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ghoulishmoose
Urban Legend
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All Polar bears are left handed. Its impossible for a human being to lick their elbow. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends with the letters "mt" If you flip a penny 10,000 times, you'd expect it to come out heads 5000 times and tails 5000 times. But its more likey to come out tails 4950 as the head picture weighs slightly more, so it ends up on the bottom. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. Cucumbers are fruit. Honey is the only food which doens't spoil. Toto, the dog from the Wizard of Oz, made more money than Judy Garland did for playing Dorothy. Studies have found that left handed people tend to scratch with their right hand, and vice versa.  |
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Otis P Jivefunk
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by ghoulishmoose:
Honey is the only food which doens't spoil. And Macky D's fries  ...
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Otis P Jivefunk
DOOP Secretary
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I guess everyone could lick their own elbows if they chop their arms off... apart from people without arms...
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Queen Lizzie the 1st almost Bankrupt the State because she kept buying over-the-top pretty dresses. So much in debt, it could barely keep the Navy in one piece.
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TheLesbianLeela
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #97 on: 10-25-2004 13:04 »
« Last Edit on: 10-25-2004 13:04 »
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Originally posted by germanfryfan:
 Azerbaijan I can't wait to see that: Jicannon vs. the republic of Azerbaijan   *waves little Azerbaijshanian flag*  Random notes: Giraffes have seven neck vertebrae. It's not different with humans. Montevideo, the name of Uruguays capital, means "I see a mountain". The name of the German company Audi (cars) means "Listen!" in Latin. Peas, peanuts and beans are biological close to each other. Same with strawberries and roses. Srawberry fields forever is John Lennon's childhood memory, while Penny Lane remembers the childhood of Paul McCartney. It was one of the "worst" sold Beatles-singles. The Namibian capital Windhoek is often close to a Swabian town in Southern Germany. For example you can buy fresh "Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte" (Schwarzwald Cherry-cake). Google finds the word "meaningful" 5,390,000 times, "meaningless" 1,400,000 times and "random" 27,900,000 times. Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya) belongs to Norway, even if Bouvetoya is at 54-26 S, 3-24 E and therefore almost the whole Atlantic Ocean is between the uninhabited island and its "motherland". The prime-minister of Baden-Württemberg in Germany is the christ-democrat Erwin Teufel (Teufel = devil). Pretty random, eh?
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germanfryfan
The Listmaker
Urban Legend
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Originally posted by TheLesbianLeela:
The name of the German company Audi (cars) means "Listen!" in Latin.
More facts on that: The guy who came up with Audi was August Horch (Horch means "listen" as well). He worked for Benz in the late 19th century. In the beginnig of the 20th century he founded the Horch-Automobil-Werke. 1909 he was fired out of his own company due to difficulties with Horch's chairholders. He founded "Audi" then. 1923 he came up with placing the steering wheel on the left side of the cars, which is used in most countries of the world today. His Autobiography is called "ich baue Autos" ("I build cars" )
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ghoulishmoose
Urban Legend
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The Earth spins so fast on its axis, that someone standing on the equator is actually travelling at the speed of Concorde without moving at all. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The Great Wall of China is the only man made object that can be seen from space. In some places, the Antarctic ice cap is as deep as a stack of 15 Eiffel Towers. There are roughly 18 stars for each person in the Milky Way. |
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Zmithy
Professor
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« Reply #109 on: 10-25-2004 17:10 »
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Nah, your facts are cool, also the tongue is the only muscle in the body with only one end. EDIT: The great wall of china from space, taken 25 March 2004:  Ok, I know thats taken with a hi-res camera, but it is visible to the naked eye too, read This Article. |
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Yuki_in_space:
And the white cosmetic she slathered herself in was made of lead and caused her teeth to fall out. God's way of saying, serves you right you anti-Catholic whore.
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Ben
Space Pope
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« Reply #112 on: 10-25-2004 22:14 »
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Originally posted by Jicannon:
The horse's name in the song Jingle Bells is Bobtail.
"Bells on bobtails ring, Making spirits bright." Poor horse. Seems to be to the merriment of everyone else, however. I wonder how they affixed the bells there... Originally posted by M0le:
Why just Aussies? Probably because we're one of the few markets outside Japan where they use the name 'Pajero' for that particular vehicle. It's called either 'Shogun' or 'Montero' in other markets. Originally posted by ghoulishmoose:
Its impossible for a human being to lick their elbow. You know, not only did I read 'elbow' as 'eyebrow' in your post, I did so for every single reply down the page until Archie started talking about bending it upwards. Here I was thinking "you people are insane, I can't even lick my nose, let alone my eyebrow." Damn selective dylsexia...
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