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#20255 - Thu Feb 28 2002 03:46 PM Strange...
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STRANGE...

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

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

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

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

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why not.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

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#20256 - Wed Jan 05 2005 06:08 PM Re: Strange...
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Cool...

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#20257 - Wed Jan 05 2005 10:00 PM Re: Strange...
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Interesting stuff...


Quote:

Pearls melt in vinegar.




I wouldn't like to try that one
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#20258 - Wed Jan 05 2005 10:08 PM Re: Strange...
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A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why not




A duck's quack is just like any other sound, and I know from personal experience (my daughter's pet ducks), that this is totally wrong..
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#20259 - Wed Jan 05 2005 10:20 PM Re: Strange...
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.




Eeewww....

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A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why not.




This one, however, has been proven wrong. Although I guess it wouldn't hurt to let ducks go on thinking they're special...
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#20260 - Wed Jan 05 2005 10:28 PM Re: Strange...
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.


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closing the lid first usually avoids this situation I've been told
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#20261 - Sat Jan 08 2005 09:56 AM Re: Strange...
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Interesting facts...
I've heard the one about the duck's quack as well and it sounds a bit strange to be true.

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Turtles can breathe through their butts.



That one made me laugh out loud.
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#20262 - Sat Jan 08 2005 11:34 AM Re: Strange...
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

I've always found all that gushing water washes a toothbrush really thoroughly.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

A feature like that must come in very useful for counting higher than 20.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Nah! ...Probably saw the cow do it!
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#20263 - Sat Jan 08 2005 02:41 PM Re: Strange...
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.




The Mythbusters actually tested this one. ALL of the toothbrushes, even the ones that were stored in a different room and covered up, had fecal coliforms on them.

And on a more sarchastic note...

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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.




Gee, I wonder why?


Edited by MollyGrue (Sat Jan 08 2005 02:43 PM)
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#20264 - Mon Jan 10 2005 03:39 AM Re: Strange...
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Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

A feature like that must come in very useful for counting higher than 20.






Do you actually mean six, or should it be twelve, or even eleven?

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#20265 - Mon Jan 10 2005 05:13 AM Re: Strange...
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I don't know about yourself but when I run out of fingers and toes to do my counting on, I've had it. This limits me to 20. After that, I reach for the calculator. An extra digit or two on hand or foot would help enormously
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#20266 - Mon Jan 10 2005 09:27 AM Re: Strange...
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www.snopes.com which deals with urban myths, makes a good case to reject claims that Marilyn Monroe actually had 6 toes on each feet. The exact reference is www.snopes.com/movies/actors/mmtoes.htm

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#20267 - Sun Jan 16 2005 01:16 AM Re: Strange...
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Pearls melt in vinegar.






Minkpenny quoted about above quote:

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I wouldn't like to try that one.





I totally agree. Test it, find out they WERE real (good bye jewels) Test it and find out they aren't...good bye value. Lose, lose situation!
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#20268 - Sun Jan 16 2005 03:57 AM Re: Strange...
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Pearls melt in vinegar.




Cleopatra could vouch for that. In a well-known legend, Cleopatra had a bet with Marc Anthony to hold the most expensive banquet. Anthony went to huge expenses and trouble to host a week long party. Cleopatra simply dissolved one of her pearl earrings in vinegar and drank it down. She won the bet!
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#20269 - Sun Jan 16 2005 11:38 AM Re: Strange...
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Easy test to see if pearls are real is to gently place the pearl between the teeth, real pearls are gritty, false pearls are smooth. Save the vinegar for your fish and chips.
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#20270 - Fri Feb 04 2005 02:34 PM Re: Strange...
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This Straight dope article discusses duck quack echoes:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html

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#20271 - Wed Mar 23 2005 06:03 PM Re: Strange...
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A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why not.




I think to fully answer this question I shall have to conduct a scientific experiment First I need a duck, then I need a big viaduct/canyon/other echoy place.... next I need to make the duck quack and record the result

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The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.




I'm waiting for one of my aglets to break now so I can go into a shoe shop and ask for some more aglets and watch the blank expression on the assistants face hehehehe
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#20272 - Sun Mar 27 2005 02:18 AM Re: Strange...
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I'm waiting for one of my aglets to break now so I can go into a shoe shop and ask for some more aglets and watch the blank expression on the assistants face hehehehe




Lol. I'd like to see that happen.
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#20273 - Sun Mar 27 2005 12:19 PM Re: Strange... Coconut Oil
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STRANGE...<P>The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.<P>




Coconut Oil has also served as a substitute for Diesel or Gas Oil in far-away island of Bougainville (close to Papua New Guinea)

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#20274 - Sun Mar 27 2005 05:25 PM Re: Strange... Coconut Oil
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It is believed that application of coconut oil will help hair regrowth.
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#20275 - Mon Mar 28 2005 11:19 AM Re: Strange... Coconut Oil
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What would we do without the wonders of coconut oil? Well... we wouldnt have lovely smelling moisturiser thats for sure!
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#20276 - Mon Mar 28 2005 11:43 AM Re: Strange... Coconut Oil
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I think to fully answer this question I shall have to conduct a scientific experiment First I need a duck, then I need a big viaduct/canyon/other echoy place.... next I need to make the duck quack and record the result





They did that on Mythbusters. They had one heck of a time getting the duck to quack. Jamie was holding it under his arm like a set of bagpipes trying to make it quack. I think they ended up getting two ducks so that one could quack to the other one. The quack did echo.
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#20277 - Mon Mar 28 2005 01:01 PM Re: Strange... Coconut Oil
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It is believed that application of coconut oil will help hair regrowth.




I have never heard that theory, but I can say it does make your hair soft and shiny.
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#20278 - Mon Mar 28 2005 02:55 PM Re: Strange... Coconut Oil
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Darn it, all the best scientific experiments have been done
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#20279 - Mon Mar 28 2005 04:27 PM Re: Strange... Coconut Oil
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If I were you, I'd still go for it. What's the worst that can happen? You end up wandering around with a duck under you arm. Which by the way, I'm almost positive is the opening to some sort of joke. Just try to wander into a bar while you're at. Preferably with a priest and a rabbi.
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