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Strange and interesting facts

  • 09-12-2009 10:16AM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭


    1. Dogs don't have to be taught how to swim. They just know :eek:


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    <cough>


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,338 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    2. The world's largest palace has 1788 rooms. It was built for the Sultan of Brunei.

    3. Abraham Lincoln went to school for less than a year. He taught himself to read and write.

    4. The longest recorded swim was 2938 km down the Mississippi River in 1930. The swimmer spend 742 hours in the water.

    5. The longest jail sentence passed was in the United States - 10,000 years for a triple murder.

    6. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. Try it!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    1. This thread sucks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,338 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    KTRIC wrote: »
    1. This thread sucks


    That's number 7 actually.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,740 ✭✭✭Naos


    Everytime one of these threads is created, at least one person (see above) will simply copy and paste strange or interesting facts from the internet, even though we are all capable of searching for this information.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭star.chaser


    i meant to post it in the cukkos nest but im banned :)

    can someone move it?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    i meant to post it in the cukkos nest but im banned :)

    can someone move it?

    Nah.

    Mods if you want this you're welcome to it. If not will you stick it in the Recycle Bin, cheers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    1. Polar bears are actually a type of weasel.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭LionelNashe


    and weasels are actually just skinny wombats.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    58% of statistics are made up on the spot


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭LionelNashe


    Round dustbins are illegal in San Francisco because of car accidents caused by them rolling down hills.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,355 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    www.unclycopedia.org the #1 source of strange and interesting facts


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,165 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    The only thing that really tastes like chicken is actual chicken.

    Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

    'cptr


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,134 ✭✭✭homah_7ft


    A child's got more bones than a grown-ups got.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭colrow


    homahs boner is a well known sight in cork


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