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    Posted: 16 Feb 06 at 8:36pm

Did you know?

Garden woodlice are the only land-living relatives of the lobster.

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The elephant is the only mammal which cannot jump.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Feb 06 at 8:50pm
1,500 brushes are used once every 7 years to repaint the Eiffel Tower.
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The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets
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You can't touch your elbow with your tounge.................. old one I know!

 

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I drove through some traffic lights today.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Feb 06 at 9:38pm

 You mean you live somewhere with traffic lights?! Wow! When Contender443 took his driving test, he had to go to a place where there were real traffic lights, not the blink-blink jobbie  

Coming back on topic, please let's be serious there. A piece of vital info:

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not have a full moon.

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Dominoes Pizza do 2 for 1 if you collect but can also deliver 100m away from the shop..........hey wait a minute that isn't a useless fact
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more people are killed each year by falling coconuts than in plane crashes
(although i think that fact was before the era of  9/11 lol)
international moth - "what what?"
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Originally posted by 49erGBR735HSC

You can't touch your elbow with your tounge..................

 



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