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Post by error500error on May 6, 2013 11:47:37 GMT
Useless info that is also strangely interesting...Here are a couple to start with.
Napoleon Bonaparte was terrified of cats.
A cow can go up steps but not down them.
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Post by Mrs Foster on May 6, 2013 21:28:44 GMT
After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.
We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening.
If you were to place the planet Saturn in a big enough bowl of water, it would float!
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Post by penny on May 6, 2013 22:45:34 GMT
The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge and was returned 288 years later
Oscar Wilde and his friends came up with the word 'dude'. It was derived from the words 'duds' and 'attitude'.
When reading horizontally from Shakespeare's original published copy of Hamlet, the furthest left-hand side reads 'I am a homosexual' in the last 14 lines of the book.
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Post by victor55 on May 6, 2013 23:23:40 GMT
Everytime I go out into the rain, I get wet.
No one can explain the difference between a duck.
We park on a driveway, & drive on a parkway.
SAHB forum threads for some reason ,get Fu*ked more often than any other forum's threads ;D
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Post by ian on May 7, 2013 0:04:51 GMT
Infants don't have half as much fun in infancy as adults do in adultery.
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Post by thetomahawkkid1 on May 7, 2013 21:17:25 GMT
The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur!
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Post by penny on May 8, 2013 0:34:02 GMT
The first vending machine was invented by Hero of Alexandria in the first century. When a coin was dropped into a slot, it's weight would pull a cork out of a spigot and the machine would dispense a trickle of holy water
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Post by mehrtsfan on May 10, 2013 12:28:37 GMT
Tonight the film '300' is on telly which I like for a number of reasons - most notably its lack of pc. The review in the paper says the story is based on a comic book series. I am sure the greek historians would have first claim.
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Post by penny on May 10, 2013 16:31:23 GMT
The concentration of salt in the human body is nearly a third of the concentration found in seawater.
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Post by Ginnie on May 10, 2013 17:09:50 GMT
Tonight the film '300' is on telly which I like for a number of reasons - most notably its lack of pc. The review in the paper says the story is based on a comic book series. I am sure the greek historians would have first claim. Herodotus was fond of exaggerating too, even twisting the facts.
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Post by penny on May 10, 2013 18:28:46 GMT
Tonight the film '300' is on telly which I like for a number of reasons - most notably its lack of pc. The review in the paper says the story is based on a comic book series. I am sure the greek historians would have first claim. Herodotus was fond of exaggerating too, even twisting the facts. Trying to post an image of Herodotus. Good post Ginnie! Nope, doesn't work
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Post by penny on May 11, 2013 23:18:58 GMT
52% of adults asked said they would be happy to pay more for a seat on a flight that didnt include children under 10 - 23% of those had children under 10 themselves.
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Post by penny on May 15, 2013 1:08:06 GMT
Ants never sleep
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Post by ian on May 15, 2013 6:20:02 GMT
No one can explain the difference between a duck. Actually that's not strictly true Victor Without referring to my Oxford dictionary I can tell you that there are a few variances in existence. First of all there is the mammal, so tasty with a dash of hoi sin sauce Then there is the act of avoidance to avoid being struck by low door frame etc There Is also that strange English cricket parlance where you can be said to be 'out for a duck' if you are removed from the wicket without scoring a run. But perhaps the definition closest to my heart Is the use of the word as a term of endearment for a loved one or close colleague in my part of the world. Uses include 'eh up me duck, ast thee made me any breakfast yet?' or 'by eck duck, put wood int hole, it's frayzing in ere'
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Post by victor55 on May 15, 2013 22:17:17 GMT
No one can explain the difference between a duck. Actually that's not strictly true Victor Without referring to my Oxford dictionary I can tell you that there are a few variances in existence. First of all there is the mammal, so tasty with a dash of hoi sin sauce Then there is the act of avoidance to avoid being struck by low door frame etc There Is also that strange English cricket parlance where you can be said to be 'out for a duck' if you are removed from the wicket without scoring a run. But perhaps the definition closest to my heart Is the use of the word as a term of endearment for a loved one or close colleague in my part of the world. Uses include 'eh up me duck, ast thee made me any breakfast yet?' or 'by eck duck, put wood int hole, it's frayzing in ere' well, ok.. but Jumbo Shrimp ? come on, wtf!?
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Post by penny on May 15, 2013 22:18:26 GMT
In 1897, Bayer, the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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Post by Catherine on May 18, 2013 9:50:29 GMT
No one can explain the difference between a duck. Actually that's not strictly true Victor Without referring to my Oxford dictionary I can tell you that there are a few variances in existence. First of all there is the mammal, so tasty with a dash of hoi sin sauce Then there is the act of avoidance to avoid being struck by low door frame etc There Is also that strange English cricket parlance where you can be said to be 'out for a duck' if you are removed from the wicket without scoring a run. But perhaps the definition closest to my heart Is the use of the word as a term of endearment for a loved one or close colleague in my part of the world. Uses include 'eh up me duck, ast thee made me any breakfast yet?' or 'by eck duck, put wood int hole, it's frayzing in ere' Karma for Sir Ian of Wordalot, we sometimes forget that English is a language separated by two great nations and although the children of them colonies have done very very well with parliamo Glesca, as we move into the dialect of the more southerly provinces, they may need a little interpretative assistance!! ;D
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Post by penny on May 19, 2013 17:30:54 GMT
Actually that's not strictly true Victork Without referring to my Oxford dictionary I can tell you that there are a few variances in existence. First of all there is the mammal, so tasty with a dash of hoi sin sauce Then there is the act of avoidance to avoid being struck by low door frame etc There Is also that strange English cricket parlance where you can be said to be 'out for a duck' if you are removed from the wicket without scoring a run. But perhaps the definition closest to my heart Is the use of the word as a term of endearment for a loved one or close colleague in my part of the world. Uses include 'eh up me duck, ast thee made me any breakfast yet?' or 'by eck duck, put wood int hole, it's frayzing in ere' Karma for Sir Ian of Wordalot, we sometimes forget that English is a language separated by two great nations and although the children of them colonies have done very very well with parliamo Glesca, as we move into the dialect of the more southerly provinces, they may need a little interpretative assistance!! ;DBest not get them tangled up with Welsh then!! ;D
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Post by ian on May 20, 2013 5:46:51 GMT
Actually that's not strictly true Victor Without referring to my Oxford dictionary I can tell you that there are a few variances in existence. First of all there is the mammal, so tasty with a dash of hoi sin sauce Then there is the act of avoidance to avoid being struck by low door frame etc There Is also that strange English cricket parlance where you can be said to be 'out for a duck' if you are removed from the wicket without scoring a run. But perhaps the definition closest to my heart Is the use of the word as a term of endearment for a loved one or close colleague in my part of the world. Uses include 'eh up me duck, ast thee made me any breakfast yet?' or 'by eck duck, put wood int hole, it's frayzing in ere' well, ok.. but Jumbo Shrimp ? come on, wtf!? You have me there Vic
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Post by Catherine on May 20, 2013 6:41:37 GMT
Karma for Sir Ian of Wordalot, we sometimes forget that English is a language separated by two great nations and although the children of them colonies have done very very well with parliamo Glesca, as we move into the dialect of the more southerly provinces, they may need a little interpretative assistance!! ;D Best not get them tangled up with Welsh then!! ;D Erk!! Indeed!! Iachedd dda, Bronwen!! Whose coat is that jacket??!! ;D
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Post by ian on May 20, 2013 10:24:40 GMT
Best not get them tangled up with Welsh then!! ;D Erk!! Indeed!! Iachedd dda, Bronwen!! Whose coat is that jacket??!! ;DSo there's this guy driving through rural mid Wales, when passing a farm entrance, he notices a hand painted sign proclaiming local produce for sale Free Range Eggs Potatoes Cauliflower Carrots Fresh Farm Milk Newly Baked Bread Aspirins Condoms Bringing his car to an immediate halt, he reverses back to see if his eyes were deceiving him and just as he pulls level with the sign, the farmer is pulling out of the drive on his tractor. The guy waves the farmer down to ask about his sign and the farmer tells him proudly that all of his goods are the finest home grown produce. "But what about the asprins and condoms, what are you doing selling those?" "Ahhhh" said the farmer (and this is where you have to think in a welsh dialect) "That's because I'm a farmer see!"
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Post by penny on May 21, 2013 21:34:18 GMT
The can opener was invented 48 years after cans were introduced.
The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's chewing gum.
I like this thread. I know, I'm full of useless information! ;D
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Post by Addy on May 21, 2013 23:05:10 GMT
The water whirls the other way round when it goes down the plug hole in Australia than it does here in the U.K
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Post by penny on May 22, 2013 0:09:41 GMT
The water whirls the other way round when it goes down the plug hole in Australia than it does here in the U.K Nice to see you here and posting, Addy.
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Post by Catherine on May 22, 2013 6:39:33 GMT
The water whirls the other way round when it goes down the plug hole in Australia than it does here in the U.K Nice to see you here and posting, Addy. One would concur with Milady of the Peacocks, 't is grand indeed to see the Lady McAdster back among us - I just knew those forget-me-nots might be too time consuming!!
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