Steve X16XE
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The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for Blood plasma.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (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 (50) 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 MOUSTACHE
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise (Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you!).
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN!
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
So did the first "Marlboro Man."
Walt Disney was afraid OF MICE!
PEARLS MELT IN VINEGAR!
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.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush (I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!).
And the best for last.....
Turtles can breathe through their butts (I know some people like that, don't YOU?).
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Hammer
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Originally posted by Steve X16XE
The three most valuable brand names on earth Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
[smart arse] May have been decades ago but not now, Coca Cola Microsoft and IBM were at the last time of checking iirc and even then the details are sketchy. [smart arse]
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Cosmo
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I was going to point that out too Hammer 
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Tommy
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The ducks quack one is wrong they have proven it does on TV a while back
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drax
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Paper can be folded more than 7 times.
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush (I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!).
The amount of bacteria which will be on the tooth brush is negelable and your immune system wouldnt blink at dealing with it
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Hammer
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I'm pretty sure paper can't be folded by hand more than 7 times? if it can it would be seriously seriously hard.
edit - quick google check say's some geek folded it using mathematical mumbojumbo 12 times. (When was the last time you had your hole pal?)
[Edited on 20-08-2007 by Hammer]
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Ben G
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if you had a bulldozer or something then paper could be folded more than 7 times but normal human hands can't
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
I'm pretty sure paper can't be folded by hand more than 7 times? if it can it would be seriously seriously hard.
edit - quick google check say's some geek folded it using mathematical mumbojumbo 12 times. (When was the last time you had your hole pal?)
[Edited on 20-08-2007 by Hammer]
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gavin18787
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Good ammo to bore people with at work 
Was going to say the duck one is wrong but i have been beaten to it 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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andy1868
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i read the apple thing a while back and tested it, wasn't really true for me tbh
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Jules S
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
I'm pretty sure paper can't be folded by hand more than 7 times? if it can it would be seriously seriously hard.
edit - quick google check say's some geek folded it using mathematical mumbojumbo 12 times. (When was the last time you had your hole pal?)
[Edited on 20-08-2007 by Hammer]
It was done on mythbusters.
The paper used was micro thin and about the size of a football pitch
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Hammer
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The girl that first done it used a length of special toilet roll 3/4 of a mile long
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Rebecca
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve X16XE
Turtles can breathe through their butts (I know some people like that, don't YOU?).
I might test that one on lucy.
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marklaruk
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mythbusters busted the paper one
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CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by novabex
quote:
Originally posted by Steve X16XE
Turtles can breathe through their butts (I know some people like that, don't YOU?).
I might test that one on lucy.
Knock it unconscious and give it some A2M 
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Rebecca
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It's hard to knock her out she hides in her shell.
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CorsAsh
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You've been trying then? 
Use an axe.
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Tommy
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U cant fold paper more than 7 times with stright folded edges, no matter what u use
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Tommy
U cant fold paper more than 7 times with stright folded edges, no matter what u use
obviously you can, been proven....so they say!
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Tommy
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Yeah well its bollox
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StuartVRS
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tis easy if the paper is perforated on every fold, allows the trapped air out which is what makes it hard to fold.
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Hammer
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Originally posted by Tommy
Yeah well its bollox
No it's paper.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
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Originally posted by Tommy
Yeah well its bollox
No it's paper.
would be hard to fold bollocks 7 times I expect!
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CorsAsh
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Originally posted by Cosmo
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Originally posted by Hammer
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Originally posted by Tommy
Yeah well its bollox
No it's paper.
would be hard to fold bollocks 7 times I expect!
It's possible, but only if it's done on a plane full of snakes thats trying to take off from a conveyor belt.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
plane thats trying to take off from a conveyor belt.
now good job that wasnt one of the things on the list or this thread would be 20 pages by now
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