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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: TOKS (IP Logged)
Date: 15 November, 2006 13:38

:-)

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Lauren. (IP Logged)
Date: 22 January, 2007 23:18

This year Father Christmas has obviously been looking at this thread and felt he needed to contribute, so he kindly gave me a book with many enlightening facts. It even tells us more about the infamous polar bear.
So heres a good one.

A certain Scottishman called William Paterson set up the Bank of England, by giving William 3rd a loan to support his war against France with an interest rate of 8%, and then went on to help set up the Bank of Scotland.

Not a lot of people know that!

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Tanya W (IP Logged)
Date: 23 January, 2007 11:46


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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Lauren. (IP Logged)
Date: 24 January, 2007 00:05

So today's fact.

More calories are burned eating a stick of celery than the silly thing contains.
Proof that it is an awful and annoying vegetable that appears in foods that just don't need it!!

Other similar foods include lettuce( rabbit food that I'm in the process of learning to love but haven't yet got past faaaaaaaaaa(j)h(i)eetas and a Loch Fyne menu) and garlic( garlic rocks)

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Lauren. (IP Logged)
Date: 30 January, 2007 22:54

Winnie the Pooh's name came from a swan called Pooh(cruel owners,if i was the I would have refused to answer them) and a girl bear cub called Winnie short for Winnipeg.



Pea's have belly buttons, whether they are innies or outies is another question.

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 09 March, 2007 14:14

Crab sticks actually contain no crab...

Manufacuters now have to call them crab FLAVOURED sticks!

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 09 March, 2007 14:15

Bananas have to be at least 14cm to meet EU standards.

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 09 March, 2007 14:16

The phrase minding your P's and Q's came about from when beer was served in Pints & Quarts.

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 09 March, 2007 14:16

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 09 March, 2007 14:17

More than 2,500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 09 March, 2007 14:17

'Psycho' was the first film to feature the sound of a flushing toilet.

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Kyra (IP Logged)
Date: 09 March, 2007 15:03

Mel, have you got that Friday feeling by any chance?
:-!

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Lauren. (IP Logged)
Date: 09 March, 2007 17:17

Well done Mel! Kyra, surely at 3o'clock you also have that Friday feeling?! Once I've stopped wasting my time on work, I'll go and fetch my special book with astounding facts.;-)

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Lizzy G (IP Logged)
Date: 09 March, 2007 19:34

Ronald Raggen's wife arranged all of his appointments through his chief of staff to coincide with his horoscope.
It's illegal in Germany for a married couple to get DNA tests done (i.e. on their kids) unless it goes through the courts.

strange things happen in a psychology of personality lecture

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 16 March, 2007 17:30


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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 16 March, 2007 17:31

Mushrooms can be also used for dyeing wool and other natural fibers. The chromophores of mushrooms are organic compounds and produce strong and vivid colors, and all colors of the spectrum can be achieved with mushroom dyes. Before the invention of synthetic dyes the mushrooms were the primary sources on dyeing textiles. This technique has survived in Finland, and many Middle Ages re-enactors have revived the skill again.

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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 16 March, 2007 17:31

Some mushrooms have been used as fire starters (known as tinder fungi). Ötzi the Iceman was found carrying such mushrooms. Mushrooms, and other fungi, will likely play an increasingly important role in the development of effective biological remediation and filtration technologies.

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Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 16 March, 2007 17:33


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Posted by: TanyaW (IP Logged)
Date: 16 March, 2007 20:46


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Re: Not a lot of people know that..
Posted by: Mel A (IP Logged)
Date: 19 March, 2007 11:06


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