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USELESS FACT OF THE DAY - PLEASE ADD!
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Yvonne | Report | 7 Jun 2010 21:20 |
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Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th |
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Dermot | Report | 7 Jun 2010 21:31 |
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In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 1125, King Henry bade that "all the counterfeiters in England should lose each of them the right arm & their testicles beneath." |
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Yvonne | Report | 7 Jun 2010 21:36 |
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Ouch!!! bet that made their eyes water lol |
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AuntySherlock | Report | 8 Jun 2010 04:36 |
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Bookkeeper. I think it is worse than that Beverley. I think it might be the only word in the English language which contains three sets of double letters consecutively. |
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Rod | Report | 8 Jun 2010 15:19 |
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FACETIOUS contains all of the vowels in their correct alphabetic order. There are others but I've forgotten them. |
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CherryBlossom | Report | 8 Jun 2010 17:52 |
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There are no words that rhyme with purple, silver or orange? |
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Stevie | Report | 8 Jun 2010 18:58 |
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Im sitting in front of a computer. lol |
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MrDaff | Report | 8 Jun 2010 19:03 |
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An average of 76 people a year die playing twister, and about 23 of which are through playing the nude version! |
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Staffs Col | Report | 9 Jun 2010 14:36 |
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Oil from the sunken warships at Pearl Harbor in 1941 continues to seep from the wrecks today |
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Julia | Report | 9 Jun 2010 16:03 |
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you can't lick your own elbow!! |
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Julia | Report | 9 Jun 2010 16:13 |
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Coca Cola is the number one soft drink in every country on earth, except Scotland where it's Irn Bru |
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CherryBlossom | Report | 9 Jun 2010 17:06 |
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SPAM is short for Shoulder Pork and hAM. |
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CherryBlossom | Report | 10 Jun 2010 17:08 |
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Your thumb is the same length as your nose. |
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Dermot | Report | 10 Jun 2010 18:30 |
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Living on earth is very expensive but we do get a free trip round the sun. |
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Helen | Report | 11 Jun 2010 08:02 |
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The three B29's involved in the bombing in Horoshima during WW2 were named "Great Artist", "Enola Gay" and "Necessary Evil". "Great Artist" was also involved in the bombing of Nagasaki along with "Boxcar" and "Big Stink". "Enola Gay" was named after the pilots mother Enola Gay Tibbets. |
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Beverley | Report | 11 Jun 2010 11:15 |
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You can only smell a new smell for 3 minutes. Then you get used to it. |
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Georgygirl | Report | 11 Jun 2010 19:14 |
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I was lead to believe SPAM was "special processed american meat after the USA troops introduced it to England in WW2 |
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Dermot | Report | 11 Jun 2010 19:31 |
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Love is where you find it - if you know where to look. |
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Dermot | Report | 12 Jun 2010 22:31 |
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Rob Green (England goalkeeper) wears gloves for no apparent reason - same as Michael Jackson. |
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LollyWithSprinklez | Report | 13 Jun 2010 00:21 |
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Oh Dermot Thats wicked ;D |
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