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The band Skillet has just got a new drummer.
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The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

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An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

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This is just like spam, except people don't care if I do it.
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If you passed gas consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (though im sure it would be more deadly)



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No piece of paper can be folded in half consecutively more than 7 times

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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The first game of rugby in New Zealand was played about 100 metres from were I'm sitting now.
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Jag wrote:
No piece of paper can be folded in half consecutively more than 7 times
 
infact it can be done more than 7 times. it just takes a piece of paper the size of a large aircraft hanger and a steamroller. mythbusters did it sometime last year on discovery channel


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You can lead a cow upstairs but not back down.
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60 minutes is the only cbs show that doesn't have a theme song
 
60 Minutes is the only show on American TV without a theme song/music.
 
60 Minutes only really goes for 39 Minutes!!!

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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Orcas kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.


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If you head east from Christchurch the first piece of land you would hit (excluding tiny islands) would be South America.
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Medieval knights put sharkskin on their sword handles to give them a more secure grip; they would dig the sharp scales into their palms.

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Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.


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Orcas kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
 
Sharks can explode?
 
Awesome.
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Fact:  Scotland was cheated out of Euro 2008 by a bastard of a ref :)

ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH

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Jag wrote:
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with the words orange, purple, silver, or month


unless you have a speech impediment,

in which case there is a rhyme for month
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Fact:  Scotland was cheated out of Euro 2008 by a bastard of a ref :)
 
Fact: Scotland would have lost anyway
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Fact:� Scotland was cheated out of Euro 2008 by a bastard of a ref :)

Fact: Scotland just aren't good enough to get to Euro 2008
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It takes a week to make a jelly bean.


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chocnut wrote:
You can lead a cow upstairs but not back down.


are you sure it's a good idea to reveal that, people might jump to the wrong conclusion
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A pig's penis is shaped like a corkscrew.

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A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to its size.

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The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.  
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It's time for lunch
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Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels


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The life expectancy at birth in Swaziland is estimated to be only 33 years old (as of 2005)! 
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Camel's have three eyelids


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in south africa the cure for aids is said to be having sex with a virgin. no wonder aids spread so quickly


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Sitting too close to the TV will not ruin your eyesight. 
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The life expectancy at birth in Swaziland is estimated to be only 33 years old (as of 2005)! 


As of the same time it was about 38 in Zimbabwe
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in south africa the cure for aids is said to be having sex with a virgin....
 
Not much chance of a cure in Upper Hutt then !!!!!! 

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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Bats always turn left when exiting a cave


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one in every 9000 people is albino


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The Chicken game before the egg.
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4 people in the UK die every year putting their pants on


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an ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated


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banging your head against a wall can be painful

frustr8dstriker2008-01-24 12:50:15


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