

elab49

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Hayworth was American - she had a Spanish father.

I've always thought the bleaching thing was a rumour - I mean, her mother was Irish descent.

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