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Her disguises didn’t work. The Queen of France was young, energetic, and immature, and she longed to be with people her own age. Resenting the limitations of royal life, she attended dances, balls, and parties in disguise. But biographer Carolly Erickson said this about Marie Antoinette: “Her swift,…

”City Fisherman” A fisherman from the city was out fishing on a lake in a small boat. He noticed another man in a small boat open his tackle box and take out a mirror. Being curious the man rowed over and asked, "What is the mirror for?" "That's my secret way to catch fish," said the other man. "Shine…

A WARNING WITH TEETH N.Y. Rolls Up Movie Piracy Rings 06/30/06 It’s the first thing you see on movie DVDs and tapes: the FBI anti-piracy warning that leaves little room for interpretation: “The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.” So it was “no small irony,”…

Science & technology Amazing £40,000 'dolphin boat' which can leap out of the water by LAURA ROBERTS - More by this author » Last updated at 23:00pm on 1st January 2007 Comments Comments (11) It looks like something from a James Bond film. Shaped exactly like a dolphin, this boat is the latest toy for…

Bogus billions Psst ... You Got Change for a Billion? LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities investigating a man who smuggled money into the country have seized 250 counterfeit bank notes in billion-dollar denominations, they announced Tuesday. The 250 bogus Federal Reserve notes had 1934 issue dates…

February 2, 1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song February 2, 1989 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below in 15 U.S. states February 2, 1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC February 2, 1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower…