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What was the largest prison breakout of POWS in Australia during WW2?


A camp near the town of Cowra in New South Wales.
 
How about this one:

What part did "Copenhagen" play in the Battle of Waterloo?
 
As many of you know, the cover art of Bruce Dickinson's album "The Chemical Wedding" was taken from a famous painting.
Originally, the drawing of the subject represented in the painting was done for a book. What's the name of the book, and who wrote it?

Ok, time for an hint: The painter is William Blake, and the painting is titled "Ghost Of A Flea" :P
Say, at least, who "suggested" him to do that painting :)
 
Mmm...Donuts said:
Was it fellow painter John Varley?
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yes :)

The painter and astrologer John Varley recalled:
“I called on him one evening and found Blake more than usually excited. He told me he had seen a wonderful thing - the ghost of a flea! 'And did you make a drawing of him?' I inquired. 'No, indeed,' said he, 'I wish I had, but I shall, if he appears again!' He looked earnestly into the corner of the room, and said, 'there he is - reach me my things - I shall keep my eye on him. There he comes! his eager tongue whisking out of his mouth, a cup in his hand to hold blood and covered with a scaly skin of gold and green:' - as he described him so he drew him.”

http://www.tate.org.uk/learning/learnon ... st_02.html
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/stor ... 03,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Varley_(painter)
http://www.wildyorkshire.co.uk/naturedi ... 10/30.html
 
Makes you wonder whether Blake was under the influence of any chemical substances. :ninja:

Got another question for us?
 
This has something (I think) to do with some geological find where geologists could determine the age of the planet. I would hazard a guess, from this assumption, the point in time would be at the start of some geological time scale.
 
ABandOn said:
Indeed!  :)Mmm...Donuts, it's your turn  :bigsmile:
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Whoa!! Wait a minute!

I think it's time we had a refresher course on the rules, established in the very first post of this thread...

StrangerInAStrangeLand said:
Here's the idea: Someone asks a question and anyone can attempt to answer it. Once the correct answer is given, anyone can ask a new question.
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In other words, it's never anyone's "turn" to ask. If the floor is open, anyone may do so.

Carry on. :bigsmile:
 
Albie said:
This has something (I think) to do with some geological find where geologists could determine the age of the planet. I would hazard a guess, from this assumption, the point in time would be at the start of some geological time scale.
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No, it was wayyyy before Earth even existed.
 
SinisterMinisterX said:
I think it's time we had a refresher course on the rules, established in the very first post of this thread...
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Awwwww... I admit that I didn't read the rules :halo: sorry  :blush:

Perun said:
No, it was wayyyy before Earth even existed.
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The Big Bang?  :S
 
Right, at a time before we had planet Earth, we had the "big bang", this much I know. Could the beginnings of time be pinpointed to that. Or perhaps there exists some star that is so many light years away that mankind can pinpoint some time at.
 
The "Big Bang" would be the most logical answer, but it is incorrect. The "Big Bang" is only a theory, even though there is an overwhelming amount of evidence for it: It is known that it happened, but it is not known what exactly happened.
So, the point of time I'm looking for took place after the Big Bang. Or maybe I should rephrase the question: How much time passed between the "Big Bang" and the very first moment we actually know about (in terms of "knowing what happened")?
 
Was it when the first sentient humans first settled throughout the world, and the relics, bones and stuff they left proved they exist?

Or regarding Perun's rephrased question, maybe 14 billion years, just when the Pre Cambrain began? Or the formation of the local group of galaxies?
 
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