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It was actually a number of wars that occured over a period of 116 years. The name "100 years' war" is just a convenient label.
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it lasted until the last battle was faught in 1453 which was 116 years since 1337 although the war didnt officially end until the british left france in 1565 where there were forced out of Calais and was an addition 112 years.
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116 years.
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William Shakespeare's had eight children including twins. What were the twin’s names?
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Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare
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Hamnet and Judith
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What is (a) the largest & (b) the smallest cell in the human body?
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The largest and smallest cells in humans are the gametes (reproductive cells). The ovum is the largest, the smallest is a sperm.
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Largest is the ovum and the smallest is the sperm cell.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec97/878139903.Cb.r.html
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(a) ovum
(b) sperm
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Cheers,
Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either.
Militant Agnostic
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don't know about the smallest ... but what about the nerve cells in the spine that may reach a length of up to 1 meter?
Jochen
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(a)Largest = ovum
(b)Smallest = sperm
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What nine letter English word remains a word as each letter is successively removed?
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The answer was posted on snopes.com a couple of days ago...
http://www.snopes.com/language/puzzlers/9letters.asp
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Startling
Jordon
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I believe that "stringier" works as well.
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stringier
remove one r, and the word becomes: stingier
remove one i, and the word becomes: stinger
remove the t, and the word becomes: singer
remove the other r, and the word becomes: singe
remove the g, and the word becomes: sine
remove the e, and the word becomes: sin
remove the s, and the word becomes: in
remove the n, and the word becomes: I
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although "Stalin" is in some dictionaries, it is a persons name...and not valid for Scrabble
a sequence that uses common words is:
startling...
remove the l, and the word becomes: starting
remove one t, and the word becomes: staring
remove the a, and the word becomes: string
remove the r, and the word becomes: sting
remove the remaining t, and the word becomes: sing
remove the g, and the word becomes: sin
remove the s, and the word becomes: in
remove the n, and the word becomes: I
Steve
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42195 meters, the length of a modern marathon seems odd but where did the 2195 meters come from?
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From Serenelli's Marathons and Triathlons.
http://www.citylightsnews.com/serenelli/serenelli-8.htm[^]
The 1896 Olympic marathon distance of 24.8 miles was based on the distance run, according to famous Greek legend, in which the Greek foot-soldier Pheidippides was sent from the plains of Marathon to Athens with the news of the astounding victory over a superior Persian army. Exhausted as he approached the leaders of the City of Athens, he staggered and gasped, "Rejoice! We Conquer!" and then collapsed.
24.8 miles is a fraction under 40000m.
The marathon distance was later changed as a result of the 1908 Olympic Games in London. That year, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria wanted the marathon race to begin at Windsor Castle outside the city so that the Royal family could view the start. The distance between the castle and the Olympic Stadium in London proved to be 26 miles. Organizers added extra yards to the finish around a track, 385 to be exact, so the runners would finish in front of the king and queen's royal box. Every Olympic marathon run since the 1908 Games has been a distance of 26 miles, 385 yards.
The added distance is approximately 2195m.
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