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Feb 9, 2015 11:44:54   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
Armageddun wrote:
Did you know:

Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names
Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey
In 1936, American track star Jesse Owens beat a race horse over a 100-yard course. The horse was given a head start
A large flawless emerald is worth more than a similarly large flawless diamond


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A group of crows is called a murder
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine
In the four professional major north american sports (baseball, basketball, football and hockey) only 7 teams have nicknames that do not end with an s
In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die
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The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the alphabet

"The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language

Paul McCartney's real first name is James - Paul is his middle name. Thus, all the Beatles (including Ringo, whose first name is Richard) were named after kings

The king of hearts on playing cards is the only king without a mustache
Apples are more efficient than caffeine in waking you up in the morning


The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springstein's 'Born in the USA

Dr. Seuss actually pronounced Seuss such that it sounded like Sue-ice

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot

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Feb 9, 2015 15:51:22   #
no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun
 
Armageddun wrote:
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47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot


Gee, I thought it was 46.786% Now you tell me.

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Feb 9, 2015 16:01:41   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
no propaganda please wrote:
Gee, I thought it was 46.786% Now you tell me.


One has to be careful where they get their facts. Just remember Jack Webb.

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Feb 11, 2015 21:14:18   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
Armageddun wrote:
One has to be careful where they get their facts. Just remember Jack Webb.


Sigmund Freud once believed that cocaine could be used to help treat morphine addiction

NASA had to rename the sizes of the apparatus used for male astronauts to pee, from small, medium, and large, to large, gigantic, and humongous, because no one was willing to pick their true size

The line between the two numbers in a fraction is called the vinculum

You can get a rough estimate of the temperature by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, then adding 37


The U.S. pizza industry serves up to 100 acres of pizza every day

If you type in 52.376552, 5.198303 on Google Maps, you can see what is allegedly two guys d**gging a dead body into a lake

After each player has moved three times in a chess match, there are 121 million possible routes that the match could follow

The verb form of the word “run” has been calculated to have almost 650 different meanings

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Feb 12, 2015 09:05:25   #
jetson
 
I have always heard it was pig skin. Looks like pig skin. But, I don't actually know.

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Feb 12, 2015 12:34:05   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
jetson wrote:
I have always heard it was pig skin. Looks like pig skin. But, I don't actually know.


Pig, cow, as some so called famous lady once said, "What difference does it Make"? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :XD: :XD: :mrgreen:

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Feb 12, 2015 16:08:00   #
PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.
 
Armageddun wrote:
Pig, cow, as some so called famous lady once said, "What difference does it Make"? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :XD: :XD: :mrgreen:


That wasn't a "lady", that was a peelosi.

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Feb 12, 2015 16:09:56   #
alex Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
 
PoppaGringo wrote:
That wasn't a "lady", that was a peelosi.


no, it was K**lery

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Feb 12, 2015 16:12:59   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
alex wrote:
no, it was K**lery


When you look at the two of them, "What difference does it Make."????

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Feb 12, 2015 16:16:07   #
alex Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
 
Armageddun wrote:
When you look at the two of them, "What difference does it Make."????


:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Feb 12, 2015 16:34:29   #
PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.
 
alex wrote:
no, it was K**lery


Same difference. But you are correct.

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Feb 12, 2015 16:44:59   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
PoppaGringo wrote:
Same difference. But you are correct.


Is that an oxymoron? Same difference :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Feb 12, 2015 16:49:06   #
alex Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
 
Armageddun wrote:
Is that an oxymoron? Same difference :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


I understood him been using that expression all my life, of course back there in the hills in misery you may never have heard it, do they have electricity there yet?

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Feb 12, 2015 17:04:22   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
alex wrote:
I understood him been using that expression all my life, of course back there in the hills in misery you may never have heard it, do they have electricity there yet?


That my far western friend is a shocking question.

Yes the wires do run to our houses and we have recently started pooping in the house.. We even have beer in bottles... :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Feb 12, 2015 17:06:47   #
alex Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
 
Armageddun wrote:
That my far western friend is a shocking question.

Yes the wires do run to our houses and we have recently started pooping in the house.. We even have beer in bottles... :shock: :shock: :shock:


:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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