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    #62
    Turd Ferguson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    liah wrote: »
    I never understood how anyone actually bought that one. It makes no sense, of course they can look up, and yet I've spoken to people who actually believe they can't. :confused:
    sub-x wrote: »
    Dogs can't look up information on Wikipedia

    Is that better liah?


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    #63
    Famous45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Famous45


    This is a fact -- you won't kill yourself by holding your own breathe.


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    #64
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    Spear wrote: »
    The claims about glass are wrong.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass#Behavior_of_antique_glass

    It seems that i was wrong.

    Thank you for clearing that up.


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    #65
    Fiend-Foe
    Registered Users Posts: 481 ✭✭Fiend-Foe


    Hayes Wet Bunny wrote: »

    That guy scared the crap out of me when I was younger!


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    #66
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    If you are enjoying this thread half as much as I am then I'm still enjoying it twice as much as you are.


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    #67
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Famous45 wrote: »
    This is a fact -- you won't kill yourself by holding your own breathe.
    I just killed myself and got someone to jump start me off their car. Myth busted


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    #68
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    Hagar wrote: »
    If you are enjoying this thread half as much as I am then I'm still enjoying it twice as much as you are.

    Woah, thats really deep dude.


    No, no, wait, stop it, you are freaking me out now.


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    #69
    pebbles21
    Registered Users Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭pebbles21


    Kangaroos cant walk backwards

    cows can walk upstairs but cant walk down them ( what was the guy who found that out doing with the poor cows:eek:)


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    #70
    O'Coonassa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭O'Coonassa


    A7X wrote: »
    Tis a very viscous slow moving liquid. Go to old churches that hae the original glass still intact. The bottom of the pane of glass will be thicker than the top.

    BLUFF!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass#Glass_versus_a_supercooled_liquid


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    #71
    Adyx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    Haven't we done this recently already? Anyway Polar bears aren't white. Their fur is transparent hair which reflects light.


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    #72
    Lobelia Overhill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Lobelia Overhill


    Elephants can't jump

    Polar bears are the only animal that will seek out humans for food (sharks, lions, tigers etc tend to stumble across them by accident)

    A child under the age of five cannot reach over the top of their head to touch their ear - if you get what I mean, and I'm damned if I'm going looking for a four year old to take a photo of.

    People in Britain and Ireland don't eat horse meat because they consider it "sacrilegious" as our ancestors worshipped Epona, the horse goddess.

    Baywatch was the most watched show on television.


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    #73
    The Davestator
    Registered Users Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    you can't fold anything in half more than 7 times. Try it with paper, toilet paper etc and you'll see!


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    #74
    Adiboo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭Adiboo


    Birdie086 wrote: »
    the european country that exports the most bananas is ireland

    That'd be Iceland actually.


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    #75
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    The Davestator wrote: »
    you can't fold anything in half more than 7 times. Try it with paper, toilet paper etc and you'll see!

    Wrong

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0kmaNNg7BI


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    #76
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,090 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    meditraitor wrote: »
    111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

    My dermatoglyphics teacher would beg to differ.


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    #77
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Dogs can survive on a strict vegetarian diet.
    Cats will die on a strict vegetarian diet.


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    #78
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,090 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    javaboy wrote: »
    Proprietor is the same length. I figured that out after glancing at the keyboard. Perhaps I'm one of those idiot savants with amazing talents that employers aren't interested in. :(

    While I was checking to see if you were right, I noticed perpetuity. Is there a club we can join?

    www.symbolics.com was the first domain name ever registered. You'd think in 24 years they'd have time to come up with something a little better than this.


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    #79
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    Nolanger wrote: »
    Dogs can survive on a strict vegetarian diet.
    But not chocolate, it is toxic to dogs and even a small amount can kill a poor scooby.


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    #80
    Ace2007
    Registered Users Posts: 19,661 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    pebbles21 wrote: »
    Kangaroos cant walk backwards

    cows can walk upstairs but cant walk down them ( what was the guy who found that out doing with the poor cows:eek:)

    lol some chap in ballymun found this out the hard way - but with a horse - think kids brought the horse up the stairs of one of the flats, but the lift was broke and the horse wouldn't go down - priceless - poor horse was just lookin over the balcony....


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    #81
    ynotdu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭ynotdu


    BVB wrote: »
    No proof needed !!!




    People who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don't. Dr. Lee Berk at the Loma Linda School of Public Health in California found that laughing lowers levels of stress hormones, and strengthens the immune system - not to mention a good belly-laugh is great exercise!! Six-year-olds have it best - they laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.


    BVB you forgot to mention that six year olds get 300 laughs a day from observing *Adults* :)


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    #82
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    Ace2007 wrote: »
    lol some chap in ballymun found this out the hard way - but with a horse - think kids brought the horse up the stairs of one of the flats, but the lift was broke and the horse wouldn't go down - priceless - poor horse was just lookin over the balcony....

    Erm...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O66Sdu_GCc


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    #83
    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.


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    #84
    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    ynotdu wrote: »
    BVB you forgot to mention that six year olds get 300 laughs a day from observing *Adults* :)

    Kids laugh at me and run off . must be the nose:(


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    #85
    Ace2007
    Registered Users Posts: 19,661 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    liah wrote: »
    Erm...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O66Sdu_GCc

    stairs are not steps


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    #86
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Caoimhín wrote: »
    But not chocolate, it is toxic to dogs and even a small amount can kill a poor scooby.
    Is that why you can't buy chocolate in Limerick?

    PS you spelt Scobie wrong.


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    #87
    GirlInterrupted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,440 ✭✭✭GirlInterrupted


    The eyeball of an Ostrich is larger than its brain.


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    #88
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    Ace2007 wrote: »
    stairs are not steps

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D9TVczy6rw

    Either way, a horse can still complete the function required to go down stairs. The horse was probably too shít-scared over the idiots who brought it in in the first place, the stairwell was likely dark, and it probably couldn't see its footing.

    They are fully capable of stairclimbing. What a horse can climb, it can get down.


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    #89
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,583 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    ART6 wrote: »
    Giraffes are the only animals that can't swim.

    *Possibly with necks that long they don't generally need to*

    ....and dead cats.


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    #90
    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    in alaska it's illegal to throw a moose out of a plane!


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    #91
    GiftofGab
    Registered Users Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭GiftofGab


    pebbles21 wrote: »

    cows can walk upstairs but cant walk down them ( what was the guy who found that out doing with the poor cows:eek:)

    Im more worried about who ever found out that you can get milk from a cow and who's idea was it to drink it


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