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SamuelRSmith on 12 March 2009

No love for Nye? Shame on you Brits.



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highwaystar101 on 12 March 2009
SamuelRSmith said:
No love for Nye? Shame on you Brits.

 

Richard Nye?



SamuelRSmith on 12 March 2009

*tsk tsk tsk* Nye Bevan.



highwaystar101 on 12 March 2009

^ Oh OK.

@ everyone who claims Einstein was German or American etc... I'm pretty sure he was Austrian... In fact he hated the Germans

 

-edit- Oh yeah, it's Einsteins birthday tomorrow, we are having a massive party to celebrate (really, the geekyness shines through me)

-edit edit- I thought today was friday lol



chapset on 12 March 2009

Normand brathwaite



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SnesTea on 12 March 2009
TheSource said:

I am the greatest American

 

This.



sethnintendo on 12 March 2009
highwaystar101 said:

^ Oh OK.

@ everyone who claims Einstein was German or American etc... I'm pretty sure he was Austrian... In fact he hated the Germans

 

-edit- Oh yeah, it's Einsteins birthday tomorrow, we are having a massive party to celebrate (really, the geekyness shines through me)

 

"Albert Einstein was born into a Jewish family in Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg in the German Empire on March 14, 1879. His father was Hermann Einstein, a salesman and engineer. His mother was Pauline Einstein (née Koch). In 1880, the family moved to Munich, where his father and his uncle founded a company, Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie, that manufactured electrical equipment based on Direct current." -Wiki

He was born in German Empire territory.



SamuelRSmith on 12 March 2009

Ghandi was born in British-Empire territory, I don't think many people would call him "British", though.



sethnintendo on 12 March 2009

Just check the city of Ulm. Ulm is Germany still and isn't part of Austria. Unless you to give credit to the Kingdom of Württemberg.



Mise on 12 March 2009
Parokki said:
Pointing out how a man who lived 150 years ago was a racist, and using it as an argument against him possibly being awesome is pretty much the same as shouting "HELP, I SUCK AT HISTORY". =P

I guess I'm going to be boring and nominate Carl Gustav Mannerheim as the awesomest Finn.

Some slightly more interesting nominations:

Arndt Pekurinen, the first Finnish conscientious objector who died for his beliefs.

Mikael Agricola, who developed the written Finnish language.

Martti Ahtisaari, a Nobel-prize winning mediator and diplomat.

And the mandatory mention: Urho Kalevi Kekkonen.

 



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