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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Any boring facts add here I'm full of dumbassed triv and can bore a man to death in three hours not even breaking a sweat

Challenge me and get yours in

Must be from your head not google

Try not to lie x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bananas are technically a herb

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The worlds largest tyre manufacturer is Lego

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Haha top banana

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

That's amazing mate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The earth is not round.

It's an oblique spheroid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you were to scale down the observable universe to the size of planet Earth, our planet would be 471 thousand times smaller than a speckle of dust.

Learned this in Croatia a while back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My mums a oblique spheroid

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

IT is still deemed technically illegal to not have 2pence on your person

Youd be a vagrant

And that lead to.the term

"I've not got two penny's to rub together"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Judge Judy is the highest paid tv personality...yes I am actually watching her now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My mums a oblique spheroid"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There are planets made entirely out of diamonds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dogs can't look up

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

They look up if you shoot them out of a cannon

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By *r Stagger LeeMan
over a year ago

torquay

the animal with the longest gestation period is the black alpine salamander at over 1000 days

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

The sun burns 4 million tonnes of its mass per second.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There are more stars in the universe that grains of sand on earth.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

God created the heavens and the earth in 6 days

Is that not just awesome hahaha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel, they total 666....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There are planets made entirely out of diamonds. "

I wonder if soil and rock is worth a shit ton on those planets?

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By *andS_GlasgowCouple
over a year ago

Giffnock

and the worlds smallest tyre manufacture are Matchbox

"The worlds largest tyre manufacturer is Lego

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

If the solar system was the size of St. Paul's cathedral then the Milky Way would be the size of the USA.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's illegal to own a hamster in Hawaii

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By *lceeWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"Dogs can't look up "

Snorts with laughter. Love that film!

In Ancient Rome, they didn't swear by their gods, men swore on their testicles. Which is where the word 'testify' comes from.

True story.

But I worry about what then happened should they be lroved to have perjured themselves

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Dogs can't look up

Snorts with laughter. Love that film!

In Ancient Rome, they didn't swear by their gods, men swore on their testicles. Which is where the word 'testify' comes from.

True story.

But I worry about what then happened should they be lroved to have perjured themselves

They lied about their cock size.

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By *40 maleMan
over a year ago

chesterfield

Where the speed limit changes on an 'A' road and there's lamp posts the signs must be lit up 24/7 for the speed limit to be enforced.

Drive sensibility boys and girls

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By *40 maleMan
over a year ago

chesterfield

"If the solar system was the size of St. Paul's cathedral then the Milky Way would be the size of the USA. "

Wow

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By *40 maleMan
over a year ago

chesterfield

"Dogs can't look up "

Neither can pigs

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Elephants can't jump

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The phrase 'cor, blimey' is derived from the medieval phrase 'God, blind me'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Only female ducks can quack.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Goodnight sleep tight comes from Shakespearean times. In order to make a mattress more comfortable, you tightened ropes to cushion up the mattress

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By *ed LipstickWoman
over a year ago

Fucksville

Wow.... congrats on this thread!

The world's biggest dessert is Antarctica x

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By *rinking-in-laCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

Every atom in our bodies other than hydrogen and helium were created in fusion reactions in the core of stars or a matter of fractions of a second after the Big Bang.

We are all made of stars.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The great salt lake can cover north and south america in 1 foot of water.

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By *rinking-in-laCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

"The earth is not round.

It's an oblique spheroid"

Oblate.

Sorry

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By *rinking-in-laCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

"The earth is not round.

It's an oblique spheroid

Oblate.

Sorry"

But on that, relative to its size, the earth is smoother than a snooker ball.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Wow.... congrats on this thread!

The world's biggest dessert is Antarctica x "

Baked Alaska?

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

The word "loo" is derived from Norman times when people would throw the contents of their toilet pots out of the window and would shout "guardez l'eau" (meaning "watch the water" as a warning to any passers by which over time was shortened to "loo"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The egg that made you was formed in your mother when she was a baby in your grandmothers womb

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There was only 1 registered death in the great Fire of London

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Peanuts are not nuts...they are legumes!

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

If you look at the Houses of Parliament from across the Thames, then the House of commons is twards the right half of the building and the House of Lords is to the left half of the building.

The seats in the House of commons are coloured green and the seats in the House of Lords are red.

Likewise, the bridge to the right of the building (Westminster Bridge) is painted green and the bridge to the left of the building (Lambeth Bridge) is painted with red highlights.

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"The earth is not round.

It's an oblique spheroid"

Oblate spheroid.

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"The earth is not round.

It's an oblique spheroid

Oblate.

Sorry"

Ah beaten to it. Should have read further down.

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

Big Ben is not the name of either the clock r the tower. Big Ben is the name of the largest bell, the one which bongs the hour.

The tower has had several names and since the Queens Diamond Jubilee, it is called the Elzabeth Tower.

The tower itself is not directly attatched to the Houses of Parliament. It is free standing, and is built on a foundation of concrete.

Although it is very difficult to see it with the eye, the tower does lean slightly.

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

Percy Shaw from Halifax invented the Cats Eyes road studs.

He was very enthusiastic about the environment and slightly eccentric. He built a factory to manufacture the cats eyes in. There was a tree on the plot of land, which he didn't want to cut down so he built his factory around the tree.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The black rhino lives it's life alone, apart from 2-3 times a year when it mates.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Percy Shaw from Halifax invented the Cats Eyes road studs.

And the reason he used cats eyes was because if he used cats arseholes he would have needed twice as many cats!!

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

"The black rhino lives it's life alone, apart from 2-3 times a year when it mates."

A bit like your average user of this site then

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By *ookingforlustMan
over a year ago

northants

My dog does. She's a bit daft! Tried to catch a flock of geese the other day as they flew overhead, she only missed them by about 100 foot!!

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By *ookingforlustMan
over a year ago

northants

"My dog does. She's a bit daft! Tried to catch a flock of geese the other day as they flew overhead, she only missed them by about 100 foot!!"

Oops! That was referring to the dogs can't look up fact.

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By *ookingforlustMan
over a year ago

northants

Elephants are the only mammals that have 4 knee caps.

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By *arry247Couple
over a year ago

Wakefield

"Any boring facts add here I'm full of dumbassed triv and can bore a man to death in three hours not even breaking a sweat

Challenge me and get yours in

Must be from your head not google

Try not to lie x"

A factoid by deinition is an unreliable fact.

I.E. it is not the truth of the matter

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

"Any boring facts add here I'm full of dumbassed triv and can bore a man to death in three hours not even breaking a sweat

Challenge me and get yours in

Must be from your head not google

Try not to lie x

A factoid by deinition is an unreliable fact.

I.E. it is not the truth of the matter"

Are you sure about that?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you start a pyramid scheme with 5 people and those 5 people recruit 5 people...in 14 cycles there will be nobody on earth who isn't in it....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You foot is the same size as the inside of your arm from wrist to the bend of your elbow.

From you head to the sole of your foot is the same length as your middle finger to middle finger if you hold your arms out to the side x

Your ears are not level to each other

The only part of the human body that does not grow are your eye balls x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I was at school I learned that if you baked all the wheat grown in the world in one year into loaves of bread and laid them end to end they would reach the moon.

Wonder how far they would reach today?

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By *uffnsmovCouple
over a year ago

Leeds/Wakefield

The 'close doors' button on lifts are not connected and are just there for peace of mind.

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By *w214Couple
over a year ago

Wirral

Wide chord fan blades eat birds for breakfast.

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

Humans' energy consumption is equal to burning all of the plants and trees on the planet every day.

We're not doomed though because every day enough solar energy reaches our planet surface to power our needs for a whole year.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This is class hang over reading.... and that's a fact

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By *rinking-in-laCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

"The 'close doors' button on lifts are not connected and are just there for peace of mind."

That is not actually true in all cases.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If the distance between the Earth and the Sun was an inch, then the nearest star to us would be 4 miles away.

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By *e ja vue 2Couple
over a year ago

MANCHESTER

its impossible to tickle yourself

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By *e ja vue 2Couple
over a year ago

MANCHESTER

farting helps reduce high blood pressure

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

98% of the inside of an atom is simply empty space.

If you scaled this up so an atom was the size of Wembley Arena, the nucleus would be a pea right in the centre of the pitch and the electrons would be fullstops right up in the top corner stands.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A blue whale's heart is NOT the same weight as a VW Beetle, as it's been commonly bandied about for decades.

It actually weighs the same as a male gorilla, or two full grown men.

Furthermore, the blue whale's aorta is not big enough for a child to swim through; it's only just big enough to stick your head in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you're under 5ft tall, you're officially classed as a dwarf

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An elephants penis weighs and average 60lbs !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A pig has a 20 minute orgasm

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jet planes weren't the first man-made thing to create a sonic boom; it was a whip cracking.

However, this wasn't proved till the invention of high speed cameras; everyone thought the sound was caused by the whip hitting the ground.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All polar bears are left handed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What? This can not be true!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weight for weight, saffron costs more per kilogram than gold.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A blue whale releases 20 gallons of sperm

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All polar bears are left handed "

Polar bears fur is not white it's transparent

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All polar bears are left handed

Polar bears fur is not white it's transparent "

Polar bears skin is black to soak up the sun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All polar bears are left handed

Polar bears fur is not white it's transparent

Polar bears skin is black to soak up the sun "

See you learn something new every day

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By *workoutMan
over a year ago

Cradley Heath

Chickens heads are perfectly gyroscopic and the inspiration for certain film camera designs!

https://youtu.be/vgWTtmkllbY

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not all frogs croak like we think they do; most groan, squeak, scream, whistle or are simply silent.

Reason why we think all frogs croak is because when sound first came to Hollywood Studios, when they were filming a jungle scene, they wanted sounds that sounded like they were from the jungle.... and the frog that lives in Hollywood croaks. Hence it became folklore why we think all frogs croak.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Should you ever find a bowl of water large enough to gently ppace the planet Saturn in, it would float

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"A blue whale releases 20 gallons of sperm"

How much does a Sperm Whale release? A blue whales cock is 8 feet long.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The last St Johnstone player to score at hat trick at Rangers Ibrox Stadium was Sir Alex Ferguson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The term posh comes from when the wealthy used to sail on ships (I forgot which harbour)

Port

Out

Starboard

Home

As that way they got the best sunlight

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By *homCrownMan
over a year ago

West Fife

My Physics teacher invented the idea of yellow lines with decreasing width that you find on approach to roundabouts.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Port side of a boat is so called because the captain always passed the 'porter' round to his left at dinner.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"The term posh comes from when the wealthy used to sail on ships (I forgot which harbour)

Port

Out

Starboard

Home

As that way they got the best sunlight "

Not quite - that way they stayed out of the sunlight.

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

"The worlds largest tyre manufacturer is Lego

That's not true - they make tiny tyres

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

"The black rhino lives it's life alone, apart from 2-3 times a year when it mates."

Careful! Forum rules say no naming and shaming

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By *azkinsWoman
over a year ago

leeds

Rabbits are the only other animal besides an owl that can see behind without actually looking that's why its so difficult to catch one try throwing something over it first lol yes I had one and no not a battery operated one

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

"Rabbits are the only other animal besides an owl that can see behind without actually looking that's why its so difficult to catch one try throwing something over it first lol yes I had one and no not a battery operated one

Don't owls have to turn their head to see behind though?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great thread OP

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

The Romans introduced cabbages to England and the Normans introduced rabbits.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you crave chocolate, it's because your body is craving the acid in chocolate but if you eat a few pickled onions, the craving should subside.

I use this all of the time lol! I always have a jar in!

Eve. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whats factoid

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

M&M's were introduced into the UK following their use in the film ET.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A blue whale releases 20 gallons of sperm

How much does a Sperm Whale release? A blue whales cock is 8 feet long."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The term posh comes from when the wealthy used to sail on ships (I forgot which harbour)

Port

Out

Starboard

Home

As that way they got the best sunlight "

Was used on transatlantic crossings. Port on UK to USA then starboard side homewards. They charged a lot more for these cabins as they got more sun than the other side.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kit Kat candy bars are made from other kit kats that didn't pass quality standards so your eating kit kat thats made from other kit kats

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The capercaillie (a large type of grouse) went extinct during the early 1900s due to deforestation. In the 1970s and 1980s, they were reintroduced to Scotland, but today, their numbers are in decline yet again.

If numbers keep falling, capercaillies will be the only British animal to go extinct twice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There is no gold at the end of the rainbow

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Technically, there are 46 states in the USA.

Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts officially call themselves Commonwealths, not States, since this is what they decided to call themselves at the end of the War of Independance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is virtually impossible to eat a sugary jam doughnut without licking your lips.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It is virtually impossible to eat a sugary jam doughnut without licking your lips."

I can actually do this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Walt Disney had false teeth that were made of wood

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Shit comes from when they used to transport perishable goods by ship. They would have SHIT stamped on them.

Store

High

Transit

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I think fuck comes from the days of peasants and masters. Fornicating Under the Consent of the King

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The black shape in the middle of a lollypop persons lollipop is a chalkboard to Wright down the registration of people who do not stop for them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Your ears and nose never stop growing

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

All toads are frogs but not all frogs are toads...

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

Only the female mosquito drinks blood...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh and the ability to roll your tongue is inherited so if you can do it one of your parents must be able too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dogs can't look up "

just tried this with my dogs..

They can

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cows can't walk down stairs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dogs can't look up

just tried this with my dogs..

They can

Dog owners are gullible *joke*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It is virtually impossible to eat a sugary jam doughnut without licking your lips.

I can actually do this

I can too. I did say virtually...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In ghost busters egon says the battery cells of their proton pack has a half life of 5000 years. This doesn't mean it expires in 2500 years. It means that in 5000 years the battery life is now at 2500 life. Then in 2500 years after that one the battery life is 1250 years and so on and so

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Factoids aren't actually fact

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

"Dogs can't look up

just tried this with my dogs..

They can

Dog owners are gullible *joke*"

The word 'gullible' isn't actually in the dictionary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dogs can't look up

just tried this with my dogs..

They can

Dog owners are gullible *joke*

The word 'gullible' isn't actually in the dictionary. "

Nice try

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The capercaillie (a large type of grouse) went extinct during the early 1900s due to deforestation. In the 1970s and 1980s, they were reintroduced to Scotland, but today, their numbers are in decline yet again.

If numbers keep falling, capercaillies will be the only British animal to go extinct twice. "

If they were extinct - where did they get more from to become extinct twice?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg's Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Night vision equipment is displayed in green because our eyes can differentiate between more shades of green than any other colour.

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By *ussexsocialMan
over a year ago

Billingshurst

The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ! For some unknown reason I've always been able to remember that

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

"Factoids aren't actually fact

If that's correct, then you shouldn't be telling us this in a thread asking for factoids.

Unless the fact that factoids aren't fact is actually a factoid.

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

"Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg's Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation."

I'd rather stick with my 3 a day then (Weetabix that is)

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

Dr. Kellog was good friends with a Welsh harpist, Nansi Richards.

Nansi pointed out the dimilarity between the name Kellog and the Welsh word ceiliog.

Translated to English, ceiliog is cockrel.

And that is why the mascot for cornflakes is a cockrel. It's also why the cockrel is red and green, the two colours other than white of the Welsh flag.

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over a year ago

The only way iron can be formed is in a supernova.

The dying sun creates the iron wich ultimately kills the sun.

When it explodes into a supernova it throws iron, carbon and other elements into the cosmos.

So the iron in your blood came from an exploded star somewhere.

We are all made of star stuff.x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wow.... congrats on this thread!

The world's biggest dessert is Antarctica x "

Is that an Antarctica Roll?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gold can only be created in a supernova due to it being atomically heavy.

Mens shirts (when you button up) is left over right, so they could pull a sword out without it snagging if it was the other way around. Women's are right over left so the maids could do it up easily.

Elephants cannot jump at all.

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

"Gold can only be created in a supernova due to it being atomically heavy.

Mens shirts (when you button up) is left over right, so they could pull a sword out without it snagging if it was the other way around. Women's are right over left so the maids could do it up easily.

Elephants cannot jump at all. "

It's also why we, the pesky British, walk on the left and drive on the left.

It all makes travelling on the London tube / underground / metro..... even more interesting!

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

"Gold can only be created in a supernova due to it being atomically heavy.

Mens shirts (when you button up) is left over right, so they could pull a sword out without it snagging if it was the other way around. Women's are right over left so the maids could do it up easily.

Elephants cannot jump at all.

It's also why we, the pesky British, walk on the left and drive on the left.

It all makes travelling on the London tube / underground / metro..... even more interesting!

Which wouldn't be a problem if people could tell their left from from their right...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The only way iron can be formed is in a supernova.

The dying sun creates the iron wich ultimately kills the sun.

When it explodes into a supernova it throws iron, carbon and other elements into the cosmos.

So the iron in your blood came from an exploded star somewhere.

We are all made of star stuff.x"

Slight change to that. If a star starts to form iron it means it's doomed and star is dying - the star will either become a supernova or collapse into a neutron star.

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over a year ago

"Gold can only be created in a supernova due to it being atomically heavy.

Mens shirts (when you button up) is left over right, so they could pull a sword out without it snagging if it was the other way around. Women's are right over left so the maids could do it up easily.

Elephants cannot jump at all.

It's also why we, the pesky British, walk on the left and drive on the left.

It all makes travelling on the London tube / underground / metro..... even more interesting!

Which wouldn't be a problem if people could tell their left from from their right..."

As I say we British have been walking on the proper side - we walk on the left so we could pull our theoretical swords out on enemies to attack them easily.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Gold can only be created in a supernova due to it being atomically heavy.

Mens shirts (when you button up) is left over right, so they could pull a sword out without it snagging if it was the other way around. Women's are right over left so the maids could do it up easily.

Elephants cannot jump at all. "

See previous comment on hefalumps.

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

When you look at something, it isn't the colour it appears.

So if you look at an orange, it is every colour but orange. All the colours are absorbed by there own colour, as there is no orange in orange the orange is reflected and that is what you see....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Factoids aren't actually fact

If that's correct, then you shouldn't be telling us this in a thread asking for factoids.

Unless the fact that factoids aren't fact is actually a factoid.

No, it's factually correct that factoids aren't facts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Due to distances involved in space, if the Sun was to blow up then you wouldn't know until 8 minutes later.

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By *ongtalljonMan
over a year ago

North Wales

"Factoids aren't actually fact

If that's correct, then you shouldn't be telling us this in a thread asking for factoids.

Unless the fact that factoids aren't fact is actually a factoid.

No, it's factually correct that factoids aren't facts

Well fact me!

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

You can fit something like 13 million earth's in the sun...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

No.1 That was not out of your own head

No.2 The number is wrong ... By slot.

There's something like 1.3 million earths in the sun

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By *ayandpCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth

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By *andixxxMan
over a year ago

Gloucester

"The worlds largest tyre manufacturer is Lego

The worlds largest toy distributor is McDonald's.

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

Potatoes are technically a fruit.

Elephants can't taste pepper.

It's impossible for a banana to sink in beer.

In Kazakhstan most people are left handed.

After retiring from Blue Peter, Shep went on to be a dog fighter.

The word 'gullible' isn't actually in the dictionary.

In university Nick Clegg was in the cage fighting team.

these are all from memory.

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By *adyDangerWoman
over a year ago

land of debauchery and kink

Great thread OP, loved reading all of these

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

"No.1 That was not out of your own head

No.2 The number is wrong ... By slot.

There's something like 1.3 million earths in the sun"

No1 wasn't out of my head as I didn't invent it but learned about it a while back, so I didn't have to look it up...

No2...See what happens when you don't look it...

The Liger is the biggest feline on the planet...

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