Incredibly, Chernobyl is the Russian word for wormwood! | |
Delta
User ID: 340808 New Zealand 03/19/2011 04:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I read that today too! Snap. "According to our manner of looking at the matter, every star in the universe would be the seat and field of activity of electric forces of a strength that no one could imagine... ...enormous electric currents with enormous tension are produced..." - Kristian Olaf Bernhard Berkeland (1908) |
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Skeptic the First
User ID: 1294481 United States 03/19/2011 06:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Chernobyl if the word for Absinthe. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1028241[link to en.wikipedia.org] --- Artemisia absinthium (absinthium, absinthe wormwood, wormwood, common wormwood, Green Ginger or grand wormwood) is a species of wormwood, native to temperate regions of Eurasia and northern Africa. --- |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1233159 Switzerland 03/19/2011 06:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Chernobyl if the word for Absinthe. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1028241[link to en.wikipedia.org] --- Artemisia absinthium (absinthium, absinthe wormwood, wormwood, common wormwood, Green Ginger or grand wormwood) is a species of wormwood, native to temperate regions of Eurasia and northern Africa. --- Absinthe is made with Wormwood. [link to www.originalabsinthe.com] |
Skeptic the First
User ID: 1294481 United States 03/19/2011 07:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to en.wikipedia.org] --- Chernobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. ... The city is named after the Ukrainian word for mugwort or wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris), which is "chornobyl". --- Last Edited by Skeptic the First on 03/19/2011 07:02 AM |
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Halcyon Dayz, FCD
User ID: 1222987 Netherlands 03/19/2011 07:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Chernobyl if the word for Absinthe. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1028241[link to en.wikipedia.org] --- Artemisia absinthium (absinthium, absinthe wormwood, wormwood, common wormwood, Green Ginger or grand wormwood) is a species of wormwood, native to temperate regions of Eurasia and northern Africa. --- Absinthe is made with Wormwood. [link to www.originalabsinthe.com] John used the word apsinthos, definitely referring to Artemisia absinthium. The Ukrainian word chornobyl refers to Artemisia vulgaris. A completely different species which has no narcotic qualities. Reaching for the sky makes you taller. Hi! My name is Halcyon Dayz and I'm addicted to morans. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1222454 Italy 03/19/2011 07:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Chernobyl if the word for Absinthe. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1028241[link to en.wikipedia.org] --- Artemisia absinthium (absinthium, absinthe wormwood, wormwood, common wormwood, Green Ginger or grand wormwood) is a species of wormwood, native to temperate regions of Eurasia and northern Africa. --- Absinthe is made with Wormwood. [link to www.originalabsinthe.com] John used the word apsinthos, definitely referring to Artemisia absinthium. The Ukrainian word chornobyl refers to Artemisia vulgaris. A completely different species which has no narcotic qualities. it just means BITTER |