The term “dogfight” originated during WWI. The pilot had to turn off the plane’s engine from time to time so it would not stall when the plane turned quickly in the air. When a pilot restarted his engine midair, it sounded like dogs barking.

The world's thinnest house is only 5-feet wide!

http://www.omg-facts.com/category/8/Business/27#d2dJpjCHw30lGuUg.99

Louis Vuitton burns all their unsold bags!

http://www.omg-facts.com/category/8/Business/32#Jl5RlyHjZRv0SHZS.99

30 years ago, one could buy a pass for lifelong unlimited first-class travel with American Airlines. Now American Airlines is suing people who did

http://www.omg-facts.com/category/8/Business/37#lDGkZlr3WKdcwKbs.99

Due to a perfect combination of depth,altitude and temperature bodies that drown
in Lake Tahoe rarely surface or decompose.

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http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20060208/NEWS/102080018

In 1943 three Belgian men held up a train and liberated 200 Jews using only one gun and
some wire cutters.

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http://jewishgen.blogspot.ca/2008/10/robert-maistriau-farewell-to-resistance.html

The magazine Vogue has banned models who are too skinny,underage and appear to
have an eating disorder.

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http://www.today.com/id/47286154/ns/today-today_style/t/vogue-bans-models-who-are-too-skinny-underage/#.UlkY_tKsjgs

In the Bible,Nimrod was a mighty hunter.But Bugs Bunny used it to refer to Elmer Fudd
sarcastically,and generations of kids thought it was a synonym for idiot or moron.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod#Idiom

In World War 2 the Dutch army only had one tank available that got stuck in the mud on its way to the border.

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http://home.tiscali.nl/~grebbelinie/geschiedenisTank.htm

Robert Downey Jr.only made $500k for Iron Man,but two years later made 10 million for Iron Man 2.

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http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/robert-downey-jr-net-worth/

Until 2011 in Russia anything under 10% alcohol was considered foodstuff and not alcoholic.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232970

The idiom "Turning a blind eye" is attribted to Admiral Horatio Nelson who,in the midst of
battle and given permission to retreat by his superior,lifted the telescope to his eye
(blinded from an earlier injury) and said "I really do not see the signal" and pressed on with the attack.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_a_blind_eye

Grumpy cat has a brother, and while he doesn't look grumpy, personality wise, he is a lot grumpier than grumpy cat.

There was a plane crash caused by a smuggled crocodile.The crocodile freed itself and
panicked the passengers who all ran towards the flight-deck,which caused the plane to
be unbalanced and crash.The only survivors were one person and the crocodile.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/democraticrepublicofcongo/8078612/Aircraft-crashes-after-crocodile-on-board-escapes-and-sparks-panic.html

It is possible for a human to become a Chimera by fusing with his/her fraternal twin in the
womb.If it occurs early enough,each twin will claim body parts as his/her own,allowing a
single person to be made up of two genetically different individuals.

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http://www.radiolab.org/story/91596-so-called-life/

Actor Leslie Howard was shot down in 1943 on a flight to Lisbon as his aircraft was suspected to have Winston Churchill on board.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leslie_Howard.jpg


Planes routinely crash by running out of fuel

This unacceptable and totally egregious event goes by a sickeningly perfect name in aviation: fuel starvation, generally a consequence of leaks or extensive holding patterns. Avianca Flight 52 is an infamous example; a misunderstanding prevented air traffic controllers at JFK from grasping the crew’s urgency. The craft lost all engines and crashed on Long Island.
Unfortunately, the fate of Avianca 52 has already been shared by at least five other aircraft this decade alone.


The average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.

The desire to hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cuteness-inspires-aggression

Handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British
don't know how to make a good cup of coffee.You don't know how to make a good cup of tea.
It's an even swap."

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http://www.hardscrabblefarm.com/ww2/britain.htm

The Rhinoceros Party was a registered party in Canada led by Cornelius,a
rhinoceros,and promised to repeal the law of gravity and change Canada's currency to
bubble gum,so it could be infladed or deflated at will.

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http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/01/world/canada-rhino-party-thunders-off-softly.html

There was a Polish King nicknamed "The Strong" because he could break horeshoes
with his bare hands and loved fox tossing,a sport where you throw foxes with
a sling.He had several mistresses and fathered as many as 382 children.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_the_Strong

Talking of naps


West Coast Dream 4.45 Bath 15/2


Got a bee in my bonnet about this one

cheers Shane

Have a bad habit at the mo of tipping horses that win next time they run

Right I'm on this West Coast Dream.

My first bet on the horses this year.

Cheers pumphol.

More than 60,000,000 pounds of dynamite was required for the excavation works related to the construction of Panama Canal.

you lose about 1/2 liter of water a day through breathing?


St Thomas' Hospital used to have seven buildings, one for each day of the week, supposedly so that staff knew on which day patients had been admitted. Only two of the buildings remain.

London was the first city to reach a population of more than one million, in 1811. It remained the largest city in the world until it was overtaken by Tokyo in 1957.

If the human eye was a digital camera it would have 576 megapixels.

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http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2006/10/22/what-is-the-resolution-of-the/

Volkswagen owns Audi,Bently,Bugati,Lamborghini,Porsche and Ducati.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group

Tomatoes,potatoes,paprika,peppers and eggplant are part of a family called "nightshade"
foods,which contain a toxin called "solanine"-ingested in large quantities can cause
hallucinations,paralysis and death.

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http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-solanine.htm

Without notice or warning to Boeing executives,pilot Tex Johnson did a barrel roll with his
Boeing 707 over Lake Washington in Seattle.Asked by his boss "What the hell were you doing?"
Johnson responded "Selling airplanes." No action was taken against him.

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http://www.airlinereporter.com/2009/11/video-boeing-707-barrel-roll-by-test-pilot-tex-johnson/

In 1970,there were half as many people in the world as there are now.

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http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/?

There's a sport called "Banzai Skydiving",you throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzai_skydive

Thank you timbuctooth.


A woman named Veronica Seider had 20 times better vision than average.She could
identify people more than a mile away.

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http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-5000/smallest-visible-object/

Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings."I read the
book.I read the script.I saw the movie.I still don't understand it."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery#Retirement