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Useless Facts
« on: 03/03/2003 11:42:07 »
Ok, check these out:

 
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A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

 
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A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

 
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The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.





Thats Economics...
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« Reply #1 on: 06/03/2003 11:56:35 »
Dead right - useless facts, but interesting none the less and perfect pub-ammo !
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« Reply #2 on: 06/03/2003 11:57:45 »
Mmm - you couldn't fail to pull a bird when you start talking about ferrets and rats, and then chess !
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Re: Useless Facts
« Reply #3 on: 06/03/2003 14:40:24 »
afternoon all! You'll be pleased to hear i got my new computer in the sweetener shipment sent by me old bud Saddam so thought i'd go surfing, i have some better facts than above! Some nasty ones!

[}:)] The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

[}:)] Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

[}:)] On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

[}:)] Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.


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Re: Useless Facts
« Reply #4 on: 11/03/2003 23:50:23 »
i don't believe the ball point pen fact! how can they know that? [?]

Thats Economics...
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« Reply #5 on: 14/07/2003 14:41:31 »
I did have a patient that choked to death on peanut butter once.

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« Reply #6 on: 14/12/2003 18:43:29 »
A female ferret will die if it doesn't have sex? That doesn't make much sense. What would cause that, a heart attack or something?
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« Reply #7 on: 01/06/2004 17:32:30 »
Maybe it's the hormonal imbalance in the poor ferret.  I really don't know.  As far as I'm concerned a secret pill lodged in the far reaches of a ferret's brain can melt because of the overexposure to the "heat" and secrete a venemous distillment in the ferret's brain.  Maybe that will kill her.
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« Reply #8 on: 10/06/2004 00:25:25 »
A cockroach can live 9 days without its head.

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on 1 foot.

If you keep a goldfish in a dark place it will turn white.

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Re: Useless Facts
« Reply #9 on: 11/06/2004 23:31:16 »
quote:
Originally posted by Broca

A cockroach can live 9 days without its head.

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on 1 foot.

If you keep a goldfish in a dark place it will turn white.





Yayy..I heard that the reason why you close your eyes when you sneeze is to stop them flying out !!![:D]

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« Reply #10 on: 12/06/2004 18:46:43 »
You get your information from some very weird people Neil.I hope you don't ask them for any financial advice!:-)
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« Reply #11 on: 12/06/2004 19:39:16 »
quote:
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You get your information from some very weird people Neil.I hope you don't ask them for any financial advice!:-)




Hee Hee !!....fortunately I have a good financial advisor !!...but regarding the eyes and sneezing.....I wonder why then that you do close your eyes when you sneeze ?....

Optical Nasal type experts please answer...Ta

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« Reply #12 on: 12/06/2004 19:41:29 »
..................speaking of which :

............The longest bout of sneezing recorded was by Donna Griffith. It began in January 13 1981 and continued until September 16 1983 and lasted for 978 days.


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« Reply #13 on: 06/07/2004 01:25:39 »
I read that sneezing is the closest thing to climaxing that the body can achieve except for actually climaxing.
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« Reply #14 on: 06/07/2004 01:44:38 »
i cant say i really enjoy sneezing that much. One of my friends was really drunk once and instead of climaxing, each sneeze caused him to piss his pants... [;)]
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« Reply #15 on: 06/07/2004 09:22:07 »
shame about your friend and pissing his pants....I'd much rather climax every time I sneeze !!!......anyway, here's another useless fact.............The longest word you can write just using the top line of letters on a keyboard is ' TYPEWRITER '..............

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« Reply #16 on: 06/07/2004 13:06:41 »
I know someone is always sneezing, if the whole climax thing is true he must be one very happy person!

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« Reply #17 on: 28/08/2004 17:58:32 »
Haha someone told me that if you sneeze 8 times in a row you do climax........I'll get back to you guys next time I get sick!

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« Reply #18 on: 31/08/2004 02:28:43 »
I'm going to get some pepper and try that out.....

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« Reply #19 on: 07/09/2004 21:30:11 »
Did you know that human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regulat water ?...No ?...I didn't know that either...but I'm really glad that I know it now....I just don't know how I would have managed without learning that today [:)]

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