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post #1
10 June 2005, 22:55 UTC#1
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.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

On average people say they fear spiders more than they do death.
post #2
10 June 2005, 22:57 UTC#2
the only random "fact" I have is that apparently when the titcanic sank there was 15 tonnes of ham on board. Image file not present in the recovered backup
post #4
10 June 2005, 22:59 UTC#4
QUOTE(gman @ Jun 10 2005, 11:55 PM)

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

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Thats what I want in my gravestone Image file not present in the recovered backup
post #5
10 June 2005, 23:00 UTC#5
QUOTE(vode @ Jun 11 2005, 12:59 AM)
QUOTE(gman @ Jun 10 2005, 11:55 PM)

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

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Thats what I want in my gravestone Image file not present in the recovered backup
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That won't be for another 200 years man Image file not present in the recovered backup
post #6
10 June 2005, 23:01 UTC#6
Those are some hot facts. Good effort Gazaa xxx
post #7
10 June 2005, 23:01 UTC#7
QUOTE(louxx @ Jun 10 2005, 11:57 PM)
when the titcanic sank there was 15 tonnes of ham on board. Image file not present in the recovered backup
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Thats what I want on mine.
post #8
10 June 2005, 23:03 UTC#8
Random Fact:
Charlie Chaplin got 3rd in a Charlie Chaplin look a like contest.
post #9
10 June 2005, 23:04 UTC#9
QUOTE(Scott @ Jun 11 2005, 01:01 AM)
Those are some hot facts. Good effort Gazaa xxx
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Thx, even though I nicked them from some other poor sod, lol
post #11
10 June 2005, 23:11 UTC#11
[QUOTE]The words "Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatossilphioparaomelitoatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolatoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon", "Taumatawhakatangihangihangakoauotamateaturipukakapiikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu" and "Nordosterjokustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranlaggningmaerielunderhallsuppfoljknintssystemdiskussionsinlaggsforberedelsearbeten" are all in the spell checker, but not in any dictionary, yet the words ""Pnemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" and "Floccipaucinihilipilification" are in the English Dictionary, but not in the spell checker!

I thing you'd need a word therapist to even pronounce them words. Image file not present in the recovered backup

Edit: I can't post stuff properly.
post #12
10 June 2005, 23:14 UTC#12
:S
post #13
10 June 2005, 23:26 UTC#13
The only random facts I know are in The Punisher (2004), Howard Saints 2 sons are played by the same person.

and

Excessive computer in the long run can highly increase chances of Glaucoma.
post #14
11 June 2005, 00:00 UTC#14
I found these ones particulaly interesting:

One person in two billion will live to be 116 or older

The yo-yo was originally a weapon in the Philippines

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

The next year which will read the same way upside down as rightside up is the year 6009, the last was 1961

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treas.

The only word in the English language with all five vowels in reverse order is "subcontinental."

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
post #15
11 June 2005, 00:04 UTC#15
QUOTE(jimzy @ Jun 11 2005, 01:00 AM)
I found these ones particulaly interesting:

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

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Is there any person who has about these measures? I would like to se "real life barbie"
post #16
11 June 2005, 00:08 UTC#16
QUOTE(vode @ Jun 11 2005, 12:04 AM)
QUOTE(jimzy @ Jun 11 2005, 01:00 AM)
I found these ones particulaly interesting:

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

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Is there any person who has about these measures? I would like to se "real life barbie"
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jordan's pretty close...but not quite as fucked up.
post #17
11 June 2005, 00:18 UTC#17
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Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.


fuxorz Image file not present in the recovered backup
post #18
11 June 2005, 02:03 UTC#18
erm ok, I dont know many random facts, but I do know that in your life you will eat at least 8 spiders while you sleep.
post #19
11 June 2005, 02:06 UTC#19
QUOTE(MADE @ Jun 10 2005, 09:03 PM)
erm ok, I dont know many random facts, but I do know that in your life you will eat at least 8 spiders while you sleep.
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ack fuck you man.. FUCK YOU! I'm never sleeping again, not like I do anyway.
post #20
11 June 2005, 02:07 UTC#20
lol, just tape up your mouth when u sleep, like you would your asshole if gazaa was in the same room with you Image file not present in the recovered backup

<3 u adem!
post #21
11 June 2005, 03:39 UTC#21
Nea that was proven to be false on myth busters.........
post #22
11 June 2005, 05:42 UTC#22
If there is even a glimpse of truth, it must vary in different countries.
post #23
11 June 2005, 07:59 UTC#23
yeah ive never had it happen to me though............I hope........
post #24
11 June 2005, 13:32 UTC#24
When hunting seals, a polar bear covers it nose with its paw to help it blend in with the snow.
post #25
11 June 2005, 14:00 UTC#25
approximetely 14 people dies in soda machine accidents every year
post #26
11 June 2005, 14:01 UTC#26
QUOTE(Ding_Dong @ Jun 11 2005, 03:00 PM)
approximetely 14 people dies in soda machine accidents every year
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lol, some people are dumb!
post #27
13 June 2005, 18:32 UTC#27
cockroaches can live with out there heads for more than a week.
post #28
13 June 2005, 18:35 UTC#28
366 dimples on a golf ball

nasa super computer came up w/ [42] as the meaning of life after about 20+ years of computing. and there are like 42 cromosomes or whatever in the human DNA strand.
post #29
13 June 2005, 19:32 UTC#29
QUOTE(smith.0 @ Jun 13 2005, 07:35 PM)
366 dimples on a golf ball

nasa super computer came up w/ [42] as the meaning of life after about 20+ years of computing. and there are like 42 cromosomes or whatever in the human DNA strand.
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It's either 26 or 52 or it might be 23 or 46, not 42 I don't think! God I can tell you haven't recently done Biology gcse!
post #30
13 June 2005, 20:03 UTC#30
hey, im not saying that the 42 chromosomes thing is for sure. I think so....duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *drools on keyboard*