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"Who did England fight in the English Civil War?"
    Posted by JT on 11 Jan 2010. + (7) - (0) Permalink
Poles and Pakistanis, obviously :)
    Posted by Moosh on 11 Jan 2010.

American tourist at Stonehenge: "Why did they put the rocks so close to the freeway?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (6) - (0) Permalink
So people wouldn't have to walk all the way from the parking lot. What are you? Stupid?
    Posted by Socky on 21 Sep 2009.

News: "Diana was still alive just hours before she died."
    Posted by JT on 3 Jan 2010. + (6) - (0) Permalink

"Experts agree Al Qaeda leader is dead or alive" (CNN)
    Posted by JT on 3 Jan 2010. + (6) - (0) Permalink
And that one, too :)
    Posted by Moosh on 3 Jan 2010.

"That was the decision George Washington had to make before he crossed the Delaware." (High school student when asked to explain Roe v. Wade)
    (From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade)
    Posted by JT on 3 Jan 2010. + (5) - (0) Permalink

"Shakespeare was born in 1564, supposedly on his birthday."
    Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink

"How did the Great Wall of China get its name?"
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink
It's a wall. A great big one. In China. But good question - I wonder why it isn't called the Tiny Fence of Iceland?
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.

"The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to spring up."
    Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."
    Posted by JT on 10 Sep 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink

History teacher to student, "So where did the Plains Indians live?" Student, "Uhh.. In a big field?"
    Posted by Ghost on 14 Dec 2009. + (4) - (0) Permalink