Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle"
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
16. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
17. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time ... hence, multi-tasking was invented
no... neither did i, and i dont really care, but thought someone on here might
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bwbw
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Me thinks someone has been reading the hun.com ?
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dirtydan
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some intresting facts
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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haha, i didnt notice that, never read that crap just cut straight to the porn lol!
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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quote: Originally posted by bwbw
Me thinks someone has been reading the hun.com ?
indeed
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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fpmsl at number 12
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