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Interesting Facts...

  • 07-12-2004 03:56PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭


    1. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭I am MAN


    2. 9/10 people prefer me in spandex than anyone else.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    3. If the envirohnment does not favour birth, a pregnant armadillo can extend her pregnancy by up to two years, until conditions are more positive for the newborns.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Dr. Loon


    I am not a horse.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭PH01


    Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭PH01


    Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,238 ✭✭✭Gilgamesh


    if you would combine the farts of all the cows in the world to one area and would egnite it, the force woul dbe strong enough to push earth out of it's orbit

    Scary, huh?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭PH01


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,495 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    Canadian Myths
    The American Flag on the 2 or 10 dollar bill
    In fact, it is the old Canadian two dollar and ten dollar bills (1989 "Bird" Series) that people think has the American Flag in it. (For more information about Canadian Money, go to the Canadian Paper Money web site.)

    The two dollar bill is simply the Canadian flag, and is a false alarm. But, if you have a copy of the ten dollar bill and look very closely at the flag over the Parlimant Buildings you will see a patch in the upper left hand side, and this, combined with the pattern on the rest of the flag, looks like the American flag.

    The flag is, in fact, the Canadian Ensign, the patch in the upper left is the Union Jack, and the stripe effect is caused by shading and scaling. If you look carefully, you can see a crest in the bottom right of the flag. (For more information about this myth, including close ups of the flags, go to the Canadian Paper Money's Flag Rumour page, and for info on the Canadian flags, visit the Government of Canada's National Flag page.)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭PH01


    Gilgamesh wrote:
    if you would combine the farts of all the cows in the world to one area and would egnite it, the force woul dbe strong enough to push earth out of it's orbit

    Scary, huh?
    yup, I'm scared now!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,607 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    PH01 wrote:
    1. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
    Yup.

    Er, no.

    It isn't.

    http://www.snopes.com/business/money/redensign.asp


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Dr. Loon


    I am not a bear either.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,093 ✭✭✭woosaysdan


    this thread is full of interesting facts - FACT


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭PH01


    sceptre wrote:
    Ya, I was a bit sceptical about that one. Thanks for the clarification Sceptre and SpannerHead.



    PS: Babies are born without knee caps.


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 6,531 Mod ✭✭✭✭sharkman


    PH01 wrote:
    Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb.

    I believe them to be a type of spice ...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭PH01


    sharkman wrote:
    I believe them to be a type of spice ...
    What's the difference between a herb and a spice?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,238 ✭✭✭Gilgamesh


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭PH01


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