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General Category => Chaos => Topic started by: Geemonster on October 09, 2009, 12:45:56 PM

Title: Post a fact here
Post by: Geemonster on October 09, 2009, 12:45:56 PM: The average Human brain consumes 40% of the energy produced by food.
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Post by: indie180 on October 09, 2009, 01:23:37 PM: The Peregrine Falcon can reach speeds over 322 km/h (200 mph) in a dive, making it the fastest animal in the world.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 09, 2009, 01:32:02 PM: The heart pumps blood around the body with the force to throw it 30ft.
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Post by: indie180 on October 09, 2009, 01:50:26 PM: Whales have hip bones and in some species the femur and/or the tibia is also present.
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Post by: laama on October 09, 2009, 06:24:08 PM: An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 09, 2009, 06:42:55 PM: The common housefly actualy takes off backwards.
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Post by: laama on October 09, 2009, 07:08:39 PM: Swans are the only birds with penises.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 10, 2009, 10:05:42 AM: You scare me Laama.

Lost brain cells never regenerate.
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Post by: laama on October 11, 2009, 01:04:02 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on October 10, 2009, 10:05:42 AM
You scare me Laama.

8)

The turkey was named for what was wrongly thought to be its country of origin.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 11, 2009, 05:09:52 PM: On a common note.

American idians were thought to be the natives of India before they were found to be native to America.

AND,,,,,,,

Native Americans are actualy originaly from Asia
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Post by: Geemonster on October 12, 2009, 05:34:21 AM: The Native Americans forefathers crossed the Bering Strait some 11,000 yrs ago.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 12, 2009, 08:45:38 AM: Yep.
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Post by: indie180 on October 12, 2009, 01:20:14 PM: Humans and giraffes have the same number of bones (seven) in their neck.
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Post by: laama on October 12, 2009, 01:21:00 PM: An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 12, 2009, 06:00:36 PM: A goldfish actualy has more than a ten minute memory.
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Post by: laama on October 15, 2009, 03:39:20 PM: The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 16, 2009, 05:44:45 AM: A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 16, 2009, 08:10:10 AM: No matter where you go, there you are.
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Post by: chekovsulu on October 16, 2009, 12:47:51 PM: No matter how much you stretch, you can never escape your body.
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Post by: laama on October 16, 2009, 03:49:19 PM: The average adult male ostrich, the world's largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 17, 2009, 10:44:27 AM: The Curah, a bird in Northern Australia, weighs a mere 3 ounces, and lays an egg that weighs 7 ounces.
When it does this, it lets out a distinctive call thats heard up to 2 miles away,, then it disapears.

lol,, sorry,, just in a good mood.

In all seriousness,, Batteries were used by ancient Egyptians. They were clay vases with alcaie and copper bands.
Three in series will light up a 40 watt lightbulb.
( one for you Hamed)
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Post by: laama on October 17, 2009, 02:47:28 PM: The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a breed of large dogs. The Latin name was Canariae insulae - "Island of Dogs."
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Post by: Geemonster on October 18, 2009, 12:27:37 AM: Japan uses the most energy per year than any other country.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 18, 2009, 05:35:30 AM: Chimps will murder undesireables in thier group.
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Post by: laama on October 18, 2009, 02:48:38 PM: In 1992, Frank Perkins of Los Angeles made an attempt on the world flagpole-sitting record. Suffering from the flu he came down eight hours short of the 400 day record, his sponsor had gone bust, his girlfriend had left him and his phone and electricity had been cut off.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 18, 2009, 03:09:02 PM: There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 18, 2009, 09:52:54 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on October 17, 2009, 10:44:27 AM

In all seriousness,, Batteries were used by ancient Egyptians. They were clay vases with alcaie and copper bands.
Three in series will light up a 40 watt lightbulb.
( one for you Hamed)

I actually saw one found in a Documentary once,Amazing!
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 19, 2009, 07:22:56 AM: I find it an amazing fact that you watch documentaries. lol

There was once a book written and published in the 1700s called " The Acomplishments Of Henery Fitzsimmons".
It had nothing but blank pages, all 250 of them.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 19, 2009, 11:01:30 AM: I love documentaries Robin,the last one i really liked,was Bruce Parry's Amazon,in HD.
I lost them all when i lost a HD. :'(
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Post by: ohcheap1 on October 19, 2009, 12:04:21 PM: The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"
But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot..........they "didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low.

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell . .. . Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies.. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your n ice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.. Theywere laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer...

And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 19, 2009, 12:09:47 PM: Not me. All kinds of things with wierd origins.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 19, 2009, 12:11:55 PM: In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 19, 2009, 12:13:15 PM: And june and july and august and september if you live in Oklahoma
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Post by: ohcheap1 on October 19, 2009, 12:29:55 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on October 19, 2009, 11:01:30 AM
I lost them all when i lost a HD. :'(

HD = Hellofa Divorce?
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Post by: Geemonster on October 19, 2009, 12:32:11 PM: Quote from: ohcheap1 on October 19, 2009, 12:29:55 PM
HD = Hellofa Divorce?

:D :D :D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 19, 2009, 02:18:06 PM: I lost EVEYTHING in one of those
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Post by: laama on October 19, 2009, 06:40:17 PM: One way to tell large kangaroos apart is by their noses. A wallaroo's nose has a large black bare patch around it. A red kangaroo has a smaller, boomerang-shaped black bare patch on its nose. The gray kangaroo has bare narrow bands around the nostrils and the rest of the nose is covered in hair.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 20, 2009, 05:34:06 AM: Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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Post by: 8ullfrog on October 20, 2009, 05:37:01 AM: Saints row 2 was ported to PC by CD Projeckt, not Volition. Volition still has their name all over the place, but it's buggy as all hell.

It's red faction 2 all over again, and if they think they'll get $30 out of me for guerrilla, they're batty.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 20, 2009, 07:12:46 AM: A fish can get sea sick.

Sea cucumbers have an amazing defence ,, they actualy vomit up their insides.

A starfish, cut into four pieces, will succesfully turn into four starfish.

A shark is not a fish, a fish has bones and/or scales. Sharks have no scales, and have no skeliton, they have an inner frame made of dense cartilage. This is also the case with rays.

A typical wolf has an IQ the same as a 5 year old child. about 70 on the Stanford/Bennet IQ Scale.

A garden snail can cross a razer blade and not cut itself

Yellow Mold is a fungus on the move,, It can travel on its own about 3 inches an hour to find food sources.

Celery is actualy toxic. Until it ripens ( first frost) it is a neuro toxin. Even ripe it can numb your mouth after eating it.

Sausages were invented as a way to keep meat from spoiling.

The acidity level of unripened Pineapple can etch iron.

Philipe DeCatronovo escaped attentions of the Spanish Inquistion by living as a woman for 23 years.
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Post by: ohcheap1 on October 20, 2009, 07:22:22 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on October 20, 2009, 07:12:46 AM
Abraham Lincoln did not free slaves in the south because he bleived in human rights, he freed them as a punitive damage against southern landowners as a punitive damage for them financing the Civil War in the US.

If you think this is a cool fact then you MUST read the book A People's History of America. I had not read it and Jack turned me onto it. You will discover some unbelieveable information about the history that you were taught in school and what actually happened.
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Post by: ohcheap1 on October 20, 2009, 07:34:28 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on October 20, 2009, 07:29:03 AM
I meant nothing racist about it.

Lets not go there again please. Most of us are grown ups and understand that posting fact is fact, slander is a completely different cup of tea. (There I used the "tea" word)
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Post by: dweez on October 20, 2009, 07:48:18 AM: Technically, no one can slander another person here. It would be consider libel.
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Post by: Skadi on October 20, 2009, 07:52:54 AM: Quote from: Geemonster on October 20, 2009, 05:34:06 AM
Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

I wonder if girl astronaut's boobs get bigger :D
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Post by: dweez on October 20, 2009, 08:06:32 AM: Nah, I wish. It's because they no longer have gravity weighing down and compressing their spine so the vertebrates are able to spread out a bit.

It's the same reason you are taller in the morning (assuming you sleep at night) than you are before you lay down to bed, for as you go throughout your day, every step is compressing your spine a little at a time but when you lay down, the effect of gravity on your spine is severally lessened and the vertebrates spread out again.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 20, 2009, 08:17:59 AM: Not to mention prolonged stays in zero G caused bone density decreases and after a while bones decay.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 20, 2009, 11:24:59 AM: Quote from: Skadi on October 20, 2009, 07:52:54 AM
I wonder if girl astronaut's boobs get bigger :D

I wanna date a female astronaut. :D
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Post by: Skadi on October 20, 2009, 11:28:47 AM: you gotta know someone's done 'it' in zero gravity.. somewhere.. sometime :P
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Post by: Geemonster on October 20, 2009, 11:33:55 AM: Quote from: Skadi on October 20, 2009, 11:28:47 AM
you gotta know someone's done 'it' in zero gravity.. somewhere.. sometime :P

But not with me. :'( :'(
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 20, 2009, 11:57:49 AM: Quote from: Skadi on October 20, 2009, 11:28:47 AM
you gotta know someone's done 'it' in zero gravity.. somewhere.. sometime :P

Believe it or not, NASA has actualy trained people for it.
Its true, I saw it on Manswers.
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Post by: laama on October 20, 2009, 06:13:04 PM: The harmless whale shark holds the title of largest fish, with the record being a 59 footer captured in Thailand in 1919.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 21, 2009, 03:15:59 AM: A whale shark actualy attacked a woman on vacation in Sugarloaf Bay ( Africa) back in the early 60s
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Post by: Geemonster on October 21, 2009, 01:39:57 PM: 12 stings from a Hornet can kill a fully grown Horse
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Post by: laama on October 21, 2009, 05:07:51 PM: There is an ant in Brazil that has a gland which causes the ant to explode like a bomb, spraying a sticky toxic goo on everybody nearby.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 21, 2009, 08:13:53 PM: Bee and rattlesnake venom ,by volume, have the same toxicity
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Post by: Geemonster on October 21, 2009, 11:18:04 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on October 21, 2009, 08:13:53 PM
Bee and rattlesnake venom ,by volume, have the same toxisity

:o
A house cat spends 70% of its time sleeping
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 22, 2009, 04:41:45 AM: A house cat can shed its fur at will
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Post by: Geemonster on October 22, 2009, 03:10:07 PM: The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 23, 2009, 03:36:19 AM: A very good candidate to ride the lightning
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Post by: laama on October 24, 2009, 01:57:32 PM: In the ant kingdom some ants are soldiers, or army ants. These soldier ants are so genetically designed to fight, pinch, clamp and sting that their giant pinchers prevent them from feeding themselves. They must rely on other ants to feed them.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 24, 2009, 03:08:03 PM: Adolf Hitler was Time's Man of the Year for 1938
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 24, 2009, 04:31:42 PM: The Nazi party of Germany was originaly a political party wanting the reunifacation of Germany and Austria.
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Post by: laama on October 25, 2009, 08:09:26 AM: Stalin was Time's Man of the Year for 1939.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 25, 2009, 09:15:04 AM: Tells you how wonderfull Time magazine is.

Danny Hodge ( a good freind and co head of the Oklahoma Athletics Commision) Was the first and only person to be on the cover of Time Magazine and Sports Illustrated at the same time.

Hes a very good guy btw.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 25, 2009, 12:26:38 PM: In the U.S. there are approximately 65.8 million cats.
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Post by: laama on October 25, 2009, 01:27:23 PM: Wolves are capable of covering over 100 miles in a single day.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 25, 2009, 04:24:39 PM: There has never been a documented wolf attack on a human being in the US.

Amazing story though,, in the 1500s, wolves were breaking down the doors of homes in Paris France and attacking the inhabitants.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 25, 2009, 07:00:56 PM: In Czechoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made out of human bones.
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Post by: chekovsulu on October 26, 2009, 11:51:45 AM: Czechoslovakia? You really did like it before the latter half of the 90s :D
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Post by: Geemonster on October 26, 2009, 12:00:15 PM: The real number of the beast is 616.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 26, 2009, 12:58:23 PM: The song " Number of the beast" by Iron Maiden had nothing to do with them being satanic. It was a nightmare that the bassist, Steve Harris, had after seeing The Omen.

On a more unusual fact,, the color blue does not exist anywhere in the organic world,,blue berries are purple.

The dried skins of desert toads, found in the American Southwest, are smoked by native Americans in the region to induce hallucinations.

Bottled watter, like Aquifina and Volvic, are just tap water.

Horror writer Clive Barker is an accomplished painter.

Lead pencils do not contain lead, they are made from graphite and clay.
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Post by: ohcheap1 on October 26, 2009, 01:13:00 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on October 26, 2009, 12:00:15 PM
The real number of the beast is 616.
Huh? Is that like his area code or something?
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Post by: Geemonster on October 26, 2009, 01:26:09 PM: Quote from: ohcheap1 on October 26, 2009, 01:13:00 PM
Huh? Is that like his area code or something?

hahaha :D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 26, 2009, 02:11:14 PM: I figured it was that scoundrel landlord I used to have.

Lucifers name was actualy Haliel,,
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Post by: dweez on October 26, 2009, 02:18:48 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on October 26, 2009, 12:58:23 PM
On a more unusual fact,, the color blue does not exist anywhere in the organic world,,blue berries are purple.
Bottled watter, like Aquifina and Volvic, are just tap water.

Um, excuse me?

(http://www.doubleiris.com/gallery/2007/Photography/Blue_algae.jpg)

Quote from: Robin-Graves on October 26, 2009, 12:58:23 PM
Bottled watter, like Aquifina and Volvic, are just tap water.

Don't know about Volvic but Aquafina never claimed to be anything but purified water.
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Post by: indie180 on October 26, 2009, 03:03:45 PM: Quote from: dweez on October 26, 2009, 02:18:48 PM
Don't know about Volvic but Aquafina never claimed to be anything but purified water.

Boiled tap water. :-\
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Post by: laama on October 26, 2009, 03:24:45 PM: Wolves can go days on end without food. They can also eat 20 pounds of meat in a single sitting.
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Post by: dweez on October 26, 2009, 03:30:58 PM: That counts as "purified". And for the record, my favorite bottled water.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 26, 2009, 03:45:58 PM: Snake venom is ninety percent protein.
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Post by: indie180 on October 26, 2009, 03:58:07 PM: Quote from: dweez on October 26, 2009, 03:30:58 PM
That counts as "purified". And for the record, my favorite bottled water.

We were lucky here, we could drink from taps, rivers or lochs. (Chernobyl kinda screwed that up for a while)

Quote from: laama on October 26, 2009, 03:24:45 PM
Wolves can go days on end without food. They can also eat 20 pounds of meat in a single sitting.

Humans have bite pressure 80 pounds per square inch,German shepherds have a bite pressure of 700 pounds per square inch and gray wolves have a bite pressure of 1,500 pounds per square inch.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 26, 2009, 03:59:10 PM: ^Ouch! ;D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 26, 2009, 04:45:51 PM: A full sized lobster can pinch a human finger off.

Urine will detoxify jellyfish and stone fish stings.

Tomatoes are a berry.

The ancester of the Chihuahua ( or as we call them .Asthma Hounds) were the size of St. Bernards.

Night Of The Living dead is the first movie with a rating.

Roman soldiers were actualy paid in salt.

There are no historical accounts of an armor called Ring Mail( sorry DnD fans)

The first mobile phone was called the "Brick", weighed 5 pounds, and had an efective service area of just over 2 miles.

Back in the early 80s when home video game systems first came out, game designers believed that the games would never go over well, and they would never go over 4 bits in size.

Chernobyl is the Ukranian word for Wormwood ( kinda prophetic isnt it?)

Chili is not Mexican, it is American, and Pizza is not Italian, it was invented in New York City.

A cuttlefish can learn simpletricks and can at times seem to communicate.

Pigs are smarter than dogs.

Superglue was invented as a form of liquid stitches for use during the Viet Nam war.

and......

Scorpions glow under a blacklight. ( this ive seen with the ones ive had in the past)
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Post by: Geemonster on October 27, 2009, 02:04:21 AM: ^Some amazing facts there Robin.
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Post by: dweez on October 27, 2009, 06:40:49 AM: Hehe, I think we got our own little version of Wikipedia going on here (with all the connotations that implies).
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 27, 2009, 06:46:15 AM: Thanks man.

Im a VERY trivialperson.
I tend to read way too much.

Mountains on fire dont burn downwards, they burn upwards.

Pigeons are not native to America, they were brought over by European settlers.

Columbus didnt discover America, he discovered the Virgin Islands.
Amerigo Vaspucci ( which America was named for) was not the first either.

Native Americans are actualy decendants of Asians that crossed the Berring Stait.

Of all sharks,, the Cookie Cutter shark has never been seen by humans.

Geckos climb wals because they have microscopic hairs on thier feet that actualy interact with a surfaces molecular structure.

Tobbaco is not the word for the plant we smoke, it was the name of the pipe that the Native Americans smoked it in ( called a Tobago)

In Europe up until the 19th centuray, corpses were burried face down in fear of them becoming vampires. Burrying them face down was believed to confuse them and they would dig their way deaper into the ground out of confusion ( I guess being a vampire makes one stupid)

Aspirin and LSD is one molecule different from each other.

A dolphin and a porpoise have bigger brains in relation to size than humans.

Jonah,, from the bible could not have been swallowed by a whale. An adult Blue Whale has a digestive tract only big enough to swallow a soccor ball.
And on a related note,,Whale in the bible ( translated from the original language ) meant behemoth, or monster.

Jesus Christ was voted to be divinity by the Councel of Micea, and almost lost. He won by two votes.

Emporer , or Saint Constantine was a pagan till he died and was givin last rights by the church.
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Post by: laama on October 27, 2009, 12:01:11 PM: Coral reefs are colonies of micro creatures named pollups, little hair-like things that live on the top layer of the coral. The coral grows because when one generation dies they leave behind a hard, stony, branching structure made of limestone which later generations call home.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 27, 2009, 12:58:01 PM: Coral is the only mineral structure that is concidered "alive".

In the movie Casablanca, Humphery Bogart never said " Play it again,Sam", nor was the line ever said.

Infact, the piano players name wasnt even Sam.

In the movie Silence Of The lambs,Hanible Lector never said " Hello Clarise".

The common cigarette contains caramel coloring, corn silk and table salt

Stephen King was a sports writer before he ever had an idea to write his first horror novel called Carrie.

The typical human being cand live in hard vaccum of spce for 30 seconds.

The engines of a 747 will blow a city bus over from 40 yards away.

Along the Atlantic Seaboard just off the coast of the united states there are sinkholes that suck in water, along the pacific coast there are caverns that have water running out of them, scientists believe that the US sits on top of an underground sea with an east/west current.

Ice Plants are a type of cactus.

Aligators, crocodiles, Komodo Dragons and the tuatara of New Zealand arent retiles, but throwbacks to the dinosaurs.

The dinosaurs known as raptors had feathers like hairs on them

The south Afrcan Python stays with its young till they are old enough to fend for themselves.

All human fetuses are female till around the fifth month of gestation.

King Arther was a Roman Officer, not English.

London was a Roman outpost known as Londinium.

Early Christians in Rome were not imprisoned, they were prisoners that converted to Christianity.

Pieces of the Berlin Wall sold for up to 5000 dollars each.

Gene Simmons was trained to be a Rabi and was actualy a grade school teacher prior to joining Wicked Lester ( which later became KISS).
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Post by: laama on October 27, 2009, 01:21:38 PM: ^Spammer :P

US farms 1 trillion ears of corn a year, using a chemical called Atrazine that in the concentration of 1 part per billion causes male frogs to grow ovaries! Strangely, a higher dosage reduces the risk. Atrazine is the most widely used weed killer in the United States. It has also been linked to cancer in people.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 27, 2009, 02:39:51 PM: Colchester was the Roman capital of England,it was called Camulodunum
Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms.
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Post by: chekovsulu on October 27, 2009, 04:06:41 PM: Colchester is three hours away for me
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Post by: Geemonster on October 27, 2009, 04:34:38 PM: I used to live there.
Where are you then Chek?
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 27, 2009, 04:42:21 PM: I havent a clue where Colchester is lol
Quote from: laama on October 27, 2009, 01:21:38 PM
^Spammer :P

Spam,,,yacky!

Watermelon isnt a melon,, but a gourd.
Apple seeds contain arsnick, and ten can kill a man in done properly.

Aspirin at one time was derived from white willow bark.

Pubic crabs arent crabs,,but a form of lice.

Elvis wasn that popular worldwide till the mid seventies.

Plastic, when recycled, actualy costs more to mold than "virgin" plastic. And only 10% can actualy be recycled. ( im a polymer engineer by trade)

In ancient Egypt, concubines wore full body paint to make sure they werent touched by anyone but thier owners.

Cell phones, by thier very nature, are easier to hack than land lines.

A common garden slug has 1200 teeth on its tongue.

Scallops have 200 eyes
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Post by: chekovsulu on October 29, 2009, 10:44:05 AM: I like bitter gourd *licks lips*

Quote from: Geemonster on October 27, 2009, 04:34:38 PM
Where are you then Chek?
Far away, on the west side of London
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 29, 2009, 12:10:56 PM: Tracy has freinds up from London tonight.
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Post by: chekovsulu on October 29, 2009, 01:52:29 PM: Holy crap, that's a long drive! :o
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 30, 2009, 06:36:50 AM: They came by train,, took only 5 hours for them.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 30, 2009, 10:52:51 AM: Colchester's the London overspill,appx 50 miles away.
I lived in Ladbroke Grove West London yrs ago.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 30, 2009, 01:36:00 PM: I live in a small town of 1200 people.
Look up Howe Oklahoma,,its TINY
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Post by: laama on October 30, 2009, 03:32:04 PM: The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on October 31, 2009, 06:53:08 AM: Every culture has its legends of Vampires.
No matter how far removed they are from another people, they all have similar accounts of blood sucking undead.

In the original story of Frankenstein by Mary Wolstencraft Shelly, Frankenstein was the name of the doctor, not the monster. The monsters name was Adam.

The original name for Frankenstein was The Modern Prometheus.

Originaly , Vampires turned into wolves,, not bats.
Many vampire and werewolf legends ended up getting entertwined because of this.

Legends of vampires turning to bats didnt happen till Columbus discovered blood drinking bats in the new world.

The actual term Zombie comes from the Swahili word Zuvembe, meaning servant.
They were originaly created by making a person ingest Datura Metel. Basicaly strycnine.

Jimson weed in America contains strycnine.

Boiled lettuce contains opium.

Peting a cat on the headcauses its brain to release a chemical akin to LSD, giving it a feeling of wellbeing and euphoria.
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Post by: Geemonster on October 31, 2009, 11:30:18 AM: The word prometheus comes from ancient Greek.
Meaning fore think fore see,modern translation forward thinker.
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Post by: chekovsulu on October 31, 2009, 02:21:59 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on October 31, 2009, 06:53:08 AM
Boiled lettuce contains opium.
Holy carp! I need to try this!
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 01, 2009, 04:32:40 AM: Holy carp?

hmmm,,it must be a religious symbol for the fishermen belonging to the Holy Order Of Weeee.
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Post by: laama on November 01, 2009, 01:14:42 PM: Soccer is the most popular sport in the world!
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Post by: Geemonster on November 01, 2009, 02:51:23 PM: Quote from: laama on November 01, 2009, 01:14:42 PM
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world!

WTF is soccer.
We invented it,it's called football. ;)
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 01, 2009, 03:05:02 PM: Bloody American yuppies named it soccer so they can feel like they are doing something original.

OH GOD HELP ME!!!!ITS HAPPENING AGAIN!!!!! IM TURNING INTO ONE OF YOU BLOKES!!
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Post by: Geemonster on November 01, 2009, 03:06:18 PM: Assimilation almost complete. ;)
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 01, 2009, 03:09:31 PM: I can feel myself beng overcome to drive on the left side of the road!
And im craving a nice hot cup of tea!
You know, I caught myself thursday reading the Scottish Sun and looking at the football scores!
Damn,, and I have this nagging urge to watch Only Men And Horses on GOLD!

Dear GOD IN HEAVEN!!! IM TURNING BRITISH! lmao
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Post by: Geemonster on November 01, 2009, 03:11:25 PM: hahahahahahahhahahahaha :D
Gotcha!
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 01, 2009, 03:15:30 PM: Wheres me bloody kilt ye baggins?
If im going,,im gonna be a Scotsman!
My ancestors demand it! lmao
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Post by: laama on November 01, 2009, 04:34:15 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on November 01, 2009, 02:51:23 PM
WTF is soccer.
We invented it,it's called football. ;)
:D

Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 01, 2009, 04:50:11 PM: In the state of Texas, Its legal to shoot and kill someone if they are an bottom.

In Arkansas it is still legal to beat your wife with a stick as long as it is no bigger around than your thumb.

It is illegal to walk your alligator down the street with a hemp rope as a leash.

In Oklahoma it is illegal to turn a corner in your car if you dont honk your horn first.

In Arkansas and Oklahoma it is illegal for women to wear anything but a dress on sundays.

In Oklahoma it is illegal for three or more dogs to congregate in a yard without the dogs buying a special permit allowing them to assembe in large groups.

In Texas it is illegal to ballance a newborn baby on a rail fence.

In Oklahoma, the drinking while driving law does not specify alcaholic or nonn alcaholic beverages.

In Louisiana it is illegal to physicaly copy a sex act on any media between the hours of 10 am and 2 pm on sundays.

In Oklahoma, you cannot do anything sexual unless it is male and female, and then only missionary position. ( jail terms have been served for up to 2 years)

Puritans left England for America because England wasnt strict enough for their liking.

Americans celebrate thanksgiving,, not because they shared with the native Americans,, its beuse they survived by the Native Americans taking pity on the settlers and helped them to not starve or freeze to death.

The Norwegians that settled in the northern tier of the US ( Minisota) did so because the weather reminded them of Norway.

Michigan is no longer he crime capital of the US,, Phoenix Arizona is due to the drug trafficking, kidnapping and murders caused by the drug cartels comming out of Northern Mexico.

Spudz Mckenzie a dog that was in bear comercials in the 80s, was a female.
Lassie was a male.

In the Benjie movies back in the late 70s and early 80s,, they used a total of 4 dogs per movie.

A bird has no knees, only ankles.

Popey was not originaly for children, him and Olive Oyl have been heard to say several R rated curse words.
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Post by: laama on November 02, 2009, 06:02:43 PM: In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first of six home runs.
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Post by: Geemonster on November 02, 2009, 09:47:20 PM: Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 03, 2009, 03:12:47 AM: Wild sex huh? lmao
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Post by: Geemonster on November 03, 2009, 06:36:48 AM: 1 out of every 4 kids in the USA is overweight.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 03, 2009, 08:29:07 AM: 4 out of 10 kids in the USA spend more than 4 hour a day playing video games.

In 1978,the number one pet in the US was the pet rock.
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Post by: laama on November 09, 2009, 02:13:37 PM: Surprising facts about statues in the park
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 09, 2009, 03:14:18 PM: Another fact,, they are just as dead either way. :P

Malcom X claimed he was socialist and followed the teachings of Lennin,,untill he found out Lennin was racist and ddnt think of Blacks as human.

The term " Talking Through Your Hat " was originaly atributed to John Smith,, one of the founders of Mormonism because the only way he could translate the golden tablets ( that no ne else ever saw) was by literaly talking into his hat.

Its ilegal in Texas to talk bad about beef.

The term "Hooker" is atributed to the prostitutes that followed the forces commanded by General Hooker during the civil war. The were known as Hooker's army.

on the average, 1 out of 4 prositutes are male.

Doctor Who has ran for over 50 years, and is the longest running tv series in history.
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Post by: laama on November 14, 2009, 06:54:50 PM: While digging, an Armadillo can hold its breath for up to six minutes.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 16, 2009, 03:36:18 PM: Earth worms are both male and female
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Post by: Geemonster on November 16, 2009, 04:18:47 PM: Mardi Gras means "Fat Tuesday." This is the festival that New Orleans, Louisiana is famous for having every year.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 17, 2009, 10:18:55 AM: I was there in 1988 and saw Ozzy puke in a dumpster.
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Post by: Geemonster on November 18, 2009, 05:28:44 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on November 17, 2009, 10:18:55 AM
I was there in 1988 and saw Ozzy puke in a dumpster.
HAHAHAHAHA :D
Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna.
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Post by: dweez on November 18, 2009, 11:29:33 AM: Quote from: Geemonster on November 16, 2009, 04:18:47 PM
Mardi Gras means "Fat Tuesday." This is the festival that New Orleans, Louisiana is famous for having every year.

It got the name "Fat Tuesday" because it is always the day before Ash Wednesday, which starts off Lent and the fasting. So people would fill up on food, wine, debauchery, etc because they knew starting the next day, they had 40 days of fasting.

Quote from: Geemonster on November 18, 2009, 05:28:44 AM
HAHAHAHAHA :D
Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna.

I thought he wanted to be an artist?
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Post by: laama on November 19, 2009, 04:40:27 PM: During warm weather hippopotamus's secrete sweat that is pink. This substance not only cools them down but also helps fight infections of the skin.
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Post by: chekovsulu on November 20, 2009, 02:06:03 PM: When having a baby, if the mother's blood type is rhesus negative and the baby has inherited rhesus positive blood type from the father, the mismatch of blood types can sometimes cause your body to produce antibodies which attack the baby's red blood cells.

This condition can be easily treated by having an anti-D injection straight after giving birth. This simple and effective treatment destroys any of the potentially harmful antibodies, and is effective in 99% of cases.

heh! (http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1014.aspx?CategoryID=68&SubCategoryID=162)
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Post by: ohcheap1 on November 20, 2009, 04:58:53 PM: Hay!! Thats true!! Im RH- and my daughter had to have that shot. Interesting.
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Post by: laama on November 21, 2009, 09:05:45 AM: Male rabbits are called "bucks," females are "does."
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Post by: Skadi on November 21, 2009, 09:53:48 AM: Quote from: dweez on November 18, 2009, 11:29:33 AM
I thought he wanted to be an artist?

That's what I thought too. He was the ultimate ever emo jerk. Everyone hates my art.. I'll go kill lots of people >_< You can definitley see his art and architecure interests surface thorugh his whole decision making process. They were centerstones of major components of almost every aspect of the movement.
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Post by: Geemonster on November 21, 2009, 10:38:30 AM: The average 4 year old child asks over 400 questions a day
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 21, 2009, 02:41:23 PM: And they never shut up till you break out the speed tape.

Recycled plastic is a waste, they can only use a small percentage as a regrind filler with virgin material or it will have burns in it from the molding process.

Part of my job is getting the mix right for the heat the plastic is going to be in the molding process ( Polymer Engineer,,wonderfull job)
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Post by: laama on November 24, 2009, 02:12:06 PM: A rabbit is not able to vomit.
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Post by: dweez on November 24, 2009, 02:15:08 PM: Neither could Jackie Moon from "Semi-Pro".
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Post by: laama on November 24, 2009, 02:42:33 PM: Snails eat with a rasping mouth called a "radula," which has thousands of teeth.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 24, 2009, 05:21:47 PM: Pigeons cant burp,, so they explode when givin Alka Seltzer
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Post by: dweez on November 25, 2009, 08:38:08 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on November 24, 2009, 05:21:47 PM
Pigeons cant burp,, so they explode when givin Alka Seltzer

Pigeons can burp (as can all birds) (http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/217385.html)...
and Alka Seltzer (nor rice) does not make birds explode (http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp).
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Post by: Geemonster on November 25, 2009, 09:59:26 AM: India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century
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Post by: laama on November 25, 2009, 01:40:49 PM: A snail can crawl across a razor blade without getting injured. This is possible because they excrete a slime that protects them.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 25, 2009, 04:20:44 PM: Quote from: dweez on November 25, 2009, 08:38:08 AM
Pigeons can burp (as can all birds) (http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/217385.html)...
and Alka Seltzer (nor rice) does not make birds explode (http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp).

A very good fact here,,,,,,,
Dweeze can google something faster that a lightening strike lol

Sorry ,, all I knew is what a cousin of mine that works for an environmentalist lab told me.
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Post by: laama on November 26, 2009, 12:47:46 PM: Desert snails can stay in their shell for up to three years.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 26, 2009, 03:36:19 PM: The skins of the Desert Toad, found in New Mexico, can be dried and smoked as a halucinagenic
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Post by: dweez on November 27, 2009, 03:17:35 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on November 26, 2009, 03:36:19 PM
The skins of the Desert Toad, found in New Mexico, can be dried and smoked as a halucinagenic

I think this is were the "toad-licking" in a Beavis and scoundrel episode came from.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 27, 2009, 06:42:36 PM: I think your right,, I had forgotten that cartoon.

There is a catfish in the Amazon basin that can live on land ( as long as its kept moist) and it absorbs oxygen directly through its skin.
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Post by: laama on November 28, 2009, 12:44:40 PM: A cow has four compartments in its stomach.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 28, 2009, 06:30:31 PM: The country of Wales does not have an official capital. They just agree that Cardif is a nice place .

Man,, those Welch are an easy going bunch!
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on November 29, 2009, 02:25:50 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on November 28, 2009, 06:30:31 PM
The country of Wales does not have an official capital. They just agree that Cardif is a nice place .

Man,, those Welch are an easy going bunch!

are you sure.
I agree it is a fantastic place.

coca cola invented the image of father Christmas as we see him today
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 29, 2009, 08:44:35 AM: Father Christmas wasnt allways a jolly person.
He was actualy patterned off of St Nicholas,, the patron saint of Orphans, and was quite stern.

The red and white mythos of him was taken from a northern European mythological spirit thast was made of ice and the blood of fallen heroes.

Unless Dweeze decides to google it faster than the speed of light and tell me something diferent.
I read it in a few books of little known tribal myths and legends.
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Post by: laama on November 29, 2009, 01:07:56 PM: The hog-nosed skunk can spray up to fifteen feet with incredible accuracy. Its spray not only stinks but also if it hits the eyes, will blind the skunk's target for up to two days.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on November 29, 2009, 06:01:53 PM: Skunks, if gotten while young and de scented, make excellent pets.
And,, are more afectionate and agreable than cats.
Not to mention better mousers.

I have a cousin that had a couple,, they were cool as heck.
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Post by: Skadi on December 01, 2009, 10:24:46 AM: grizz-oss :-X

Ultrarunning (whose signature event is the 100-mile race) takes such a degree of commitment that 5 percent to 10 percent of participants are said to have permanently removed their toenails to eliminate one of the potential sources of runners? discomfort. A sports podiatrist told the New York Times in October that many ?ultras? consider their toenails ?appendages, remnants of claws from evolutionary times,? but on the other hand, one ultrarunner said, ?You know any sport has gone off the rails when you have to remove body parts to do it.?
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 01, 2009, 03:59:05 PM: Next there will be the Ultra Javaline Throw when female contestants remove a breast. ( Amazons used to do that)

As for Ultra Runners,, I think they need a life.
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Post by: laama on December 02, 2009, 04:41:01 PM: 7 out of 10 people believe in life after death.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 03, 2009, 02:29:09 AM: pity they wont be able to confirm it ;)
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 03, 2009, 07:54:10 AM: The great Redwood Forest in California is actualy one plant. It shares a common root system.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 03, 2009, 09:15:29 AM: Quote from: goldshirt*9 on December 03, 2009, 02:29:09 AM
pity they wont be able to confirm it ;)

hahahahahahhahahaha :D
In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 03, 2009, 02:37:29 PM: Oh dear Lord,, Id hate to play golf there.
What do they yell when they drive a ball off the tee?
"THREEEEEEEEEE!!!!" * whack!*
Nope,, not the same efect
Quote from: Geemonster on December 03, 2009, 09:15:29 AM
hahahahahahhahahaha :D
In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death.

Um,, which dialect?
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Post by: laama on December 03, 2009, 04:25:45 PM: There's a temple in Sri Lanka dedicated to a tooth of the Buddha. The name of the temple is "Temple of the Tooth."
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 04, 2009, 09:16:21 AM: Flies take off backwards
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Post by: laama on December 05, 2009, 06:40:01 PM: Giant flying foxes, which are a type of bat, that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 06, 2009, 06:31:59 PM: And make cool pets.

Jellyfish arent a single entity, but a collection of specialized single cell animals doing specific jobs in the colony.
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Post by: smokester on December 07, 2009, 06:40:20 AM: Quote from: Geemonster on November 01, 2009, 02:51:23 PM
WTF is soccer.
We invented it,it's called football. ;)

Our "football" is technically called Association football and over a hundred years ago we (with a penchant for making up slang words for things) started calling it "soccer" as a currupt abbreviation of the word "Association". It was popular up until I was a kid but then fizzled out only to be revived when America hosted the world cup and used the term as a way of differentiating it from their own homegrown "football", a move that was completely valid considering it was us Brits who had given the sport the name soccer in the first place.

Here's a comic that was about when I was a nipper and you can clearly see the term was well in use then:

(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii319/smokeyb53/scorcher.jpg)
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 07, 2009, 09:38:42 AM: Soccer is a yuppie game here in the states.
It has nothing like the excitement you guys have there.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 07, 2009, 01:00:54 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 03, 2009, 02:37:29 PM
Oh dear Lord,, Id hate to play golf there.
What do they yell when they drive a ball off the tee?
"THREEEEEEEEEE!!!!" * whack!*
Nope,, not the same efect
Um,, which dialect?

Don't know mate!
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Post by: laama on December 07, 2009, 02:15:55 PM: Frog-eating bats identify edible frogs from poisonous ones by listening to the mating calls of male frogs. Frogs counter this by hiding and using short, difficult to locate calls.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 07, 2009, 03:08:42 PM: Snakes have no sense of hearing. But they can feel vibrations and can sense a mouse walking 50 feet away on concrete.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 07, 2009, 05:43:02 PM: A turtle can breathe through its butt.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 07, 2009, 08:12:09 PM: Thats,,,,um,,,wierd.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 07, 2009, 09:30:12 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 07, 2009, 08:12:09 PM
Thats,,,,um,,,wierd.

I thought the same thing too. :D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 08, 2009, 10:19:12 AM: Kinda makes you wonder about turtles.
Ive raised reptiles for years,, and never knew that.
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Post by: smokester on December 08, 2009, 10:28:15 AM: I know a lot of humans that can speak quite well outta their arses, so it should follow that they can also breathe through them?..
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Post by: Skadi on December 08, 2009, 11:34:32 AM: ^^^I just read a story in National Geographic about leatherback turtles, and it mentioned them being able to close off blood flow to their lungs so they could conserve energy while diving. ..And, how they have a gland under their tongue that filters salt out of their diet, and then pushes the waste out as tears. So, it could make sense that they might require different ways to function then other animals, and have different parts serve different functions.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 08, 2009, 11:38:56 AM: Quote from: smokester on December 08, 2009, 10:28:15 AM
I know a lot of humans that can speak quite well outta their arses, so it should follow that they can also breathe through them?..

GASP! You know some politicians?

Quote from: Skadi on December 08, 2009, 11:34:32 AM
^^^I just read a story in National Geographic about leatherback turtles, and it mentioned them being able to close off blood flow to their lungs so they could conserve energy while diving. ..And, how they have a gland under their tongue that filters salt out of their diet, and then pushes the waste out as tears. So, it could make sense that they might require different ways to function then other animals, and have different parts serve different functions.

Ive raised a few over the years,, they are very versatile animals.
You would be surprised by them.
Star Shelled Tortoises have to be raised with a member of the oposit sex, and they tend to play with each other.
Iraqi Desert Tortoises can climb walls.
Red Eared Sliders and Aligater Snappers can actualy be hand raised from hatchlings to not be vicious.
I had a hatchling that I had for a few years,, it was actualy quite personable.
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Post by: Skadi on December 08, 2009, 12:03:28 PM: Turtles are cool that they?re so adaptable. The article I read said the leatherbacks had been around since T-Rex. And they have inward facing spines in their gullet that keeps ingested jellyfish from squishing back out :P
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Post by: laama on December 08, 2009, 02:12:19 PM: The fastest running bird is the Ostrich, which has been clocked at 97.5 kilometres per hour.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 08, 2009, 06:52:01 PM: Hmmm,,,moving targets.

A typical pothole in the road here in the US costs nearly 400 dollars to fix.
No woder our roads suck. Someone is making money and it aint me, so its wrong.
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Post by: Skadi on December 08, 2009, 10:16:08 PM: Quote from: laama on December 08, 2009, 02:12:19 PM
The fastest running bird is the Ostrich, which has been clocked at 97.5 kilometres per hour.

It would be fun to ride an ostrich :D
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Post by: Geemonster on December 09, 2009, 09:04:52 AM: Behram, an Indian thug, holds the record for most murders by a single individual. He strangled 931 people between 1790-1840 with a piece of yellow and white cloth, called a ruhmal. The most murders by a woman are 612, by Countess Erzsebet Bathory of Hungary.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 09, 2009, 11:57:27 AM: To this day, John Wayne Gacey contends that he has only killed 1 person, and that he isnt gay.

Jeffery Dahmer only killed people because they were attractive and he "loved" them.
No American serial killer has even touched a record ,,,yet.

Robert Rastler, in 1978, coined the term "serial killer" for any murderer that killed 3 or more individuals.
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Post by: laama on December 09, 2009, 03:12:44 PM: The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 09, 2009, 05:05:51 PM: I want to shoot every panda bear that refuses to breed to save its species
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Post by: laama on December 10, 2009, 02:00:17 PM: Female koala bears have two xxx:s. Male koala bears have a bifurcated (i.e. forked) xxx.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 10, 2009, 02:48:21 PM: Some people have too much time on there hands ( ^ hint hint,, wink wink)

A praying Mantis cant see its prey unless its prey moves.
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Post by: laama on December 11, 2009, 01:39:52 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 10, 2009, 02:48:21 PM
Some people have too much time on there hands ( ^ hint hint,, wink wink)

8)

Koalas sleep up to 19 hours a day.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 11, 2009, 06:30:26 PM: Sounds like Geemonster lmao ( love ya mate!)
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Post by: Geemonster on December 13, 2009, 01:15:41 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 11, 2009, 06:30:26 PM
Sounds like Geemonster lmao ( love ya mate!)

I slept for 18hrs once drug free. ;D
Thes are a list of weird town names and their origins.
Bigfoot, Texas, USA
Blow Me Down, Newfoundland, Canada
Bonanza, Colorado, USA
Celebration, FL, USA
Chicken, Alaska, USA
Climax, Michigan, USA
Crackpot, England
Crotch Lake, Ontario, Canada
Cut and Shoot, Texas, USA
Deadhorse, Alaska, USA
Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada
Ding Dong, Texas, USA
Earth, Texas, USA
Egypt, Texas, USA
F**king, Austria
French Lick, Indiana, USA
Frostproof, Florida, USA
Gun Barrel City, Texas, USA
Half.com, Oregon, USA
Happy, Texas, USA
Hell, Michigan, USA
Holy Moses, Colorado, USA
Hot Coffee, Mississippi, USA
Humansville, Missouri, USA
Hygiene, Colorado, USA
Intercourse, Pennsylvania, USA

Jot 'em Down, Texas, USA
Knockemstiff, Ohio, USA
Last Chance, Colorado, USA
Looneyville, Texas, USA
Mary's Igloo, Alaska, USA
Monkey's Eyebrow, Arizona, USA
Nameless, Texas, USA
Needmore, Texas, USA
Ninety-Six, South Carolina, USA
North Pole, Alaska, USA
Nothing, Arizona, USA
Notrees, Texas, USA
Okay, Oklahoma, USA
Santa Claus, Indiana, USA
Shorter, Alabama, USA
Smackover, Arkansas, USA
Sopchoppy, Florida, USA
Study Butte, Texas, USA
Toad Suck, Arkansas, USA
Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico, USA
Two Egg, Florida, USA
Valentine, Texas, USA
Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
Waterproof, Louisiana, USA
Why, Arizona, USA
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 13, 2009, 01:44:43 PM: Forgot Hog Eye Arkansas, Burns Flat Oklahoma, and Milton's Dress Texas
But these are rather small towns of less than 500 ( except Burns FLatt,, it might have a thousand, and was a millitary base once, and an alternate landing site for the space shuttle, and has the longest runnway on earth)
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Post by: laama on December 14, 2009, 11:38:06 PM: Koalas almost never drink water. They get fluids from the eucalyptus leaves they eat.

This is definately Geemonster,he drinks beer,etc. and eats beefs and pot. :P
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Post by: Geemonster on December 15, 2009, 12:04:08 AM: ^ ;D
The sun shrinks five feet every hour.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 15, 2009, 12:17:35 PM: From the day you are born,, you are dying
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Post by: Geemonster on December 16, 2009, 03:00:04 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 15, 2009, 12:17:35 PM
From the day you are born,, you are dying

No poo! :D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 16, 2009, 07:56:13 AM: Sorry,, Iron Maiden lyric
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Post by: dweez on December 17, 2009, 03:40:11 PM: Wherever you go, there you are.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 17, 2009, 04:53:06 PM: And X marks the spot
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Post by: Geemonster on December 18, 2009, 10:17:33 AM: Earthworms have 5 hearts.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 18, 2009, 11:54:02 AM: Polar Bear fur is hollow
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Post by: laama on December 18, 2009, 03:07:58 PM: The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 18, 2009, 05:33:32 PM: I remember in Arkansas they shot and killed a wild pig that was almost a ton. They called it Hogzilla
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Post by: laama on December 18, 2009, 06:05:26 PM: There are more pigs than humans in Denmark.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 18, 2009, 06:55:18 PM: There are more sheep than humans in New Zealand
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Post by: Geemonster on December 19, 2009, 01:31:44 AM: A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size
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Post by: laama on December 19, 2009, 12:22:22 PM: The lifespan of a firefly is about seven days. During these days, they are busy trying to find a mate.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 21, 2009, 01:40:30 AM: Cleopatra married two of her brothers
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 21, 2009, 11:24:03 AM: Was she from Arkansas?
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Post by: Geemonster on December 21, 2009, 11:31:28 AM: Earthworms have 5 hearts.
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Post by: laama on December 21, 2009, 05:05:38 PM: Fried spiders taste like nuts.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 22, 2009, 11:23:25 AM: Natives in New Guinea roast the giant terantulas they have in the forsests there ,, they have meat much like crabs
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Post by: laama on December 22, 2009, 05:02:35 PM: Lady Bugs really are not bugs. They are actually beetles and their correct name is The Ladybird Beetle.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 22, 2009, 09:31:54 PM: Terantulas have ten legs
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Post by: laama on December 23, 2009, 01:52:36 PM: Termites work 24 hours per day -- they do not sleep.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 23, 2009, 02:50:38 PM: Some people drink the urine of pregnant women to build up their immune system.
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Post by: laama on December 23, 2009, 04:02:12 PM: The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas, which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the sound made can be heard from 1300 feet.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 23, 2009, 05:02:16 PM: The human liver performs over 500 functions.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 23, 2009, 05:10:18 PM: Quote from: laama on December 23, 2009, 04:02:12 PM
The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas, which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the sound made can be heard from 1300 feet.

We got those here,, and they dont actualy rub anything,, if you look at them closely,, thats actualy them screaming.
No kidding,, remember Godzilla vs Megalon?
Megalon looked like a cicada close up.

Kiss has sold more records and had more fans than anyone in the Rock And Roll hall of fame, and never once were concidered for induction.
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Post by: laama on December 23, 2009, 06:16:01 PM: There are nearly 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide and 400 which live in North America
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Post by: chekovsulu on December 23, 2009, 08:44:15 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on December 21, 2009, 11:31:28 AM
Earthworms have 5 hearts.
Heh, cheater! :D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 23, 2009, 09:15:58 PM: Dr Who is the longest running tv series
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Post by: Geemonster on December 24, 2009, 04:08:49 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 23, 2009, 09:15:58 PM
Dr Who is the longest running tv series

No it isn't,it's The Sky At Night,for over 50 yrs now.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 24, 2009, 07:40:43 AM: Here in America it is.
Of course, anything that lasts over two seasons is concidered long lasting here anymore.
Seems like theyd take Dr Who off, people have to think when they watch it. God forbid any programing causes the viewer to think about anything but the comercial placements.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 24, 2009, 11:14:54 AM: Ah! You should've stipulated the US never mind mate :D
I watch The Sky At Night online occasionally.

The word Thailand means "land of the free.
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Post by: laama on December 24, 2009, 12:46:03 PM: A myrmecologist studies ants.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 24, 2009, 02:41:46 PM: Ants are the only other species ( besides some plants) that commit the act of "war" on each other.
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Post by: laama on December 24, 2009, 05:08:04 PM: A butterfly's taste sensors are located below their feet.
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Post by: chekovsulu on December 24, 2009, 05:31:01 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on December 24, 2009, 11:14:54 AM
I watch The Sky At Night online occasionally.
I recently discovered the one on BBC4 is longer than the other one! Do you ever find Patrick Moore difficult to understand?
Spoiler (hover to show)
Are we even allowed to say that about Sir Patrick? :o

He's all "mumble-mumble-mumble" (praise the lords we have subtitles) :o :D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 24, 2009, 05:31:56 PM: Quote from: laama on December 24, 2009, 05:08:04 PM
A butterfly's taste sensors are located below their feet.

Manif hate to have them there.
My luck Id step in something horrid and taste it for days.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 25, 2009, 01:33:47 AM: today is xmas day
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Post by: Geemonster on December 25, 2009, 07:38:32 AM: I wish i were dead
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 25, 2009, 08:22:33 AM: come on now life cannot be that bad
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 25, 2009, 11:54:15 AM: London was actualy a Roman outpost called Londinium.
Most people from England are actualy of Roman descent. The true English natives fled north into Caledonia ( or Scotland)
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Post by: laama on December 25, 2009, 03:58:11 PM: Only female mosquitoes bite humans. Male mosquitoes live on natural liquids from plants and other resources.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 25, 2009, 04:18:27 PM: The Bear Barrel Beatle of North America can go into supsended animation for 75 years.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 26, 2009, 03:28:54 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 25, 2009, 11:54:15 AM
London was actualy a Roman outpost called Londinium.
Most people from England are actualy of Roman descent. The true English natives fled north into Caledonia ( or Scotland)
a sure fine way to upset anyone from Wales is to say their more English than the English due to the Roman invasion
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Post by: laama on December 26, 2009, 08:18:09 AM: A colony of bees have to fly almost fifty-five thousand miles and tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 26, 2009, 11:47:43 AM: Quote from: goldshirt*9 on December 26, 2009, 03:28:54 AM
a sure fine way to upset anyone from Wales is to say their more English than the English due to the Roman invasion

My apologies to all those from Wales then lol.
Just what Ive read in several history books over the years.
My god,, that would sure piss of the Scots too. Telling them theyre not so much Scotish as they are English. lol
Um wait,,, hold on,, hit the brakes and sklid to a shuddering halt.

Um,, my adopted home is Scotland,,,um,,,hmmmm.
Ok,, I just pissed myself off now.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 26, 2009, 01:45:30 PM: Bamboo can grow through an average adult body in less than 4 days
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 26, 2009, 03:37:32 PM: Wasnt that a torture method done by the Japanese in WW2 and the Vientamese in the Viet Nam conflict( nice name for a war that was illicit)?

Ice cannot be made into a bullet and fired from a gun,,,to get the ice hard enough will take temperatures too cold for gunpowder to work.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 26, 2009, 04:37:22 PM: The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet
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Post by: laama on December 26, 2009, 06:51:57 PM: In July 1874, a swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts flew over Nebraska covering an area estimated at 198,600 square miles. It is estimated that the swarm contained about 12.5 trillion insects. These insects became extinct thirty years later.
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Post by: chekovsulu on December 26, 2009, 06:57:32 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 26, 2009, 03:37:32 PM
Wasnt that a torture method done by the Japanese in WW2 and the Vientamese in the Viet Nam conflict( nice name for a war that was illicit)?
I heard that somewhere aswell
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Post by: Geemonster on December 27, 2009, 09:42:35 AM: Polar Bears can smell Seal from 20 miles away.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 27, 2009, 10:11:22 AM: mmmmm a little like my wife and my money :D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 27, 2009, 01:45:37 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on December 27, 2009, 09:42:35 AM
Polar Bears can smell Seal from 20 miles away.

Ever sniff a seal? Them buggers STANK!!!!

Quote from: goldshirt*9 on December 27, 2009, 10:11:22 AM
mmmmm a little like my wife and my money :D

Got some smelly money do you? lol
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Post by: laama on December 28, 2009, 02:10:22 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 27, 2009, 01:45:37 PM

Got some smelly money do you? lol
Money what smells like fish?

Spiders usually have eight eyes, but still they cannot see that well.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 28, 2009, 02:16:10 PM: Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.
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Post by: laama on December 28, 2009, 02:19:09 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on December 28, 2009, 02:16:10 PM
Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.
Europe and Asia.

A house fly's feet are 10 million times more sensitive than a human tongue.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 28, 2009, 02:19:55 PM: Quote from: laama on December 28, 2009, 02:19:09 PM
Europe and Asia.

A house fly's feet are 10 million times more sensitive than a human tongue.

WOW! :o
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 28, 2009, 04:02:47 PM: Crossing Mexico City and you encounter 7 climate changes
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Post by: Geemonster on December 28, 2009, 04:05:19 PM: A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 28, 2009, 04:10:07 PM: Hmmm,,,,interesting concept. If that happened to humans,, life would be even MORE interesting
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Post by: Geemonster on December 28, 2009, 04:10:44 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 28, 2009, 04:10:07 PM
Hmmm,,,,interesting concept. If that happened to humans,, life would be even MORE interesting

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha :D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 28, 2009, 04:11:37 PM: Would that mean you can be convicted of murder if you DIDNt sleep with the bosses daughter?
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Post by: Geemonster on December 28, 2009, 04:34:34 PM: The band Pink Floyd got their name from Syd Barretts record collection 2 Georgia Bluesmen named Pink Anderson & Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 29, 2009, 11:08:18 AM: Steele Breeze got thier name from a Pink Floyd song.
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Post by: Geemonster on December 30, 2009, 12:49:15 AM: The width of a Tornado can range from less than 10 yards to more than a mile.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 30, 2009, 09:30:54 AM: Dont I know,, Im a storm spotter for the NWS herein the states.

Only a mall percentage of Tornadoes ever touch the ground. Many are never seen.
AND....
Unless they touch the ground, they are just known as Funnel clouds or Vortexes
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Post by: laama on December 30, 2009, 01:03:12 PM: A giraffe was called a "camelopard" in ancient times due to people thinking it was a mix between a camel and a leopard.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 30, 2009, 02:59:10 PM: Bullsharks can live in fresh water for periods of time, and often swimm into streems and rivers and attack unwary swimmers as far inland in America as St Louis Missouri
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 31, 2009, 02:29:09 AM: I LOVE YOU ALL
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Post by: laama on December 31, 2009, 10:48:55 AM: Quote from: goldshirt*9 on December 31, 2009, 02:29:09 AM
I LOVE YOU ALL
:o :o

A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on December 31, 2009, 01:32:48 PM: And Laama knowing that little fact scares me.
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Post by: laama on January 02, 2010, 04:18:56 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 31, 2009, 01:32:48 PM
And Laama knowing that little fact scares me.
:D :D

More to come:A leech has 32 brains.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 03, 2010, 12:29:23 PM: The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 metres high.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 03, 2010, 12:31:52 PM: The redwood forest in california are a single plant,, and the only one of its kind in the world.
They all share a common root system.
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Post by: laama on January 03, 2010, 04:21:48 PM: Platypuses mate in the water.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 03, 2010, 04:29:14 PM: Killer Whales mate for life ( in the water too)
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Post by: laama on January 03, 2010, 04:31:41 PM: A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 03, 2010, 04:38:25 PM: A dog was the first pasenger into space
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Post by: laama on January 04, 2010, 03:28:58 AM: Termites are roasted and eaten like popcorn in South Africa.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 04, 2010, 05:38:43 AM: A world record 328 pound ovarian cyst was removed from a woman in Galveston, Texas, in 1905
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Post by: Geemonster on January 04, 2010, 07:19:06 AM: Franklin Pierce was the first U.S. President to have a Christmas tree in the White House.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 04, 2010, 08:13:07 AM: More people voted for a contestant on American Idol than for who was going to be president the last two elections.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 04, 2010, 08:14:27 AM: The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was returned 288 years later.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 04, 2010, 08:15:58 AM: Dogs cant look up ( or so it was said on Shawn Of The Dead) :D
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Post by: Geemonster on January 04, 2010, 08:19:10 AM: The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to make up for this shortfall.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 04, 2010, 08:22:19 AM: During the whole year 2000 fiasco ( alot thought the world was going to end at the stroke of midnight) they failed to realize we go by the Gregorian calendar.
Due to that, the new millenium started on October 23,1997.
Boy,, did they feel stupid when they found that out. lmao
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Post by: Skadi on January 05, 2010, 10:52:05 AM: In all of history, only 161,000 tons of gold have been mined, barely enough to fill two Olympic pools.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 05, 2010, 11:05:49 AM: In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans annually
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Post by: Skadi on January 05, 2010, 12:15:50 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on January 05, 2010, 11:05:49 AM
In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans annually

^ wow :D We had a biter on my street when I was little. He was creepy.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 05, 2010, 12:52:41 PM: Yeah,, was he pale looking? Walk stiff or moan alot?
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Post by: laama on January 05, 2010, 05:58:50 PM: Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 06, 2010, 04:41:54 AM: Quote from: Skadi on January 05, 2010, 12:15:50 PM
^ wow :D We had a biter on my street when I was little. He was creepy.

Are you from the Big Apple then Skadi?
Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 06, 2010, 09:09:10 AM: While being married can shorten it more.
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Post by: laama on January 06, 2010, 03:57:24 PM: Kangaroos can't fart. They convert the small quantity of methane they produce into an energy source which their body reuses.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 06, 2010, 03:58:27 PM: Studies show that divorced women have more trouble starting new relationships than divorced men.
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Post by: ohcheap1 on January 06, 2010, 04:08:07 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on January 06, 2010, 03:58:27 PM
Studies show that divorced women have more trouble starting new relationships than divorced men.

Hhhhmmmm.....imagine that? I cant guess why that would be? :P
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Post by: laama on January 06, 2010, 04:19:19 PM: When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 06, 2010, 04:29:42 PM: Rabbits run in a zig zag pattern while being chased.
If you timie it right, you can kill one in the wild with a thrown rock.
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Post by: dweez on January 07, 2010, 08:17:27 AM: Quote from: Geemonster on January 06, 2010, 03:58:27 PM
Studies show that divorced women have more trouble starting new relationships than divorced men.

Maybe because the guy has started his new relationship before the divorce occurs? ;D
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Post by: chekovsulu on January 07, 2010, 08:52:17 AM: And... erm...
Spoiler (hover to show)
there must be something wrong with her if she couldn't keep him happy
:-X
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 07, 2010, 09:19:24 AM: My ex had no problem starting a new relationship right away.
Well,,knowing her she had it started while we were still married.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 07, 2010, 03:18:24 PM: One billion seconds is about 32 years.
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Post by: chekovsulu on January 07, 2010, 04:03:12 PM: Abbey National will change their name to Santander next week on the 11th January 2010.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 07, 2010, 04:23:05 PM: In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 07, 2010, 04:38:18 PM: Sounds like things that happen in the gret state of Arkansas.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 07, 2010, 04:39:20 PM: The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.
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Post by: laama on January 07, 2010, 06:03:51 PM: Sheep can detect other sheep faces like humans do. They can remember up to 50 sheep faces.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 07, 2010, 08:26:48 PM: poo,, I cant even remember 10 human faces at one time.
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Post by: laama on January 08, 2010, 02:59:34 PM: A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 08, 2010, 03:59:36 PM: While chased by a crocodile, a human can run 12 miles per hour.lol
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Post by: laama on January 08, 2010, 04:18:04 PM: The brain of a reptile make up no more than 1 percent of the reptile's body mass.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 08, 2010, 04:23:23 PM: Much like some humans I know.
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Post by: laama on January 08, 2010, 04:41:20 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on January 08, 2010, 04:23:23 PM
Much like some humans I know.
It's common thing nowadays.

The fur of the binturong, also known as the "Asian Bear Cat," smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 10, 2010, 04:58:48 AM: In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he is commemorated with a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsibilities of being a mature adult.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 10, 2010, 07:39:37 AM: God,, I got to move to Japan!

Japanese sword makers traditionaly only folded a sword 30 times. The metal loses its temper if they are done much more than that. ( Looked it up in a book called "Weapons" written by the Diagram Group)
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Post by: redlandslide on January 10, 2010, 11:23:16 AM: Nostradamus was a fraud.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 10, 2010, 01:32:56 PM: True that!
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Post by: laama on January 10, 2010, 02:13:36 PM: Giving knife as gift to Japanese person is exhortation to suicide.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 10, 2010, 04:26:36 PM: Wow,, im glad now im NOT Japanese
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Post by: Geemonster on January 10, 2010, 06:36:25 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on January 10, 2010, 07:39:37 AM
God,, I got to move to Japan!

Japanese sword makers traditionaly only folded a sword 30 times. The metal loses its temper if they are done much more than that. ( Looked it up in a book called "Weapons" written by the Diagram Group)

Some genuine Samurai swords had the blade folded 100 times.
More flexibility,less chance of the sword being broken.

The world's oldest rose is located Hildeshiem Cathedral in Germany and is thought to be over 1,000 years old.
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Post by: laama on January 11, 2010, 01:52:17 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on January 10, 2010, 06:36:25 PM
Some genuine Samurai swords had the blade folded 100 times.
More flexibility,less chance of the sword being broken.

Japanese Samurai swords which are made by confirmed smith masters are illegal to move out from Japan.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 11, 2010, 07:56:16 PM: Samauri swords werent made as well as the swords that were made in Spain at one time.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 12, 2010, 04:33:43 AM: An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 12, 2010, 01:47:41 PM: Ever seen what goes on on an office desk?
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Post by: smokester on January 12, 2010, 04:29:14 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on December 25, 2009, 11:54:15 AM
London was actualy a Roman outpost called Londinium.
Most people from England are actualy of Roman descent. The true English natives fled north into Caledonia ( or Scotland)

The Britons didn't flee anywhere as the Romans let them keep their land, but Britannia stayed under the rule of Roman governors for over 300 years. It is true that they didn't pay much attention to north or Hadrian's wall (well, not for very long anyhow), but as the "empire" was all about wealth and commerce, it probably wasn't economically viable to finance a military presence there in the long term.

I would have thought the real mixing of the gene pool came under Anglo-Saxon rule.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 12, 2010, 04:32:53 PM: Colchester was the Roman Capital of England,it was called Camulodunum.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 12, 2010, 05:53:19 PM: Quote from: smokester on January 12, 2010, 04:29:14 PM
The Britons didn't flee anywhere as the Romans let them keep their land, but Britannia stayed under the rule of Roman governors for over 300 years. It is true that they didn't pay much attention to north or Hadrian's wall (well, not for very long anyhow), but as the "empire" was all about wealth and commerce, it probably wasn't economically viable to finance a military presence there in the long term.

I would have thought the real mixing of the gene pool came under Anglo-Saxon rule.
Quote from: Geemonster on January 12, 2010, 04:32:53 PM
Colchester was the Roman Capital of England,it was called Camulodunum.

As further research I did on that, I have to recant what I thought was a fact .
The person that I got the fact from ( a college professor) has a history of being wrong on many counts.
Especialy when he and I argued earlier today about the true origins of the Native Americans. ( i wont go into it,, he is now in my book, a bloody twit).

Most of the native tribes in America were the Clovis people originating in Soouthern Gaul ( around what is known now as Marsaiels ( sp)).
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Post by: laama on January 13, 2010, 02:29:29 PM: The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 13, 2010, 03:01:58 PM: Texas denies the state of Alaska exists. lol

There are more sheep in New Zealand than people.
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Post by: laama on January 15, 2010, 01:29:54 PM: There was a time in Japan where a wife being left handed was a ground for divorce.
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Post by: nouseforaname on January 15, 2010, 01:42:25 PM: Over half the population of this world possess brown eyes.
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Post by: laama on January 15, 2010, 02:42:04 PM: Quote from: nouseforaname on January 15, 2010, 01:42:25 PM
Over half the population of this world possess brown eyes.
I am not one of them.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 15, 2010, 06:40:59 PM: What if they turn an amber when you get really angry? Mine do.
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Post by: redlandslide on January 15, 2010, 06:56:44 PM: Quote from: nouseforaname on January 15, 2010, 01:42:25 PM
Over half the population of this world possess brown eyes.

Quote from: laama on January 15, 2010, 02:42:04 PM
I am not one of them.

Me neither. :)

Demonoid Forums back up, and the last post in the chaos topic "introduce yourself" before it went down was Laamas.

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Post by: nouseforaname on January 15, 2010, 08:28:45 PM: You lose upto 100 strands of hair a day.
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Post by: laama on January 15, 2010, 11:24:44 PM: I just shaved my hair off.
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Post by: chekovsulu on January 16, 2010, 06:08:28 AM: Quote from: nouseforaname on January 15, 2010, 08:28:45 PM
You lose upto 100 strands of hair a day.
I don't want to know this :'(
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Post by: Geemonster on January 16, 2010, 10:45:40 AM: The deepest point on the Earth's surface is in the Pacific Ocean located in the Marianas trench. This point is called the "Challenger Deep" and is 35,818 feet deep.
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Post by: nouseforaname on January 16, 2010, 10:49:36 AM: Like what it says under my avatar - Stress produces parasites in the stomach.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 16, 2010, 11:38:43 AM: And said parasites cause ulcers
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Post by: laama on January 16, 2010, 11:58:53 AM: A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 16, 2010, 11:59:47 AM: A 13-year-old boy in India produced winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 16, 2010, 03:53:54 PM: Wierd things happen in Idnia,, no wonder I dont want to go t here.
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Post by: chekovsulu on January 16, 2010, 06:48:17 PM: Good lord! http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/beetle_boy.htm
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 17, 2010, 12:03:12 PM: Makes you want to be carefull when you pee outside.

Amitriptaline can make your pee blue
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Post by: ohcheap1 on January 17, 2010, 05:40:44 PM: Quote from: chekovsulu on January 07, 2010, 08:52:17 AM
And... erm...
Spoiler (hover to show)
there must be something wrong with her if she couldn't keep him happy
:-X

Wait, hold up! I missed this one.
chekovsulu(http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15/15_8_220.gif)
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Post by: Geemonster on January 17, 2010, 08:18:43 PM: Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density
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Post by: smokester on January 18, 2010, 07:44:54 AM: Quote from: chekovsulu on January 16, 2010, 06:48:17 PM
Good lord! http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/beetle_boy.htm

That old "Calcutta Telegraph" is a laugh:

"The outcome of this story is still murky, though. According to a New India Press account of 25 July 2003, after Chandan was shifted to the SSKM Hospital, "doctors declared that it could be a stray case of flies coming from an external source and falling in while the boy was urinating."

We haven't turned up any follow-up articles on Chandan's condition since then, although we have noted a mini-outbreak of news reports from India about patients purportedly suffering from similar afflictions. For example, the day after the last article on Chandan, the Calcutta Telegraph published another account of a boy suffering from a similar condition in which dung beetles were emerging from his rectum."
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Post by: redlandslide on January 18, 2010, 08:03:35 AM: Quote from: smokester on January 18, 2010, 07:44:54 AM
"dung beetles were emerging from his rectum."[/i]

That's probably the dung beetle equivalent of buying direct from the manufacturer (or looting). :)
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Post by: smokester on January 18, 2010, 01:00:07 PM: Or they were just smuggling it out the rear exit.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 18, 2010, 03:19:20 PM: Thats some crappy humor , guys.
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Post by: laama on January 18, 2010, 06:10:53 PM: Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the day after the Superbowl.
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Post by: nouseforaname on January 18, 2010, 06:23:43 PM: Ants never sleep.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 18, 2010, 10:47:39 PM: Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 19, 2010, 03:49:21 PM: Chinchillas have 1500 hair folicles per square centimeter
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Post by: nouseforaname on January 19, 2010, 08:03:55 PM: You can eat a potato raw. So what if you already knew. You don't see anyone walking around eating a spud lol
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Post by: dweez on January 19, 2010, 10:08:16 PM: I used to eat potatoes raw all the time, sprinkling them with salt. They were tasty.
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Post by: chekovsulu on January 20, 2010, 04:42:51 AM: I have wondered about raw potatoes. I've never seen any mention of it being eaten anywhere, so assumed it probably didn't taste that great. I'm going to try it the next time I buy potatoes!
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Post by: dweez on January 20, 2010, 07:44:50 AM: Ok but remember I was a young kid at the time. It is very starchy too, but I still thought that, the mixture of the taste and the texture made it fun to eat.
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Post by: chekovsulu on January 20, 2010, 07:54:56 AM: If only they'd let you sample it in the shops! I'll buy one small potato *munching smiley*
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Post by: redlandslide on January 20, 2010, 04:58:54 PM: Anyone watching football highlights tonight or tomorrow and don't want to know the results of tonight's big game, look away now.

Spoiler (hover to show)
Liverpool beat Tottenham two nil. :)
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Post by: laama on January 20, 2010, 05:16:43 PM: The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate.
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Post by: nouseforaname on January 20, 2010, 05:28:33 PM: Quote from: chekovsulu on January 20, 2010, 07:54:56 AM
If only they'd let you sample it in the shops! I'll buy one small potato *munching smiley*
Yeah, just to go in the store and buy 5 lbs. of potatoes to eat a single one raw. Then return them because you weren't satisfied lol
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Post by: laama on January 22, 2010, 06:06:39 PM: It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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Post by: nouseforaname on January 22, 2010, 11:14:22 PM: Laughter is a universal language.
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Post by: laama on January 23, 2010, 05:44:14 PM: It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending machines.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on January 24, 2010, 02:13:51 AM: Ohio is the only state not to include any letters from the word
mackerel
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Post by: laama on January 24, 2010, 01:56:04 PM: The American Automobile association was formed in 1905 for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps.
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Post by: chekovsulu on January 25, 2010, 02:34:58 AM: If I were a motorist, I'd say that's some good thinking :D
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Post by: laama on January 25, 2010, 02:04:24 PM: Ray Kroc bought McDonalds for $2.7 million in 1961 from the McDonald brothers.
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Post by: Geemonster on January 26, 2010, 01:21:01 PM: Indonesia consists only of islands - 13,667 altogether
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 26, 2010, 02:30:31 PM: Security personel at Memphis International Airport in Memphis Tenessee have a combined IQ of about 3.
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Post by: laama on January 27, 2010, 02:41:45 PM: American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 27, 2010, 05:54:06 PM: You know,,airline food is not food as the human being understands the definition.
I think its all made from recycled poop.
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Post by: chekovsulu on January 28, 2010, 02:18:36 AM: I used to pack airline food, the first class food gets special treatment whereas the economy class... erm... well, just make sure the food is well heated :D
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Post by: laama on January 29, 2010, 04:59:48 PM: In 1897, Bayer, who is the makers of Aspirin, once marketed the drug heroin.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on January 31, 2010, 07:12:54 PM: Coke A Cola once actualy had coka leaves in the formula
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Post by: laama on February 01, 2010, 06:00:23 PM: In the 1930's, Pepsi-Cola had an advertising campaign starring two cartoon cops called "Pepsi & Pete."
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 02, 2010, 03:02:53 AM: Sleep deprivation shortens your life expectancy
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Post by: Geemonster on February 02, 2010, 09:32:40 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on February 02, 2010, 03:02:53 AM
Sleep deprivation shortens your life expectancy

That's scary,i have trouble sleeping............golly it! When your number's up,it's up.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 02, 2010, 12:18:00 PM: Yeah,, no fooling mate.
When a bullet has your name on it there is no avoiding it.
Damn fates!!!
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Post by: laama on February 02, 2010, 05:29:43 PM: In the late 1960's, Mountain Dew bottles featured a hillbilly on them. These are now collector items worth five to ten dollars.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 02, 2010, 05:39:19 PM: Whoa! My dad has some of those in the tool shed!
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Post by: Geemonster on February 03, 2010, 03:19:31 PM: In 18th Century Britain, you could take out insurance against going to hell.
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Post by: laama on February 03, 2010, 03:56:25 PM: The United States and Canada are the world's largest producers of paper and paper products.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 03, 2010, 04:13:20 PM: Gotta have something to put all that propaganda on.
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Post by: Geemonster on February 03, 2010, 04:20:38 PM: The state of Florida is bigger than England.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 03, 2010, 04:32:27 PM: But not as interesting or safe.
Too many aligators in florida.
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Post by: laama on February 03, 2010, 04:40:17 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on February 03, 2010, 04:32:27 PM
But not as interesting or safe.
Too many aligators in florida.
:D

There is a Nike commercial that was shot in Kenya with Samburu tribesman speaking in their native language Maa. The slogan "Just Do It" appears when the tribesman is talking. In reality he was saying, "I don't want these. Give me big shoes."
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 03, 2010, 10:23:50 PM: The 1980s icon for Budweiser,, Spuds Mkenzie was actualy a female.
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Post by: laama on February 04, 2010, 04:01:05 PM: There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of two hundred people.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 04, 2010, 11:42:32 PM: Cuttle fish have an iq equal to a dogs
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Post by: Geemonster on February 05, 2010, 02:24:42 AM: A 55 year old British army major was very depressed and shot himself in the brain with a .38 revolver and survived with the added bonus that his shot in his brain took away all of his mental illness.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 05, 2010, 03:25:37 PM: Sooo,, we take all the crazy people out,, and shoot them in the head like a bunch of zombies?
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Post by: laama on February 05, 2010, 03:57:16 PM: Quote from: Geemonster on February 05, 2010, 02:24:42 AM
A 55 year old British army major was very depressed and shot himself in the brain with a .38 revolver and survived with the added bonus that his shot in his brain took away all of his mental illness.
Perfect surgery. :D

Yamaha is Japan's largest maker of musical instruments.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 05, 2010, 04:25:40 PM: The first manned mission to the moon used computers that had the equivalent power of a modern calculater.
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Post by: laama on February 06, 2010, 02:21:31 PM: Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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Post by: Geemonster on February 06, 2010, 06:35:43 PM: A cesium atom in an atomic clock that beats over nine billion times a second.
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Post by: CMF on February 07, 2010, 01:41:31 AM: Humans have 10 fingers on their hands.

At least most of the time....
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Post by: subvinorosa on February 07, 2010, 08:01:17 AM: I'm hungry.
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Post by: laama on February 07, 2010, 03:23:51 PM: My mIRC beeps.
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Post by: Geemonster on February 08, 2010, 03:26:14 AM: Quote from: CMF on February 07, 2010, 01:41:31 AM
Humans have 10 fingers on their hands.

At least most of the time....

Actually they have 8 fingers and 2 thumbs. ;)
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 08, 2010, 11:04:19 AM: Unless your me doing something like electrical work,, then im ALL thumbs
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Post by: laama on February 08, 2010, 02:53:50 PM: In 1945, a seven ounce bathroom cup was the first item Tupperware marketed.
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Post by: ohcheap1 on February 13, 2010, 11:18:42 AM: FACT: I dont like posting here, I just like reading.
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Post by: laama on February 15, 2010, 05:34:56 PM: The company "Sony" was originally called "Totsuken." They felt the name "Sony" would be easier to pronounce. The name was invented by a cross between the name "sonus" and "sonny." The name sound and sonic are derived. Sonny was used to represent a young man or boy, which would show a energetic young company.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 15, 2010, 06:32:00 PM: Then Play Station came
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Post by: laama on February 16, 2010, 05:48:51 PM: The state of California has more 7-Eleven stores than any other state. There are approximately 1,200 stores.
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Post by: nouseforaname on February 16, 2010, 06:20:18 PM: A mattress collects up to 3lbs of skin in its lifetime.
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Post by: laama on February 20, 2010, 11:11:52 AM: The first and longest lasting cartoon characters to promote a Kellogg's product are Snap! Crackle! Pop! from Rice Krispies cereal.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 21, 2010, 12:26:36 PM: Who are replaced in the inner city by " Snap , Crackle and golly You!"
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Post by: laama on February 23, 2010, 03:03:52 PM: Coca-cola used to use the slogan "Good to the last drop," in 1908. This slogan was later used by Maxwell House.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 23, 2010, 06:22:16 PM: Should have been used by pepsi
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Post by: laama on February 25, 2010, 03:06:05 PM: Marlboro was the first cigarette company to market a cigarette that had a red filter called "beauty tip." This was done to hide the lipstick marks left on the filter from women smokers.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on February 25, 2010, 07:25:58 PM: Dang,, and i thought they did it to just be diferent.
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Post by: Geemonster on March 19, 2010, 05:09:33 AM: In 1986, a Russian submarine almost launched a nuclear attack on the U.S. when its radar erroneously identified an arctic seal as an incoming torpedo
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 19, 2010, 09:38:37 AM: Which was sent by Ronald Reagan .
Ronald Reagan caused American youth to start the whole Glam Metal and excess life style.
Thank God for Reagan,, I wouldnt have gotten laid the first time if it werent for him making people think we were all on the brink of nuclear ( say that Bush) annhialation.
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Post by: Geemonster on March 19, 2010, 04:11:20 PM: According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 20, 2010, 08:57:41 AM: Gotta start the week off right.
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Post by: Geemonster on March 20, 2010, 09:49:15 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on March 20, 2010, 08:57:41 AM
Gotta start the week off right.

:D :D :D
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 22, 2010, 09:30:23 AM: The movie Texas Chain Saw Massacre was actualy distributed by a movie company owned by Organized Crime. As Popular as the movie is,, the cast and the crew were paid actualy NOTHING for their work.
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Post by: redlandslide on March 22, 2010, 10:04:12 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on March 22, 2010, 09:30:23 AM
The movie Texas Chain Saw Massacre was actualy distributed by a movie company owned by Organized Crime. As Popular as the movie is,, the cast and the crew were paid actualy NOTHING for their work.

I've had jobs like that.
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Post by: Geemonster on March 22, 2010, 11:59:35 AM: In Czechoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made out of human bones
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 22, 2010, 01:18:20 PM: Quote from: redlandslide on March 22, 2010, 10:04:12 AM
I've had jobs like that.

Yeah,, me too.
Quote from: Geemonster on March 22, 2010, 11:59:35 AM
In Czechoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made out of human bones

Now thats RELIGION!
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Post by: laama on March 22, 2010, 07:03:04 PM: I am scratching my balls and sniffing my nails.
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Post by: ohcheap1 on March 22, 2010, 09:49:45 PM: Over your underwear or in?
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Post by: Geemonster on March 22, 2010, 11:56:55 PM: Quote from: laama on March 22, 2010, 07:03:04 PM
I am scratching my balls and sniffing my nails.

Scratch'n'sniff huh?

Fable writer Aesop, who married/divorced at least fifty women, was fond of nontraditional unions. He wed his daughter, his sister and his own mother
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 23, 2010, 09:30:00 AM: Aesop was from Arkansas
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Post by: Geemonster on March 23, 2010, 12:28:33 PM: Land of the inbred.
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Post by: laama on March 23, 2010, 04:54:08 PM: The largest Giant Pacific Octopus ever caught weighed about 600 pounds, the tentacles on the beast spanned upwards of 33ft in length.
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Post by: Geemonster on March 24, 2010, 03:47:20 AM: Did you know that smoking marijuana before the age of 18 increses your chance of Psychosis by 600%?
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 24, 2010, 09:38:31 AM: Dang,, i knew I should have started my drug days earlier!!!
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Post by: Skadi on March 26, 2010, 03:24:38 PM: Brothers Erskine L. and Neville Ebbin of Bermuda died one year apart after being struck by the same taxi, driven by the same driver, and carrying the same passenger.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 26, 2010, 03:25:39 PM: Baaaad mojo!
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Post by: Skadi on March 26, 2010, 03:29:16 PM: Get out! I know.. it's super freaky. Unless it's a really really really small town. that's the only way I could see it happening. Otherwise it's just too weird ???
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 26, 2010, 06:58:03 PM: In may of 1990, I was in the Zodiac Club in Ft Smith Arkansas.
I got stabbed in the right thigh ( for being a smarty).
One week later,, same club,, right leg, same guy, same hosital, same orderly, same doc.
All he could say is " Again?".
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Post by: Geemonster on March 28, 2010, 11:32:05 AM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on March 26, 2010, 06:58:03 PM
In may of 1990, I was in the Zodiac Club in Ft Smith Arkansas.
I got stabbed in the right thigh ( for being a smarty).
One week later,, same club,, right leg, same guy, same hosital, same orderly, same doc.
All he could say is " Again?".

I feel like i've been here before.
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Post by: laama on March 30, 2010, 04:08:10 PM: The average Panda consumes between 20-40lbs of food per day. They can spend up to 16 hours eating. They primarily eat bamboo, although they also have been known to eat other plants, fish and small rodents.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 30, 2010, 09:53:23 PM: The madagascar hissing cockroach is actualy a beetle
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Post by: smokester on March 31, 2010, 07:53:07 AM: Quote from: Geemonster on March 22, 2010, 11:56:55 PM
Fable writer Aesop, who married/divorced at least fifty women, was fond of nontraditional unions. He wed his daughter, his sister and his own mother

Not that anyone actually knows anything about Aesop's life or history, but I'm interested as to where that came from?
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Post by: redlandslide on March 31, 2010, 08:52:21 AM: Quote from: smokester on March 31, 2010, 07:53:07 AM
Not that anyone actually knows anything about Aesop's life or history, but I'm interested as to where that came from?

A bloke in the pub?
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 31, 2010, 09:51:48 AM: I got some of the greatest wisdom from a bloke in a pub.
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Post by: Geemonster on March 31, 2010, 02:21:50 PM: I do some of my best thinking on the throne. ;)
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Post by: Robin-Graves on March 31, 2010, 04:38:06 PM: I was thinking about thrones the other day.
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Post by: laama on April 09, 2010, 06:48:17 PM: Pandas are good tree climbers.
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Post by: Geemonster on April 10, 2010, 11:30:10 AM: The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on April 11, 2010, 12:56:48 PM: The same rule aplies in the state of Arkansas
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Post by: Geemonster on April 11, 2010, 03:00:57 PM: 1 in 4 people who have tried to conquer everest have perished.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on April 12, 2010, 02:39:02 PM: Just goes to show that Mt Everest is a true badass.
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Post by: Geemonster on April 12, 2010, 04:19:04 PM: http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f10/mount-everest-victims-45791/?highlight=george+mallory
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Post by: laama on April 14, 2010, 05:26:54 PM: President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
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Post by: Robin-Graves on April 14, 2010, 07:35:08 PM: Thats what he got for being from Boston.
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Post by: laama on April 17, 2010, 07:58:39 PM: Quote from: Robin-Graves on April 14, 2010, 07:35:08 PM
Thats what he got for being from Boston.
:D :D

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
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Post by: ohcheap1 on April 18, 2010, 07:58:06 AM: laama is the master of this thread. Just sayin.....
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Post by: dweez on April 18, 2010, 12:22:32 PM: I concur.
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Post by: Geemonster on April 18, 2010, 01:07:20 PM: Politicians are a bunch of clowns.
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Post by: laama on April 19, 2010, 09:58:05 AM: Quote from: ohcheap1 on April 18, 2010, 07:58:06 AM
laama is the master of this thread. Just sayin.....
:P

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
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Post by: redlandslide on April 19, 2010, 03:03:01 PM: Quote from: laama on April 19, 2010, 09:58:05 AM
:P

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

What about tit? :P
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Post by: Robin-Graves on April 20, 2010, 01:16:33 PM: Laama,, borther,, you frighten me. I thought I was trivial.
You take the cake . ;)
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Post by: laama on April 27, 2010, 06:16:28 PM: Quote from: redlandslide on April 19, 2010, 03:03:01 PM
What about tit? :P
Tits. :P

It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace".
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Post by: redlandslide on April 27, 2010, 06:38:50 PM: Quote from: laama on April 27, 2010, 06:16:28 PM
It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace".

It took me seven to read it. :D

A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate. :(
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Post by: Robin-Graves on April 27, 2010, 07:10:55 PM: Thats frightening. I kinda wish Ex wives were like that.
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Post by: ohcheap1 on April 27, 2010, 07:30:54 PM: Quote from: redlandslide on April 27, 2010, 06:38:50 PM
A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate. :(

Tell me about it..... :D
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Post by: dweez on April 27, 2010, 09:34:33 PM: Oh no oc1...are you in danger? ;)

Spoiler (hover to show)
I'm sure there are plenty of volunteers here that are willing to help you out. ::)
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Post by: ohcheap1 on April 28, 2010, 11:41:41 AM: Quote from: dweez on April 27, 2010, 09:34:33 PM
Oh no oc1...are you in danger? ;)

Spoiler (hover to show)
I'm sure there are plenty of volunteers here that are willing to help you out. ::)
You have no idea.......
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Post by: Robin-Graves on April 28, 2010, 12:57:52 PM: Um,,,wanna give us one? lmao
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Post by: laama on April 28, 2010, 04:48:05 PM: http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/28042010/36/high-tide-engulfs-car-0.html (http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/28042010/36/high-tide-engulfs-car-0.html)
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Post by: cz85b on June 08, 2010, 06:01:10 PM: Robin keeps his standards low so as to not be disappointed......
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Post by: ohcheap1 on June 08, 2010, 06:04:03 PM: Quote from: cz85b on June 08, 2010, 06:01:10 PM
Robin keeps his standards low so as to not be disappointed......

Im thinking about trying it out.....cant be that hard, right?
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Post by: cz85b on June 08, 2010, 08:24:12 PM: Hard to say.... I would have to ask the question... compared to what? and what constitutes disappointment??? ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: ohcheap1 on June 08, 2010, 08:28:37 PM: Uuumm...high standards and high expectations is where Im going to take this one. Tryin' to flip that maybe....

Here's a fact: Im glad to see CZ for a change!! ;D :-*
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Post by: cz85b on June 08, 2010, 08:34:06 PM: Awwwwww

Here is a fact... I miss all of you folks over here, and should pop in more often! :) :-*
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Post by: laama on June 30, 2010, 05:24:43 PM: As a nation with few close linguistic relatives, Finns take care of their language competence by studying a wide range of foreign languages.
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Post by: Geemonster on July 02, 2010, 11:25:23 PM: Most foreigners speak and spell English better than lots of English people.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on July 04, 2010, 12:26:34 AM: i feel so bloody old :P
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Post by: smokester on July 04, 2010, 04:11:41 AM: I feel older than Goldie.

Probably because I am.
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Post by: laama on July 04, 2010, 07:16:07 PM: The Watermelon is cousins with cucumers, pumpkins and squash.
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Post by: chekovsulu on July 29, 2010, 08:12:39 AM: The first international cricket match was USA vs the British Empire's Canadian Province, in New York on 25-27 Sep 1844. Canada won.
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Post by: laama on July 29, 2010, 03:15:27 PM: German state authorities on Wednesday accused the organizer of last weekend's Love Parade techno festival of major security breaches which may have led to the crush that killed 21 people and injured more than 500.
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Post by: AlienBC on July 29, 2010, 03:45:38 PM: Quote from: laama on July 04, 2010, 07:16:07 PM
The Watermelon is cousins with cucumers, pumpkins and squash.

I knew that but could never prove it lol

Fact Sex beats Chocolate........
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Post by: laama on August 09, 2010, 07:03:59 PM: A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away.
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Post by: Skadi on October 04, 2010, 12:11:33 PM: Sigmund Freud was afraid of the number 62, and ferns.
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Post by: smokester on October 05, 2010, 05:37:46 AM: Quote from: Skadi on October 04, 2010, 12:11:33 PM
Sigmund Freud was afraid of the number 62, and ferns.

There have been a couple of Ferns that gave me the willies.
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Post by: dweez on October 05, 2010, 07:27:40 AM: What if Sigmund were confronted by 62 ferns!?!?!?!? :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Post by: smokester on October 05, 2010, 07:37:40 AM: Quote from: dweez on October 05, 2010, 07:27:40 AM
What if Sigmund were confronted by 62 ferns!?!?!?!? :o :o :o :o :o :o

Or worse still, the number 62 made of ferns!!
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Post by: laama on October 05, 2010, 04:05:39 PM: Tasmanian devils give birth to 20-30 young, each weighing approximately 0.18-0.24 grams. When the young are born, they move from the vagina to the pouch. Once inside the pouch, they each remain attached to a nipple for the next 100 days. Despite the large litter at birth, the female has only four nipples, so that no more than four young can survive birth. Those who do not procure a nipple are typically eaten by the mother.
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Post by: smokester on October 26, 2010, 08:40:14 AM: Scuba stands for 'Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus'.
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Post by: dweez on October 26, 2010, 02:15:06 PM: Laser stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation".
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Post by: Skadi on November 02, 2010, 11:01:31 AM: ^^I know those.. I watch the science channel

Quote from: laama on July 04, 2010, 07:16:07 PM
The Watermelon is cousins with cucumers, pumpkins and squash.

That's why you can't plant them by each other.. or they'll cross and your watermelon will taste like cucumbers :P
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Post by: laama on November 04, 2010, 06:11:03 PM: Quote from: Skadi on November 02, 2010, 11:01:31 AM

That's why you can't plant them by each other.. or they'll cross and your watermelon will taste like cucumbers :P
Experience talks? :P

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
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Post by: Skadi on November 07, 2010, 10:39:14 AM: If you screw up and type foofle instead of google.. google still comes up as the first search result :P
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on November 08, 2010, 09:27:14 AM: Quote from: laama on November 04, 2010, 06:11:03 PM
No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
weird :-[
i was talking about that very same thing at work
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Post by: laama on February 22, 2011, 09:48:31 PM: Many frogs rely on the art of camouflage to avoid getting spotted by predators.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on March 07, 2011, 11:05:41 AM: jet lag sucks
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Post by: laama on April 08, 2011, 08:39:20 PM: Dogs fart.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on April 09, 2011, 12:57:38 AM: Quote from: laama on April 08, 2011, 08:39:20 PM
Dogs fart.
a lot
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on April 27, 2011, 01:10:24 AM: In the 1970s, a Barbie doll was released that could grow breasts!
This doll, Growing Up Skipper, was released in 1975 amid a lot of controversy. This doll was Barbie?s younger sister, who could go through puberty by rotating her left arm (and revert by rotating it back). In addition to having her breasts get larger, Skipper would get a little taller and her waist would shrink. This line of Skipper dolls discontinued in 1977.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on April 27, 2011, 01:24:26 AM: William Dafoe does the voice over for the birds eye frozen food range adverts
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Post by: smokester on April 27, 2011, 09:03:17 AM: He changed his name to Willem you know. I wonder why?
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on April 27, 2011, 09:40:09 AM: Quote from: smokester on April 27, 2011, 09:03:17 AM
He changed his name to Willem you know. I wonder why?
really , never knew that. ???

His birth name was William Dafoe, but he changed it legally to Willem Dafoe, reportedly so people would not call him "Billy".
o my word , what's wrong with bill :D :D :D
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Post by: redlandslide on April 28, 2011, 09:46:23 AM: Quote from: goldshirt*9 on April 27, 2011, 01:10:24 AM
This doll was Barbie?s younger sister, who could go through puberty by rotating her left arm

I seem to recall my left arm being quite busy during my puberty as well.
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Post by: dweez on April 28, 2011, 09:57:21 AM: Barbie's last name is Roberts. Ken's last name is Carson.
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Post by: AlienBC on May 02, 2011, 02:39:53 PM: fact I touched Barbie's little plastic breast once...... :D
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Post by: smokester on May 06, 2011, 09:18:39 AM: Quote from: AlienBC on May 02, 2011, 02:39:53 PM
fact I touched Barbie's little plastic breast once...... :D

Yes and I did the same to Ken's.
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Post by: Skadi on May 06, 2011, 09:47:53 AM: It is fact that Barbie and Ken were broken up from 2004-2006. It is rumor (probably fact) that Barbie was very 'friendly' with Australian surfer Blaine right after the 2004 break up.

(http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/02/news/fortune500/branding_blunders/Blaine_Barbie_story2.jpg) (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bTPT3cPJyIY/TVP0uoh16MI/AAAAAAAAE10/zMK2I5EBb24/s1600/barbie-california-girl-surfer-blaine.jpg)
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Post by: ohcheap1 on May 06, 2011, 11:15:31 AM: Hilarious! Are you making this up as you go along or is there really a site with this information?
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Post by: Skadi on May 06, 2011, 12:03:37 PM: Nope.. if I was making it up, I'd make it way more dishy :P It was a Mattel bio line to feature launching the 2006 Ken as a new and improved Ken ::)
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Post by: smokester on May 06, 2011, 03:08:38 PM: Barbie is such a tart.
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Post by: redlandslide on May 06, 2011, 03:56:35 PM: Quote from: smokester on May 06, 2011, 03:08:38 PM

Barbie is such a tart.

I think you're thinking of Strawberry Shortcake. :)
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Post by: Skadi on May 06, 2011, 03:57:00 PM: Quote from: smokester on May 06, 2011, 03:08:38 PM

Barbie is such a tart.

*high-fives Barbie* ;)

She should have ditched Ken and Blaine and hooked up with all 4 of these guys the same week 8)

(http://smalldogs2.com/VintageDollCollecting/dolls%20palitoy%20action%20man.jpg)
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Post by: smokester on May 06, 2011, 07:02:21 PM: Quote from: Skadi on May 06, 2011, 03:57:00 PM

She should have ditched Ken and Blaine and hooked up with all 4 of these guys the same week 8)

(http://smalldogs2.com/VintageDollCollecting/dolls%20palitoy%20action%20man.jpg)

None of that lot look like they'd have much interest in Barbie - 'each other' looks more likely...
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on May 08, 2011, 06:07:05 AM: :D :D :D :D
worth a lot of money now if you have original pieces
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Post by: Skadi on May 13, 2011, 10:22:14 AM: Quote from: smokester on May 06, 2011, 07:02:21 PM
None of that lot look like they'd have much interest in Barbie - 'each other' looks more likely...

meh.. Barbie's always been a trend setter.
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Post by: chekovsulu on May 23, 2011, 12:24:05 PM: Today, I learnt that "The word hoisin is a romanization of the Chinese word for seafood "海鮮" as pronounced in Cantonese."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoisin_sauce

Quote from: goldshirt*9 on April 27, 2011, 01:10:24 AM
...Skipper would get a little taller and her waist would shrink...
Hey...
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Post by: smokester on May 23, 2011, 01:56:47 PM: Flamingos pee on their legs to cool down.
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Post by: redlandslide on May 23, 2011, 05:41:11 PM: Quote from: smokester on May 23, 2011, 01:56:47 PM
Flamingos pee on their legs to cool down.

I think my Gran might be a flamingo.
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Post by: chekovsulu on June 18, 2011, 06:00:08 AM: Aristotle believed boys come from the right testicle and girls from the left. If you wanted a boy, you'd tie up your left one.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on June 18, 2011, 02:48:13 PM: ouch
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Post by: chekovsulu on July 06, 2011, 06:58:07 AM: Archimedes invented the super-injunction to stop people finding out about his screw

Spoiler (hover to show)
I stole this joke (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0124qty) :'(
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Post by: chekovsulu on September 17, 2011, 07:52:30 AM: Today I learnt that Europeans are all different with numbers. I'll paste from here: http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52579.html

Quote
The American system is:
10^06 = million
10^09 = billion
10^12 = trillion
...

The European system (formerly used in Britain, still used in Germany)
is:
10^06 = million
10^09 = thousand million
10^12 = billion
10^15 = thousand billion
10^18 = trillion
10^21 = thousand trillion

They don't teach you this for GCSE Spanish, but I suppose they're not numbers you'd use very often (unless you work in finance or space).
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on September 18, 2011, 12:00:12 AM: i an up way too early
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Post by: smokester on October 20, 2011, 10:46:12 AM: The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy.
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Post by: chekovsulu on October 10, 2012, 05:35:10 PM: Marie Curie’s notebooks are too radioactive to be picked up by hand.

source: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/145636
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Post by: ohcheap1 on October 10, 2012, 05:50:21 PM: This is NOT his son. How can that be?
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k246/ohcheap1/nick.jpg)
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Post by: xtopave on October 11, 2012, 08:44:40 AM: Quote from: ohcheap1 on October 10, 2012, 05:50:21 PM
This is NOT his son. How can that be?

Maybe bc it's actually HIM. :o
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Post by: chekovsulu on October 11, 2012, 10:16:52 AM: May they both share an ancestor and they're both genetic reincarnations of this slag-ancestor. Like how Gaheris Rhade and Telemachus Rhade were both spitting images of their ancestor Camulus.
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Post by: brickbatz on October 17, 2012, 08:29:53 PM: The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Post by: dweez on October 17, 2012, 08:45:17 PM: It would have been better had his name been Sir John Hangeron.
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Post by: ohcheap1 on October 17, 2012, 09:14:20 PM: Quote from: brickbatz on October 17, 2012, 08:29:53 PM
The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.

Sir Harington advised everyone that the proper way to sit on a toilet was to face the toilet bowl, as to use it as a shelf for books, quills, and ink.
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k246/ohcheap1/Harrington2.png)
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Post by: dweez on October 17, 2012, 09:36:35 PM: They would SOOOOO have to move that "break" in the lid then.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 18, 2012, 02:26:57 AM: perfect place to place your laptop whilst looing
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Post by: redlandslide on October 18, 2012, 02:57:07 AM: Quote from: brickbatz on October 17, 2012, 08:29:53 PM
The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.

Is that why it's known as the John?
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Post by: xtopave on October 18, 2012, 06:49:57 AM: Quote from: goldshirt*9 on October 18, 2012, 02:26:57 AM
perfect place to place your laptop whilst looing

A friend of mine put swivel rollers on a piece of bathroom furniture so he can also use it for his laptop, books, etc. That "bathroom/office/living room" thing is something mostly male but I know a few women that do that too.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on October 19, 2012, 07:41:58 AM: Quote from: xtopave on October 18, 2012, 06:49:57 AM
A friend of mine put swivel rollers on a piece of bathroom furniture so he can also use it for his laptop, books, etc. That "bathroom/office/living room" thing is something mostly male but I know a few women that do that too.
i was only kidding but thats great
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Post by: mishca09 on October 19, 2012, 02:51:49 PM: i smell chocolate
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Post by: brickbatz on October 24, 2012, 11:52:43 AM: You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on November 20, 2012, 10:39:01 AM: you burn more calories eating celery than it contains
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Post by: smokester on November 23, 2012, 05:46:11 PM: Quote from: goldshirt*9 on November 20, 2012, 10:39:01 AM
you burn more calories eating celery than it contains

That is via digestion though, not chewing like my missus believes.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 22, 2012, 12:31:49 AM: The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927
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Post by: SACPOP on December 22, 2012, 12:34:50 AM: The year they changed Man of the Year to Person of the Year - 1999
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 22, 2012, 02:51:38 AM: The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 24, 2012, 12:51:07 AM: The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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Post by: 6pairsofshoes on December 24, 2012, 07:34:57 AM: http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2003/07/02/library-not-sinking-university-insists.htm (http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2003/07/02/library-not-sinking-university-insists.htm)

The anticipated load of books is an ancient convention among architects who design libraries. It's one of the fundamental elements that is taken into consideration for such buildings and has been since the mid-19th century. That someone might consider designing a library in the mid 1960's without taking this factor into account begs belief.

That said, I'm going to go get some celery.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 24, 2012, 11:52:14 PM: O no that makes my facts site pretty redundant ;D
Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.
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Post by: 6pairsofshoes on December 25, 2012, 12:38:01 AM: Joseph Priestley discovered how to carbonate water in 1767. I love seltzer, so I'm indebted to him.
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Post by: goldshirt*9 on December 27, 2012, 04:27:44 AM: The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Post by: tarascon on January 17, 2013, 07:47:04 PM: Ultimate fact below. Open at own risk because they're watching.

Spoiler (hover to show)
The Ancient Lizard Kings of Lemuria won the war.
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Post by: 6pairsofshoes on January 17, 2013, 08:48:23 PM: Raymond Loewy was the first Industrial Designer to advertise himself as such on his office letterhead.