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Originally posted by bigwavedave

There are 240 dots on an arcade Pac-Man game

 

Now THAT is a completly useless fact

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Originally posted by Contender 541

Originally posted by bigwavedave

There are 240 dots on an arcade Pac-Man game

 

Now THAT is a completly useless fact



In that case you may also be interested to know the seat in front of me in my last general studies lecture had 132 stitches joining the fabric covering the front and back of the upright section.
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Originally posted by Prince Buster

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HRT therapy contains the urine of pregnant horses
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there are 482 and a half roof tiles in the exam hall at my school

and yes i did count!

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A conglomerate of USA based car manufactures tried to present a case alleging unfair trade barriers put in place by Britain to prevent the American car companies selling to Britain....

Their case hinged around the fact that we have our steering wheels on the other side of the car, thus giving an unfair advantage to manufacturers of right hand drive cars such as the Japanese...

 

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The dot over an i is called a tittle!
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and the hats on â, ê, î, ô and û in French are called circumflex, not cornflakes, Bender.

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