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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby Dr Frook » 02 Sep 2016, 21:30

1. In the Grand Canyon, the US postal service delivers mail by mule.


2. It would take 112,000 years to fly to the nearest Earth-like world travelling at 25,000mph.


3. Woody Allen spends $100 a week on lottery tickets.


4. Lawyers in the US are forbidden from using terms like "honey" and "darling" in court.


5. Action movie star Jason Statham has kicked more people in his films than he has punched.


6. Elephants can't stand chilli powder.


7. The winner of the First Lady cookie bake off has predicted the Presidential winner each year since 1992 - except in 2008.


8. There's a strong chance the most hated word in the English language is "moist".


9. Dolls designed to put girls off pregnancy may encourage them instead.


10. Japanese companies pay handsome men to make staff cry.
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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby GarthVader449 » 08 Sep 2016, 22:29

Dr Frook wrote:8. There's a strong chance the most hated word in the English language is "moist.


Think it's safe to say it is more than a strong chance.
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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby Dr Frook » 10 Sep 2016, 22:11

1. Giraffes are four species, not one.


2. To be served quickest at the supermarket checkout, you should follow the shopper with the full trolley, not the line of people with a few things in their baskets.


3. More than 200 UK drivers are at least 100 years old.


4. Just before competing in one of the finals at the 2016 Olympics, Mo Farah unsuccessfully tried to update his fantasy football team.


5. Being sarcastic about the regime of Kim Jong-un is illegal in North Korea.


6. Women who eat full-fat yogurt regularly are less likely to be depressed.


7. Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley carries a wad of £50 notes around with him.

8. Listeners find violent lyrics more threatening if they are rapped rather than sung to a country and western tune.


9. The world's loneliest snail lives in Hawaii.


10. Public masturbation is legal in Italy so long as there are no children present.
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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby Flobalob » 11 Sep 2016, 00:06

Dr Frook wrote:4. Just before competing in one of the finals at the 2016 Olympics, Mo Farah unsuccessfully tried to update his fantasy football team.

I get that. Missed the deadline today, was pissed for a solid hour.

Dr Frook wrote:5. Being sarcastic about the regime of Kim Jong-un is illegal in North Korea.

Oh, woooOooOoow. That's just grrReeeEeeaaAat.
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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby Dr Frook » 17 Sep 2016, 03:57

1. Dolphins appear to talk in sentences.

2. New Zealand has a sperm shortage.

3. There is a drone-racing league.

4. Doctors estimate dying patients will live twice as long as they actually do.

5. Most beer contains a product made from the swim bladder of fish.

6. How drunk you think you are depends on how drunk your friends are.

7. A Harvester restaurant in Gloucester, England, already has its Christmas decorations up.

8. You can earn a washing machine by picking 10 tonnes of cotton in eastern Uzbekistan.

9. There's an "elderly Olympics" in which residents of Swiss retirement homes compete against each other.


10. Diego, a 100-year-old tortoise, has fathered about 800 offspring on his native Galapagos Archipelago, helping save his species from extinction.
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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby Tycoon » 17 Sep 2016, 19:35

Dr Frook wrote:2. New Zealand has a sperm shortage.

Dr Frook wrote:10. Diego, a 100-year-old tortoise, has fathered about 800 offspring on his native Galapagos Archipelago, helping save his species from extinction.


maybe diego could help you, new zealand?
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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby GarthVader449 » 17 Sep 2016, 21:37

Tycoon wrote:
Dr Frook wrote:2. New Zealand has a sperm shortage.

Dr Frook wrote:10. Diego, a 100-year-old tortoise, has fathered about 800 offspring on his native Galapagos Archipelago, helping save his species from extinction.


maybe diego could help you, new zealand?


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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby Dr Frook » 19 Sep 2016, 20:22

Dr Frook wrote:
10. Diego, a 100-year-old tortoise, has fathered about 800 offspring on his native Galapagos Archipelago, helping save his species from extinction.


wot a life.
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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby Dr Frook » 03 Oct 2016, 09:12

1. Riding a rollercoaster can help you pass kidney stones.


2. Putting an image of a flat screen TV on a box containing a bicycle reduces the chance of damage during delivery by up to 80%.


3. Mexicans have 300 terms for corruption.


4. There's a cure for garlic breath.


5. Truman Capote's ashes are worth $43,750 (£33,710) at auction.


6. The mammal that kills the most members of its own species is not the human, the bear or the wolf, but the meerkat.


7. The D-day landings were put at risk by the homesick wife of a double agent, who threatened to expose his work so she could return to Spain.


8. Teenage acne is not all bad news: Unblemished skin ages faster.


9. Homer spoke 21% of The Simpsons' 1.3 million words of dialogue from seasons one to 26.


10. There were 14,570 people over the age of 100 in the UK last year, up fourfold from three decades ago.
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Re: 10 things we didnt know last week.

Postby Dr Frook » 09 Oct 2016, 19:39

1. Cod have regional accents.


2. At one US hospital, you get charged $39.35 (£31.63) to hold your baby after delivery.


3. An "immoral" hug can get you banned from the acting profession in Nigeria.


4. Men are more violent when there are more women around.


5. Replacing the artificial colouring in blue M&Ms would require twice the current global supply of the natural alternative.


6. Male squirrels are lazy and females do all the work.


7. Silicon Valley start-up guru Sam Altman stores guns, gold and gas masks to prepare for surviving a major attack.


8. About 1.7% of the UK population identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual.


9. Dinner with Donald Trump takes 45 minutes (and he does all the talking).


10. You can run over a golf ball with a steamroller and still not damage it.
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