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Jet lag was once called boat lag, back before jets existed.

Madrid is the only European capital city not situated on a river.

Pinocchio is Italian for †œpine head.ââ‚ƚ¬Ã‚ÂÂÂ�

The word †œqueuingà¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã‚ Â� is the only English word with five consecutive vowels.

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

The two longest one-syllable words in the English language are †œscreechedà¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Ã⠀šÃ‚Â� and †œstrengths.Ãƚ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚à ‚ÂÂ�

Many Japanese golfers carry †œhole-in-oneââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ÂÂ� insurance, because it is traditional in Japan to share oneââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s good luck by sending gifts to all your friends when you get an †œace.âà ƒÆ’¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚ � The price for what the Japanese term an †œalbatrossà¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Ã⠀šÃ‚Â� can often reach $10,000.

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On QI Jeremy Clarkson drove the Marathon course in rush hour, while an athelete ran it. JC lost by 8 mins

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Admiral Nelson suffered from sea-sickness.

Humming birds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

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There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, †œthereinà¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã‚ Â�: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

†œEvianâ € � spelled backvards is naive.

There is no such thing as naturally blue food, even blueberries are purple.

Soldiers from every country salute with their right hand.

If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.

English soccer club Liverpool were formed because their local enemies, Everton, couldnââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t pay the rent for their stadium. Therefore Liverpool took over at the stadium (Anfield) and became Englandââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s top soccer team ever.

†œStudies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realise what is occuring, relax and correct itself. At about that height it hits maximum speed and when it hits the ground itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s rib cage absorbs most of the impact. So throw your cat off a building today!ââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ÂÂ�

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Oh, right, I thought you were talking about the movie. I forgot it was a revisit. My bad.
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Did you know that arms races aren't unique to homo sapiens?

To explain: some species of bat home in on moths using their sonar in order to pick them off on the wing. However, some species of moth then evolved the ability to detect the sonar; the moth judges how close the bat is by the strength of the signal and, just before the bat strikes, the moth evades it. Effectively, the moth is watching its six.

Other species have taken this further, by evolving the ability to produce what can only be described as a jamming signal: they detect the vibrations of the bat's sonar and broadcast their own signal at nearly the same frequency, thus confusing the bat and giving the moth a few seconds' grace before the bat strikes.

Sooner or later, of course, the bats will probably evolve the ability to change their sonar frequency rapidly, to confuse the moths and thus regain the upper hand. And so on.
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Did you know that not only does the female praying mantis chew the male's head off while they're...at it..., not only does he carry on regardless, but in fact, he can't do the business unless she chews his head off. The action of eating his head triggers the production of certain chemicals which make fertilisation possible.

It seems rather extreme, having your head chewed off - and your body devoured afterwards, too - just for a bonk. Still, whatever floats your boat. :)

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In the words of Phillip J. Fry of futurama....
Fry: So you have to choose between a life without sex or a grousome death?
Zoidberg: Yes.
Fry: Tough call!!

Also, Did you know that 70% of statistics are made up on the spot?

The H.M.S Birkenhead (named after my hometown) is actually the origin of the phrase "women and children first" and not the R.M.S Titanic as many believe, the titanic incident happened around 60 years later.

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David, †œqueuingà¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã‚ Â� only has four consecutive vowels. There's more, but ICBA. ;-)

Not inappropriate, ZrByte! ;-D

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A nephalist is a teetotaler who denies it. :scratch:

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And the other 43% are worthless anyway :D

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Because of the way the Earth rotates, twice a year North Korea becomes South Korea and vice versa. This is the basis for Dubya including them in his phrase the "Axis of Evil".

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Did you know that there are more molecules in a glass of water than there are grains on sand in the world (according to S Fry QI)

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Of course, it can be spelled queueing. _Then_ it has five consecutive vowels... ;-)

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A cannon ball will float in a bath of mercury.

All mens nipples are 9 inches apart.
(bet you go and check now)

Liverpool has the largest cathedral and the biggest clock face in Britain.

Central Park New York was modelled on Central Park Birkenhead.

G.A Bell did not invent the telephone.

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I was going to mention this, the main reason is that it was the same man who was responsible for the design of both.

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Did you know:

The Lord's Prayer has 66 words,
The Gettysburg address has 286 words,
There are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence,
But the EU regulations on the sale of Cabbage totals 26,911 words.