Comments on: In the Beginning: Just 2 weeks to go! http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8822 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Coluna D'Águias Gloriosas http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8822/comment-page-1#comment-29932 Coluna D'Águias Gloriosas Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:42:14 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8822#comment-29932 Hi Very nice blog, congratulations from Lisbon, Portugal Coluna Hi

Very nice blog, congratulations from Lisbon, Portugal

Coluna

]]> By: Melissa http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8822/comment-page-1#comment-29873 Melissa Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:34:26 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8822#comment-29873 I thought I'd heard that the "OO7" was from the weight of a diamond, with .007 grams being one carat (or something to that effect). I thought I’d heard that the “OO7″ was from the weight of a diamond, with .007 grams being one carat (or something to that effect).

]]> By: Beth http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8822/comment-page-1#comment-29869 Beth Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:53:53 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8822#comment-29869 After writing "The Spy Who Loved Me", Fleming despised it so much that he would only allow the title to be used for movie. The actual book is NOTHING like the movie and is actually written from a woman's point of view. A woman in peril (of course) in upstate NY who is rescued by James Bond. Fleming claimed not to have written it -- that he simply found the manuscript. After writing “The Spy Who Loved Me”, Fleming despised it so much that he would only allow the title to be used for movie. The actual book is NOTHING like the movie and is actually written from a woman’s point of view. A woman in peril (of course) in upstate NY who is rescued by James Bond. Fleming claimed not to have written it — that he simply found the manuscript.

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