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  • janobi
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    • Mar 2008
    • 1624

    #61
    The ?countdown? (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called ?Die Frau Im Monde? (The Girl in the Moon)

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    • janobi
      V.I.P. Member
      • Mar 2008
      • 1624

      #62
      Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine

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      • janobi
        V.I.P. Member
        • Mar 2008
        • 1624

        #63
        Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

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        • janobi
          V.I.P. Member
          • Mar 2008
          • 1624

          #64
          The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

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          • guy7454
            Newbie
            • Apr 2008
            • 5

            #65
            Are you sure? Don't think that's true.

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            • Bulld0g
              V.I.P. Member
              • Apr 2008
              • 7158

              #66
              Originally posted by Kaos
              It's impossible for you to lick your elbow.
              Come on how many tried ?

              THE TRUTH
              The Hillsborough Independent Panel. 12/09/12

              Today's report is black and white.The Liverpool fans were not the cause of the disaster.
              The panel has quite simply found 'no evidence' in support of allegations of 'exceptional levels of drunkenness, ticketlessness or violence among Liverpool fans' and 'no evidence that fans had conspired to arrive late at the stadium' and 'no evidence that they stole from the dead and dying'.

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              • janobi
                V.I.P. Member
                • Mar 2008
                • 1624

                #67
                The penguin is the only bird that can?t fly but can swim.

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                • Elric
                  V.I.P. soft lad
                  • Mar 2008
                  • 853

                  #68
                  you can lead an horse to water, but a pencil must be lead







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                  • Salami
                    DK Veteran
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 535

                    #69
                    Originally posted by janobi
                    The penguin is the only bird that can?t fly but can swim.
                    So is my wife she is my bird she can swim but can't fly without a machine.
                    If you like my post pleas click on the little button to say thank you.

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                    • janobi
                      V.I.P. Member
                      • Mar 2008
                      • 1624

                      #70
                      Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters ?MT?

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                      • C64
                        V.I.P. Member
                        • Mar 2008
                        • 2394

                        #71
                        It takes far more energy to manufacture a battery than the battery provides.

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                        • C64
                          V.I.P. Member
                          • Mar 2008
                          • 2394

                          #72
                          Originally posted by thommo
                          57006

                          care to explain? or shall we take your word for it?

                          anyone else understand this?
                          This is an old HEX puzzle mate, you can work it out on a scientific calculator.

                          57006 is indeed correct

                          I had 48879 for dinner last night
                          Last edited by C64; 30 April, 2008, 11:46.

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                          • xenafan
                            V.I.P. Member
                            • Apr 2008
                            • 64

                            #73
                            Originally posted by janobi
                            Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters ?MT?
                            Except PMT!! Only jokeing m8


                            Cheers

                            Xenafan

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                            • thommo

                              #74
                              Originally posted by witchy2k1
                              This is an old HEX puzzle mate, you can work it out on a scientific calculator.

                              57006 is indeed correct
                              hardly a fact of the day though is it? more a Q and A.

                              lets keep to facts and i dont have to go to snopes.

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                              • Herbie
                                V.I.P. Member
                                • Mar 2008
                                • 171

                                #75
                                Orchids are grown from seeds so small that it would take thirty thousand to weigh as much as one grain of wheat.

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