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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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1. The term 'Zip' in 'Zip code' is an acronym for "Zone Improvement Plan"
2. The first maximum speed limit in the UK was 10mph
3. Psychopaths tend to have a poor sense of smell, a study has found
4. Japan consists of over 6,800 islands
5. Jonathan Lee Riches, a prisoner, has filed more than 4,000 lawsuits. After hearing the Guinness World Records planned to name him the "most litigious man," he sued them too.
6. North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
7. Coffee doesn't taste like it smells because saliva wipes out half of the flavor |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Considering when we say taste we actually should mean smell I'd say no.7 was wrong.
Top of the Eiffel Tower leans away from the sun due to differential expansion of the metal facing the sun. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Considering when we say taste we actually should mean smell I'd say no.7 was wrong.
Top of the Eiffel Tower leans away from the sun due to differential expansion of the metal facing the sun."
Well I got it off the internet so it must be true  |
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By *olgateMan
over a year ago
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"1. The term 'Zip' in 'Zip code' is an acronym for "Zone Improvement Plan"
2. The first maximum speed limit in the UK was 10mph
3. Psychopaths tend to have a poor sense of smell, a study has found
4. Japan consists of over 6,800 islands
5. Jonathan Lee Riches, a prisoner, has filed more than 4,000 lawsuits. After hearing the Guinness World Records planned to name him the "most litigious man," he sued them too.
6. North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
7. Coffee doesn't taste like it smells because saliva wipes out half of the flavor"
you can’t taste anything if your tongue is dry |
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By (user no longer on site)
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1 ~ No piece of square paper can be folded more than seven times in half.
2 ~ “Almost” is the longest word in English with all the letters in alphabetical order.
3 ~ There is a town in Canada called “Dildo.”
4 ~ Fredric Baur was the man who invented the iconic “Pringles” can. When he died, his ashes were buried in one.
5 ~ Sherlock Holmes NEVER actually said, “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
6 ~ You can’t say happiness without saying penis.
7 ~ Andy’s evil neighbor Sid from Toy Story returns briefly as the garbage man in Toy Story 3.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Pigeons
- can fly at over 100mph
- some do mid-air somersaults, apparently just for fun
- are monogamous and mate for life
- have much better colour perception and a wider visual spectrum than humans
- can learn the alphabet and basic mathematical concepts and patterns
- will remember and recognise people who treat them well
- pigeon shit is an excellent fertiliser |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"1. The term 'Zip' in 'Zip code' is an acronym for "Zone Improvement Plan"
2. The first maximum speed limit in the UK was 10mph
3. Psychopaths tend to have a poor sense of smell, a study has found
4. Japan consists of over 6,800 islands
5. Jonathan Lee Riches, a prisoner, has filed more than 4,000 lawsuits. After hearing the Guinness World Records planned to name him the "most litigious man," he sued them too.
6. North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
7. Coffee doesn't taste like it smells because saliva wipes out half of the flavor"
Interesting????
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By (user no longer on site)
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1 - Every xmas day 400,000 people go shopping for batteries.
2 - Pandas shit 40 times a day.
3 - London burnt down in 1077, 1087, 1132, 1136, 1203, 1212, 1220, 1227 and 1666
4 - It takes 5 people to extract semen from a vulture.
5 - A leech has 18 testicles and 2 ovaries
6 - Palm trees are a type of grass.
7 - the book Esther in the bible doesn't mention the word God.
8 - Thomas Edison invented the tattoo pen.
9 - Tutankhamun's parents were brother and sister.
10 - The least common PIN number is 8068. |
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"1 - Every xmas day 400,000 people go shopping for batteries.
2 - Pandas shit 40 times a day.
3 - London burnt down in 1077, 1087, 1132, 1136, 1203, 1212, 1220, 1227 and 1666
4 - It takes 5 people to extract semen from a vulture.
5 - A leech has 18 testicles and 2 ovaries
6 - Palm trees are a type of grass.
7 - the book Esther in the bible doesn't mention the word God.
8 - Thomas Edison invented the tattoo pen.
9 - Tutankhamun's parents were brother and sister.
10 - The least common PIN number is 8068."
Will everyone now be changing their pin to 8068 now, thus making it not the least common? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"1 ~ No piece of square paper can be folded more than seven times in half.
2 ~ “Almost” is the longest word in English with all the letters in alphabetical order.
3 ~ There is a town in Canada called “Dildo.”
4 ~ Fredric Baur was the man who invented the iconic “Pringles” can. When he died, his ashes were buried in one.
5 ~ Sherlock Holmes NEVER actually said, “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
6 ~ You can’t say happiness without saying penis.
7 ~ Andy’s evil neighbor Sid from Toy Story returns briefly as the garbage man in Toy Story 3.
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No.1 is definitely wrong, many people have folded a piece more than 7 times.
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