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Neofish
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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 02:18
heh heh heh

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 03:12
Quote: "Quote: ""one hundred one.""
What you *actually* say that when you say 101????? Arf.

Quote: ""In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.""
Although I think in reality they cannot bring up or argue a subject. They do basically tell people to shut up etc. They control the place or somesuch, like a judge. Otherwise whats the point?"


No, of course you don't *actually* say that. But technically that IS how you're supposed to spell/write it out.

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Attilla the hun spent his lifetime taking over the holy roman empire (or something like that). he and his men attacked and pillaged towns as far west as istanbul (constantinople in them days) and east as in north spain. 30 yrs (or so) later he completed his quest. the night he invaded rome (to complete his quest) he died of a nosebleed.

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 03:58
what a fool...did you know that all you need to make black powder is a salt (not named), an oxydiser (not named), sulphur and water, all very easy to get

note the fact i didnt name those...

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 04:13
So what? You can make a pretty big bomb from water, regular salt and a car battery.

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 04:13
Quote: "In texas, if you publicly declare three times that somebody is your wife...then by law...they are"


My god. That is complete bollocks.

I hate all those "CRRAAAAZZEEEE LAWS OF THE WORLD" books.
Say there was a town where you weren't allowed to fish, they'd say

"In Hull, England, you're not allowed to fish with a breadstick off the back of a camel on the third Tuesday of the month."

They're not strictly lieing.... but they are twats

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 04:16
Quote: "and a car battery"

so your going to spend all that money on a car batt. when you can get the ingredients for free, i was just pointing out how easy it is

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 04:28
Quote: "So what? You can make a pretty big bomb from water, regular salt and a car battery."


Quote: "so your going to spend all that money on a car batt. when you can get the ingredients for free, i was just pointing out how easy it is"


To create a bomb, I'm sure you have enough ingredients in your kitchen.

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 05:41
tin foil and washing up liquid and a small container- definately.

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 10:00
Not just a bomb, but each of our kitchens are home to more biochemical warfare equipment than a UN weapons inspector would ever be able to find. Anyway...

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
116 years

2) Which country makes Panama hats?
Ecuador

3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
Sheep and Horses

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
November

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
Squirrel fur

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
Dogs

7) What was King George VI's first name?
Albert

8 ) What colour is a purple finch?
Crimson

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
New Zealand

10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Orange


After that mind job i'll leave you in peace for a bit, enjoy.


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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 11:13
lol...it is a crazy law...

but nobody uses it...and if you did you'd be generaly looked down upon

and most likely divorced promptly...

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 11:21
Quote: "EDIT: Oh I see what you mean, the fourth number that it is in..."
quatre!

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 22:38
Quote: ""If you are in the ocean and a shark comes up to you, you should pee because the scent will scare it away.""


I can do that.

Mr Igoe, you are indeed the King of Trivia, all hail the king!

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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 22:48
An ingredient of lipstick is fish scales. (That's why there's no ingredients on the stick)

Simple.
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Posted: 6th Oct 2004 23:00
Quote: "what a fool...did you know that all you need to make black powder is a salt (not named)"

Salt peter you mean?

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Posted: 7th Oct 2004 04:13
Quote: " The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
Dogs "


well isnt there a breed of dog called the canary dog or is this my false memory coming into play?

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Posted: 7th Oct 2004 05:36 Edited at: 7th Oct 2004 05:37
I don't think there's any Canary Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

There are some in the Atlantic Ocean though


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Posted: 7th Oct 2004 06:27
Quote: "Salt peter"
nooooo (potassium nitrate is the real name )

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Quote: "well isnt there a breed of dog called the canary dog or is this my false memory coming into play?"


Perro de Presa Canario (dog of prey of the Canary Islands)



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Posted: 7th Oct 2004 08:18
Research into dangerous professions discovered that one of the most dangerous jobs in the world is Cheerleading, which has an injury rate of about 45%.

Why they included cheerleading in the first place is an even stranger mystery.

Also, in England it is still considered treason to stick a stamp with current Monarch's head on it, upside-down on an envelope.

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Posted: 7th Oct 2004 08:32
It is also illegal to deface the Queens head on a bank note, the punishment is hanging.

You cant wear a shirt which is all black, it was outlawed after Mussolini's march on Rome, however the law does not prohibit black shirts with a small logo on the chest or a trim colour.

All black cabs in London must carry a bail of hay to keep the horse well fed.

Only recently a law was repealed that all men must practice archery on the common every Sunday and failure to attend would have you in the stocks. However one bright spark who tried this was arrested for wearing the wrong shade of green as he did so.


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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 00:26
comitting suicide is a capital puishment

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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 05:37 Edited at: 10th Oct 2004 05:39
Quote: "Only recently a law was repealed that all men must practice archery on the common every Sunday and failure to attend would have you in the stocks. However one bright spark who tried this was arrested for wearing the wrong shade of green as he did so."


i heard that every boy after the age of 14 must be taught archery by the local parish.

anyway... *thinks up a wierd fact*

umm... anyone heard of the camel spider? theres an interesting fact for you to google.

Quote: ""The most common place to be bitten by a black widow spider is on the tip of the penis.""


i had a dream the night i read that that there was a black widow on my pillow. i woke up- and obviously it werent there- but not realising it was just a dream, i suddenly started looking all over and under and around the pillow to find it- but couldn't, then i remembered that fact and immediately lept out of bed and checked down below.

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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 07:45
In San Fransisco (I can't remember the spelling) there is a fine of $500 for anyone who detonates a nuclear device within the city limits. Happens that often, does it?

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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 08:24
Also in San Fransico it is ilegal to carry a concealed weapon of more than 6ft in length about your person.

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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 08:27
thats not that hard...

/is 5ft 4...

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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 17:15
so its ok to carry the weapon if its not concealed?

did u kno in our sleep we'll eat 8 spiders a yr.

did you know that the colouring for red smarties comes from a certain breed of crushed beetle, an it takes tens/hundred of thousands of these beetles to be crushed to get a single drop of the food colouring.

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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 06:16 Edited at: 11th Oct 2004 06:18
Did you know that in america, an average of 5 men per day will go to hospital with their, ehem, anatomy caught in their zipper.

Also in america, more people suffer injury while putting on their underwear, then people getting attacked.

The world record for the longest beard on a woman is over 6 inches!

The only thing that shocks me is the fact people actually gathered this information!

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Quote: "did u kno in our sleep we'll eat 8 spiders a yr."

omg I hope thats made up. If its true then I might have to sleep with a faace mask on.


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Quote: "There's this one place in Death Valley or something like it. There are these rocks that move. Nobody goes out and pushes them around, but you go to bed one evening and wake up the next and all the rocks have moved. They're these huge frickin giant bolders, and they move around this area of dirt.
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yep...it's in death valley...my brother is filming a "movie" there(not professional of course)

here's a pic that he took of the area...

as you can see the area is very flat...yet the rocks move

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About the spiders, it's true... ver true.

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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 17:01
wow i have to go see the rocks in action

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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 20:24 Edited at: 15th Oct 2004 21:48
The most number of children mothered by one is 69 (ironic, eh?)
[EDIT] Yes. I do mean biological, not adopted.

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Quote: "wow i have to go see the rocks in action
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lol..nobody has actually seen them moving...they just camp in their tent next to a rock, then the next morning the rock has moved...

they have no idea how though

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Posted: 12th Oct 2004 00:49 Edited at: 12th Oct 2004 01:15
Quote: "Although .com is company isn't it?"


Doesn't .com stand for commercial?

This thread is awesome! Thanks, Jacava, for starting it. It gives me something to read during this boring Chemistry lecture...

I'll find something interesting and add it to the thread when I can...

[EDIT] Here's a great site: http://www.amusingfacts.com

-45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
-96% of people put the peanut butter on first when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
-Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
-Every year approximately 2,500 left-handed people are killed by using object or machinery designed for right-handed people.

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lol @ the last one- wait... thats not meant to be funny...

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im left handed and i havent messed anything up yet... uh-oh they are my best trousers....

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The Guiness book of Records holds the record for the book most often stolen from public libraries.

A gynaephobic is a man that fears women.

The only 15-letter word that does not repeat a single letter is 'uncopyrightable'.

The word 'lethologica' describes the state of not remembering the word you want to say.

1961 is the most recent date that could be flipped over and still be read the same. The next possible year will be 6009.

According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote the 50,000-word novel without any word containing the letter 'e'.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

19th November is 'Have A Bad Day day', while 29th November is 'National Sinky Day', a day to eat over one's sink and worship it.

The correct response to the Irish greeting "Top of the morning to you." is actually "And the rest of the day to yourself."

The most reverse charge calls are made on Father's Day.

Ever heard of the phrase 'Rule of Thumb'? Well that comes from an old English law that stated that you are not allowed to beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

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did you know that f*** means to seed the garden LOL

anyone can be a hero, but a soldier can be a hero five minuets longer....
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Quote: "Most toilets flush in E-Flat."


Major or minor?

In 1987 United Airlines saved $400,000 by omitting 1 olive from every salad served in first class.

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Quote: "In 1987 United Airlines saved $400,000 by omitting 1 olive from every salad served in first class."


Imagine how much they would save if they took out a couple more olives and some lettuce leaves...

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The world record for the longest hair in the world is held by a man in an eastern country, he keeps it all in a single dread-lock and it measures over 18 feet.

People keep complaining about games missing release dates (Black & White anyone?) but the world record for the longest development time is 10 years and is held by Blade Runner, started in 1987, released in 1997.

The only computer game currently on track for possibly beating that record is Duke Nukem forever, started in 1997, it's currently got the second longest development time of 7 years and still going.

The world record for the game on the most number of disc's is held by an interactive movie, I can't for the life of me remember the name but it began with a D and starred Tia Carrara (star of Relic Hunter) and took up 6 entire cd's!

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Posted: 15th Oct 2004 21:46
The longest word in English is 'antiestablishmentarianism', right? Wrong! It's actually a 1909-letter word that refers to a distinct part of DNA.

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Quote: "antiestablishmentarianism"
i know a word longer than that!!!

antiDISestablishmentarianism

surely the DNA thing has a shortened name... i mean... dude, you have a genetic problem, you will die in 15 days, as you can see by the diagram you have a problem with your dfilufoidugfoidshfoiuhcsoichoidgfoisuhdiohdvoidshfoichsoifhcoxzncdiughrpirpwojdfpnvibfibwoiefbipdbfoisdbfubusdfbosiebifobduidb...
<<14 days later>>
...odigfodisugfoisdfgioudgsfoiufdgsfiugsidufgioug

and your dead... NEXT!

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The Videogameaholic said:
Quote: "In USA English, it is "one hundred one." "And" signifies a decimal point as in "one hundred one and one hundredth" (101.01)"


Just to make sure us USers don't get a bad name, this is complete bullox. We do in fact spell it "One hundred and one" and if were were to add a fraction it would be "One hundred and one and one hundredth"

I don't know where you learned that Video, but it's quite wrong.


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Actually, Jerico, I believ you're wrong. In every math book I've ever seen it teaches you to write your numbers as "One thousand one hundred one and one hundredth"

The and does signify a decimal point.

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Nah i think that your wrong...

I say one thousand, one hundred and one point O O one

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Posted: 16th Oct 2004 05:01 Edited at: 16th Oct 2004 05:03
There is an 'and' in 'one hundred and one', but that doesn't matter. A conjuction doesn't matter as much as the number itself. And besides, who would actually want to spell out numbers every time?

Anyway, a can of Diet Coke floats in water, while a can of regular Coke sinks.

Estimations show that Americans eat 10 million tons of turkey on Thanksgiving. Thinking of turkey's high sulphur content, they will also produce enough gas post-meal to fly a fleet of 75 Hindenburghs from Los Angeles to New York in 24 Hours.

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First rule is never believe what teacher tell you is right. They are all crazy. They would have you believe "fixxen" and "can't" are not words so how could they possibly know how to spell numbers.

But seriously ... on my checks I would write. One hundred thirty two dollars. With out the and. They take the check so it must be right

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Posted: 16th Oct 2004 06:34
"can't" is a real word. "Ain't" ain't a real word, and they're right if they tell you that.

I can't beleive this thread is stuck on the argument about if it's correct or not to say "one hundred and one"!
to get back on topic:
90% of the statistics used in conversations are made up. Including this one.

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