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Post by RALPHE on Feb 27, 2006 5:46:45 GMT 11
DID YOU KNOW?...
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- No words in the English language rhyme with month, orange, silver or purple.
- Until 1990, sausages were still legal tender in East Germany.
Add your random facts below![/i]
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Post by Createure on Mar 9, 2006 22:53:27 GMT 11
- Chuck Norris can touch Mc Hammer
Heyas, just popping my head in to say hi and see what's going on
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Post by Luiza on Mar 10, 2006 1:45:04 GMT 11
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.
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Post by RALPHE on Mar 10, 2006 9:14:23 GMT 11
coffee = bad! you shud try the alternative then, an apple in the morning has the same waking effect as coffee! (credits to discovery channel for this one hehh )
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Post by Luiza on Mar 11, 2006 7:06:07 GMT 11
(*offers juicy apple* Here, Adam, take this....) -An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. -A praying mantis will eat a black widow.
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Post by Createure on Mar 13, 2006 19:01:04 GMT 11
- The average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second
- A nineteen-year-old Singapore man set a world record for the number of hamburgers he could stuff in his mouth. "I'm on top of the world right now," he said," because everyone's going to know that I can shove more than three burgers in my mouth."
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Post by Luiza on Mar 15, 2006 6:50:14 GMT 11
OMG In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase, "Goodnight, sleep tight."
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Post by Createure on Mar 22, 2006 1:47:53 GMT 11
For those who like bottled water.. -'Evian' spelt backwards is naive...
- The first appliance that Sony came out with was a rice cooker
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Post by Luiza on Mar 22, 2006 6:18:24 GMT 11
-The milk of a hippopotamus is bright pink. -Jellyfish do not have brains. -The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses, no-one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
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Post by RALPHE on Mar 22, 2006 6:50:15 GMT 11
- All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20. - Cat's urine glows under a blacklight. - S.O.S. doesn't stand for "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls" -- It was just chosen by an 1908 international conference on Morse Code because the letters S and O were easy to remember and just about anyone could key it and read it, S = dot dot dot, O = dash dash dash..
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Post by Luiza on Mar 23, 2006 3:46:41 GMT 11
Er... RalphE, m'dearest, did you notice your post count when you left your last message here? -Horses cannot vomit. -Rabbits cannot vomit. -I can!
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Post by RALPHE on Mar 23, 2006 6:34:15 GMT 11
Yikes!!! Thats not a good omen!~~~ Better change it quick.... there! +1 post... phew~~ *wipes sweat off forehead* *sweat stings hand and leaves a mark* wat?.... ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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Post by Luiza on Mar 24, 2006 4:47:04 GMT 11
-The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away. Is that romantic or what? Now, now, relax Ralph. Everything is going to be alright.... *notices Ralph's hand* *flees from the room*
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Post by Createure on Mar 24, 2006 9:50:21 GMT 11
This one's brilliant, it's from www.hookedonfacts.com (raplhe: (cats urine)) -The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. source: verified ;D
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Post by Luiza on Apr 2, 2006 12:56:56 GMT 11
Argh! Took me a while to get over that one! -Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
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