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Dogs bark more than wolves because dogs have evolved into the equivalent of overgrown wolf puppies.
. http://www.newsday.com/business/technology/how-come-dog-barks-may-be-humans-fault-1.5484918 90% of the world's data has been created in the last two years. . http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522085217.htm |
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"Goblet of Fire" is much longer than the first three books because JK Rowling unintentionally created
a giant plot hole and had to spend the rest of the book trying to fix it. . http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-swns-alfie.htm Your brain burns 20% of your daily calories,despite only being 2% of your body mass. . http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=brain-energy-efficiency&utm_source=REFERENCES_R7 |
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Actor Kevin Spacey has kept his private life as secret as possible and saya "The less you know about me,the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen."
. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/ Bob Marley gave the credit for "No Woman No Cry" to a friend who ran a soup kitchen,to ensure the royalty checks would keep it open. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Woman,_No_Cry??#Writing_credit??? |
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A woman had a heart attack on a plane,when the stewardess asked if there was a doctor on board,15
stood up,they were on their way to a cardiology conference.The woman survived. . http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/5118.php In China reincarnation is illegal without permission from the government. . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/08/22/china-bans-reincarnation-_n_61444.html |
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Hoeryong concentration camp in North Korea currently holds 50.000 men,women and children who suffer a level of slavery,torture and experimentation comparable with the holocaust.
. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_22 Brazil is the first country in the world to totally ban indoor tanning for anyone of any age. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning_bed#Brazil |
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In France,by law a bakery has to make all the bread it sells from scratch in order to have the right to be called a bakery.
. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulangerie#France France gives medals to citizens who have successfully raised several children with dignity. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9daille_de_la_Famille_fran%C3%A7aise |
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In 2004,a study was published showing that retiring to a cruise ship was often as cost effective as
retiring to a retirement home and was more effective in providing quality of life. . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15507078 A ship abandoned off the coast of Alaska in 1931 was spotted,still adrift in the Artic,in 1969. . http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/alaskas-ghostly-maritime-past?page=full |
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If there was a shred of doubt the world is totally insane, this will remove it. Only Divine intervention can restore us to sanity.
This says it all……. Pythagoras' Theorem: .........................24 words. Lord's Prayer: .......................................... 66 words. Archimedes' Principle: .................................67 words. Ten Commandments: ........................................179 words. Gettysburg Address: ................................................286 words. US Declaration of Independence : ..............................1,300 words. US Constitution with all 27 Amendments: ........................7,818 words. EU Regulations on the Sale of CABBAGES: ..................26,911 words |
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In Denmark in WWII,border guards would screen homecoming Danes by making them say the name of a
dessert:rødgrød med fløde.Due to it's difficulty in pronunciation,German infiltrators could not pass the test. . http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2006/09/foreign_office.html Before the US Post Master General specifically made it illegal,two children were successfully "mailed" via the postal service in 1913. . http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newsletter-archives/1107/article |
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The price of entry to a zoo in 18th century England was a cat or a dog -- they were fed to the lions.
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagerie#Medieval_period_and_Renaissance One of the most popular marching songs for the Russian Military is a Spongebob Sqarepants theme song. . http://metro.co.uk/2013/02/19/russian-soldiers-march-to-spongebob-squarepants-theme-song-3503968/ |
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Bigmo !!!
pumphol. 19 Nov 13 10:53 The price of entry to a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat, they were fed to the lions. |
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There you go.
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Thanks Bigmo
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The Madness single 'Michael Caine' is about the Northern Ireland 'supergrass' system operating in the 1980s
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Yes Bigmo realising that he posted a fact I had already posted was so aghast that he let the thread slip away
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Lost track of what I had and hadn't posted pumphol as my memory is rubbish.
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According to the official Velcro website, there is no such thing as velcro.
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Trust you to stick that one up Taxi
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The worlds largest Wine Cellar is located in Moldova.
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Pakistan means 'Land of the Pure' in Urdu.
The most commonly used word for detergent in Urdu is 'Surf'. It is illegal in China to show adverts for haemorrhoid cream at mealtimes. |
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I listened to radio 2 for several months thinking that ken bruce was terry wogan.
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Velcro is a total rip-off
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Amy Adams is the main attraction now (American Hustle, Man of Steel, The Muppets, etc.) but she was in a supporting role as a high school beauty pageant contestant in her first movie, Drop Dead Gorgeous, starring Ellen Barkin, Kirstie Alley, Denise Richards & Kirsten Dunst, back in 1999. [ This image is no longer available. ] If you don’t recognize this girl right away, try imagining her with a flannel overshirt and a pair of glasses — figure it out yet? She’s Ariel Winter, best known as Alex Dunphy on Modern Family, but here she is as a pageant girl in an episode of Bones. |
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Apart from 'The Muppets', I have no idea who or what all those other names refer to.
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1 in 7 UK banknotes carry traces of anal bacteria.
Babies are born with no bacteria in their bodies. The word 'infant' is from the latin 'unable to speak' 'Bow-wow', 'Ding-dong' and 'Pooh-pooh' are names of different theories of the origin of language. Winnie the Pooh's real name is Edward Bear. |
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This story posted by a guy on Reddit really amazed me. Basically he was in his bathroom one day and found his ex girlfriends pregnancy test kit. For a bit of a laugh he decided to pee on it. To his utter shock and surprise, the results came up with 2 lines as per the image below. This as we all know basically means he is pregnant right? Well obviously he is not pregnant but he thought it was really funny anyway.
He took to Reddit where he posted the picture. In the comments someone said “if this is true, you should check yourself for testicular cancer” and that he needed to get to his GP as soon as possible. It was lucky this chain of events happened as when his GP checked him over, it turned out that he had testicular cancer. He was fortunate enough to catch it in the early stages. So what is going on here? Well the pregnancy test is actually looking for something called Human chorionic gonadotropin HCG . This is produced in the placenta of a woman and is thus a good test of pregnancy. It turns out that HCG is also produced by men who suffer from testicular cancer. |
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The Magna Carter wasn't signed at Runnymede, at the bottom or anywhere else for that matter.
From wiki: Popular perception is that King John and the barons signed Magna Carta. There were no signatures on the original document, however, only a single seal placed by the king. The words of the charter—Data per manum nostram—signify that the document was personally given by the king's hand. By placing his seal on the document, the King and the barons followed common law that a seal was sufficient to authenticate a deed, though it had to be done in front of witnesses. John's seal was the only one, and he did not sign it. The barons neither signed nor attached their seals to it. |
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All the mountains on Saturns moon Titan are named after peaks in The Lord Of The Rings.
J.R.R.Tolien and Adolf Hitler both fought in the battle of the Somme. During Hitler's years in power, Mein Kampf was given away free to every newly-wed couple. Mussolini described Mein Kampf as 'a boring tome that I have never been able to read.' |
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* Magna Carta ffs
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How did he know it was boring if he didn't read it?
I've read some of it and tbf, it is a struggle (boom boom) |
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The Nazis researched using mosquitoes as a biological weapon in WW2
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How did he know it was boring if he didn't read it?
The same as I did with Ulysses. I'd bet I tried it 3 times,but gave up. Just plain boring to me. |
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The most read publication in the UK is Tesco magazine.
A pint of milk in a supermarket can contain milk from a thousand differnt cows. The average Briton eats 8 cows, 36 sheep and 36 pigs in a lifetime. A raw carrot is stil alive when you eat it. |