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The Laws of War allow soldiers to wear an enemy's uniform,but does not allow them
to engage in combat while wearing the uniform. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_war Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.They are able to extract pollutants,including radioactive metal contaminants,through their roots and store them in the stems and leaves.Making them the international symbol of nuclear disarmament. . http://disarmnowplowshares.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/sunflowers/ In 2009 a woman died at age 99.She had 1400 direct descendants. . http://m.upi.com/story/UPI-34161253249109/?fms=1 |
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Maggot therapy is still used in the United States,and is considered a prescription
only medical device by the FDA. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_therapy In WWII 1000 Japanese soldiers had to walk 10 miles down a shark,python and crocodile infested river.Only 20 men survived. . http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/death-in-the-swamps-of-ramree/ There is a fruit called The Miracle Berry that,when eaten,causes sour foods to taste sweet,and has been used to treat diabetes,among other things. . http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/11/28/miracle-pill-takes-the-bitter-with-the-sweet/ |
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Putting your phone on airplane mode will stop ads while playing games.
Shoes to small? Put on three pairs of socks,put the shoes on,and blow dry for 10 minutes.They'll fit perfectly. Drink tons of apple juice before you go to bed.A chemical compound in the juice will help you have vivid awesome dreams. You can shrink a pimple in minutes by putting a dab of Listerine on it.The alcohol will dry it up and cause it to fade. |
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bigmo 28 Aug 13 12:49
Drink tons of apple juice before you go to bed.A chemical compound in the juice will help you have vivid awesome dreams. Great ! Your be getting up half the night going to the Loo & spend the other half trying to get back to sleep  |
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Much to daring for an old **** like me pumphol. I agree about the loo as well.Leave it to the youngsters I reckon.
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Making cookies and don't have any eggs? Use half a banana (per egg) as a good
substitute. Pump up the volume on your iPhone/iPod by putting it in a bowl;the concave shape amplifies the music. Sugar can cure a burnt tongue. Soak a cotton ball in vinegar and put it on a bruise to make it disappear. |
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Dent in a ping pong ball? Hold a lighter under it and the gasses expand,making
it as good as new. If you bought something on Amazon and the price goes down within 30 days you can email them and they will send you the difference. To skip a YouTube ad,just change "YouTube" to "YouTubeskip" in the URL of any video. If you need to remember something in he morning,send yourself a text before you go to bed but don't open it. If you ever go to the zoo wear the same colors as the employees do.The animals will come right up to you instead of backing away. |
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Running low on battery? Put your phone on airplane mode and it'll charge much faster.
Mosqito bite? Press a hot spoon onto spot.The heat will destroy the reaction and itching will stop. Get something in your eye? Fill a bowl of water big enough for your face and open eye in it. It'll come right out. Exhale when your left foot hits the ground to avoid cramps while running. Ever wanted to stop a sneeze you feel coming? Press your tongue against the roof of your mouth,and it's gone. If someone presses all of the buttons on an elevator,you can avoid stopping on each floor by pressing each button again twice. |
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A cure for headaches: Take a lime,cut it in half,and rub it on your forehead.The throbbing should go.
Mix vodka + candy in a container.Wait a day,and then get drunk while snacking. If you want to download a YouTube video,just add"ss" to the URL between WWW.and YouTube. To listen to a song on YouTube on repeat without having to keep pressing "replay" at the end,add "repeat" between "WWW.Youtube" and "com." Wrinkly shirt? Throw it in the dryer with a few ice cubes for 5 minutes.Wrinkles gone. |
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One 320z McDonalds sweet tea had as much sugar as 2.5 snickers bars!
. http://www.energyfiend.com/caffeine-content/mcdonalds-sweet-iced-tea Honet bees initially have up to 21 virgin queen bees,who fight to the death until there is only one left. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_bee#Virgin_queen_bee The oldest living tree is a Norway Spruce in Sweden which is approximately 9550 years old.This would make it around 3000 years older than the invention of writing. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko |
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The Most Common Surnames in Europe by Country |
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The Paris Mosque helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs.
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Mosque Ram Bahadur Bomjon,a Buddhist Mok,meditated for 10 months straight without food or water. To challenge this incredible claim,National Geographic filmed the boy for 5 straight days and nights.He never moved.Supporters of Buddhism consider him the "reincarnation of the Budda". . http://documentarystorm.com/the-boy-with-divine-powers/ Sliced bread was first marketed as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped" . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread#The_1943_U.S._ban_on_sliced_bread |
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Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country |
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There is a fake egg industry in China,and one person can make approximately 1500 of them per day.
. http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/06/how-to-make-a-rotten-egg/ WD-40 can be used to remove paint marks from cars,oil stains from driveways,and tomato stains from clothes,keep away roaches,"polish" plastic patio furniture plus many other uses. . http://www.rd.com/slideshows/13-amazing-uses-for-wd-40/?v=print In 1959 the USPS attempted to deliver mail by cruise missile and successfully shipped cargo from New Jersey to Florida in 22 minutes. . http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/06/0608submarine-fires-mail-missile/ |
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Map of Alcoholic Drink Popularity by Country |
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The Flame of Peace in Hiroshima,Japan has burned since 1964 in honor of the bomb
victems and will be extinguished only when all nuclear weapons are removed from the world and the Earth is free from nuclear threat. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial_Park#Peace_Flame The sum of odd numbers at 1 is always a square number. . http://blog.jgc.org/2008/02/sum-of-first-n-odd-numbers-is-always.html Albums are always released on Tuesdays in the US,and no one really knows why. . http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/09/08/129725205/why-albums-are-released-on-tuesdays |
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Map of Alcoholic Drink Popularity by Country |
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The domesticated dog evolved from a tamer version of the grey wolf.Based on DNA evidence,researchers
currently believe the dog was domesticated in Asia at least 15,000 years ago,with some scientists arguing that dogs and humans have been partners for as long as 100,000 years. . http://www.ehow.com/about_5209283_dog-turn-around-before-sits_.html Over 2000 years ago,Eratosthenes estimated the Earth's circumference using good old math,without leaving Egypt,and he was accurate to within 2%. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes#Eratosthenes.27_measurement_of_the_Earth.27s_circumference Johnny Appleseed didn't plant his trees to feed people,he planted them to sell them and get people drunk. . http://www.biography.com/people/johnny-appleseed-38103 |
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Map of Europe Showing Literal Chinese Translations for Country Names |
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29% of San Francisco's air pollution comes from China.
. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/12/01/california-pollution-made-in-china/ In 1930,a zoologist went to Syria and brought back 11 newly discovered wild hamsters.Only 2 of them bred and their offspring were sent to laboratories around the world.Today,the hamsters you see in pet stores are most likely descendants of these two hamsters. . http://wap.npr.org/news/Science/135268583 In 1877,Jimmy,a monkey,was charged with assult after he bit the finger of Mary Shea,in New York. On hearing the case the judge said he could not legally commit a monkey.Jimmy then respectfully removed his velvet hat,climbed atop the judge's desk and attempted to shake his hand. . http://www.readersdigest.ca/pets/fun-facts/pets-brought-justice?id=3 |
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The Only 22 Countries in the World Britain Has Not Invaded (not shown: Sao Tome and Principe) |
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Black cats are much less likely than other cats to be adopted from animal shelters.
. http://seattletimes.com/html/living/2004374431_blackcats28.html In the 1700's,"macaroni" was a slang term for a fashionable man who dressed in an outlandish and androgynous fashion.Hence the mocking verse, "stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni." . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_(fashion) At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland,first prize is the wife's weight in beer. . http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=69900b5e-4e98-4e46-961d-6e94b7cda749 . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7IM9f16QZ4 |
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WD-40 can be used to remove paint marks from cars,oil stains from driveways,and tomato stains
from clothes,keep away roaches,"polish" plastic patio furniture plus many other uses. It doesn't move a mechanics greasy facking handmarks from bodywork  |
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You should tell him. "No more hanky-panky until you've had a shower" .
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Since 2007,an unfinished skyscraper in Caracas,Venezuela,has been re-appropriated by squatters
into a vast "vertical slum" which now includes grocery stores,hairdressers,and an unlicensed dentist. . http://www.pulsamerica.co.uk/2012/10/25/torre-david-vertical-slum/ There is a card game in which asking about or explaining the rules is against the rules:"New players are expected to join a game and deduce the rules of play by observation,trial and error." . http://www.pagat.com/eights/mao.html Both Jedi Master Yoda and Miss Piggy are voiced by the same actor. . http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000568/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 |
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David Frost was offered a contract with Nottingham Forest F.C.
British people are drunk on over 75% of their facebook photos 100 years from now Face book will have over 500 million accounts of dead people ! |
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In 2006 a man hired a hitman to kill his wife.His wife ended up killing the hitman with here bare hands.
. http://badasshistory.com/kuhnhausen.html In 2007 Richard Hammond left his Porsche 911 stuck in traffic to run 16 miles home (in 2.5 hours) for his daughters birthday. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hammond#Personal_life Cats have no naturally occurring antibodies against dogs'blood.So they can receive a dog blood in life threatening situations.But only once.The second time proves fatal. . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22983454 |
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the new Jaguar hardtop sports car has gone into production this week. It's all hush hush so shhhhhhhhh.
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One of the first recognized instances of internet democracy was seen in in 1998 when Hank the Angry
Drunken Dwarf,a regular on Howard Stern was voted #1 as a write in for People's "50 Most Beautiful People. "He got 215000 more votes than Leonardo Dicaprio. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_the_Angry_Drunken_Dwarf George Takei once called for peace between Star Wars and Star Trek fans to unite against Twilight fans. . http://www.avclub.com/articles/george-takei-urges-end-to-star-trek-vs-star-wars-d,66431/ For one day in 2008 there was an app called "I am rich" in the App Store that cost $999.99 USD and did nothing.8 people bought it. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich |