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| inasia2008 |
 May 7 2008, 09:25 PM
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Some info for Australia would be good, hint hint!
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| inasia2008 |
May 7 2008, 10:35 PM
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Wel your local knowledge on the place, you have been there long enough now!
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| inasia2008 |
May 7 2008, 10:36 PM
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BTW, did you know that underwater hockey is played with a 3lb puck!
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| inasia2008 |
May 26 2008, 08:12 PM
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QUOTE(bloomer @ May 11 2008, 11:54 PM)  QUOTE(introducinlyric @ May 8 2008, 05:54 PM) QUOTE(mmbcross @ May 8 2008, 10:15 AM)
Why would anyone want to play hockey underwater? It would be far too slow.
my thoughts exactly !!! and is it a sport only played in particular countries?? Only in countries that have water. Aaah you don't change do you! [breathes a sigh of relief..........] |
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| inasia2008 |
May 26 2008, 08:26 PM
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More amazing but true facts!
Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.
Scandinavian berserkers used to cut out their eyes before battle to spare themselves the sight of the carnage they invariably wrought.
Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've been removed.
The city of Slaughter, Texas (population: 11,284), has never had a homicide occur within its boundaries.
Rubbing Tabasco on one's upper lip before bedtime is an effective temporary cure for sleep apnea.
Fish have "dandruff" caused by flaking skin, and it is impossible to filter all traces of it from drinking water.
Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
The first case of the common cold was diagnosed in 1611 in Stratford, England. The patient? John Common, who coincidentally gave his cold to William Shakespeare who said the new malady exacerbated his lovesickness, thereby inspiring several of his most fondly remembered sonnets.
"Hello Kitty" began as part of a covert propaganda campaign originally proposed by Prime Minister Tojo during World War II.
When in heat, female hippopotami secrete an oil with a flavor similar to strawberries. Kalahari bushmen use the oil to make flat-bread treats for children.
If an average human scrotum were stretched until all its wrinkles were smoothed out, it could hold a basketball.
Ingesting small doses of ink over an extended period of time will change your eye color slightly.
When subjected to an electric current of at least 50 volts, a cat's tail always points toward the north.
If the current trend continues, by the year 2215 midgets will outnumber "normal-sized" people.
Scientists estimate that sleep lost due to daylight saving time reduces the average lifespan by nearly two full months.
The African black rhinoceros excretes its own weight in dung every 48 hours.
The top three names for female babies born in China last year were Huan Yue, Jia Li and -- unlikely as it seems -- Buffy.
Peter Maas, creator of the character Serpico, got his character's name from an ultra-expensive, highly-prized Malaysian liqueur made from fermented viper venom.
There have been four documented cases of humans who have hibernated through an entire winter.
Strains of bacteria similar to E. coli have been found in spent printer cartridges -- but only in the cyan ones. Scientists have no explanation.
The four different people who, at various times, tried -- and failed -- to become the Guinness Book of World Records' "Human Milkshake Volcano" by drinking five gallons of milk and then riding the Six Flags Screaming' Eagle roller coaster all shared the same birthday: September 18, 1970.
The Australian aborigine language has over 30 words for "dust."
Anyone convicted of animal cruelty in Sedalia, Missouri, is sentenced to a month's confinement in the county animal shelter.
Fewer divorces occur in families in which the children wake their parents before 6 a.m. on Saturdays.
A bad case of laryngitis forced Abraham Lincoln to lip-sync the Gettysburg Address. The speech was actually delivered by an aide hidden beneath the stage.
A prominent organization of anthropologists has predicted that by the year 5000, humans will have two rectums, but only one nostril.
Baking soda and vinegar will make your scrambled eggs fluffier.
Ancient Egyptians used molted cobra skins as condoms.
Female black cats can actually see their shadows at night.
Glamorous movie star Brad Pitt once had a summer job posting warning signs at coal mine entrances.
U.S. Army medics in World War I knew of the germ-fighting properties of rodent saliva and carried hamsters in their medical bags to sterilize wounds in the field.
An early draft of the Declaration of Independence included a line by Benjamin Franklin inviting King George to "kisse our collective arse."
Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
The sound made when a duck passes gas is the precise acoustic opposite of its quack; if it does both simultaneously, there's no audible sound.
In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.
Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.
SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
The Air Force's F-117 fighter uses aerodynamics discovered during research into how bumblebees fly.
You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.
Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced. It's not widely publicized for obvious reasons.
Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.
Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.
Centuries ago, purchasing real estate often required having one or more limbs amputated in order to prevent the purchaser from running away to avoid repayment of the loan. Hence an expensive purchase was said to cost "an arm and a leg."
When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed five gold Krugerrands in his small intestine.
The universal size of the credit card is based entirely on the size of the 1960s US Communist Party membership card. Credit cards were designed so that they wouldn't cause the Communist Party card to stand out.
The number of words in the Bible divided by the number of verses equals exactly 666.
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| inasia2008 |
May 27 2008, 06:35 PM
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QUOTE(introducinlyric @ May 27 2008, 01:41 PM) QUOTE(tripledot @ May 26 2008, 10:09 PM) QUOTE(inasia2008 @ May 27 2008, 09:26 AM) The sound made when a duck passes gas is the precise acoustic opposite of its quack; if it does both simultaneously, there's no audible sound. Say what? Now imagine a duck making a long quack to hide his long fart? LOL!  QUOTE Rubbing Tabasco on one's upper lip before bedtime is an effective temporary cure for sleep apnea. where do you find these Jo??? LOL, I just know, I am THAT clever!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or not.... Seriously, on Google! I just have this random thought to get amazing facts on something and hey presto!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| inasia2008 |
May 27 2008, 06:38 PM
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QUOTE(mmbcross @ May 28 2008, 12:16 AM)
Now we know what Inasia was doing for the last few weeks!
I challenge our bloggers to separate the true facts from the make-believe.
For example, I find it hard to believe:
1. The duck fart one. Can it be proved?
2. Lincoln's address by lip-sync. As there were no recordings, I guess we will never know.
3. The origin of the name for the common cold!
4. Rubbing Tabasco on your lips to stop you snoring. You bet it does, because you can't sleep for the pain!
I think we have months of exchanges with these amazing facts that he have been regaled with by our mine of useless information, our one and only - Inasia.
Who says its all useless, some people may find this stuff fascinating! I am not sure whether or not to be insulted, I'll get back to you on that one.. as far as the pot smoking, underwear wearing, unemployed thingy! The unemployed thing, yes, as for the rest, I am anti drugs and don't wear underwear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
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| mmbcross |
May 27 2008, 08:51 PM
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Hey Inasia, don't get so uptight, only joking (please excuse my black humour). Blame it all on Google!
The amazing facts are really fun to read, nevertheless I cannot for the life of me imagine how this fascinating information about farting ducks can be of any use to me.
When I was a youngster in England we had a duck called Alice. Alice was a real house pet and came in and out of the kitchen at will. My father got very annoyed with this and usually shooed her out with the help of his foot. Alice always got indignant at this and would quack like mad and poop all over the floor and of course on Dad's shoe.
Even had I known at the time that when a duck quacks and farts concurrently, the one sound would negate the other, I wouldn't have heard anything anyway, so I wouldn't have known for sure. Problem was, Alice never farted, only pooped, and she could sure quack and poop at the same time with full sound effects.
Sorry about the underwear, Inasia.
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