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a digest portal/list of actually relevant trivia is good; a dump of random or *cough* erroneous "facts" is not
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From http://www.vor.ru/Exclusive/excl_next8884_eng.html: | From http://www.vor.ru/Exclusive/excl_next8884_eng.html: | ||
The Lukoil transnational corporation expands its presence in Europe. The company, notably, buys on the European retail market a network of petrol<br>stations from its US partner Konoko Philips.[...] | The Lukoil transnational corporation expands its presence in Europe. The company, notably, buys on the European retail market a network of petrol<br>stations from its US partner Konoko Philips.[...] | ||
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:Actually the company here is [http://www.conocophillips.com/index.htm ConocoPhillips]. The [http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=5473&p=18.12.2006 English article] and the [http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=rus&q=16166&p=21.12.2006 Russian one] were apparently not written by the same team of highly trained monkeys. Sheesh. | |||
::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:48, 27 March 2008 (CET) | |||
*'''Konoko's Ovaries?!''' | *'''Konoko's Ovaries?!''' | ||
This alarming note from a bonafide Japanese person, at http://www.spc.int/coastfish/news/BDM/19/BDM_19.pdf, page 3: | This alarming note from a bonafide Japanese person, at http://www.spc.int/coastfish/news/BDM/19/BDM_19.pdf, page 3: | ||
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She's talking about fish, by the way. And it's possible that the drying process is what's called konoko. | She's talking about fish, by the way. And it's possible that the drying process is what's called konoko. | ||
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Actually, konoko are [http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/199912/000019991299A0412427.php sun-dried gonads of sea cucumbers], and sea cucumbers aren't fish. A Google image search for "konoko" returns about as many pictures of this delicacy as of the Konoko we know. | |||
:[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:48, 27 March 2008 (CET) | |||
==Japanese Names== | ==Japanese Names== | ||