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  • royb
    Major General

    • Mar 2006
    • 2483

    Did you know

    It's against the law to stare at the mayor of Paris

    It would take around 6m breaths to fill a hot air balloon - that would take you about 8 months

    The word avocado means ********* and refers to the shape of the fruit

    Adolf Hitler had planned to change the name of Berlin to Germania

    Mosquito repellents do not repel. They simply hide you from the Mosquito's receptors

    There are around 650 muscles in the human body and you use 250 of them when you walk

    Beer foam will go down if you lick your finger then stick it in the beer

    The only food that does not spoil is honey

    Of all his achievements Leonardo da Vinci was most proud of his ability to bend iron with his bare hands

    Space probes have never visited Pluto. If one were sent it would take 8 years to get there

    Orang-utangs warn people to stay out of their territory by belching

    A scholar who studies the Marquis de Sade is called a Sadeian - not a sadist

    A single storm cloud may weigh as much as 500 million kilogrammes

    One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen

    Each anchor chain link on the titanic weighed about 175lb

    Sherlock Holmes never said Elementary my dear Watson

    The arm hole in clothing is called an armsaye

    Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer


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  • limebrook1
    Brigadier General

    • Jun 2005
    • 1583

    #2
    Re: Did you know

    Did I want to? LOL! What a great load of useless information!
    Trish
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    • VodaHost
      General & Forum Administrator

      • Mar 2005
      • 12356

      #3
      Did you know...

      According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.

      The average French citizen eats 500 snails per year.

      Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.

      23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

      French was the official language of England for over 600 years.

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      • Code-Burnt-Gemini
        Major

        • Jul 2006
        • 278

        #4
        Re: Did you know

        Gotta love tidbits of information. Information can never be considered useless as some time in the future you may need it even though it seems unlikely
        brenT

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        • FPRob
          Colonel

          • Aug 2006
          • 955

          #5
          Re: Did you know

          A single storm cloud may weigh as much as 500 million kilogrammes - Then how does it float? HAHA Just joking :D

          Here's a good one.. It takes 43 muscles to frown at somebody but only 6 to raise your hand and smack them round the head hehehe

          FPRULES


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          • kassi59
            Major General

            • Nov 2005
            • 2771

            #6
            Re: Did you know

            Someone takes those six muscles on me and Ill be using quite a few more than that in retaliation!......lol..
            j/k of course, Im a peaceful type....
            big cheeky grins!

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            • beegud2
              Major General

              • Apr 2006
              • 2156

              #7
              Re: Did you know

              Originally posted by FPRob
              A single storm cloud may weigh as much as 500 million kilogrammes - Then how does it float? HAHA Just joking :D

              Here's a good one.. It takes 43 muscles to frown at somebody but only 6 to raise your hand and smack them round the head hehehe
              NO wonder my siter continually smacks me around...and then frowns...the abuse I live with...lol

              I have gott to build up the muscle power to reatliate...but first my coffee and then a danish I think...or if KAte still has any blueberry pie left....
              Beezz
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