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Great thread gents, very good read.
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Pixar developed a very realistic look of the surface water in Finding Nemo, but had to make it look more fake so people wouldn't think it was real footage of the ocean surface. |
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A man drove a tank through the Berlin Wall to escape living in East Germany.
. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2009/11/091105_berlin_tank.shtml Half of the world's roundabouts are in France. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout#Modern_roundabout In 1999 hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any Hotmail account using the password "eh". . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com#Security_issues |
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A Camel and a llama can have a hybrid. It’s called a Cama.
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cama_(animal) Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality amongst any mammal. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mamma ls_displaying_homosexual_behavior Turtles can breathe through their butts and pee through their mouths. . http://www.buzzfeed.com/turtlefeed/science-to-turtles-youre-built-backwards-ruc |
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Map: More than half of humanity lives within this circle
. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/07/map-more-than-half-of-humanity-lives-within-this-circle/ Japan's Sinkansen high speed rail system has never had a fatal accident in nearly five decades of service. . http://www.jref.com/japan/travel/shinkansen.shtml A man broke out of prison by mailing himself in a crate and evaded capture hours later by convincing the police he was a jogger.He then travelled from one side of Canada and the States to the other before being caught. . http://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mcnair-richard-lee.htm |
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TURNED IT DOWN.
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A black police officer faced charges for not investigating racial taunts against himself.
. http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/02/26/black_police_officer_faces_charges_for_not_investigating_racial_taunts_against_himself.html During a "Botched Drug Raid" using a No-Knock Warrant 39 shots were fired at an elderly woman after she fired one shot over the heads of the plain clothed men entering her home.Those same officers later planted coke and marijuana at her home in a failed attempt at framing her. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Johnston_shooting 28% of IT Professionals hide their career from family or friends out of fear of being asked to provide free tech support. . http://teksystems.com/resources/pressroom/2013/teksystems-geek-pride-and-stress?goback=%2Egde_46343_member_243195892 |
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Michelle Pfeiffer as Clarice Starling - Silence of the Lambs Dougray Scott as Wolverine- X-Men |
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Oscar Wilde and his friends came up with the word "dude." It came from words "duds" and "attitude."
. http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/9781862301832 Females learn to talk earlier,use sentences earlier,and learn to read more quickly than males. . http://www.hanen.org/helpful-info/articles/fact-or-fiction--the-top-10-assumptions-about-earl.aspx French kiss involves all 34 muscles in the face.A pucker involves only two. Source: Blue, Adrianne. 1996. On Kissing: From the Metaphysical to the Erotic. |
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Scientists suggest that most people fall in love 7 times before marriage.
Source: Book-> A General Theory of Love. It is required by law in Germany that every driver be trained in first aid and carry a first aid kit in their vehicle. . http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_autobahns Herpes virus has an internal pressure eight times higher than a car tyre,and uses it to literally blast its DNA into human cells,a new study has found."It is a key mechanism for viral infection across organisms and presents us with a new drug target for antiviral therapies" . http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/science-herpes-virus-dna-human-cells-01259.html |
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Molly Ringwald as Vivian Ward - Pretty Woman [ This image is no longer available. ] Jeremy Irons as Hannibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs |
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Regular exercise changes the way your DNA functions.
. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825961 Pine cones were originally called "pine apples".What we now know as the pineapple got its name from its resemblance to them. . http://askville.amazon.com/Fun-named-PineApple/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=5147071 When you look at a clock,and the second hand seems to freeze for a moment,your brain is actually generating a false memory,and your perception of time stretches slightly backward.This effect is called chronostasis. . http://www.researchgate.net/post/Do_you_have_an_explanation_for_human-perceived_chronostasis |
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[ This image is no longer available. ] Emily Browning as Bella Swan- Twilight |
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A bridge in Hungary still had dynamite on it ready to explode from WW II!
http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/102#CkJT5LJlBZ51VIlf.99 Peanut butter was originally a delicacy only served in the finest tea rooms of New York! http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/104#2tPm7xwE5Tom30Y2.99 Jimmy Carter accidentally left nuclear launch codes in his dry cleaning! http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/108#FmyIT3bfIKmElVTL.99 Alcatraz provided hot showers for its inmates to discourage them from escaping in the cold bay. http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/120#YPWKUFyrqgry6MSP.99 |
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John Travolta as Forrest Gump [ This image is no longer available. ] Dana Delany as Carrie Bradshaw - Sex And The City |
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Pirates once held Julius Caesar for ransom. After that, he tracked down and crucified every single one.
http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/120#YPWKUFyrqgry6MSP.99 Mark Twain invented the bra strap! Two Australian planes collided midair in 1940 and managed to land while still connected! http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/121#AYYILfaYG5mufIyB.99 Lucille Ball was responsible for approving the initial production of the Star Trek series. http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/141#FrvxR7Bd3GsZize6.99 |
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Until 1972, North Korea's official capital was Seoul, because they always planned to retake the south.
http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/141#IE8ERA0EfgCdlefZ.99 The Statue of Liberty was originally meant to go to Egypt, not the U.S.! http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/144#jLsrkZF8FvKoHAs7.99 The top of the Empire State building was originally meant for parking zeppelins! http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/148#cpJciqfqy5JSCsiY.99 The 13th day of the month is more likely to be a Friday than any other day of the month. http://www.omg-facts.com/category/6/History/149#jeR2DZXRgRI5HQUW.99 |
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US President John Tyler still has two living grandchildren, Tyler was born in 1790
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"Jimmy Carter accidentally left nuclear launch codes in his dry cleaning!"
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At least he had clean trousers for the end of the world MD
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Einstein as part of his divorce,offered his wife all the money he would get if he were to win
the Nobel prize.She accepted and years later he delivered on his promise. . http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~jrvarma/blog/index.cgi/2010/12/27/ Your thumb is the same length as your nose. In 2008,the waiting list to get tickets to the UK's hit show "Top Gear" was 21 years . http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/16/want-to-watch-top-gear-in-person-prepare-to-wait-21-years/ |
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Al Pacino as Han Solo - Star Wars [ This image is no longer available. ] Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones |
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Llamas have three stomach compartments and when they spit,which stomach compartment
it comes from depends on how irritated they are. . http://www.surrey-hills-llamas.co.uk/about.html#spitting 90 to 95% of mobile phones sales in Japan are waterproof because Japanese young girls are so fond of their mobile phones they even use them in the shower. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Japan#Mobile_phone All Ben & Jerry's Employees get to take home 3 free pints of ice cream every single day! . http://www.benjerry.com/company/jobs |
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Mel Gibson as Batman [ This image is no longer available. ] |
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A musician needs to get 130,745 plays per day on Spotify in order to earn the minimum wage.
. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/how-musicians-really-make-money-in-one-long-graph/249267/ Oranges are not even in the top ten list of common foods when it comes to vitamins . http://www.examiner.com/article/10-fruits-and-vegetables-with-more-vitamin-c-than-an-orange A Dutch artist turned his dead Ostrich into a helicopter. He calls it the OstrichCopter. This is the same guy who had turned his dead cat into a helicopter few months back. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS-4s0ilxhs |
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[ This image is no longer available. ] Bruce Willis as Sam Wheat - Ghost [ This image is no longer available. ] Jack Nicholson as Michael Corleone - Godfather |
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Humans can overdose on and die from chocolate in the same way cats and dogs can.
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobromine_poisoning A man foreclosed on a Bank of America branch after his house was wrongly foreclosed. He showed up with moving trucks and the local sheriff and told them to take everything out of the bank. . http://business.time.com/2011/06/06/homeowner-forecloses-on-bank-of-america-yes-you-heard-that-right/ The fastest (English) typist in the world could maintain 150 words per minute with a maximum speed of 212 wpm.She also failed her high school typing class. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard#History |
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In the song ''Savages'' from Pocahontas, some lyrics where changed as they were viewed as inappropriate and racially charged. 1: ''What can you expect from filthy little heathens? Their whole disgusting race is like a curse!'' changed to ''What can you expect from filthy little heathens? Heres what you get when the races are diverse!'' 2: ''Lets go kill a few, men!'' changed to ''Lets go get a few men!'' 3: ''Dirty redskin devils, now we sound the drums of war!'' was changed to ''Dirty shrieking devils, now we sound the drums of war!' [ This image is no longer available. ] Marge Champion served as a movement model for Snow White. Some of this animation was later reworked for Maid Marion in Disney's Robin Hood. This method is used frequently by Disney to save on the budget. |
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Little Meysi is 7cm tall, 12cm long and weighs just 150g - about the same as a
hamster. The tiny dog was so small at birth that her owner mistook her for a bit of placenta and nearly threw the tiny dog in the bin before noticing it moving. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ5576Pags4&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLUkdT9ljJ1cYGMt-AMFExAziLI-HUO9cZ The Oxford English Dictionary was written largely by a murderer while he was in a mental institution. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chester_Minor#Contributor_to_OED The average annual salary of a professional NBA cheerleader is $56,000. . http://www.ehow.com/info_12071237_nba-cheerleader-pay-scale.html |
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Pinto Colvig, who voiced Sleepy and Grumpy, was the voice of Goofy. [ This image is no longer available. ] The custom Academy Award granted to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs consisted of one regular sized award and seven smaller sized awards. |
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Our mind interprets the external stimuli that our senses are bombarded with when we
are asleep and make them part of our dreams. This means that sometimes in our dreams we hear a sound from reality and incorporate it in a way.For example you may be dreaming that you are at a concert while your brother is playing a guitar during your sleep. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream The 3 main reasons for snoring are:being overweight,smoking and drinking alcohol. . http://endthatsnoring.com/5-ways-to-stop-your-snoring All types of singing have positive psychological effects.The act of singing releases endorphins,the brain's "feel good" chemicals. . http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/singing-happy1.htm |
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