does anyone have any weird facts?
16-06-2005, 19:54
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does anyone have any weird facts?
if you do post them! probably sounding really stupid now  ....but is this true?
A ducks quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why?
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16-06-2005, 20:00
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
"Eskimos use Bauxite as snuff"
Don't even know if it is true, but we had it made into a poster on the living roon wall when I was a student.
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16-06-2005, 20:24
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
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Originally Posted by shredder
if you do post them! probably sounding really stupid now ....but is this true?
A ducks quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why?
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The duck's quack not echoing is one of those internet myths / urban legends.
See these links amongst others.
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/a.../duck/duck.htm
http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae482.cfm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3086890.stm
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16-06-2005, 20:43
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
Hemerocallis (day Lily's) are edible (taste like lettuce). 
Also you could always check here to see if facts presented are really true or not http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax
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16-06-2005, 20:44
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
If you swallow chewing gum it takes 6 months to digest 
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16-06-2005, 21:43
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
http://www.justtoiletpaper.com/
not really a fact....but it is random!
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16-06-2005, 21:55
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
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Originally Posted by shredder
if you do post them! probably sounding really stupid now ....but is this true?
A ducks quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why?
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Haha!  thats what I used to thinl/heard but when watching sky's brainiac science abuse, they made some guy take a duck to a cathedral to prove it does echo....
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16-06-2005, 21:57
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
The 'click' you sometimes get from joints is caused by a bubble of nitrogen imploding...............
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16-06-2005, 22:00
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
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The 'click' you sometimes get from joints is caused by a bubble of nitrogen imploding...............
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I think you may have been smoking just a few too many of them  
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16-06-2005, 22:01
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
Japan nearly ran out of 200 yen coins when space invaders was released.
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16-06-2005, 22:21
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
mole rats use the earths magnetic field to help navigate over longer distances, while underground - apparently the only mammal with this ability.
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16-06-2005, 22:36
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
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Japan nearly ran out of 200 yen coins when space invaders was released.
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Didn't they empty the machines then? 
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16-06-2005, 22:36
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
97.8% of statistics are made up on the fly....
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16-06-2005, 22:46
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
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Originally Posted by Tuftus
97.8% of statistics are made up on the fly.... |
100% of flys deny their role in 'made up' statistics
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16-06-2005, 22:51
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Re: does anyone have any wierd facts?
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Originally Posted by homealone
100% of flys deny their role in 'made up' statistics |
Have you tried writing on flies? "not zips"!!!
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