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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Just having a look at some and thought i would share,did you know if left in the dark goldfish turn white,astronauts cant cry in space,mosquitos are more attracted to people who have eaten bananas,snails can sleep for 3 years....over to you if you care

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The single male on fab is 17 times more likely to get a response if he has a cock pic as his avatar

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Did you know Gerald Ford was the only US President never to have been elected to the executive branch?

Did you know that Taft was the only President to have also served as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?

-Courtney

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

The current U.S. flag was disigned by a 17 yr old for a school project

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Contrary to popular belief BBC is not the largest

Broadcaster in the world

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you fill a balloon with any gas, it will have the same amount of gas molecules in it regardless of the gas used.

602.257 billion trillion per 22.4 litres

This is known as Avogadro's number.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green.."

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

that single guys get more of a response if they dont have cock pics

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?"

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"If you fill a balloon with any gas, it will have the same amount of gas molecules in it regardless of the gas used.

602.257 billion trillion per 22.4 litres

This is known as Avogadro's number."

Wow!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?

Tis true.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

And it is a fact that im having a curry in the northen quater later

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By *ty31Man over a year ago

NW London

Heroin was originally used to treat morphine addiction.

Jamaica has the highest number of successful pro athletes (and Olympic Gold Medals) per capita.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans due to half the foundations being set in clay soil the other half are in sand

On the Guns n Roses track Rocket Queen a woman can be heard having an organism. This is real- Axl was shagging her in the studio and the sound recording was incorporated into the song.

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

Ah yes!

It was originally developed in 1885 by a soldier, John Pembleton, as an alternative to morphine, which he had become addicted to during the Civil War.

Coca-cola was originally sold as a 'coca wine' (like the Vin Mariani, popular in Europe and endorsed by the Pope).

Carbonated water (a new thing at the time with supposed health benefits) was added and the stuff was initially sold as a patent medicine.

It had cocaine in it until 1903.

FACT

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By *obbytupperMan over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

Women who are slightly overweight live longer.

Than the man who points it out.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Ah yes!

It was originally developed in 1885 by a soldier, John Pembleton, as an alternative to morphine, which he had become addicted to during the Civil War.

Coca-cola was originally sold as a 'coca wine' (like the Vin Mariani, popular in Europe and endorsed by the Pope).

Carbonated water (a new thing at the time with supposed health benefits) was added and the stuff was initially sold as a patent medicine.

It had cocaine in it until 1903.

FACT"

Even the name is basically derivative of its two main ingredients at the time - and caffeine.

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Heroin was originally used to treat morphine addiction. "

Did u kno that Sigmund Freud invented the speedball?

At first, Freud's interest in nose candy interest was purely medical. He wrote papers about the feelings associated with the substance, saying that it provided exhilaration and euphoria just minutes after partaking.

Freud's buddy, Ernest von Fleischl, had a pretty bad morphine habit, so to help him kick it, Freud prescribed cocaine as a "safe" alternative.

Fleischl became addicted, of course, and was soon spending more than $10,000 per month on the drug.

Proving himself to be a good scholar but perhaps not a great friend, Freud recorded his friend's increasingly negative side effects.

In 1891, von Fleischl became the first person in history (that we know of) to die of a speedball when he mixed heroin and cocaine.

But back to Freud. Though he considered himself a casual user, a three-year period in the mid-1880s produced such a huge body of work on the topic that it's easy to assume he was using pretty regularly.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Heroin was originally used to treat morphine addiction.

Jamaica has the highest number of successful pro athletes (and Olympic Gold Medals) per capita.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans due to half the foundations being set in clay soil the other half are in sand

On the Guns n Roses track Rocket Queen a woman can be heard having an organism. This is real- Axl was shagging her in the studio and the sound recording was incorporated into the song. "

An organism ? As long as it wasn't crabs

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By *ty31Man over a year ago

NW London

Yes and Angel Dust (PCP) began life as an anesthetic until patients began having horrible hallucinations and terrors.

Speed (amphetamines) was also used to treat hyperactivity in children

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?

And on that note heroin was originally marketed by Bayer for sale for coughs and colds.

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

Did u kno that Nitrous Oxide (N02 aka laughing gas) is highly addictive?

Humphry Davy was an important chemist of the 1800s, which explains how he had access to the nitrous.

He once inhaled five pints of the gas, promptly fell to the floor and remained blacked out for nearly three hours. He kept trying it, though - you know, for scientific purposes.

Davy decided nitrous was better than alcohol because there was no hangover.

It's evident from his papers when the addiction truly began - his writing becomes filled with poetic descriptions of the stuff, such as when he suggested that nitrous must be the air in heaven.

Watch out, that stuf'll kill ya.

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

Ever heard of Nazi Crank?

In 1944 Nazi scientists developed an experimental drug named “D-IX” which could force an equipment laden soldier to march 88.5 km without rest.

They had plans to supply these pills to all German troops but war ended before mass production.

Phew!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-IX

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Heroin was originally used to treat morphine addiction.

Jamaica has the highest number of successful pro athletes (and Olympic Gold Medals) per capita.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans due to half the foundations being set in clay soil the other half are in sand

On the Guns n Roses track Rocket Queen a woman can be heard having an organism. This is real- Axl was shagging her in the studio and the sound recording was incorporated into the song. "

There was a really interesting documentary about the Jamaican medal success and linking it to genetics and the slave trade. The traders threw the "trouble makers" off of the boats at the islands rather than take them to the plantations on the US mainland. it was on during the olympics.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If you fill a balloon with any gas, it will have the same amount of gas molecules in it regardless of the gas used.

602.257 billion trillion per 22.4 litres

This is known as Avogadro's number."

At what pressure?

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By *ty31Man over a year ago

NW London

Cocaine used was quite common in Victorian times too. Conan Doyle gave Sherlock Holmes a cocaine habit.

Nitrous Oxide is used by clubbers to provide a short term buzz, light headed feeling. Didn't know it was addictive.

Ketamine found its way onto the rave scene as a very small amount can re-induce the "rush" of ecstasy from a "come down."

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?

Tis true.

It never had (cocain) in it. I was told that at Coca Cola HQ in Atlanta Georgia.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?

Tis true.

It never had (cocain) in it. I was told that at Coca Cola HQ in Atlanta Georgia.

Their marketing directors lied to you

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?

Tis true.

It never had (cocain) in it. I was told that at Coca Cola HQ in Atlanta Georgia.

It did until 1903

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

Did u kno...

Queen Victoria was prescribed and smoked dope for period pains?

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By *G LanaTV/TS over a year ago

Gosport

"If you fill a balloon with any gas, it will have the same amount of gas molecules in it regardless of the gas used.

602.257 billion trillion per 22.4 litres

This is known as Avogadro's number."

Err no it doesn't that would assume the ideal gas law but there are many causes of deviation from it. Being too lazy to try and produce my own explication I nicked the following from that dodgy Wikipedia source.

'Real gases – as opposed to a perfect or ideal gas – exhibit properties that cannot be explained entirely using the ideal gas law. To understand the behaviour of real gases, the following must be taken into account:

compressibility effects;variable specific heat capacityvan der Waals forcesnon-equilibrium thermodynamic effects;issues with molecular dissociation and elementary reactions with variable composition.

For most applications, such a detailed analysis is unnecessary, and the ideal gas approximation can be used with reasonable accuracy. On the other hand, real-gas models have to be used near the condensation point of gases, near critical points, at very high pressures, to explain the Joule–Thomson effect and in other less usual cases.'

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

This thread has took a sinister turn!

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

There has only been one year, since the end of WWII, when a British Serviceman hasn't been killed in conflict. 1968.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"This thread has took a sinister turn!"

Sorry, I brought drugs into this

On a lighter note, did you know that your hair continues to grow for about 2 months after you die?

-Courtney

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"This thread has took a sinister turn!

Sorry, I brought drugs into this

On a lighter note, did you know that your hair continues to grow for about 2 months after you die?

-Courtney"

My hair would look shit if I went 2 months without a restyle.

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

did you know that a ducks penis is shaped like a corkscrew?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"This thread has took a sinister turn!

Sorry, I brought drugs into this

On a lighter note, did you know that your hair continues to grow for about 2 months after you die?

-Courtney"

Sadly not true, the skin and nail beds recede and give the appearance of growth whereas actually none has occurred

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By *icky999Man over a year ago

warrington

"Ever heard of Nazi Crank?

In 1944 Nazi scientists developed an experimental drug named “D-IX” which could force an equipment laden soldier to march 88.5 km without rest.

They had plans to supply these pills to all German troops but war ended before mass production.

Phew!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-IX"

and if american bomber pilots didn't smash them like smarties they'd bomb less hospitals.

fact

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?

Tis true.

It never had (cocain) in it. I was told that at Coca Cola HQ in Atlanta Georgia.

Their marketing directors lied to you

Until the 1920s it did coca leaves so a trace of cocaine was possible but it was never an "ingredient". So we are both right.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"This thread has took a sinister turn!

Sorry, I brought drugs into this

On a lighter note, did you know that your hair continues to grow for about 2 months after you die?

-Courtney

Sadly not true, the skin and nail beds recede and give the appearance of growth whereas actually none has occurred"

You're right. I'm shit at this!

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

My favourite piece of trivia in the world is the derivation of the word 'trivia' itself...

If you know a bit of Latinm, you can pull it apart and get 'Tri-' (three) '-via' (roads).

It refers to a place at the south of Rome, near the Porta Ostiensis, where three great roads converged on the city. This was also a favoured spot where women and slaves would come to do their washing.

And, with eff all else to do to pass the time during this thankless task, they gossiped.

Hence anything that was rumour or unsubstantiated was given the name of 'trivia', because that's where the gossip probably came from.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"This thread has took a sinister turn!

Sorry, I brought drugs into this

On a lighter note, did you know that your hair continues to grow for about 2 months after you die?

-Courtneyi

Sadly not true, the skin and nail beds recede and give the appearance of growth whereas actually none has occurred

You're right. I'm shit at this!"
Courtney what an admission you need to brush up on your CSI skills

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple over a year ago

in Lancashire

an oak tree will when it senses caterpillars noshing on one area wil commence to warn the rest of the tree's leaves and produce chemicals to deter the predator..

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"My favourite piece of trivia in the world is the derivation of the word 'trivia' itself...

If you know a bit of Latinm, you can pull it apart and get 'Tri-' (three) '-via' (roads).

And, with eff all else to do to pass the time during this thankless task, they gossiped.

Hence anything that was rumour or unsubstantiated was given the name of 'trivia', because that's where the gossip probably came from.

Bump this AMAZING piece of triva

*tuts*

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

An elephants front legs arnt really legs,they are arms they have elbows and wrists and are walking effectively like an ape

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Speed (amphetamines) was also used to treat hyperactivity in children "

Hyperactive kids are still prescribed ritalin lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Just having a look at some and thought i would share,did you know if left in the dark goldfish turn white,astronauts cant cry in space,mosquitos are more attracted to people who have eaten bananas,snails can sleep for 3 years....over to you if you care"

Horses can't be sick.

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By *ushandkittyCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

"An elephants front legs arnt really legs,they are arms they have elbows and wrists and are walking effectively like an ape"

They are legs as they are the only mammal with 4 knees.

And while on the subject of elephants, they can't jump.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

A month that beggins on a sunday will always have a friday the 13th

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple over a year ago

in Lancashire

"An elephants front legs arnt really legs,they are arms they have elbows and wrists and are walking effectively like an ape

They are legs as they are the only mammal with 4 knees.

And while on the subject of elephants, they can't jump."

thank fuck..

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By *ushandkittyCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

Boa constrictor is the only animal whose common name is exactly the same as it's latin name.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"An elephants front legs arnt really legs,they are arms they have elbows and wrists and are walking effectively like an ape

They are legs as they are the only mammal with 4 knees.

And while on the subject of elephants, they can't jump."

You are wrong they only have 2 at the back and have elbows and wrists on the front

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By *loriajonCouple over a year ago

near u

did u know there are 90 fake couple profiles on here to every 10 legitimate ones, ie 90% of couple profiles are actually single guys.

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By *ushandkittyCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

"An elephants front legs arnt really legs,they are arms they have elbows and wrists and are walking effectively like an ape

They are legs as they are the only mammal with 4 knees.

And while on the subject of elephants, they can't jump.

You are wrong they only have 2 at the back and have elbows and wrists on the front"

Agreed, after further research I retract the 4 knee statement

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"An elephants front legs arnt really legs,they are arms they have elbows and wrists and are walking effectively like an ape

They are legs as they are the only mammal with 4 knees.

And while on the subject of elephants, they can't jump.

You are wrong they only have 2 at the back and have elbows and wrists on the front

Agreed, after further research I retract the 4 knee statement

Boom!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"did u know there are 90 fake couple profiles on here to every 10 legitimate ones, ie 90% of couple profiles are actually single guys."

I hate them fake twats

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Boa constrictor is the only animal whose common name is exactly the same as it's latin name."

Correct

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

Collective nouns, anyone?

* a pride of lions

* a brood of chickens

* an unkindness of ravens

* a murder of crows

* a parliament of rooks

&c &c

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

The word Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell.

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"The word Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell."

Yes, and Shakespeare spelled his own name 6 different ways

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_Shakespeare%27s_name

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Collective nouns, anyone?

* a pride of lions

* a brood of chickens

* an unkindness of ravens

* a murder of crows

* a parliament of rooks

&c &c"

A flange of gorillas.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Thirty-five percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Collective nouns, anyone?

* a pride of lions

* a brood of chickens

* an unkindness of ravens

* a murder of crows

* a parliament of rooks

&c &c

A flange of gorillas."

Superflutey of nuns...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who in a town could fart the loudest and longest. Winners received many prizes and great recognition

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Did you know that in 1939,Hitler's nephew wrote an article " why I hate my uncle " he then emigrated to the USA ,served in the navy and settled on long island

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Collective nouns, anyone?

* a pride of lions

* a brood of chickens

* an unkindness of ravens

* a murder of crows

* a parliament of rooks

&c &c

A flange of gorillas.

Superflutey of nuns..."

* a worry of chefs

* a misbelief of painters

* a herd of harlots

* a drift of fishermen

* an incredulity of cuckholds

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

In Iran you can have a temporary marriage ranging from 1 hour to 99 years

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By *icky999Man over a year ago

warrington

"Did you know that in 1939,Hitler's nephew wrote an article " why I hate my uncle " he then emigrated to the USA ,served in the navy and settled on long island

he was a scouser

ever wondered how nazi half tracks came about?

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By *rs DCouple over a year ago

far

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?"
till about 1902 and it had no fizz to start wiv

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Did you know that in 1939,Hitler's nephew wrote an article " why I hate my uncle " he then emigrated to the USA ,served in the navy and settled on long island

he was a scouser

ever wondered how nazi half tracks came about?

"
yes you're right ,half tracks ?

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

Did you know its illegal to cut wedding cake in Chechnya?

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

Although the US never declared war on Cambodia or Laos, they dropped more bombs on the 2 countries than they dropped on the whole of Europe during WWII

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Did you know that in 1939,Hitler's nephew wrote an article " why I hate my uncle " he then emigrated to the USA ,served in the navy and settled on long island

he was a scouser

ever wondered how nazi half tracks came about?

"
you mean the armoured vehicles with wheels at front and tank type tracks at back ,I imagine its to do with maneuverability

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By *icky999Man over a year ago

warrington

"Did you know that in 1939,Hitler's nephew wrote an article " why I hate my uncle " he then emigrated to the USA ,served in the navy and settled on long island

he was a scouser

ever wondered how nazi half tracks came about?

yes you're right ,half tracks ? "

lightly armoured vehicles with the wheels removed from the back

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By *ty31Man over a year ago

NW London

"Collective nouns, anyone?

* a pride of lions

* a brood of chickens

* an unkindness of ravens

* a murder of crows

* a parliament of rooks

&c &c

A coalition of lions

A flange of gorillas."

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By *ushandkittyCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

"Collective nouns, anyone?

* a pride of lions

* a brood of chickens

* an unkindness of ravens

* a murder of crows

* a parliament of rooks

&c &c

A flange of gorillas.

Superflutey of nuns...

* a worry of chefs

* a misbelief of painters

* a herd of harlots

* a drift of fishermen

* an incredulity of cuckholds

A smack of jellyfish

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonalds.

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By *uxom redCouple over a year ago

Shrewsbury

When Twister was realised in 1966 it was denounced by critics as 'Sex in a box'

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By *uxom redCouple over a year ago

Shrewsbury

There are more living lifeforms on your skin than on the planet .

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"There are more living lifeforms on your skin than on the planet ."

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By *icky999Man over a year ago

warrington

"There are more living lifeforms on your skin than on the planet of the apes

true story dude

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

The ancient Greeks had no word for blue...

Consequently, their descriptions of the sky were somewhat simplistic. The nearest words they had - glaukos and kynos - more more expressions of relative light/dark intensity.

Homer, for instance, only mentions four colours in the whole of the Iliad & Odyssey, roughly translated as black, white, greenish-yellow (applied to honey, sap & blood) and purply red (applied to wine, sea & sheep, oddly).

When speaking of the sky, Homer sometimes describes it as 'bronze' - ie dazzlingly bright, like the sheen of a polished shield, rather than as an actual colour.

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By *ty31Man over a year ago

NW London

The first journey by motor car occured when Karl Benz' wife borrowed his invention to pop to the shops

The seats of Henry Ford's Model T were made to be deliberately uncomfortable to deter randy couples from shagging in them

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

This is a PB in replies for a p thread iv posted iv just shf a tear,can we reach 100 and make an old geezer very happy? Yes im easily pleased

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Eating polar bear liver will kill you from vitamin A overdose

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"There are more living lifeforms on your skin than on the planet ."

Only if you take off the planet, every other lifeforms that have skin. Otherwise the sums don't add up.

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

"Eating polar bear liver will kill you from vitamin A overdose"

No matter how hungry they are, in the wild, a polar bear will never eat a penguin.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The average woman uses her height in lipstick every 5 years

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Eating polar bear liver will kill you from vitamin A overdose

No matter how hungry they are, in the wild, a polar bear will never eat a penguin."

Oposite poles

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By *harpDressed ManMan over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

The Melbourne Olympics equestrian venue was....Stockholm, Sweden

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

85.6% of statistics are made up on the spot

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

When a panda is struck by lightening, it's black fur turns white and it's white fur turns black

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By *rednkatieCouple over a year ago

orlando

if your a cpl or a female in a chat room and on cam.. you will find that you have anywhere from 8 to 20 friend request from guys you never spoke a word to.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

More people speak English in China than the United States.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

A man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen in his lifetime.

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

"Eating polar bear liver will kill you from vitamin A overdose

No matter how hungry they are, in the wild, a polar bear will never eat a penguin.

Oposite poles"

I know

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By *etzPlayCouple over a year ago

Southend

Women need anal sex every month or their bum hole will closed up x

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave, and give a little wine i suppose....sorry

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Eating polar bear liver will kill you from vitamin A overdose

No matter how hungry they are, in the wild, a polar bear will never eat a penguin.

Oposite poles

I know

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

When you pour water in the pan whilst the eggs are in there and hold the pan 90 degrees, like magic, the eggs travel up

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"When you pour water in the pan whilst the eggs are in there and hold the pan 90 degrees, like magic, the eggs travel up

Shag you are the 100th post a prize is on its way too you

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Did u kno...

Queen Victoria was prescribed and smoked dope for period pains?

Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) talks about this on Live After Death. It's not on the album, but was on the video back in the day.

Did you know.........

Tortoises can only drink if they have their nose under the level of the water.

There are no words that rhyme with purple or silver

Bookkeeping is the only word with three consecutive pairs of letters

At about 250 miles above the earth. Roughly where the ISS orbits. There is 90% of the gravity. There is on earth.

Lightweight steel is actually no lighter than ordinary steel. Just stronger, so less will give you something of the same strength.

Claire

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"A man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen in his lifetime."

And the average each time is 10CC.

Claire

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

My interesting in fact is the forums of fab know everything

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"When you pour water in the pan whilst the eggs are in there and hold the pan 90 degrees, like magic, the eggs travel up

Shag you are the 100th post a prize is on its way too you"
Yes and ty. I have not been the 100th poster for a long time.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who in a town could fart the loudest and longest. Winners received many prizes and great recognition

Spies in medieval japan were placed in the equivalent of a chicken wire roll which was pulled tight..any extruding pieces of flesh were cut off and fed to them.

Under Mongolian law in the time of genghis khan it was considered unlawful to spill royal blood. So they were wrapped in massive rolls of carpet then trampled with horses...corrupt merchants had molten silver poured in their eyes ears and throat.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was Aron.

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"A man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen in his lifetime.

And the average each time is 10CC.

Claire

XX"

The average male ejaculation actually contains only about 3cc of semen.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I'll give y'all some music facts

Elvis was a crap song writer. Out off the 553 songs he recorded (not including film/tv/advertising ones) he only wrote 10 of them.

Slash rarely used a Les Paul to record, favouring B.C. Rich guitars in the studio.

Nothing compares 2 U was written by Prince.

Aerosmith didn't write 'I don't want to miss a thing'

Steve Martin is a very accomplished banjo player.

One Direction are shite.

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"I'll give y'all some music facts

Elvis was a crap song writer. Out off the 553 songs he recorded (not including film/tv/advertising ones) he only wrote 10 of them.

Slash rarely used a Les Paul to record, favouring B.C. Rich guitars in the studio.

Nothing compares 2 U was written by Prince.

Aerosmith didn't write 'I don't want to miss a thing'

Steve Martin is a very accomplished banjo player.

One Direction are shite.

I like your style, young man.

*doffs bowler*

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Spitfire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The average weighted human body takes 2 to 2 1/2 hours to be cremated. At a temperature of 1400-1800 degrees.

Cheerful I know

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I'll give y'all some music facts

Elvis was a crap song writer. Out off the 553 songs he recorded (not including film/tv/advertising ones) he only wrote 10 of them.

Slash rarely used a Les Paul to record, favouring B.C. Rich guitars in the studio.

Nothing compares 2 U was written by Prince.

Aerosmith didn't write 'I don't want to miss a thing'

Steve Martin is a very accomplished banjo player.

One Direction are shite.

But they look nice!!! Shhhhhhush!!!! (Shut it I'm horny!)

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"I'll give y'all some music facts

Elvis was a crap song writer. Out off the 553 songs he recorded (not including film/tv/advertising ones) he only wrote 10 of them.

Slash rarely used a Les Paul to record, favouring B.C. Rich guitars in the studio.

Nothing compares 2 U was written by Prince.

Aerosmith didn't write 'I don't want to miss a thing'

Steve Martin is a very accomplished banjo player.

One Direction are shite.

But they look nice!!! Shhhhhhush!!!! (Shut it I'm horny!) "

Cradle-snatcher!

#moraloutrage

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By *verysmileMan over a year ago

Canterbury

The last British Monarch not to die of natural causes was George V in January 1936. He was dispatched with a speedball by his physician in the early evening so that the announcement could be made in The Times and not in an unworthy evening rag.

Incidentally, a direct descendant of that physician, Lord Warden of Penn is the ginger actor, Damian Lewis.

Howzat?

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By *ildt123Man over a year ago

Huddersfield

Actually heroin was first isolated in 1874 by Alder Wright

Opium however has been used as a pain killer for around 6000 years!

Heroin was restricted in the UK due to the level of work days missed as a result. It was indeed used as a supposedly non- addictive alternative to Morphine

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

"The average weighted human body takes 2 to 2 1/2 hours to be cremated. At a temperature of 1400-1800 degrees.

Cheerful I know "

Even then their bones aren't turned to ash, the bones and put into essentially a tumble dryer with big steel balls to pulverize them into a powder.

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By *ildt123Man over a year ago

Huddersfield

Spies in medieval japan were placed in the equivalent of a chicken wire roll which was pulled tight..any extruding pieces of flesh were cut off and fed to."

I think this is called death of a thousand cuts and features in James Clavell novel shogun. Skilled torturers could make this last days without the victim falling into unconsciousness. They would stop and have tea rituals and read poetry. Oh and they often started with the nipples!

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By *iker boy 69Man over a year ago

midlands

if ever your frien has a tortashell coloured cat, ask what her name is as tortie is a female genetic in cats.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"The average weighted human body takes 2 to 2 1/2 hours to be cremated. At a temperature of 1400-1800 degrees.

Cheerful I know

Even then their bones aren't turned to ash, the bones and put into essentially a tumble dryer with big steel balls to pulverize them into a powder. "

I don't know why but I was surprised it took that long, I didn't know your added bit.

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By *ty31Man over a year ago

NW London

"Did u kno...

There are no words that rhyme with purple or silver

Nothing rhymes with orange either

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By *anfiona2Couple over a year ago

ramsgate

All of the nazi uniforms, from the waffen ss right up to goerings and hitlers etc were designed by Hugo Boss, who was a fervent nazi

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"The average weighted human body takes 2 to 2 1/2 hours to be cremated. At a temperature of 1400-1800 degrees.

Cheerful I know

Even then their bones aren't turned to ash, the bones and put into essentially a tumble dryer with big steel balls to pulverize them into a powder. "

I decided if I get cremated I want high voltage by electric six playing...fire in the disco, fire in the taco bell!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Did u kno...

There are no words that rhyme with purple or silver

Nothing rhymes with orange either"

Lozenge...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

n 1991, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor—the voice of Minnie.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Spies in medieval japan were placed in the equivalent of a chicken wire roll which was pulled tight..any extruding pieces of flesh were cut off and fed to.

There are no ninjas...a japanese shogun hired one clan to wipe out all the others...then killed the ones in his employ...to the last man, woman, child, dog, chicken..the only thing that remained were some scrolls...this is the basis for modern ninjutsu. Or bujinkan budo as it is now known.

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

Spies in medieval japan were placed in the equivalent of a chicken wire roll which was pulled tight..any extruding pieces of flesh were cut off and fed to.

* NB: the practice of Lingchi - aka 'death of 1,000 cuts - was a slow form of torture & execution practiced in Imperial China for a millennium.

Not Japan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingchi

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By *onny MCMan over a year ago

Crawley

I can believe that.

Sure I remember hearing Chris Rock commenting in one of his routines that the breeding of bigger, stronger slaves over a hundred years ago has led to African Americans dominance in American sport today.

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By *ushandkittyCouple over a year ago

Gloucester

"Did u kno...

There are no words that rhyme with purple or silver

Nothing rhymes with orange either"

Blorenge

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"All of the nazi uniforms, from the waffen ss right up to goerings and hitlers etc were designed by Hugo Boss, who was a fervent nazi "

This is slightly misleading. *The* Hugo Boss (1885–1948), who founded the clothing firm that went on to become the fashion house that bares his name, was a member of the SS (largely fo business reasons but hey) and gave money to the Nazi Party (NSDAP) it IS TRUE that his firm designed SS uniforms BUT IT IS NOT TRUE that his firm did more than that.

The book, Hugo Boss, 1924-1945: The History of a Clothing Factory During the Weimar Republic and Third Reich, reveals the designer's involvement with the Nazis went much further.

Not only did he outfit the SS, but he took advantage of forced labor in his factory.

"[A] total of 140 Polish forced laborers, mostly women, as well as some 40 French prisoners of war, were made to work for Boss during the Holocaust. They were housed in a camp in one area of the factory, and lived in extremely poor conditions with "uncertain" food and hygiene levels."

The apology, which appeared on the Hugo Boss website on Thursday, therefore states that the company wanted to "express its profound regret to those who suffered harm or hardship at the factory run by Hugo Ferdinand Boss under National Socialist rule."

So, sorry, 180 factory workers! There. Was that so hard?

Just six million more apologies to go.

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By *onny MCMan over a year ago

Crawley

Have Live After Death on DVD, it's mostly different versions of songs from different shows. Forgot how funny some of the stuff he comes out with on the video version. Haven't watched it in ages.

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By *onny MCMan over a year ago

Crawley

Thought"Pint" was the only word in the English language that nothing rhymed with?

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

Continuing the Nazi themed facts, an IBM subsidiary, with support from their American head office, helped to catalogue all of the people who were sent to concentrations and extermination camps, it couldn't have been done without them.

And going back to our coca cola theme from earlier, Fanta was invented as a way for coca cola to sell beverages in Germany after sanctions were put in place and coca cola itself could no longer be sold.

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"The last British Monarch not to die of natural causes was George V in January 1936. He was dispatched with a speedball by his physician in the early evening so that the announcement could be made in The Times and not in an unworthy evening rag.

Incidentally, a direct descendant of that physician, Lord Warden of Penn is the ginger actor, Damian Lewis.

Howzat?"

I had heard the first part but not the 2nd. Most interesting.

[APPROVED]

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By *uietlyBohemianCouple over a year ago

Newcastle-under-Lyme

The longest word with all letters in alphabetical order is "Aegilops" which is a type of grass. The longest still in order which isn't a proper noun is "billowy" which is a rather nice word to describe either sails or bloomers

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I can believe that.

This is true. The slave owners had breeding programs...even down to raping the females to produce lighter coloured slaves that were more acceptable for working in the house. They did try and breed bigger stronger males for outside work.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Heroin was originally used to treat morphine addiction.

Jamaica has the highest number of successful pro athletes (and Olympic Gold Medals) per capita.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans due to half the foundations being set in clay soil the other half are in sand

On the Guns n Roses track Rocket Queen a woman can be heard having an organism. This is real- Axl was shagging her in the studio and the sound recording was incorporated into the song. "

Not strictly true. She was faking.

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By *eMontresMan over a year ago

Halesowen

"Did u kno that Nitrous Oxide (N02 aka laughing gas) is highly addictive?

Humphry Davy was an important chemist of the 1800s, which explains how he had access to the nitrous.

He once inhaled five pints of the gas, promptly fell to the floor and remained blacked out for nearly three hours. He kept trying it, though - you know, for scientific purposes.

Davy decided nitrous was better than alcohol because there was no hangover.

It's evident from his papers when the addiction truly began - his writing becomes filled with poetic descriptions of the stuff, such as when he suggested that nitrous must be the air in heaven.

Watch out, that stuf'll kill ya. "

Nitrous oxide is N2O. NO2 is nitrogen dioxide, which is the toxic emission from diesel engines that the VW issue is about

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By *eMontresMan over a year ago

Halesowen

"I'll give y'all some music facts

Elvis was a crap song writer. Out off the 553 songs he recorded (not including film/tv/advertising ones) he only wrote 10 of them.

Slash rarely used a Les Paul to record, favouring B.C. Rich guitars in the studio.

Nothing compares 2 U was written by Prince.

Aerosmith didn't write 'I don't want to miss a thing'

Steve Martin is a very accomplished banjo player.

One Direction are shite.

For years Slash played a Les Paul replica live, not a real one. Eventually, Gibson made him a signature Les Paul to the same spec as his replica, which he now uses.

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By *anfiona2Couple over a year ago

ramsgate

"All of the nazi uniforms, from the waffen ss right up to goerings and hitlers etc were designed by Hugo Boss, who was a fervent nazi

The book, Hugo Boss, 1924-1945: The History of a Clothing Factory During the Weimar Republic and Third Reich, reveals the designer's involvement with the Nazis went much further.

Not only did he outfit the SS, but he took advantage of forced labor in his factory.

So, sorry, 180 factory workers! There. Was that so hard?

Just six million more apologies to go."

Aswell as Siemens, BMW and Bayer

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By *onny MCMan over a year ago

Crawley

The Elvis bit is right, Colonel Parker made song writers give Presley a credit so some of the writers royalties would kick back to him. Most accepted it as writing for him guaranteed a hit even if you did lose some of the return.

Diane Warren wrote "I don't wanna miss a thing" as well as songs for LeAnn Rymes and Celine Dion.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Since women are born possessing ovaries that contain fully formed eggs, that means part of us has been in existence as long as our mothers have and that we began inside our maternal grandmother. I find that amazing.

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By *eMontresMan over a year ago

Halesowen

A tremelo arm on a guitar is no such thing. Tremelo is a variation in amplitude (volume). It is in fact a vibrato arm as it varies the pitch.

Most people call poppers Amy Nitrate, there's even a song of the same name, but that will kill you. It should be Amyl Nitrite.

Neither Edison, nor Swann, invented the electric lightbulb - Humphrey Davy invented the electric arc lamp, and some Belgian guy I think, invented the incandescent filament lamp.

James Watt didn't invent the steam engine - he invented the condensing boiler to improve efficiency (by around 800%) of the Newcomen engine - he patented the condensing boiler and made a fortune.

Caxton didn't invent the printing press, the ancient Chinese had that in the 4th century BC. Caxton invented movable type.

All those Sci Fi films with explosions in space are silly - space is a vacuum and sound can't propagate in a vacuum, so there should be silence - as per Kubrick's excellent 2001 a Space Odyssey.

Water does not freeze at 0C, in fact liquids do not have a freezing point as they can be supercooled past the melting point of their solid state. 0C is actually the melting point of ice (at 76mm of mercury air pressure)

I could go on all night......

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By *verysmileMan over a year ago

Canterbury

Incidentally, a direct descendant of that physician, Lord Warden of Penn is the ginger actor, Damian Lewis.

Howzat?

I had heard the first part but not the 2nd. Most interesting.

[APPROVED]"

Ta....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Did you know Gerald Ford was the only US President never to have been elected to the executive branch?

Did you know that Taft was the only President to have also served as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?

-Courtney"
.

Jimmy Carter, who was seen as "a bad president "..... Is the only president not to drop a bomb or fire a bullet!!

And interestingly enough he was an early environmentalist too!

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"A tremelo arm on a guitar is no such thing. Tremelo is a variation in amplitude (volume). It is in fact a vibrato arm as it varies the pitch.

Most people call poppers Amy Nitrate, there's even a song of the same name, but that will kill you. It should be Amyl Nitrite.

Neither Edison, nor Swann, invented the electric lightbulb - Humphrey Davy invented the electric arc lamp, and some Belgian guy I think, invented the incandescent filament lamp.

James Watt didn't invent the steam engine - he invented the condensing boiler to improve efficiency (by around 800%) of the Newcomen engine - he patented the condensing boiler and made a fortune.

Caxton didn't invent the printing press, the ancient Chinese had that in the 4th century BC. Caxton invented movable type.

All those Sci Fi films with explosions in space are silly - space is a vacuum and sound can't propagate in a vacuum, so there should be silence - as per Kubrick's excellent 2001 a Space Odyssey.

I could go on all night...... "

I like your style, young lady.

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

"Did you know Gerald Ford was the only US President never to have been elected to the executive branch?

Did you know that Taft was the only President to have also served as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?

-Courtney.

Jimmy Carter, who was seen as "a bad president "..... Is the only president not to drop a bomb or fire a bullet!!

And interestingly enough he was an early environmentalist too!"

Well he only served one term, obviously do a bit of war mongering if you want re-election. If you do a Lot of war mongering, you can create a presidential dynasty.

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By *inky-MinxWoman over a year ago

Grantham

"Nitrous Oxide is used by clubbers to provide a short term buzz, light headed feeling. Didn't know it was addictive."

I can do this by standing up quickly

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Did you know that Taft was the only President to have also served as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?"

I did. I know a fair bit about Taft, as it goes...

Bet ya DIDN'T know that he's the old president who got stuck in his bathtub on his inaguration day (on account of his corpulence, see).

Very funny fat man.

Monty Burns "never forgave Taft for the affair he had with [his] mother."

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

1. In Britain, 87500 women signed a petition against the right to vote

2. American mammoths weren't woolly

3. Between 30 and 50% of all the world's food is wasted

4. Chimpanzees have been known to engage in prostitution

5. Ritz Crackers are suitable for vegans

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Cocaine used was quite common in Victorian times too. Conan Doyle gave Sherlock Holmes a cocaine habit."

That's what I remembered when I read that but then my addled brain only just re-remembered...

Get this..

Need to unwind at war?

In London in 1916, Harrods were selling a kit described as "A Welcome Present for Friends at the Front" containing cocaine, morphine, syringes and needles.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Did you know that it is legal for kids over 5 years old to drink alchohol at home or on other private premises and did you also know that the UK is smaller than the state of Oregon

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Did you also know that as all passports in the UK are issued in the queens name that she doesn't require one and that she owns one sixth of the earthy land surface how ridiculous is that

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

God did you also know that we are first country in the world to allow the creation of babies from the DNA of 3 people I really don't agree with this

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Oh and did you know 1.3 million earths could fit inside the sun wow that some ball of fire

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Oh and did you know 1.3 million earths could fit inside the sun wow that some ball of fire

Ah, and approx. 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system is contained in the Sun.

About three quarters of the Sun's mass consists of hydrogen; the rest is mostly helium, with much smaller quantities of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon and iron.

Most of the matter in the solar system is made of stuff that's lighter than air and most of it is almost empty. As I tell my daughter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun

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By *riskynriskyCouple over a year ago

Essex.

Mary Curie's diaries are still too radioactive to be read...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Cocaine used was quite common in Victorian times too. Conan Doyle gave Sherlock Holmes a cocaine habit."

That's what I remembered when I read that but then my addled brain only just re-remembered...

Get this..

Need to unwind at war?

In London in 1916, Harrods were selling a kit described as "A Welcome Present for Friends at the Front" containing cocaine, morphine, syringes and needles.

"
did you know that most baby changing areas in public places tested found traces of cocaine

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?"

A lady I know said in the 60s when she was a young girl they used to be able to get d*unk on coca cola but adding paracetamol to it ( before they changed it)

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By *iesel89Man over a year ago

West lothian

Interesting fact eh ......... Proxima centauri is our closest neighbouring star it would take us roughly 17,000 years to travel to it .......... Imagine how small we are in the larger scale of the universe

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By *riskynriskyCouple over a year ago

Essex.

In tests over 90% of swabs taken from handles on tube trains, stations and buses contained excrement...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"In tests over 90% of swabs taken from handles on tube trains, stations and buses contained excrement...

It's a similar number for mobile phones as well......apparently!

ewwwwww!!!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Dogs can't look up

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Dogs can't look up "
course they can if they move their necks

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Before colourings added cola is actually bright green..

Did you know coca cola originally had in it and was sold by pharmacists in the US?

Tis true.

.. would you expect anything else from America

It never had (cocain) in it. I was told that at Coca Cola HQ in Atlanta Georgia.

Their marketing directors lied to you

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

On average, the contributors to this thread have an IQ at least 10 per cent higher than the Fab norm.

Siemens never made semen.

Swingers tend to die younger. This is because they are more hedonistic than the norm.

Because of the same hedonistic tendencies Fabswingers are at least thrice as likely to smoke than the average population and twice as likely to drink to excess.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"In tests over 90% of swabs taken from handles on tube trains, stations and buses contained excrement...

It's a similar number for mobile phones as well......apparently!

ewwwwww!!!! "

Aahh...so I was right when I called my first mobile a shit phone!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

You don't have knee caps until you are two x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Ancient Egyptian invented beer , because it was safer to drink than water.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

A woman cannot pee whilst stood on one leg.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The song hey Macarena is about a women who cheated on her partner with his two best friends, whilst he was being drafted into the army! True story.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Night Vision Goggle displays are green because we can differentiate more shades of green than any other colour.

When people say NVG goggles slap them..They effectively just saif night vision goggles goggles.

The sky is blue due to the scattering of light from the sun (which comes in as white) from small particles high in the atmosphere. The reds/yellows of sunrise/sunsets are because the sun is at a lower angle and we are seeing the scatter against larger heavier particles lower in the atmosphere.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Look at your hand. Wiggle your fingers.

99.9999999% of what you are looking at is nothing. The gaps between subatomic particles held together by weak electomagnetic forces. So how does hitting something work...thats a lot of nothing making up everything.

Now go and sit down in a dark room til your head stops hurting.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"A woman cannot pee whilst stood on one leg. "

I wonder how many will now rush to the loo and check this out?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You don't have knee caps until you are two x"

And you don't have them if you've only one leg!

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