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  • #1

    Useless Facts

    Here are some cool useless facts I came across. There are quite a few that I am not sure I believe, so if anyone can validate or invalidate any of them, please do.:

    The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. (Is this one true?)

    The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback

    The left leg of a chicken is more tender than the right one.

    54% of Americans prefer to "fold" their toilet paper rather than "wad" it. (comments?)

    A goldfish will eventually turn white when placed in a dark room. (this is the question that actually led me to this website - does anyone know for sure?)

    An average person laughs about 15 times a day.

    Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

    Only food that does not spoil: honey

    Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58.

    Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85. (Oh Yea)

    Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button (it was eliminated during surgery).

    Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises
    "To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are."-Sholem Asch

    "I always turn to the sports page first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures."-Earl Warren

    "I didn't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs."-Nancy Reagan, when asked a political question at a "Just Say No" rally

    "He no play-a da game, he no make-a da rules."-Earl Butz, on the Pope's attitude toward birth control
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  • #2
    Originally posted by TopHatsLiberal
    Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
    Correct
    http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/...ld/donald.html
    In the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.

    Leibniz

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    • #3
      Originally posted by TopHatsLiberal
      Only food that does not spoil: honey
      Not true. I once left a tub of margarine in the boot of my car for 18 days while I was on a tramping trip during the height of summer. looked (and tasted) exactly the same as when you get it 'fresh' from the supermarket
      In the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.

      Leibniz

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      • #4
        Originally posted by parihaka
        Correct
        http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/...ld/donald.html
        Research for your trip?
        No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
        I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
        even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
        He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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        • #5
          Originally posted by TopHatsLiberal
          The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback
          If it was two words you could do 'bad cafe' and have less letters and no 'K'
          In the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.

          Leibniz

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Confed999
            Research for your trip?
            LOL, gotta impress the billy lids somehow... ;)
            In the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.

            Leibniz

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            • #7
              Originally posted by parihaka
              LOL, gotta impress the billy lids somehow... ;)
              I'm not going to understand a word you say am I? ;)
              No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
              I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
              even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
              He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Confed999
                I'm not going to understand a word you say am I? ;)
                sorry, Billy Lids = Kids, cockney rhyming slang, picked it up off her indoors ;)
                I'll endeavor to stick to Ameringlish while we're there
                In the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.

                Leibniz

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by parihaka
                  I'll endeavor to stick to Ameringlish while we're there
                  You can speak normaly, I'll just be saying "WTF?" alot.
                  No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
                  I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
                  even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
                  He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Confed999
                    You can speak normaly, I'll just be saying "WTF?" alot.
                    Looking forward to it buddy :)
                    In the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.

                    Leibniz

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by parihaka
                      Looking forward to it buddy :)
                      Good, me too.
                      No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
                      I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
                      even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
                      He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by TopHatsLiberal
                        The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. (Is this one true?)
                        I don't think so.

                        The number ONE is pronounced "ich" like "each," not "ich bin ein Berliner" or "I have an itch I can't scratch."
                        "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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                        • #13
                          The longest English word that can be typed by the left hand alone is "stewardesses."
                          "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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                          • #14
                            The longest English word that can be typed from top line of keys on a keyboard is "typewriter"

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                            • #15
                              This is one of those GAL threads.

                              GAL as in Get A Life.

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