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Things that make you go hmm!

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  • 14-06-2010 02:04PM
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    fakearms123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭


    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

    It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

    Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

    The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

    Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

    The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

    Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

    The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

    Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

    The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.


    HHHmmmmmmmmmm!!


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    #2
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,450 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    80% of polar bears are left-handed....................


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    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Y50hE5ri8


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


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



    hmmm


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    My missus makes me go "Hmmmmmmm."*



    *I do not have a missus.


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Y50hE5ri8

    hmmm, damn you pete and your slightly faster internet connection

    ;)


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    fakearms123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭fakearms123


    Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.

    Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

    If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

    HHmmmm!


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    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    irish-stew wrote: »
    hmmm, damn you pete and your slightly faster internet connection

    ;)

    I installed Windows 7 this morning, there's no stopping me now :)

    Vista sucks big donkey balls.


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I installed Windows 7 this morning, there's no stopping me now :)

    Vista sucks big donkey balls.

    hmmm


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    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    fakearms123 wrote: »
    If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

    HHmmmm!

    That's not true....


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    Darksaga87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭Darksaga87


    You will die faster from extreme lack of sleep than starvation.

    Everyday you share your birthday with about 9 million people.

    There are more people alive today than have ever died.

    It is not possible to tickle yourself. Even the most ticklish among us do not have the ability to tickle ourselves.


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    orourkeda
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    fakearms123 wrote: »
    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

    It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

    Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

    The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

    Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

    The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

    Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

    The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

    Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
    The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.


    HHHmmmmmmmmmm!!

    I wish I had 15 things a day to laugh about.


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    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,698 ✭✭✭tricky D


    fakearms123 wrote: »
    The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

    HHHmmmmmmmmmm!!.....

    Not true (Woodcock would cock that one up)


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    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    fakearms123 wrote: »

    If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

    HHmmmm!



    Stephen Fry said that's bollocks and I trust every word he says


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    artvandulet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭artvandulet


    my cats breath smells like cat food.


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    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    Interesting discussion on the horse statue and its meaning here:

    http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1093/in-statues-does-the-number-of-feet-the-horse-has-off-the-ground-indicate-the-fate-of-the-rider


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    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,372 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    brianthebard wrote: »
    That's not true....

    I wonder what he would make of this.


    http://strix.org.uk/posts/upside-down-horse-statue


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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    The theme tune to Fraggel Rock is written mostly in haiku format.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    Stab*City
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭Stab*City


    brummytom wrote: »
    I trust every word he says

    Hmmmmm......


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    xoxyx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,811 ✭✭✭xoxyx


    Darksaga87 wrote: »

    There are more people alive today than have ever died.

    It is not possible to tickle yourself. Even the most ticklish among us do not have the ability to tickle ourselves.

    That first one can't possibly be true. Shenanigans!!!

    And, I can tickle myself. Then again, I am pretty darn special.


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    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    In a class of 23 people there is a 50/50 chance of two of them sharing a birthday.

    If I have a baby boy, the probability of my second child being a boy is different if I know what day he is born on.


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    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    fakearms123 wrote: »
    It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

    Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

    Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

    The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
    HHHmmmmmmmmmm!!

    1. There has been a slight amount of inflation since the early 1900s.

    2. Full of ****. Our mouths are full of bacteria.

    3. Cells die all the time, it is actually when cells do not die when they should that we develop tumours.

    3. More bull****. The vast majority of birds have eyes on the sides of their head the exact same as a parrot. The only birds that don't are ones with the least number of natural predators- for example eagles.


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    fakearms123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭fakearms123


    Magenta wrote: »
    1. There has been a slight amount of inflation since the early 1900s.

    2. Full of ****. Our mouths are full of bacteria.

    3. Cells die all the time, it is actually when cells do not die when they should that we develop tumours.

    3. More bull****. The vast majority of birds have eyes on the sides of their head the exact same as a parrot. The only birds that don't are ones with the least number of natural predators- for example eagles.

    HHHMMmmmmm!!


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    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,372 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    It seems that where the OP says HHHmmmmmmmmmm!!, everyone else says bollocks.:P


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    fakearms123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭fakearms123


    The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

    Turtles can breathe through their butts.

    On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

    Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.


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    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Hot women... h-h-hmmmmmmmmm!


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    nibtrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭nibtrix


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    In a class of 23 people you have a 50/50 chance of sharing a birthday with one of them.

    In a class of 23 people, there's a 50/50 chance of two people sharing a birthday, not a 50/50 chance that YOU will share a birthday with someone else.


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    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    nibtrix wrote: »
    In a class of 23 people, there's a 50/50 chance of two people sharing a birthday, not a 50/50 chance that YOU will share a birthday with someone else.

    Ooops I badly worded that!!:o


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    artvandulet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭artvandulet


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    Ooops I badly worded that!!:o

    you mean, you worded that badly.;)


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    Wibbs
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    Magenta wrote: »
    2. Full of ****. Our mouths are full of bacteria.
    V true. Apparently our mouths contain more bacteria than our bottoms.:)
    3. Cells die all the time, it is actually when cells do not die when they should that we develop tumours.
    True though braincells dont get renewed.
    3. More bull****. The vast majority of birds have eyes on the sides of their head the exact same as a parrot. The only birds that don't are ones with the least number of natural predators- for example eagles.
    Crows are more front facing. But yea most prey animals have much better all around vision. Another animal that has the most all around vision is the chameleon. Waaaay better than the OP's examples(and a predator funny enough)
    fakearms123 wrote: »
    Turtles can breathe through their butts.
    Only some can. Mostly freshwater species.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



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    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    fakearms123 wrote: »
    The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

    Not true.

    Discussion here: http://www.snopes.com/business/market/brandnames.asp


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