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USELESS FACT OF THE DAY - PLEASE ADD!
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Bobtanian | Report | 24 Jun 2010 18:15 |
At 6 min & 7 sec after 5am on the 9th of August this year, it will be 05:06:07 08-09-10. |
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Staffs Col | Report | 26 Jun 2010 15:18 |
Only 5% of those who can donate blood |
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skwirrel | Report | 26 Jun 2010 19:16 |
Doesn't seem very many Col |
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Dermot | Report | 28 Jul 2010 19:29 |
Researchers investigating Scotland's biting midges have found that the insects like to attack tall men and large women. |
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Dermot | Report | 29 Jul 2010 08:20 |
Italian hardly existed as a language at the beginning of the 13th century. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 29 Jul 2010 09:15 |
seeing the way that Italians(at least, the ones I know)"talk with their hands," I presumed that that they HAD perfected sign language....LOL |
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Dermot | Report | 30 Jul 2010 14:25 |
Historians, like newspaper editors, record the exceptional simply because it is interesting. It's a cosmetic art. |
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Dermot | Report | 31 Jul 2010 10:43 |
'The Fables of Bidpai' were translated into English from a Spanish translation of a Latin translation of a Hebrew translation of an Arabic translation of a Pahlavi translation of the supposedly original Sanskrit. |
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Dermot | Report | 5 Aug 2010 14:38 |
Taxi fares to the fayre are far from being fair. |
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Dermot | Report | 6 Aug 2010 21:54 |
Apparently, there are over 86 million bicycles in Japan. |
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Beverley | Report | 9 Aug 2010 10:05 |
The difference between 'flammable' and 'inflammable' |
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Dermot | Report | 9 Aug 2010 11:59 |
Peter Crouch is innocent. |
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Dermot | Report | 11 Aug 2010 08:25 |
"Britain's oldest house found in North Yorkshire. Discovery of 10,500-year-old dwelling, with post-ice age creature comforts, challenges views of earliest Britons". |
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Bobtanian | Report | 11 Aug 2010 09:51 |
if you have a problem with ants and dont want to use insectides...... |
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Dermot | Report | 11 Aug 2010 13:59 |
Exeter has 136 sets of traffic lights which the authorities intend to switch-off at night - cost savings. |
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Dermot | Report | 18 Aug 2010 11:10 |
In Japan, it is considered inelegant for ladies to show their teeth when smiling. |
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Dermot | Report | 20 Aug 2010 19:41 |
Every three days, a human stomach gets a new lining. |
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Dermot | Report | 6 Sep 2010 21:15 |
Trains delayed - passengers late. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 6 Sep 2010 23:42 |
I DID Hear that Somerset are going to beat Pakistan by 5 wickets next week, but thats just a rumour, |
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Dermot | Report | 7 Sep 2010 10:40 |
Bob - behave! |