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		<title>Wikipedia &gt; Britannica because… #7: The perils of singing rainbows</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wikipedia entry for the children&#8217;s song I Can Sing a Rainbow importantly states that&#8230; &#8230;despite the name of the song, not all the colours mentioned are actually colours of the rainbow, and they are not presented in order of the visible light spectrum No results found for site:britannica.com &#8220;i can sing a rainbow&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Wikipedia entry for the children&#8217;s song <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can_Sing_a_Rainbow">I Can Sing a Rainbow</a> importantly states that&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;despite the name of the song, not all the colours mentioned are actually colours of the rainbow, and they are not presented in order of the visible light spectrum</p></blockquote>
<p> No results found for <strong>site:britannica.com &#8220;i can sing a rainbow&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/68259253@N00/499335391/" title="Rainbow on my way home by Gail Johnson, on Flickr"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/499335391_36c8df9e72.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Rainbow on my way home"></a></p>
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		<title>Wikipedia &gt; Britannica because… #6: When Harpo played his mallet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harpo Marx &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&#8230; [Harpo] Marx was also an avid croquet player, and was inducted into the Croquet Hall of Fame in 1979. And from the United States Croquet Association website: Arthur &#8220;Harpo&#8221; Marx was a lovable, eager and very athletic croqueteer. Whenever he returned to Long Island or to Alexander Woollcott&#8217;s <a href='http://www.grange85.co.uk/swirling/2011/09/29/wikipedia-britannica-because%e2%80%a6-6-when-harpo-played-his-mallet/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Marx">Harpo Marx &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>[Harpo] Marx was also an avid croquet player, and was inducted into the Croquet Hall of Fame in 1979.</p></blockquote>
<p>And from the <a href="http://www.croquetamerica.com/usca/halloffame/HarpoMarx.php">United States Croquet Association website</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Arthur &#8220;Harpo&#8221; Marx was a lovable, eager and very athletic croqueteer. Whenever he returned to Long Island or to Alexander Woollcott&#8217;s island on Lake Bomoseen in the summer. Usually clad only in the briefest of trunks, (even when others were in flannels) Harpo would just bound around the court, laughing and stretching, mouth full of an entire pack of gum.</p></blockquote>
<p>And&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Your search &#8211; <strong>site:britannica.com harpo croquet</strong> &#8211; did not match any documents.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Wikipedia &gt; Britannica because… #5: Guy the Gorilla</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So London Zoo is getting a new male gorilla. There was a time when the gorilla at London Zoo was one of Britain&#39;s most famous residents. I think it went something like The Queen then Winston Churchill then Bobby Charlton and then Guy the Gorilla. From Wikipedia&#8230; His appearance was fearsome, yet his nature was <a href='http://www.grange85.co.uk/swirling/2010/08/06/wikipedia-britannica-because-5-guy-the-gorilla/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='posterous_autopost'>So <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10861323">London Zoo is getting a new male gorilla</a>. There was a time when the gorilla at London Zoo was one of Britain&#39;s most famous residents. I think it went something like The Queen then Winston Churchill then Bobby Charlton and then Guy the Gorilla.
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_the_Gorilla">From Wikipedia&#8230;</a><br /> <br />
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 6.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">His appearance was fearsome, yet his nature was very gentle; when small birds flew into his cage, he reportedly lifted them up on his hands and examined them softly.<sup class="reference"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></sup> This gentleness is said to have been a major part of his great popularity.</p></blockquote>
<p> <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=2VO&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;q=site%3Abritannica.com+%22guy+the+gorilla%22&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=&amp;aql=&amp;oq=&amp;gs_rfai=">From Britannica&#8230;</a><br /> <br />
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 6.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Your search &#8211; <b>site:<a href="http://britannica.com">britannica.com</a> &quot;guy the gorilla&quot;</b> &#8211; did not match any documents. </p></blockquote>
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		<title>Wikipedia &gt; Britannica because&#8230;#4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grand Moff Tarkin&#8217;s slippers. Costuming difficulties resulted in a piece of trivia about Star Wars. He was presented with ill-fitting riding boots for the role and they pinched his feet so much that he was given permission by George Lucas to play the role wearing his slippers. The camera operators filmed him above the knees <a href='http://www.grange85.co.uk/swirling/2009/01/30/wikipedia-britannica-because/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="imagebox-a"><a title="Peter Cushing - Grand Moff Tarkin, by sarasotarockstar" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarasotarockstar/2585913916/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2585913916_45fc43b0d8_m.jpg" width="155" height="240"></a></div>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cushing#Star_Wars">Grand Moff Tarkin&#8217;s slippers.</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Costuming difficulties resulted in a piece of trivia about Star Wars. He was presented with ill-fitting riding boots for the role and they pinched his feet so much that he was given permission by George Lucas to play the role wearing his slippers. The camera operators filmed him above the knees or standing behind the table of the conference room set.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Your search &#8211; <strong>“peter cushing” slippers site:britannica.com</strong> &#8211; did not match any documents.</p></blockquote>
<p>Although this post grew out of an omission in Wikipedia. When I joined the <a href="http://www.vegsoc.org/">Vegetarian Society</a> way back when, I was overjoyed that the patron at the time was none other than Victor Frankenstein (or Van Helsing or Grand Moff Tarkin) and coming across his Wikipedia entry I noticed that it omitted to mention this. So I decided that it was worthy of addition and went off to find the appropriate evidence so that I could add it to the site. But it doesn&#8217;t seem to be mentioned anywhere. The Vegetarian Society misses a trick by not bothering to mention it. Britannica (obviously!) has nothing and scouring the Internet (and the research resources that my job gives me access to) provided no evidence that I can use in Wikipedia.</p>
<p>All I did discover was just what a lovely man Mr Cushing clearly was. As evidence I offer the vegetarianism, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elainehodgson/3064550624/">a bench in Whitstable</a> and that Carrie Fisher &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cushing#Star_Wars">found it hard to deliver her lines to him and seem terrified [when she was] in the presence of a charming, polished man who smelled of &#8216;linen and lavender&#8217;</a>&#8220;</p>
<p>In August it will be 15 years since Mr Cushing passed away.</p>
<p><ins datetime="2009-01-30T20:26:30+00:00">
<p><strong>Update:</strong> Gotcha! I had to go to the Internet Archive (wish I&#8217;d thought of that before!) to find it but <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/19981205075607/www.vegsoc.org/HQdata/cushing.html">here&#8217;s Peter Cushing&#8217;s Obituary from the Autumn 1994 edition of The Vegetarian</a> (The Vegetarian Society&#8217;s magazine).</p>
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		<title>Wikipedia &gt; Britannica because…#3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slug Queenoriginally uploaded by gardngrl Slug &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The slug take a royal status in Eugene, Oregon where a Slug Queen is elected each year in a late summer pageant. Your search &#8211; &#8220;slug queen&#8221; site:britannica.com &#8211; did not match any documents. My slug queen]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="imagebox-a"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8847819@N02/1527667291/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2141/1527667291_05ae556b55_m.jpg" alt="Slug Queen" /></a><br/><strong>Slug Queen</strong><br/>originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/8847819@N02/">gardngrl</a></div>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug">Slug &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The slug take a royal status in <a href="http://www.grange85.co.uk/wiki/Eugene%2C_Oregon" title="Eugene, Oregon">Eugene, Oregon</a> where a <a href="http://www.grange85.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Slug_Queen&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Slug Queen (page does not exist)">Slug Queen</a> is elected each year in a late summer pageant.</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>Your search &#8211; <strong>&#8220;slug queen&#8221; site:britannica.com</strong> &#8211; did not match any documents.</p></blockquote>
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<div class="imagebox-a"><a title="Gastropods love pine nuts (crop), by grange85" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grange85/2632812943/?eOrig=2632496500"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2632812943_41eb693bc6_m.jpg" width="240" height="192"><br/>My slug queen</a></div>
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		<title>Wikipedia &gt; Britannica because&#8230;#2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Route 128 &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&#8230; Cultural references Route 128 has been mentioned in several other rock and roll songs such as &#8220;Blue Thunder&#8221; by Galaxie 500. Your search &#8211; &#8220;route 128&#8243; &#8220;galaxie 500&#8243; site:britannica.com &#8211; did not match any documents.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_128#References">Massachusetts Route 128 &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>&#8230;<br />
<blockquote><strong>Cultural references</strong><br />
Route 128 has been mentioned in several other rock and roll songs such as &#8220;Blue Thunder&#8221; by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxie_500">Galaxie 500</a>.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Your search &#8211; <strong>&#8220;route 128&#8243; &#8220;galaxie 500&#8243; site:britannica.com</strong> &#8211; did not match any documents.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Wikipedia &gt; Britannica because&#8230;#1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 09:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Royal Albert Hall &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&#8230; Depictions in popular culture One version of the lewd song &#8220;Hitler Has Only Got One Ball&#8221; places the dictator&#8217;s missing testicle &#8220;in the Albert Hall&#8221;. Your search &#8211; &#8220;hitler has only got one ball&#8221; site:britannica.com &#8211; did not match any documents.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall">Royal Albert Hall &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>&#8230;<br />
<blockquote><strong>Depictions in popular culture</strong><br />
One version of the lewd song &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball">Hitler Has Only Got One Ball</a>&#8221; places the dictator&#8217;s missing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicle">testicle</a> &#8220;in the Albert Hall&#8221;.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Your search &#8211; <strong>&#8220;hitler has only got one ball&#8221; site:britannica.com</strong> &#8211; did not match any documents.</p></blockquote>
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