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Jan 17, 2007, 04:05 PM
 
1. A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.

2. About 75% of the people in the U.S. live on 2% land.

3. According to a recent survey, more Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month.

4. Adult Northwestern American Grizzly Bears can bite through steel as thick as one half inch.

5. After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.

6. All polar bears are left-handed.

7. Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.

8. Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer.

9. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.

10. An ant's sense of smell is as good as a Dog's.

11. Abe Lincoln's mother died when the family dairy cow ate poisonous mushrooms and Ms. Lincoln drank the milk.

12. According to Playboy, more women talk dirty during sex than men.

13. Americans drink over a billion pounds of coffee every year and around five million bottles of soda.

14. After they are roasted, and when the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.

15. Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one day.

16. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

17. An elephant's trunk contains more than 50,000 muscles.

18. An eyelash lives about 5 months.

19. Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.

20. According to Hammurabi's Code, the penalty for medical malpractice was to cut off the doctor's hands.

21. An Octopus has 3 hearts!

22. According to Playboy, more women talk dirty during sex than men.

23. A whale's penis is called a dork.

24. An ear of corn always has an even number of rows because of the genetic formula which divides the cells.

25. Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:18 PM
 
You're on a bit of a thread making binge today, aren't ye?
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:19 PM
 
I would make one about sharpening katanas, but it's already been done.
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:20 PM
 
Was 12 so important they made it 22, too?
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:30 PM
 
Most of us know that Australia was once a penal colony, but less known is the fact that New Zealand, Australia's sister country, was once a vaginal colony.

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Jan 17, 2007, 04:31 PM
 
5. After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.
Well, maybe if you're working on a PC, since most of those are uncalibrated and are set to around 9000 Kelvin.

Default Mac colour calibrations are usually much less blue.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
Was 12 so important they made it 22, too?
Yes it is.
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:34 PM
 
you eat <unknown number> of insects that crawl into your mouth while you are asleep every year.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:42 PM
 
A whale's penis is called a dork.
Not only that, but the original meaning of the word ‘dork’ was indeed penis—the word itself is just a distortion of ‘dick’ or ‘dirk’ (or a combination of the two).
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:43 PM
 
So, am I supposed to say I'm hung like a whale now?
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dork. View Post
So, am I supposed to say I'm hung like a whale now?
More the other way around.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:53 PM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
More the other way around.
The whale is hung like me?
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 04:56 PM
 
Nah, you’re hung on the whale
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 09:36 PM
 
Originally Posted by Rumor View Post
25. Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.
LOL, bananas, reminds me of that piece of history.



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Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
Was 12 so important they made it 22, too?
I was wondering the same thing.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 09:53 PM
 
Aren't banana's the athiest's worst nightmare?
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 09:57 PM
 
I thought that was God...
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 10:02 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
I thought that was God...
Godzilla?
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 10:03 PM
 
3. According to a recent survey, more Americans lose their virginity in June than any other month.
That's because of high school prom.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 10:04 PM
 
No, that's a Japanese scientists worst nightmare.

(and a model city's too)
     
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Originally Posted by macintologist View Post
That's because of high school prom.
Does it really work that way?

So many of the schools here have prom beforehand. By the end of the first week of June, you're usually out of school.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 10:06 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
I thought that was God...
He's referring to a video that showed up on YouTube by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. Comfort's evangelism is great but his apologetics leave something to be desired.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 10:07 PM
 
Huh? What does this have to do with a banana?
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 10:34 PM
 
It's hilarious. He claims since a banana has 5 sides, like when we hold something, and it is tasty, it was OBVIOUSLY made by god specifically for human consumption. What I always wondered was what if you asked him about Lions and Sharks and stuff, things that are perfect for KILLING humans. Heh. What a moron.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 10:39 PM
 
Oh god.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 10:48 PM
 
26. Dog is god backwards.
     
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Dog ho.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 11:03 PM
 
I don't want to religisize this thread even more, but if you want to see it search for 'banana' on YouTube, it should be the first result. It's absolutely ridiculous.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 11:26 PM
 
Comfort has admitted that the banana video was tongue-in-cheek.
     
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Originally Posted by lpkmckenna View Post
Comfort has admitted that the banana video was tongue-in-cheek.
That makes me feel a bit better. The guy really knows his stuff when it comes to evangelism so I was surprised at how ridiculous this was when I first saw it.
     
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Jan 17, 2007, 11:45 PM
 
Originally Posted by lpkmckenna View Post
Comfort has admitted that the banana video was tongue-in-cheek.
Yes. Always the best excuse when you have been caught red-handed: I was kidding! Honest!

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Jan 18, 2007, 12:07 AM
 
3. is easy. Kids get out of school that month.

You know 12 if you have watched porn.
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - View Post
Yes. Always the best excuse when you have been caught red-handed: I was kidding! Honest!
Well it looks like Cameron (sitting next to him) was having a hard time not cracking up.
     
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Originally Posted by Rumor View Post
113. Americans drink around five million bottles of soda a year
That doesn't seem right? It must be much higher.

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Originally Posted by BlueSky View Post
Most of us know that Australia was once a penal colony, but less known is the fact that New Zealand, Australia's sister country, was once a vaginal colony.
Hahahahahahahaha......
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Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
Dog ho.
Also known as a bitch.
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Originally Posted by Gossamer View Post
Well it looks like Cameron (sitting next to him) was having a hard time not cracking up.
You are defending this douche?

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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - View Post
You are defending this douche?
Ray Comfort is the guy talking, and he's got a lot of other really good stuff out there, so yes, I'm defending him.
     
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Jan 18, 2007, 09:56 AM
 
Would your sexy athletic blonde sister defend him?
     
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Originally Posted by Dark Helmet View Post
That doesn't seem right? It must be much higher.
They forgot a word: “Each”.
     
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Originally Posted by centerchannel68 View Post
Would your sexy athletic blonde sister defend him?
I'm not sure what the point of this question was.
     
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Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
They forgot a word: “Each”.
And "hourly" no doubt.

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Originally Posted by Gossamer View Post
I'm not sure what the point of this question was.
People still wanna see pix.
     
   
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