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thadeus said:

Fact: Devout muslims celebrate the holiday season with a Christmas tree made entirely of human hair.
Fact: Wilt Chamberlain never flew first class on an airplane because of a strict rule against allowing hermaphrodites to sit closely to the cockpit.
Fact: $2.99 for all you can eat? We'll I'mma stuff my face to a funky beat.
Fact: Many common Dutch surnames of the modern day originated in the early 19th century when Napoleon took over the Netherlands and made surnames a legal requirement. The Dutch, because they wanted to thumb their noses at Napoleon and because they believed the new surname law wouldn't last, chose names like "Poepjes" which translates as "Poopies" and "Piest" which translates as "Pissing."
Fact: There are three things that smell exactly like an octopus but none of those three things are an octopus.
Fact: Despite your mother's best attempts, it is still impossible to suck a dick over the internet.
Fact: The American composer Charles Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) wrote 37 pieces of music over his lifetime, and if you take the first letter from the first word of each song title and line those letters up in chronological order it spells out "my jiggly bits is smooth like butter b****es."
Fact: When William Bradford and the Pilgrims from the Mayflower landed in Texas in 1620 they built the first Dairy Queen as tribute to the Queen of England. They also invented the Peanut Buster Parfait so they could trade with the local Comanche for beer and wine.
Fact: Angel Soft toilet paper is on sale at Kroger pretty much every day, so there's no need to stock up even if you have really bad diarrhea.
Fact: the thadeus already did her
Fact: Kamala, a former professional wrestler best known for his "wild African tribesman" gimmick during his stint with the WWF in the mid-1980s, is the only foreign-born person to ever be elected President of the United States.
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I don't think any of this is true, other than that Dutch surnames thing. In fact, it seems that this post is either a joke or you have made up such a list for jollies.

#41 Mr. Brightside, Nov 23, 2010

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I believe the thadeus. Who knew Wilt Chamberlain was a hermaphrodites!!!!

Oh and also, who know that bats only turned left when exiting a cave!!!! (from a previous post)

#42 Zackery, Nov 23, 2010
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How do "they" know only humans and dolphins have sex for pleasure?

#43 RoxSqaud, Nov 23, 2010
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...and what's up with this?

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
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#44 RoxSqaud, Nov 23, 2010
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Rocketfanatic2 said:

In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.
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I'm considering doing a 150 mile race through the Atacama in March, here is an interesting tidbit about the course...

"It is noted to be the driest place on earth, with some places where no human has ever recorded a single drop of rain and with dry river beds that have not seen water in 120,000 years."

#45 gucci888, Nov 23, 2010
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Dude, it's 4:20.

#46 MourningWood, Nov 23, 2010
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Battier has intangibles

#47 shastarocket, Nov 23, 2010

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RoxSqaud said:

...and what's up with this?
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Not true as well

#48 dback816, Nov 23, 2010
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Battier's gay:

#49 MourningWood, Nov 23, 2010
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My tiny little nipples went to France.

#50 Two Sandwiches, Nov 23, 2010
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Fact:

Roughly 64% of Grammar Polices in this BBS commit grammar mistakes while correcting others.

#51 Jontro, Nov 23, 2010
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Tom Selleck was originally offered the role of Indiana Jones; Danny Devito was offered the role of Salah.
There used to be a fourth rice krispie character.
"Rubber Duckie", the song sung by Ernie of Sesame St, peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.
The Dallas Cowboys were originally the Steers.
Kool-Aid was originally marketed as "Fruit Smack"

#52 rhadamanthus, Nov 23, 2010
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A bear really does **** in the woods.

#53 MoBalls, Nov 23, 2010

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MoBalls said:

A bear really does **** in the woods.
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Yes, but does it use Charmin?

#54 Two Sandwiches, Nov 23, 2010
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RoxSqaud said:

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

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

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.

6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Dalmatians are born without spots.

12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).

14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.

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

17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.

25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.

26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

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

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

29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

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

32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

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

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

35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.

36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

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

38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it
is smiling).

39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

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

41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

43. 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)

44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

49. 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.

50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
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Ahh you made me sneeze.

#55 AirBud#10, Nov 23, 2010
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14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

This is because one of the first use of buttons were on men's coats. Most men are right handed and with the coat opening in this manner it was easier to get to their swords quickly.

True.

#56 cson, Nov 23, 2010
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As of today, there are 504 known planets around stars other than the Sun.

#57 Steve_Francis_rules, Nov 23, 2010
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You can never run out of sperm.

#58 vaioavan63, Nov 23, 2010

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Moon Landing is FAKE and that's a fact jack!

If they landed on the Moon in 1969. How come no one after 40 years landed again? After all, our technology is much better now then back then. If they could land in 1969 with that technology, why can't they do it now and broadcast it live in HD 3D? And don't tell me it cost a lot more to go back when we wasted so much going out in space testing monkeys and rats.

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#59 got em COACH, Nov 23, 2010
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"I just want to let you know you're sitting in my chair."

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sLaNd B a L L a said:

Tracy McGrady will retire a Rocket.
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Something in the future is NOT a fact. ^ THAT, however, is. :grin:

#60 SwoLy-D, Nov 23, 2010

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