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On June 29, 1995,a department store in Seoul,Korea collapsed,killing 500
people.During construction,the owner insisted on adding an unauthorized 5th floor with a swimming pool.When his engineers protested,they were fired. In California,it takes more hours of training to become a barber than to become a police officer. The US Department of Defense employs 1% of all Americans and is the world's largest single employer. |
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Armenian fin swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyen was not only a 17-time world champion,was finishing a 12-mile run when he heard a bus crash into the water.He dove down 33 ft,and rescued 20 people,1 at a time.10 years later he ran into a burning hospital to save more people.
In 1945.Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood,and ordered innumerable pictures to be taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts. During Prohibition,the U.S.government poisoned alcohol,killing as many as 10,000 people. |
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There are more barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky than there are people.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. |
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Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor. Because of the crystal-clear water, Flathead Lake in Montana seems shallow, but in reality is 370 feet in depth. [ This image is no longer available. ] |
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line Would never end because of the rate of reproduction More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a French kiss. |
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The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. |
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. After analyzing 51 public restrooms, experts found that the stall closest to the restroom door consistently had the lowest bacteria levels (and the most toilet paper!). The first stall probably sees less traffic because it's near the door and people want privacy. And when you're finished, stand before you flush. When toilets are flushed, a fine mist of water containing contagious bacteria sprays up. You can catch intestinal bugs and hepatitis from it. |
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Break a High Fever
Anything up to 102°F is mild and can be treated by drinking plenty of fluids. But to quickly bring down a reading above that, put an ice pack under your arm or near your groin. Icing either spot will cool your body's core. It's uncomfortable, but it works fast. Then see a doctor. Disinfect a Wound with Honey Pour a dab of honey on a cut before covering it with a bandage. Believe it or not, honey has powerful antibacterial properties. A recent study found that it was capable of destroying almost all strains of the most common wound-infecting bacteria. During the 2,475,576,000 seconds of the average length life, averagely we speak 123,205,750 words, have sex 4,239 times, shed 121 pints of tears. |
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semen released during intercourse contains 70-120% more sperm than that released when going solo.
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A man was writing articles and reporting about deaths of people who he had actually killed.He was arrested when they found he had more information than the police.
A priest on the titanic refused a place on a life boat twice,and stayed behind to hear confessions and give absolution to people left on the ship. A women ordered pizza from the same place everyday for the past 3 years.After 3 days without a call,the pizza delivery woman went to check on her at her house.Turns out she had fallen and couldn't get over to a telephone to call for help.Pizza delivery woman saved her life. |
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Michael Jackson attempted to buy Marvel Comics in the 1990s because he wanted to play Spider-Man.
The prong horned antelope have 10 x vision,which means on a clear night they can see the rings of Saturn. Days after his election,a boy wrote to Pope John XXIII "I want to be a policeman or a pope.What do you think?" John replied,"Learn how to be a policeman...Anybody can be a pope;the proof of this is that I have become one." |
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The first man to be seen smoking in England was a sailor in Bristol in 1556. He was reported to have been "emitting smoke from his nostrils".
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Days after his election,a boy wrote to Pope John XXIII "I want to be a policeman or a pope.What do you think?" John replied,"Learn how to be a policeman...Anybody can be a pope;the proof of this is that I have become one."
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M&M's were originally created to allow easy transport of chocolate to the military.
There is an extinct genus of ape,Gigantopithecus blacki,which stood up to 3 metres tall,weighed as much as 540kg and have actually been contemporary with modern humans for tens of thousands of years. Aerogel.also known as frozen smoke,is the world's lowest density solid,clocking in at 96% air.If you hold a small piece in your hand,it's practically impossible to either see or feel,but if you poke it,it's like styrofoam.It supports up to 4,000 times it's own weight and can withstand a direct blast from two pounds of dynamite.It's also the best insulator in existence. |
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bigmo 28 Apr 13 11:58
There is an extinct genus of ape,Gigantopithecus blacki,which stood up to 3 metres tall,weighed as much as 540kg and have actually been contemporary with modern humans for tens of thousands of years. . http://www.uiowa.edu/~bioanth/comp.jpg |
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and it has a deformed penis
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Thanks pumphol.
Capt.James Cook was the first European explorer to find the island Hawaii.Upon arrival,the natives thought he was their sex god named Lono.Capt.Cook decided to go along with their assumption and embraced being Lono the sex god. There is an Island called "Dildo Island",off the coast of Canada. "A Bug's Life" is an adaption of Seven Samurai. |
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You should always wash your hands after handling your post. Before they go out on their rounds, postmen use the toilet, a lot of them take a dump. Very few bother to wash their hands. They then touch your post.
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In 1990 an unemployed French physicist attempted a one-man invasion of an island and was arrested while reloading his gun on a bench by the island's volunteer constable.
In the movie "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo",most of the bruises seen on Rooney Mara's body when she takes a shower are real;the physicality of shooting the rape scene the day before resulted in countless bruises on the actress'wrists,neck and torso. In 2004.Pizza Hut fired a delivery driver who shot and killed a robber while on the job. |
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A pound of pure LSD has a "street value" of around $55,000,000.
Pure gold is referred to as 24 carat because at one point a Roman gold coin used to weigh 24 carob seeds. In 2011,the Norwegian police fired a gun shot on only one occasion (due to low crime rates).In 2007,not a single shot was fired. |
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"Fairy Bread" is a common treat served at children's parties in Australia and New
Zealand-consisting of buttered white bread and candy sprinkles. A study found that 49% of people with mental illness have no close relationships,while 13% had not been touched in at least a year. It is possible to create a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below by grafting a tomato plant stem onto a potato plant stalk (made possible by both being in the same family of plants known as "nightshades"). [ This image is no longer available. ] |
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Japan's Okinawa Island has more than 450 people living above the age of 100,and is
known as the healthiest place on Earth. JFK,when stranded on the Solomon Islands wrote a rescue message on a coconut,and was rescued.He got the coconut back,and it was on his desk in the Oval Office (used as a paperweight). Spiked dog collars were invented in ancient Greece and were originally designed to protect dogs throats from wolf attacks. |
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The Circumzenithal Arc is the phenomenon that occurs when sunlight is refracted in horizontal ice crystals in cirrus clouds creating the appearance of an upside-down rainbow.
The national anthem of Bangladesh includes the lines:"The fragrance from your mango groves makes me wild with joy." A 22 year old Chinese student staged her own funeral so she could enjoy and take part in her procession while she is still alive. |
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"Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot."
That is not true bigmo, bit of an urban myth that one. |
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Yep urban myth
. http://marilynmonroepages.com/wp-content/themes/mmp/images/MMgreenezoomtoes_pic.jpg |
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Didn't she have ugly toes
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Sorry about that one gents.
Gili Trawangan,a small island that is harsh on alcohol,openly and legally sells and consumes Magic Mushrooms on a regular basis in Milkshakes and eaten like potato chips. The municipal government of Paris passed a resolution to prohibit Tom Cruise from becoming an honorary citizen of the city because he is a Scientologist. Sir Issac Newton hated his mother and step-father;he even threatened to kill them with fire. |
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A blind, bald,and near deaf man was struck by lightning and all of his three
conditions were fixed. Laws mentioned in the bible required farmers to leave parts of their fields unharvested for strangers,a practice that still exists in parts of the world. You can stop mosquito bites from itching by running the bite under hot water. |
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although a man ejaculates hundreds of millions of sperm in one go, only a few hundred survive inside the woman due to the acidic environment inside the vagina.
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In the U.S.A. there are more black men in prison of college age than there are in college.
If you ask somebody who cut Samsons hair, they will probably say Delilah. But in the wholly bibbly, she asked a servant to cut it. Eating strong curry can change the flavour of your sperm (two witnesses - both female - years apart) |
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You can't breathe through your nose with your tongue poking out.
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Olivia Hussey, who played Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968), was not allowed to attend the London premier as the film contained a nude scene and she was under the age of 18. This is in spite of the fact that the person who was nude in the scene was Olivia Hussey herself.
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Jews (0.2% of World population) have won 22% of the Nobel prizes to date.
Iceland has been voted the friendliest place on Earth. Vikings used to give kittens to new brides as an essential part of a new household.Cats were considered appropriate since they were associated with Freyja,the goddess of love. |
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There is a lake in Russia that is so radioactive it can kill you within one hour if you stand near it.
Crows crush ants and rub them all over themselves like perfume--the formic acid in the ants help ward off parasites. The light we see from the north star was emitted in the year 1583. |
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Cops"mark" your drivers side tail light or trunk with their fingerprints when they pull you over,just in case something goes bad for them.
Early in Jim Carrey's life before he became famous,both he and his family had to live in their Volkswagen. In the 19th century,British soldiers executed Indian rebels by tying them to mouth of a cannon,then firing. [ This image is no longer available. ] |
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There is a mountain in Russia,called Magnitogorsk,made almost entirely of iron with an estimated 7-10 Billion pounds of Iron Ore.
Old Spice was originally made for women. June 9, 1932: The Zeppelin railway coach, or “Lightning Express,” could carry 40 passengers at 100 miles per hour in tests near Hanover, Germany. The caption notes, however, “its ability to take curves remains to be tested.” [ This image is no longer available. ] |
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King Charles II used to wear a wig made of his favourite mistress'pubic hair.
In 1961,Fidel Castro closed Cuban schools for a year so that students from the 6th grade and up could teach other Cubans how to read and it was successful.Country's illiteracy level came down from 38% to 3.9% in just 8 months. King Phillip of Macedonia lost an eye to an arrow,when his soldiers examined the arrow it read "To Phillip's eye." |
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The Spartans grew their hair long,because "Long hair adds beauty to a good face,and terror to an ugly one" according to their leader,Lycurgus.
Having excessive body hair is linked to higher intellect. On October 20.1944,an above=ground natural gas storage tank began to leak.The gas eventually made it's way into the sewers of Cleveland and eventually ignited,blowing manhole covers miles away and shooting flames up through the plumbing of homes.130 people were killed. |
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Famous mathematician Kurt Godel starved himself to death.He was obsessed with the idea of being poisoned,and would only eat food prepared by his wife.When his wife was hospitalized for six months,he refused to eat,eventually dying of malnutrition.
April 12 is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. Spouse abandonment after cancer diagnosis is 6 times more likely when the ill spouse is female. |
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In a chimpanzees community observed by biologists for 14 years,sticks were introduced as toys,the males would use them in weapon-like play,while the females commonly used them as dolls.
The majority of female koalas suffer from a sexually transmitted bacterial infection called chlamydia.This problem is aggravated by the fact that in captivity female koalas often engage in lesbian activity. There is a type of cloud called the Mammatus cloud that was named for it’s resemblance of boobs. [ This image is no longer available. ] |