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We've all got them.
We've all told.
We've all heard them

Those usless fact that you hear at work, parties, and other social gatherings. Facts that you cannot live without.

Perfectly pure water does not conduct electricity.

Fred & Wilma Flintstone where the first couple to appear in bed on TV in the US

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you cant sneeze with your eyes open

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In theory a bumblebee should not be able to fly.

The world constipation record is one year (a doctor friend told me, although we were both drunk at the time...!).

Polar bears are left-handed.

There was another one I can never remember exactly about which way the water swirls down the plug hole, either side of the equator...

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The earth has 5 moons!

(And no im not joking)

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You can't whistle when you are laughing!

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Cats are the only felines who can purr whilst inhaling and exhaling.

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Where and if so linky please?
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Being able to curl your tongue is genetically inherited!

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swing chain means warm seat ;)

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Ah, maybe why the consipracy theories keep on being posted. Nobody knew not to look at the moon :p:

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answered here
http://www.earthsky.com/shows/listen...?date=20040112
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Did you know Robbie Williams is a smug talentless t*t
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star.

The term the "Boogey Man will get you" comes from the Boogey people,who still inhabit an area of Indonesia. These people still act as pirates today and attack ships that pass. Thus the term spread "if you don't watch out the Boogey man will get you."

The original fifty cent piece in Australian decimal currency had around $2.00 worth of silver in it before it was replaced with a less expensive twelve sided coin.

The only planet without a ring is earth.

The word posh, which denotes luxurious rooms or accomodations, originated when ticket agents in England marked the tickets of travelers going by ship to the Orient. Since there was no air conditioning in those days, it was always better to have a cabin on the shady side of the ship as it passed through the Mediterranean and Suez area. Since the sun is in the south, those with money paid extra to get cabin's on the left, or port, traveling to the Asia, and on the right, or starboard, when returning to Europe. Hence their tickets were marked with the initials for Port Outbound Starboard Homebound, or POSH.

David Prowse, was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.

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Many years ago, dried manure was shipped as a kind of commodity. The problem was that if the sea became choppy or the waves were high, sea water would often get into the hold. This salt water, when mixed with the dried, packed manure, would cause gas creation (methane I think?), which was highly flammable. To combat this, the manure had to be stored higher up in the hold, to avoid it from mixing in the water that sloshed around on the floor. The bales were thuse marked "Ship High In Transit", which was abbreviated to...

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Guinea Pigs cannot be sick...

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...but pigs from Guinea can! How weird's that?

;)

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The earth has 2 moons...

I has 'The moon' and 'Cruithne'

It did have J002E3 for a bit but it has buggered off now. (animation of J002E3)