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kimcheeboi
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On 2004-09-07 00:11:27, methylated_spirit wrote:
Alfred Nobel, who sponsored the Peace Prize, invented dynamite
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By mixing nitroglycerin and diomataceous earth on a boat in the middle of a lake.
You can create thermite by mixing magnesium filings with aluminum filings and rust.
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absinthebri
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84% of lightning strike victims are male.
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scotsboyuk
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WWI was the first war in which more soldiers died as a result of enemy action rather than disease.
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absinthebri
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Polar bears are left-handed (or "pawed", or whatever).
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whizkidd
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It was proposed in the Rhode Island [ an american state ] legislature in the 1970s that there be enacted a $2 tax on every act of sexual intercourse! This is funny, but true!
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absinthebri
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Ducks' quacks have no echo. No-one knows why this is so.
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methylated_spirit
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Maybe because they dont live in mountain ranges 
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Ayush
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@scot if you didn't notice i too was posting a fact. And pls you cannot direct me for that mater
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scotsboyuk
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@Ayush
I have sent you a message as I feel that such a discussion isn't very appropriate in this thread, as I said before.
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Ayush
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And if I wasn't at all keen on discussing anything but was merely fact stating.
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absinthebri
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Koala toe prints are indistinguishable from human finger prints.
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mince-inside
Joined: May 09, 2004
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Ahh but would they be as quick to leave the scene of the crime?
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mixin
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On 2004-09-07 09:52:07, absinthebri wrote:
Ducks' quacks have no echo. No-one knows why this is so.
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Rather too much of a myth this.
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taken from here
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absinthebri
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Mix, if you can hear a sound you ought to be able to hear its echo. Ducks are not particularly quiet.
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methylated_spirit
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From: Bonnie Scotland
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Mozart wrote "twinkle twinkle little star" when he was 5 years old
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Posted: 2004-09-07 00:28
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