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Sunday 11 August 2013

DYK #26: 'titin' the longest word in English (Chemical compound)

Ever though chemical compounds are hard to pronounce. 'Titin' seems easy  enough..right? Until you know the full form that is!



Monday 26 November 2012

DYK #25: Would you gimme a car for my pizza company?


Brothers Tom and James Monaghan had purchased a pizza restaurant, DomiNick’s, for $500. A year later (1961) after eight months of running the business as a partnership, James Monaghan traded his stake in the business to his brother, for a used Volkswagen Beetle.

Saturday 1 September 2012

DYK #23: DYK Detectives!

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C'mon fellow DYKer's, it's time to put you super-sleuth caps on. Guess which fingerprint (denoted by alphabets) correspond to which being. Answer in comments! Let's see how many are you and your friends able to get right!

Clue after the jump.

Thursday 30 August 2012

DYK #22: Beware the furniture dealer..


Al Capone was an American gangster who led a crime syndicate. The Outfit, was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early 1920s. His brutality was legendary even during his lifetime.