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Post by radge on Jan 15, 2009 13:11:00 GMT
the thread where we can all put down the random yet perhaps interesting things we learn over the course of a day. I will start the bidding with a wonderful nuggest of info such as...did you know you could fit 500 average sized donkeys in the cargo bay of a space shuttle? if we all post here maybe, just maybe one of us will benefit and win a pub quiz one day
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Post by radge on Jan 15, 2009 13:15:39 GMT
and another...when does a hill become a mountain? A pond become a lake? and a boat become a ship? ans: 600 mtrs, unless the hill changes the horizon in which case, for example, an hill of 300 mtrs in Holland would be classed as a mountain  ans2: a pond becomes a lake when it is over two mtrs deep and covers the area of a hectare ans3) a boat can fit on a ship. |
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 15, 2009 13:24:01 GMT
In the Royal Navy submarine is known as a 'Boat'
(and you couldn't hoist one of them on deck)
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Post by radge on Jan 15, 2009 13:30:12 GMT
could on a tanker but i know because apparently Boat is a general term for any sea going vessel. but you cant fit a ship on a boat can ya? |
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Post by gaia on Jan 15, 2009 14:06:00 GMT
a ducks quack doesn't echo
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Post by gaia on Jan 15, 2009 14:08:08 GMT
well yeah, you can fit a ship on a boat if, as you said, a boat is a general term that can be applied to any sea going vessel :-P
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Post by SKYBLUE on Jan 16, 2009 6:11:41 GMT
Fact "Men can nearly die from the common cold!"Author - Me! ...Blows nose into soggy tissue  |
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Post by Brittles on Jan 17, 2009 1:13:16 GMT
Its (seemingly) a contradiction but its possible to go down a hole and also go up one.
Think babies ..................
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Post by Muz on Jan 17, 2009 21:03:58 GMT
Gorillas can't swim
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Post by Muz on Jan 17, 2009 21:04:33 GMT
The only person in ZZ Top without a beard had the surname...Beard.
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Post by SKYBLUE on Jan 17, 2009 23:07:37 GMT
The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
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Post by Libby on Jan 17, 2009 23:10:14 GMT
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
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Post by SKYBLUE on Jan 17, 2009 23:12:31 GMT
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. ...Probably Blondes  |
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Post by Libby on Jan 17, 2009 23:29:29 GMT
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Post by SKYBLUE on Jan 17, 2009 23:34:30 GMT
'The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.' What the! Where the hell do you get this stuff from?  |
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Post by Libby on Jan 17, 2009 23:36:28 GMT
Just Google Random Facts Sky and you will find it! lol!
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Post by Brittles on Jan 17, 2009 23:49:56 GMT
Two men can dig half a hole in a 1/3 of the time it would take them to dig a hole hole.
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Post by Brittles on Jan 17, 2009 23:54:24 GMT
The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.
My arse.
My daughters can beat this in a month, I know I pay the fcukin' bill.
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Post by SKYBLUE on Jan 18, 2009 7:13:49 GMT
Fact: Pointing the DVD remote control at your partner and pressing the mute button ...DOES NOT WORK!  |
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Post by radge on Jan 19, 2009 11:50:35 GMT
ahahaha brilliant facts digging them like. Muz...is that true? |
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