Five Most Important Events/Occurrences in History...
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Re: Five Most Important Events/Occurrences in History...
The discovery of fermentation.
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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The industrial revolution.
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Re: Five Most Important Events/Occurrences in History...
#1. My birth.
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My penis.
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The first time neutral spirits were flavoured with juniper berries...
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That's not an event, it's just a very minor detail...rEvolutionist wrote:My penis.
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It was a seismic shift in the world (and my pants).
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0.00001 on the Richter Scale...
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The invention of the printing press, the grand piano, and cheese in a can.
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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Husbandry (animal and plant)
Currency
metalurgy
Electricty
Internal combustion engine
Currency
metalurgy
Electricty
Internal combustion engine
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Re: Five Most Important Events/Occurrences in History...
Jesus.
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Sure, just go invent the infernal combustion device, when the steam engine guys had already invented the piston, cam and moving parts!
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Big Bang (not the TV show)
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The publication of:
- The Wealth Of Nations, Adam Smith, 1776;
- The Rights Of Man, Thomas Paine, 1791;
- A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1792;
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1851;
- On The Origin Of Species by Means Of Natural Selection, Charles Darwin, 1859.
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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Top 5 scientific achievements?
In no particular order:
Newton's Laws of Thermodynamics
Electricity
DNA
Evolution
Relativity
Plus:
Heliocentrism.
Germ theory
Antibiotics
In no particular order:
Newton's Laws of Thermodynamics
Electricity
DNA
Evolution
Relativity
Plus:
Heliocentrism.
Germ theory
Antibiotics
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"Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that..
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"I am seriously thinking of going on a spree killing" - Svartalf.
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