10 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Week

1. You can get inflatable TV screens.

2. Meerkats have family "traditions" that are passed down through generations.

3. Two year olds have woodwork lessons, using hammers and nails.

4. A salary of £14,400 is the minimum a single person needs for an acceptable standard of living.

5. The world's tallest tent is 150m (490ft) high.

6. Lady Gaga has over 10m fans on Facebook.

7. Hamburger-related injuries are on the rise in Taiwan.

8. The common octopus is the most intelligent invertebrate.

9. Liquid can stop bullets.

10. The male squid's sexual organ is almost as long as its whole body.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_143.shtml

1. David Beckham's wife Victoria is named "Posh" in his mobile phone.

2. Plants think.

3. Having a big head may protect against dementia.

4. Gorillas play tag.

5. Throughout history, most US infants of both genders have worn dresses.

6. Mount Everest is getting less icy.

7. Former Olympics minister Tessa Jowell is a "must-see" landmark on Google Maps.

8. The Vatican says ordaining women is "grave" as is sex abuse.

9. Wearing high heels makes flat shoes more painful.

10. Scientists don't know whether intensive exercise is good for footballers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_144.shtml

1. Twenty babies born in the UK since World War II have been named Adolf.

2. Thursday is the grumpiest day, according to research in the US.

3. In Brazil, a social networking site called Orkut has more members than Facebook and Twitter combined.

4. Beer can have an alcohol content of 55%.

5. Jokes can be protected by copyright, in theory.

6. Blood can be mixed with pulp to make a page in a book.

7. A sum of £650m can buy you about 7% of the world's cocoa.

8. Before 2008, prisoners were allowed to have fancy dress parties and comedy nights.

9. Black parents can have white, blond-haired children.

10. Tour de France etiquette dictates that cyclists should not overtake the leader if he suffers mechanical problems.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_145.shtml

I guess I haven't retorted in a long while. Let's see if my humor button is still working. :wink5:

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1. You can get inflatable TV screens.

Wow, get yourself a blowup doll and you really can make your own porn movie with no one else. :p

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2. Meerkats have family "traditions" that are passed down through generations.

I bet they don't celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December. :D

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3. Two year olds have woodwork lessons, using hammers and nails.

Ok, and the safety expert who came up with this brilliant idea was?

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4. A salary of £14,400 is the minimum a single person needs for an acceptable standard of living.

That's about $22,000. Yeah that's about minimum.

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5. The world's tallest tent is 150m (490ft) high.

Will they fly air planes into them to knock them down? I bet not.

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6. Lady Gaga has over 10m fans on Facebook.

Not me. I have no idea who she is.

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7. Hamburger-related injuries are on the rise in Taiwan.

Eating them too fast can be a problem. :D

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8. The common octopus is the most intelligent invertebrate.

Of course that doesn't say much for vertebrate. They have the same intelligence of many punks on the streets. :p

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10. The male squid's sexual organ is almost as long as its whole body.

:lol: Well, it's not the size that matters, but the motion in the ocean. :lol: :lol: [Oh I couldn't resist that. :D :D]

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1. David Beckham's wife Victoria is named "Posh" in his mobile phone.

Family secrets are just so hard to keep.

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2. Plants think.

And i bet more profoundly than many of our philosophical threads here. Have you seen some of those threads? My geranium has a higher I.Q. :wink5:

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3. Having a big head may protect against dementia.

Then i'm more than safe. :D

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4. Gorillas play tag.

Unfortunately if they tag you, you are squashed.

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5. Throughout history, most US infants of both genders have worn dresses.

That's because mothers indulge their whims so. Matthew will not suffer this, I promise you. :wink5:

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6. Mount Everest is getting less icy.

So?

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7. Former Olympics minister Tessa Jowell is a "must-see" landmark on Google Maps.

The olympics have ministers? I assume they pray to the Greek gods?

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8. The Vatican says ordaining women is "grave" as is sex abuse.

If those women groups object, why don't they just leave the Catholic Church? They are "shocked" at the Vatican position? The position has only been around for two thousand plus years. Why should they be shocked? Such phonies.

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9. Wearing high heels makes flat shoes more painful.

Why do women wear high heels? Other than for that sexy tramp look. :)

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10. Scientists don't know whether intensive exercise is good for footballers.

I guess we should see if your average obese man can keep up with those that intensely train. How silly. Another of your tax dollars going toward an itelligent study.

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1. Twenty babies born in the UK since World War II have been named Adolf.

I guess Hitler kind of ruined that name forever. Actually Adolf came in second as a name for our son. :p :p

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2. Thursday is the grumpiest day, according to research in the US.

Nothing is grumpier than Monday. I'm sorry, that holds as much water as a thimble.

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3. In Brazil, a social networking site called Orkut has more members than Facebook and Twitter combined.

Hmm, that is very interesting and surprising.

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4. Beer can have an alcohol content of 55%.

Oh I saw that in the news. Leave it to the Scots to make the perfect beer. :D

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5. Jokes can be protected by copyright, in theory.

Hey, I should copyright this thread! :party:

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6. Blood can be mixed with pulp to make a page in a book.

Yes, and that book is called Dracula. :lol:

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7. A sum of £650m can buy you about 7% of the world's cocoa.

Is that cocoa for chocolate or cocoa for cocaine? :wink5:

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8. Before 2008, prisoners were allowed to have fancy dress parties and comedy nights.

Sounds like that's from a play by Jean Genet. Dress parties? What were they dressed as, Zorro with a whip? :lol:

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9. Black parents can have white, blond-haired children.

Maybe so but do you believe that the rest of the family will buy that one? :lol: I doubt it. And frankly I'm kind of skeptical of that story.

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10. Tour de France etiquette dictates that cyclists should not overtake the leader if he suffers mechanical problems.

But a good knife in the back while his bike is working just fine is perfectly legal. :wink5:

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2. Thursday is the grumpiest day

I think this was originally the first line of The Waste Land until Pound made Eliot change it.

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I think this was originally the first line of The Waste Land until Pound made Eliot change it.

I heard that somewhere.. I also heard that Tolstoy wanted to name it War: What's it good for? but his publisher made him change it to War and Peace.

Whatever you say, Jerry. :lol:

1. One in five UK women will not have children, many by choice.

2. Gooseberries have been in England since at least 1275, when the king shipped over plants from France to grow at the Tower of London.

3. International athletes coming to London for the 1948 Olympics had to bring their own towels.

4. And half the pigeons brought to the stadium to be released for the opening ceremony died in the heat.

5. A man thought to be Tokyo's oldest had, in fact, been dead for 30 years.

6. Dogs mimic their owners.

7. And one in three are obese.

8. Snooker world championships used to last a year.

9. One in 36 pound coins is fake.

10. The world's most ancient living creatures are a breed of shrimp which live in south-west Scotland.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_146.shtml

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1. One in five UK women will not have children, many by choice.

Hopefully those that want children will consider adoption.

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2. Gooseberries have been in England since at least 1275, when the king shipped over plants from France to grow at the Tower of London.

Little known fact was the King of England stole it from the King of France, and so the long history of English/French warfare has its roots in a pilferred gooseberry plant. :p

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3. International athletes coming to London for the 1948 Olympics had to bring their own towels.

And if they forgot? Boy I bet there were lots of smelly athletes. :wink5:

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4. And half the pigeons brought to the stadium to be released for the opening ceremony died in the heat.

Can you imagine the openning ceremony? Dead pidgeons all over the ground.

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5. A man thought to be Tokyo's oldest had, in fact, been dead for 30 years.

And if they didn't find him he would have lived forever.

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6. Dogs mimic their owners.

Is that why she howls at dinner time too? :D

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7. And one in three are obese.

The owner or the dog? Well, they mimc.

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8. Snooker world championships used to last a year.

Maybe if they were better shots the game would only last six months.

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9. One in 36 pound coins is fake.

Yes, they are only eight onces. :wink5:

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10. The world's most ancient living creatures are a breed of shrimp which live in south-west Scotland.

And Nelly at Loch Ness has been feeding on those shrimps since the beginning of time. :D Or is Nelly a very large shrimp?

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6. Lady Gaga has over 10m fans on Facebook.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_143.shtml

Current figure is 14,556,153.

Yes i am one of them :blush:

1. Rotterdam is Europe's busiest port.

2. Beach huts in Scarborough cost nearly as much as a one-bedroom flat.

3. Buttocks are hardest to tan.

4. Last year, Iceland became the first country with an openly gay head of state.

5. Middlesex was first documented in the Eighth Century.

6. Winston Churchill concealed a reported UFO sighting while prime minister because he feared it would cause mass panic and make people question religion.

7. One in five drivers killed in road accidents has some kind of drug in his body.

8. Hormones can affect shopping habits.

9. William, Alice and Robert are names the English adopted from the Normans.

10. Fourteen swimmers have been rescued from The Thames in the last six months.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_147.shtml

1. I didn't know I would break up with her. We had just come back from holiday, everything seemed fine.

2. I didn't know she was planning to move out and had already started looking for a flat.

3. I didn't know I would be sleeping in a dingy hotel to allow her to pack in peace.

4. I didn't know that when I'd come back the house would start to feel like hell.

5. I didn't know that so many of her socks had accidentally ended up in my drawer.

6. I didn't know that her perfume would stay on some parts of the sofa. How long will this last?

7. I had no idea that the fact that she hasn't even called once to say "how are you" would bother me so intensely.

8. I didn't know that a serious relationship can end so swiftly, almost silently, with only very few (and mundane) words uttered.

9. Having broken up with dozens of women, I never thought breaking up with this one would hurt so much.

10. And I didn't know that, contrary to the dictates of the pain, I would be so determined to avoid getting back with her at all costs.

1. Pea plants can grow inside a human lung.

2. In Switzerland you can be fined $1m for speeding.

3. Seaside towns and the Isle of Man used to have postcard censorship committees.

4. The penguin on Penguin books was named Frostie after one of the editors at the publishing house.

5. Nationwide supermarket bans exist.

6. Naturalist Charles Darwin left the Victorian equivalent of about £13m today, and Charles Dickens £7m when they died.

7. Fishermen in Britain have a one in 20 chance of being killed on the job during the course of their working lives.

8. The Qwerty keyboard layout isn't random - it's to keep commonly used letters apart.

9. Some hardened sauna users can stand temperatures of up to 160C.

10. Honeybees are cleverer at certain times of the day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_148.shtml

yikes, I'm behind.

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1. Rotterdam is Europe's busiest port.

That's because there's a damm lot of rot that goes through there. :D

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2. Beach huts in Scarborough cost nearly as much as a one-bedroom flat.

That's because Beach huts forgot to have toilets. :banghead:

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3. Buttocks are hardest to tan.

I guess it depends on whether the buttocks belong to a slim sexy person or a fat person. :lol:

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4. Last year, Iceland became the first country with an openly gay head of state.

That's because there's not that much sun in Iceland to tan his buttocks. :p

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5. Middlesex was first documented in the Eighth Century.

Silly me, and I thought sex existed from the time of creation. :wink5:

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6. Winston Churchill concealed a reported UFO sighting while prime minister because he feared it would cause mass panic and make people question religion.

And what if the UFO happened to be God! :eek:

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7. One in five drivers killed in road accidents has some kind of drug in his body.

Does food count as a drug? Or caffeine?

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8. Hormones can affect shopping habits.

Anyone who's shopped with a menstruating woman knows how true that is. "Why are you buying that hammer sweetheart?" "To smash your skull darling." :D

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9. William, Alice and Robert are names the English adopted from the Normans.

How about Norm? :wink5:

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10. Fourteen swimmers have been rescued from The Thames in the last six months.

I guess they need to place hand rails along London Bridge.

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1. Pea plants can grow inside a human lung.

That was one weird story. Talk about chest congestion.

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2. In Switzerland you can be fined $1m for speeding.

One million dollars? Boy that's some ticket. I wonder how much the insurance goes up after that. :auto:

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3. Seaside towns and the Isle of Man used to have postcard censorship committees.

I guess they had too many people trying to tan their buttocks. :ciappa:

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4. The penguin on Penguin books was named Frostie after one of the editors at the publishing house.

Penguins on penguins? Is that the new porn? :lol:

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5. Nationwide supermarket bans exist.

Then how do people eat if there are no supermarkets? :out:

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6. Naturalist Charles Darwin left the Victorian equivalent of about £13m today, and Charles Dickens £7m when they died.

I think I'll be kind to my uncle Charlie. I bet he's got bucks too. :D

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7. Fishermen in Britain have a one in 20 chance of being killed on the job during the course of their working lives.

That's incredible. Well, if you go looking for Great Whites, Jaws come looking for you. :p

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8. The Qwerty keyboard layout isn't random - it's to keep commonly used letters apart.

The Qwerty keyboard is idiotic. Why did they put "A" under a pinky finger and "J" under the right index finger? It would have been more appropriate if it the letters F-U-C-K-Y-O-U went across the top row :p

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9. Some hardened sauna users can stand temperatures of up to 160C.

And after 20 minutes their buttocks are well done. :p

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10. Honeybees are cleverer at certain times of the day.

After breakfest and a good cup of coffee. :)

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4. Last year, Iceland became the first country with an openly gay head of state.

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She was also the first to get married to her partner.

I think we have the strangest mayor too, did you see him in drag?

1. Roadside trees slow down cars.

2. School uniforms cost less than £5.

3. Only 10% of words in a text message are not written in full, on average.
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4. You can get six A grades at A-level and still not be offered a university place.

5. One in three adults takes a soft toy to bed, according to new research.

6. Dogs can walk upright.

7. Man was not responsible for the extinction of the woolly mammoth.

8. The average person spends around 15 hours 45 minutes every day awake.

9. Children with squints are less likely to be invited to birthday parties.

10. Urine could be a source of renewable energy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_149.shtml

1. The Tube carries more passengers than the whole of the national rail network.

2. The optimum time to book a flight is eight weeks before departure.

3. The Stig was originally going to be called The Gimp.

4. Milk used to be watered down, then coloured yellow with toxic lead chromate to make it look creamy.

5. It's possible to watch 28,000 films in a lifetime.

6. Sumo wrestlers can't use iPhones because their fingers are too fat.

7. The socks-with-sandals look came from the Romans.

8. Tornados can burn.

9. Putting a cat in a bin is not illegal.

10. Traffic jams can last nine days.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_150.shtml

1. Apples originated in Kazakhstan.

2. Ray Winstone turned down the part of McNulty in The Wire.

3. It is illegal to dry clothes in various parks in Whitstable, Kent.

4. The UK's newest submarine will last 25 years without needing to be refuelled.

5. The Queen washes up.

6. Tony Blair was nervous meeting Des O'Connor.

7. Usain Bolt was called VJ as a child, because his mother thought he needed a nickname. It doesn't stand for anything.

8. Guinness can be deep-fried.

9. The biggest crisp factory in the world is in Leicester.

10. Britons drink less alcohol than the European average.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_151.shtml

1. The salary with optimum happiness is £50,000.

2. Hull lost 85% of its buildings during the Blitz.

3. Geoff Capes was a champion budgerigar breeder.

4. Spiders eat birds. .

5. A hand dryer can increase germs.

6. Clint Eastwood turned down playing James Bond and Superman.

7. The trapped miners in Chile are recycling.

8. People who rise from their chair quickly are more likely to live longer.

9. Diners pay more for desserts when they on a trolley.

10. Happy people give more to charity.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_152.shtml

I thought the bird eating spider was just a name indicative of it's size and that it doesn't actually eat birds, but the size of the arachnid itself would suggest the ability to eat something that big.

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I thought the bird eating spider was just a name indicative of it's size and that it doesn't actually eat birds, but the size of the arachnid itself would suggest the ability to eat something that big.

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Despite its name, the Goliath Birdeater does not normally eat birds. As with other species of spider (specifically tarantula), their diet consists primarily of insects and other invertebrates. However, because of its naturally large size, it is not uncommon for this species to kill and consume a variety of vertebrates. In the wild, larger species of tarantula have been seen feeding on rodents, lizards, bats and even deadly venomous snakes.

*crosses his legs while smoking a cigarette and smiling smugly

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I thought the bird eating spider was just a name indicative of it's size and that it doesn't actually eat birds, but the size of the arachnid itself would suggest the ability to eat something that big.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...on-camera.html

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...on-camera.html

Well i can't argue with photographic evidence.

A good demonstration of the strength of spider's web too.

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*crosses his legs while smoking a cigarette and smiling smugly

Oh, and would you mind putting out your cigarette?

This is a "no smoking" area.

I don't smoke :(

1. Cancer patients typically make 53 visits to hospital during treatment.

2. Bubbles lives in Florida.

3. DJ Paul Oakenfold made about £20,000 a year from the Big Brother theme tune.

4. Tony Blair has not watched The Queen, in which he features.

5. Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States, invented bifocal glasses.

6. When people fall in love they lose on average two close friends.

7. Subbuteo has a rugby version.

8. The Pope's aircraft is known as "Shepherd One".

9. Humans could not digest milk 10,000 years ago.

10. Oxford University doesn't care whether you can play the flute.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_153.shtml

Yikes am I behind. I'm half asleep but let me give it a whirl.

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1. Roadside trees slow down cars.

Yeah, from 65 mph to zero in five milleseconds. CRASH! :auto:

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2. School uniforms cost less than £5.

Of their used and have stains in unsightly places. :D

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3. Only 10% of words in a text message are not written in full, on average.

Y nt?

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4. You can get six A grades at A-level and still not be offered a university place.

But get a few F's and you get a scholarship. :p

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5. One in three adults takes a soft toy to bed, according to new research.

Hey when a man gets old, it's always a soft toy in bed. :lol:

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6. Dogs can walk upright.

And with evolution they should be speaking and building houses in a few more million years. :wink5:

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7. Man was not responsible for the extinction of the woolly mammoth.

The first victum of global warming. :p

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8. The average person spends around 15 hours 45 minutes every day awake.

Not me. I guess i'm not average.

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9. Children with squints are less likely to be invited to birthday parties.

That's because they can't see the invitation. :)

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10. Urine could be a source of renewable energy.

Sure, let's all pee on each other now. Isn't global warming fun. :p

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2. The optimum time to book a flight is eight weeks before departure.

Half the time I don't even know I'm leaving eight weeks before.

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3. The Stig was originally going to be called The Gimp.

I call it The Wimp. :wink5:

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4. Milk used to be watered down, then coloured yellow with toxic lead chromate to make it look creamy.

That was urine they added for that creamy texture. :D

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5. It's possible to watch 28,000 films in a lifetime.

28,000 films x 3 hrs/film / 24 hrs/day = 3500 days which equals 9.5 years round the clock. What a stupid way to live a life.

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6. Sumo wrestlers can't use iPhones because their fingers are too fat.

I guess they can't pick their nose either. :p

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7. The socks-with-sandals look came from the Romans.

Oh sure, that what people were thinking at the beach last year - let's emulate the Romans. :rolleyes5:

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8. Tornados can burn.

Global warming. :p

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9. Putting a cat in a bin is not illegal.

But putting one in a bathtub full of water will send you to the hospital.

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10. Traffic jams can last nine days.

God, it can be like that around here too. :wink5: Seriously, that is insane.

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1. Apples originated in Kazakhstan.

Hey I was just there and apples are big. I believe that.

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3. It is illegal to dry clothes in various parks in Whitstable, Kent.

I guess everyone walks around in wet clothes. I guess looking at all the wet tee shirts on sexy girls is what generated the law. Not all politicians are stupid. :D

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4. The UK's newest submarine will last 25 years without needing to be refuelled.

If you don't launch it it won't need any fuel. The British Navy isn't what it used to be. :p

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5. The Queen washes up.

Only when she smells. :lol:

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6. Tony Blair was nervous meeting Des O'Connor.

So what? Blair was nervous meeting Simon Cowell. Afraid of the review. :)

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7. Usain Bolt was called VJ as a child, because his mother thought he needed a nickname. It doesn't stand for anything.

And that's why he runs so fast. Stupidity leads to speed.

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8. Guinness can be deep-fried.

It's better than french fries. :drool5:

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10. Britons drink less alcohol than the European average.

Then they have a low tolerance for alcohol because there are way more British drunks around. :D

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1. The salary with optimum happiness is £50,000.

Not to me. I'll take a couple of million. :wink5:

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3. Geoff Capes was a champion budgerigar breeder.

What the heck is that? And why would you breed it?

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4. Spiders eat birds.

And they'll have a cat for desert. :)

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5. A hand dryer can increase germs.

Not unless she's ugly. :p

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6. Clint Eastwood turned down playing James Bond and Superman.

Oh thank God. That would have been horrible casting.

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7. The trapped miners in Chile are recycling.

Yeah their urine. See above. Even there environmental whackos are imposing laws.

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8. People who rise from their chair quickly are more likely to live longer.

I always thought life was a game of musical chairs. This proves it. :wink5:

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10. Happy people give more to charity.

Sounds true. Santa Claes does go ho ho ho. :D

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1. Cancer patients typically make 53 visits to hospital during treatment.

Oh, that's too sad to joke on.

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2. Bubbles lives in Florida.

The home of strip clubs. :D

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4. Tony Blair has not watched The Queen, in which he features.

He didn't exactly serve as Prime minister either, in which he featured. :lol:

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5. Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States, invented bifocal glasses.

So he could sign the Declaration of Indepedence while looking out for the redcoats. A most proactical man. :wink5:

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6. When people fall in love they lose on average two close friends.

And one of them is the person their in love with. :D

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8. The Pope's aircraft is known as "Shepherd One".

:lol: That's funny and cute.

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9. Humans could not digest milk 10,000 years ago.

Judging by the gas I get, humans still can't. :p

10. Oxford University doesn't care whether you can play the flute.
But they insist on you playing the bagpipes as a pre-requisite. :wink5:

1. Blowflies can help solve murders.

2. New Zealand's birds suffer from body odour.

3. Would-be hobbits should be no more than 158cm (5ft 2ins) tall if male or 153cm (5ft) if female.

4. Strong winds could have parted the Red Sea.

5. Children's waistlines have expanded by an average of 12.5cm (4.9ins) since the 1970s.

6. Ed Miliband can solve a Rubik's Cube in one minute 20 seconds.

7. Customers using cash machines of the Vatican bank are offered Latin as the preferred language.

8. The Facebook logo is blue because founder Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colour blind.

9. Northern Ireland has the lowest proportion of out gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the UK.

10. Denim jeans come from Italy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/

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6. Ed Miliband can solve a Rubik's Cube in one minute 20 seconds.

I watched my roommate do a Rubik's Cube in one minute twelve seconds freshman year. One of the more bizarre and strangely impressive things I think I've witnessed personally.

1. Elgar wrote world's first football chant.

2. The UN has an Office of Outer Space Affairs.

3. There's a market for mammoth ivory and it sells for £330 per kilogram.

4. Neanderthals were tech-savvy.

5. Engineers estimate that 12 to 15 tonnes of rock will need to be cleared by the trapped Chilean miners each day.

6. In French, the words for "inflation" and "fellatio" are very similar.

7. The first travelator in the UK was at Bank Tube station in London.

8. Former PM Edward Heath left his home to the nation as a museum when he died.

9. Intestinal worms can grow to more than 2m long.

10. Penguins have been around for 36m years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_155.shtml

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1. Blowflies can help solve murders.

If they don't get distracted by the dog sh*t, they can be pretty smart. :p

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2. New Zealand's birds suffer from body odour.

Have you smelled any New Zealanders recently? They're not exactly perfumy. :D

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3. Would-be hobbits should be no more than 158cm (5ft 2ins) tall if male or 153cm (5ft) if female.

Hey my next door neighbor must be a hobbit! :lol: And his wife too. :wink5:

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4. Strong winds could have parted the Red Sea.

That has as much credibility as the global warming models. :)

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5. Children's waistlines have expanded by an average of 12.5cm (4.9ins) since the 1970s.

Parent's waistlines haven't exactly gone down either. :lurk5:

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6. Ed Miliband can solve a Rubik's Cube in one minute 20 seconds.

But it takes him five minutes to tie his show laces. :crazy:

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7. Customers using cash machines of the Vatican bank are offered Latin as the preferred language.

:lol: As long as it's Euros that come out and not dinaris.

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8. The Facebook logo is blue because founder Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colour blind.

Maybve theat's why I refuse to join. If only they had a red and green logo. :p

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9. Northern Ireland has the lowest proportion of out gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the UK.

Now that is interesting. I wonder why.

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10. Denim jeans come from Italy.

And I assume it's not those low rider types that expose your a$$ crack. :cool:

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1. Elgar wrote world's first football chant.

It wasn't very good though: "Yay, yay, let's all play." It should have been snappier. :lol:

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2. The UN has an Office of Outer Space Affairs.

I have to say that was the stupidest thing I ever heard, a person whose job it is to greet aliens. How do I get such a useless job? And how much money goes toward that person's staff and expenses? No wonder people want the UN to disolve.

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3. There's a market for mammoth ivory and it sells for £330 per kilogram.

I guess there aren't any poachers out there on this one. :wink5:

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4. Neanderthals were tech-savvy.

Yeah, and a few of them are here on Lit Net. :D

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5. Engineers estimate that 12 to 15 tonnes of rock will need to be cleared by the trapped Chilean miners each day.

And do you trust these engineers? Weren't they the ones responsible for getting those miners trapped in the first place. :rolleyes:

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6. In French, the words for "inflation" and "fellatio" are very similar.

Well, I guess a part of the anatomy does get inflated during the process. :p

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7. The first travelator in the UK was at Bank Tube station in London.

But it had to be removed. It made bank robbery a little too easy. :smilewinkgrin:

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8. Former PM Edward Heath left his home to the nation as a museum when he died.

Why? He must owe money on it. :smile5:

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9. Intestinal worms can grow to more than 2m long.

Wow. At some point the worm becomes the intestine.

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10. Penguins have been around for 36m years.

Cute aren't they? They're secret is that male penguins never argue with their wives. :)

1. The world's largest circulation newspaper is the Japanese title Yomiuri Shimbun, selling 15 million copies.

2. Squirrels can be black.

3. Chimpanzees can become addicted to smoking.

4. One in 10 babies born in Europe is conceived in an Ikea bed.

5. Tarantulas are edible.

6. People can begin apprenticeships in their 70s.

7. Adolf Hitler promised to give his foreign minister Cornwall.

8. Men sweat more efficiently than women.

9. Sewage can be used to heat homes.

10. Potatoes can be purple - inside and out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_156.shtml

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2. Squirrels can be black.

Yes, I saw many black squirrels when I was in Ontario a few weeks ago. Apparently, they're one of the selling points for visiting there. :D

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Apparently, they're one of the selling points for visiting there. :D

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1. Chinese apple trees are pollinated by hand.

2. There have been 39 marriages between Riverdance cast members.

3. Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are related.

4. Eighty percent of young women in Finland go to university.

5. Hermaphrodite dogs exist.

6. Noise affects taste.

7. The chairman of Liverpool FC supports Chelsea.

8. Martin Freeman of The Office turned down the part of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.

9. Insects are attracted by the colour of wind turbines.

10. Bilingual children get confused less easily.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_157.shtml

1. Baseball bats make good violins.

2. Getting drunk quickly is genetic.

3. King penguins flirt with other penguins of the same gender but tend not to settle down with them.

4. Leopards' spots are camouflage.

5. The Vatican likes The Simpsons.

6. Germans have been blurring their homes on Google Street View.

7. Sparrows eavesdrop on fighting birds.

8. Labradors shake their bodies to dry off at a frequency of 4.3 Hz.

9. Traces of silver can be found on the moon.

10. A third of iPad owners haven't bothered to download any apps.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_158.shtml

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(...) 6. Germans have been blurring their homes on Google Street View. (...)

There was an option to appeal against Street View showing ones house on the internet, 245.000 house owners made use of, for privacy reasons. Only this homes get blurred, permanently and irreversibly.

Is this not general procedure in other countries?

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8. Martin Freeman of The Office turned down the part of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.......

Has he changed his mind? According to the Telegraph on Saturday 21 October, he is going to play Bilbo. There was even an Editorial Comment on the subject - well, it was more about the power of Myth and how he need not change out of the dressing gown he wore in Hitch-hikers Guide. They must have been short of news that day.

1. Crows go to school.

2. Flamingos use make-up.

3. John and Margaret were the most popular baby names for 30 years.

4. Polar bears wave.

5. More than half of all Americans dress up at Halloween.

6. The normal lifespan of an octopus is three years.

7. Liberalism is genetic.

8. A footballer can be allergic to grass.

9. Mount Everest has its own 3G wireless network.

10. Some 7.2 million British people get by without a wristwatch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_159.shtml

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7. Liberalism is genetic.

I just read an article about that.

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8. A footballer can be allergic to grass.

Really, i never knew that ...
I guess he will quit playing then !

I'm behind again. *sigh* Let's see...

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1. Chinese apple trees are pollinated by hand.

What??? Sounds like Communist efficiency. :D

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2. There have been 39 marriages between Riverdance cast members.

They must be doing a lot more kicking between the sheets. :wink5:

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3. Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are related.

Just like I'm related to Queen Elizabeth.

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4. Eighty percent of young women in Finland go to university.

Smart girls.

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5. Hermaphrodite dogs exist.

What happens when they go in heat? Chase their tail? :p

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6. Noise affects taste.

Hmm, I just had a noisy chocolate cake.

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7. The chairman of Liverpool FC supports Chelsea.

Chelsea, Bill Clinton's daughter? Is she running for MP?

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8. Martin Freeman of The Office turned down the part of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.

But he accepted the role of Thom Thumb.

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9. Insects are attracted by the colour of wind turbines.

As opposed to being sucked in by the air stream? How silly.

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10. Bilingual children get confused less easily.

Or they just confuse the teacher with their multi lingual answers. :)

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1. Baseball bats make good violins.

Well then, you can strike out in music as well as baseball.

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2. Getting drunk quickly is genetic.

Sure blame your father if you're an alcoholic. :p

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3. King penguins flirt with other penguins of the same gender but tend not to settle down with them.

How do they know it's flirting? They could be talking sports.

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4. Leopards' spots are camouflage.

And how much did that study cost?

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5. The Vatican likes The Simpsons.

I thought Homer was excommunicated. :mad5:

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6. Germans have been blurring their homes on Google Street View.

How does one do that? I've seen my house on Google. Good thing I was streaking when they took the picture. :p

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7. Sparrows eavesdrop on fighting birds.

Well, that's smarter than fighting fighting birds.

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8. Labradors shake their bodies to dry off at a frequency of 4.3 Hz.

Next time my Brandi shakes, I'll have to measure the frequency. :wink5:

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9. Traces of silver can be found on the moon.

Gold rush!

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10. A third of iPad owners haven't bothered to download any apps.

I guess i'm one of that third. What are apps? :lol:

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1. Crows go to school.

They aint so smart. I've seen them fail a number of classes.

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2. Flamingos use make-up.

Let me guess, pink tones. :D

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3. John and Margaret were the most popular baby names for 30 years.

I assume that's for UK. I would say that John is probably just as popular here but I haven't come across an extraordinary number of Margarets.

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4. Polar bears wave.

So you think they're cute, and then they'll rip your head off. Polar bears are vicious.

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5. More than half of all Americans dress up at Halloween.

Ooh, go to my blog and see Matthew's first Halloween, dressed as a monkey.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...og.php?b=11142

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6. The normal lifespan of an octopus is three years.

Wow, more arms than years alive.

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7. Liberalism is genetic.

Like many other genetic birth defects. :lol: :lol: Oh that one was easy. :D

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8. A footballer can be allergic to grass.

I guess he can blame the sneeze when he misses the ball. :wink5:

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9. Mount Everest has its own 3G wireless network.

Let me see. If I should happen to climb Mt Everest, the first thing I'll do at the peak is log on to Lit Net. :lol:

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10. Some 7.2 million British people get by without a wristwatch.

I see that more and more. It's all these young people who think they can show up whenever they want. Oh the young are so stupid. :p