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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones have the same birthday, September 25th, though he is 25 years older. She was born on the same day as me, yet somehow we have rather different lives.
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gang ah jee



Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: city of paper

PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jajdude wrote:
Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones have the same birthday, September 25th, though he is 25 years older. She was born on the same day as me, yet somehow we have rather different lives.

You getting that wishin' you was married to Michael Douglas feeling again jajdude?
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daskalos



Joined: 19 May 2006
Location: The Road to Ithaca

PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The black skimmer is the only bird whose lower mandible is bigger than its upper.

We do not know what the Minoans of ancient Crete called themselves -- Minoan as a term was given them by Arthur Evans, the archaeologist who excavated Knossos, after the legendary (mythological?) King Minos.

The identical twin of a lefthander is no more or less likely than any other sibling to also be lefthanded.
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SPINOZA



Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul

PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cats are really lazy bastards - it's a fact. They spend only 25% of their lives awake (sleeping for 18 out of every 24 hours on average).

The pig is rated the fourth most intelligent animal (smarter than dogs) and pork is the most popular meat in the world.

Approx 13% of people are left-handed.
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potblackettle



Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

During the second chorus of the Beatles song Paperback Writer the boys are actually singing Frere Jacques.

No lie.

There is a type of flea named after Farside Cartoonist Gary Larson.

Alfred Hitchcock had a doll made that looked like Birds actress Tippi Hedren. He placed the doll in a coffin and presented it to 6 year old Melanie Griffith (Hedren's daughter) as a birthday present.
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khyber



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction

PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On mass murders....

John Wayne Gacy was the freakiest clown to ever exist on planet earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Johnwaynegacyclown.jpg
*(funny you mention him but...) johnny depp actually developed a fear of clowns after purchasing one of JWG's paintings.
<can anyone find more of his paintings? The few I've seen were only of one clown...innocent but weird...and a bunch of the 7 dwarves.


Also, when the killer clown was executed, the contents of the legal injection, solidified in his blood. He died nice and slow and painful like.
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stain remover #693:

If you cut yourself and bleed on your clothes for example you can dissolve the bloodstain with your saliva and only your saliva.
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ajgeddes



Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan

PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

canuckistan wrote:
Stain remover #693:

If you cut yourself and bleed on your clothes for example you can dissolve the bloodstain with your saliva and only your saliva.


Or any cold water
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canuckistan
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ajgeddes wrote:
canuckistan wrote:
Stain remover #693:

If you cut yourself and bleed on your clothes for example you can dissolve the bloodstain with your saliva and only your saliva.


Or any cold water


If it's fresh, oui. If it's dried... oh never mind Laughing
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SPINOZA



Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul

PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OH GOOD HEAVENS! MORE FACTS.........

Aussie cricketer Shane Warne and Italian/Australian soccer player Christian Vieri grew up on the same street.

US airport security personnel find six weapons a day on average while searching passengers.

Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page had a relationship with a 14 year old, with her mother's blessing (any rocker wanting to give my 14 year old daughter a "whole lotta love" certainly wouldn't get my blessing).

Coconuts are more dangerous than sharks. More people are killed each year by falling coconuts than are killed by sharks (around 150 are killed by coconuts)

Per capita, South Africa has the most assaults, rapes, and murders with firearms.

If you like kids, then Uganda might be the place for you. Half the population is under 15;

It took Tolstoy six years to write 'War & Peace' (I'm a slow reader myself)

Hyenas are not canines. They're closer to cats.

90% of the population of the UK live in England.

Planes are getting slower. The new Boeing 777 is slower than the 40 year-old Jumbo.

scientists haven't got a clue why a duck's "quack" doesn't echo.

Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same aeroplane as a precaution.

In Britain, the most common male name is David Jones. The most common female name? Margaret Smith.

The country with the highest number of heroin addicts (as a % of population) is Iran.

It's illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles (Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969).

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Grapes explode when microwaved.

The bite of the tiny Australian Redback spider is excruciatingly, agonizingly painful.
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gang ah jee



Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: city of paper

PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SPINOZA wrote:
scientists haven't got a clue why a duck's "quack" doesn't echo.

Scientists haven't got a clue why banging your head against a solid wall really hurts.
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Swiss James



Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai

PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SPINOZA wrote:


scientists haven't got a clue why a duck's "quack" doesn't echo.



I expected better of you

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htm

I'm amazed that more people eat pork than chicken, but yeah it seems to be true.
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periwinkle



Joined: 08 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SPINOZA wrote:


The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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What the~! How the hell....??? Damn....

Qinella, that picture is SOOOOOOOOOOOO nasty Shocked
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gang ah jee wrote:
jajdude wrote:
Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones have the same birthday, September 25th, though he is 25 years older. She was born on the same day as me, yet somehow we have rather different lives.

You getting that wishin' you was married to Michael Douglas feeling again jajdude?


Yeah, maybe he'd die before me and leave me some serious cash.

As for his wife, still lookin' pretty good at almost 37. I get mistaken for being 40 plus....
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snowy32



Joined: 03 Dec 2005
Location: NZ

PostPosted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

While performing her duties as Queen, Cleopatra sometimes wore a fake beard.

You share your birthday with at least 9million other people.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6years of age.

The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up to the sky.


Now.........where did I find all this out? On the back of a sanitary pad....yup girls certainly seem to enjoy learning useless facts Laughing
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