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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: luckee on September 14, 2002, 01:38:32 PM
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The words "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left.
"a man a plan a canal panama"
spelled backwards is still
"a man a plan a canal panama"
It is nearly impossible to lick your elbow.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.
No word in the English language rhymes with "month".
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
never stop growing.
An ostrich\'s eye is bigger than its brain.
You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a
poisonous spider.
he sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
uses every letter in the alphabet.
A duck\'s quack doesn\'t echo, and no one knows why.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is
uncopyrightable.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it\'s illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, more than any other animal.
A roach will live nine days without its head.
The only reason it doesn\'t live longer is it\'s unable to eat.
The flea can jump 350 times its body length;
that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months,
enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
Rats can\'t vomit - that\'s why rat poison works.
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world,
with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.
On New Year\'s Day in Spain they throw a goat off a church.
More than 50% of the people in the world
have never made or received a telephone call.
The "sixth sick sheik\'s sixth sheep\'s sick"
is said to be the toughest tongue twister
in the English language.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months,
two rats could have over a million descendants.
If the government has no knowledge of aliens,
then why does Title 14, Section 1211
of the Code of Federal Regulations,
implemented on July 16, 1969,
make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact
with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide
are caused by people sitting on them
and photocopying their butts.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Like fingerprints,
everyone\'s tongue print is different.
Over 75% of people who read this
will try to lick their elbow.
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alot of those were posted by Vid, and those backwards words are what we like to call a palindrome.
A tip: save Eva\'s pita.
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ABBA
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Originally posted by luckee
On New Year\'s Day in Spain they throw a goat off a church.
I cannot say it\'s false, but it\'s on a small village and due to an ancient tradition. There are similar traditions in other towns and other countries. Don\'t think all churchs in Spain use to throw off a goat every year. ;)
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damnit Adan, you just made me call of my trip to Spain. I was hoping every town launched goats off of churches....
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I guess I\'m one of the 25% that did try to lick my elbow.
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I tried to lick my elbow when I first read this. Vid already posted ALL of these.
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Hey, I\'m pretty sure I just did lick my elbow!
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I tried to lick my elbow and failed, good facts.
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Elbows are tasty.
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Originally posted by Titan
I tried to lick my elbow when I first read this. Vid already posted ALL of these.
I know..as I have posted most of these b4..as well as other members.. big deal.. There were some new ones in there I havent seen in here, so the whole email was copy and pasted..sue me.
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/me looks for a good lawyer to sue luckee for re-posting
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Yeah, I think vid posted almost all of those.
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man ifthere is any thing i love, its intresting, but useless facts. i love saying these up the pub when drunk..
yeah most of these have been said b4, and some aint..... there still funny
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If that wasn\'t MY elbow I licked, whose was it?
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The flea can jump 350 times its body length;
that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
Accually thats like a human jumping up and over 2 statues of liberties. I saw it on animal planet :p