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ChEsHiReKaT
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posted July 20, 2006 02:24 PM |
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There's a temple in Sri Lanka dedicated to a tooth of the Buddha. The name of the temple is "Temple of the Tooth."
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
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Miru
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A leaf in the river of time
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posted July 20, 2006 11:28 PM |
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So far all the dream facts posted here are wrong, except mabey the >7 dreams one.
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I wish I were employed by a stupendous paragraph, with capitalized English words and expressions.
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friendofgunnar
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able to speed up time
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posted August 02, 2006 04:23 AM |
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I drink cranberry juice every day and it amazes me that many foreigners don't know about it.
-The cranberry gets its name from Dutch and German settlers, who nicknamed it the “crane berry” after the shape of the blossoms. When the vines bloom in the late spring and the flowers’ light pink petals twist back they have a resemblance to the head and bill of a crane. Over time, the name was shortened to cranberry.
-Americans consume some 400 million pounds of cranberries a year, 20 percent during Thanksgiving week.
-Native Americans used cranberries, fat and ground venison to make a survival cake known as pemmican. They also used the fruit in poultices and fabric dyes.
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ChEsHiReKaT
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Madness Controls Me
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posted August 02, 2006 07:00 AM |
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At least 2 people die every year from vending machines falling on them.
More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products
In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
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friendofgunnar
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posted August 29, 2006 09:32 AM |
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Taco Bell was started by a former marine named Glen Bell
The first restaurant he opened sold hotdogs, chili dogs, tacos, and shakes, it was called Taco Tia.
The first Taco Bell opened in Downey California in 1962
He sold all 868 units to PepsiCo in 1978
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friendofgunnar
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posted September 01, 2006 09:59 AM |
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Where were garden gnomes invented?
The earliest known garden gnomes can be found in advertisement from 1886 from a company in Neuwedell, a town that was once in German Pomerania but is now part of Poland, where it is known as Drawno. The ad showed colorful garden gnomes for sale.
Most experts agree that the ancestors of the modern day garden gnome emerged at the end of the 19th century at one of the three major European centers for the terracotta industry, which in addition to Thuringia, also included the Czech town of Usti nad Labem and present-day Drawno, Poland.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted September 02, 2006 06:14 AM |
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Quote:
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
That's alot.
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kookastar
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posted September 21, 2006 10:22 PM |
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"WOMEN who have sex with other women or do more than just have straightforward intercourse are more likely to have orgasms."  
source
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uhuh
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russ
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blah, blah, blah
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posted September 21, 2006 10:28 PM |
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"WOMEN who have sex with other women or do more than just have straightforward intercourse are more likely to have orgasms."
source
OMG!!!!! I've read this like 5 mins ago from some other source!!!
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Lith-Maethor
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posted September 21, 2006 10:30 PM |
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kooka, that reminds me of...
People who make no mistakes do not usually make anything.
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You are suffering from delusions of adequacy.
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kookastar
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posted May 23, 2007 11:40 AM |
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Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate
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pomo
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The lone peasant
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posted May 24, 2007 01:38 AM |
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"WOMEN who have sex with other women or do more than just have straightforward intercourse are more likely to have orgasms."
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Good to see a study of ~20000 people that proves what is blindingly obvious to anyone who has ever had decent sex
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One quarter had received oral sex and only 1 per cent had anal sex.
OMG... what the hell are you people doing? Seriously you don't know what you're missing out on...
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Daystar
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Back from the Dead
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posted May 24, 2007 02:13 AM |
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There is an international Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day.
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How exactly is luck a skill?
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Trogdor
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Words in a custom title
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posted May 24, 2007 08:40 AM |
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Millions of trees are planted every year because of forgetful squirrels.
Maynard James Keenan from Tool and A Perfect Circle was once frontman for Rage Against the Machine but left after a short while.
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"Through the power of the dollar you can communicate with the dead." - Artu
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kookastar
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posted June 28, 2007 11:22 AM |
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In September 1999 Dustin Philips of the US set a Guinness World Record by drinking a 400 ml (14-oz) bottle of tomato sauce through a straw in 33 seconds
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Aculias
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Pretty Boy Angel Sacraficer
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posted June 28, 2007 11:38 AM |
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In the 80'sThe Adorable Adrian Adonis was big & fruity.Nice Make up & all.
Man can he wrestle.
As long as you dont let him pick you up
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Rakacha
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Selfproclaimed Dragonlord
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posted July 04, 2007 10:25 PM |
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i've got some =)
1)Most of the registerd people in here, has played a HoMM game more than once =)
2)If male animals are placed together whitout females around for a longer period of time, the males will become gay.
3) i am 3/4 danish and 1/4 polish
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There is no way around it....Dragons rule!
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Trogdor
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Words in a custom title
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posted July 05, 2007 01:00 PM |
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1)Most of the registerd people in here, has played a HoMM game more than once =)
So very true.
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"Through the power of the dollar you can communicate with the dead." - Artu
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antipaladin
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of Ooohs and Aaahs
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posted July 05, 2007 02:09 PM |
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atleast 1 of 4 men got circumsied
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friendofgunnar
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posted July 15, 2007 08:35 AM |
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The average SUV gets about 12-18 miles per gallon
The average car gets about 20-25 miles per gallon
a compact car gets from 25-45 miles per gallon
a hybrid gets about 40-55 miles per gallon
now for the fun ones:
A M1A1 Abrams tank gets about 3 miles per gallon
A passenger jet gets about 100 miles per gallon per passenger.
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