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Posted: April 21, 2006 1:01 pm
by CaptainP
The Pacific island of Nauru’s economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:02 pm
by green1
Taken to scale, with the sun being the size of a grapefruitin Washington DC, the next closest star would be in California.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:02 pm
by CaptainP
rednekkPH wrote:
CaptainP wrote:A microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
Just the opposite with cats.
They say cats always land on their feet....not true.

It depends on how hard you throw them!

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:02 pm
by SomedayIWILL
CaptainP wrote:All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
must be the smart ones :wench:

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:03 pm
by SomedayIWILL
The best beaches for surfing face west.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:03 pm
by CaptainP
Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:03 pm
by CaptainP
By 3,000 B.C. there were at least six different types of beer in Egypt.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:04 pm
by SomedayIWILL
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. :o :o

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:04 pm
by SomedayIWILL
After eating too much food, your hearing becomes less sharp

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:04 pm
by green1
SomedayIWILL wrote:The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. :o :o
It is also the only muscel attached at only one end.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:05 pm
by CaptainP
If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:05 pm
by SomedayIWILL
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:06 pm
by CaptainP
15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:07 pm
by SomedayIWILL
Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:07 pm
by CaptainP
Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:08 pm
by CaptainP
You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:08 pm
by CaptainP
SomedayIWILL wrote:The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. :o :o
Mine is. :pirate:

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:09 pm
by CaptainP
In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:09 pm
by SomedayIWILL
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

Posted: April 21, 2006 1:10 pm
by CaptainP
The first condoms were made of linen.