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Scarborough has the highest per capita jam consumption in the western world
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The Irish invented the Question Mark?
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear underpants
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HM the Queen Mother was a season ticket holder at Fulham.
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Shergar is indeed alive and well and operates out of an internet cafe in Lagos sending advance fee fraud e-mails
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The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Dixon of Dock Green".
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The most commonly used and popular forum is Chit Chat on betfair.
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marvellousity killed the cat
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emmanuel adebayor's father works in the elephant maintenance industry and his mother is a self-employed leisure services consultant.
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There is at least one butcher, one baker, and one candlestick maker posting on these forums.
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In Germany in the late 1930s, Alphabet Sphagetti - Teigwaren Alphabet - added little swastikas to boost sales
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You can't melt ice in a microwave.
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Damon Hill's middle name is William. At school, his nickname was 'Bookie'
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The largest telescope in the world is currently being constructed in northern Somerset
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The Welsh people are Irish people that could not swim.
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A "lost world" exists in the Waltham Forest that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species
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The first message ever transmitted on a German enigma machine was "Ein saurkraut und leiderhosen bitte". The encoded result was "BACON SANDW ICHNOW FRITZ WITHS AUCEZ"
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Owls are the only birds who can see the colour purple
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If an animal is cloned from DNA taken from the perineum cells of the donor, the offspring will have no sense of smell.
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Penne[/oolor] is a type of cylinder-shaped pasta whose name is a play on the Italian word [color=Blue]Pene (which means something quite different) because of the similarity in shape.
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Nurse! Where are my glasses?
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The 'Gobo' board, which adorns many an office wall was originally called a 'Goboo' board.
However, the manufacturers changed the name when it was discovered that 'Goboo' is Swahili for 'Can't write' |
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Women over 35 complete their transactions at ATM's remarkably quickly, and very often receive their cash a mere 5 seconds after putting their card in.
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The record for the world's longest human poo belongs to Onan Hassan of Turkey. Mr Hassan, who is only 5ft 2" tall, dropped the 17 inch turd at a public convenience in his home town of Akhisar on 11 May 2006. "It is a great feeling" said Mr Hassan at the time, "and a great personal achievement for me." The turd was freeze-dried and is now on display at the Ankara natural history Museum.
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There are more kangaroos in Australia than people. The word kangaroo originates from the Maori word "kan ga roogo" which translates to "more than people".
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the famous horse called red rum was named after a bottle of mik
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Cricket bats were originally made from balsa wood until they discovered that green willow did the job much better.
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When iconic 70s movies "Get Carter" was released in the US, the title had to be changed to "Get Parker".
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Michaela Strachan was once taken from behind by a rogue Orangutan
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The world's runniest cheese 'Mai Soleur' originates from the Dordogne region of France. According to the ****ss Book of Records, it has the consistency of 'a particularly runny cooking oil'
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The planet
SUN is over 200,000 times the size of EARTH WOW!!!!!!!!!!! ![]() |
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Wasps make jam
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Guiness
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guiness
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Sophie McDougall, chiropodist and podiatrist to the England football squad is a post operative transsexual. She was actually born Steven McDougall in Radlett, Hertfordshire in 1971.
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Dicki Bird is a virgin.
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I have just finished reading this thread, and 4 of the supposed lies are actually true.
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E=MC
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My grandad was the worlds unluckiest scientist.
He had F=MCsquared 10 years before Einstein said it was E=MCsquared. |
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The program Mr Bean was loosely based on the early life of John Major, only his most prized possession was a large cucumber, not a teddy bear
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