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Posted 10 August 2010 10:04 AM

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Post random/funny/interesting/crazy/useless facts that you might know and others might not know

makes for a laugh and cures bordem at work for a bit


Did you know…that TYPEWRITER is teh longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard…

Did you know…In York, excluding Sundays. it is legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow…

 

Posted 10 August 2010 10:11 AM #1

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Did you know… The plastic things on the ends of shoelaces are called aglets

Did you know… Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning

Did you know… Human thigh bones are as strong as concrete

Did you know… The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by the Egyptians in 2000 BC

 

Posted 10 August 2010 11:34 AM #2

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did you know… Pinocchio is Italian for “pine head.”

 

Posted 10 August 2010 12:30 PM #3

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Did you know… the meaning of life is 42

 

Posted 10 August 2010 02:20 PM #4

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Did you know…. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with vaseline.