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10th January 2014, 12:54 AM
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Do You Know
It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce, and only thirteen hours to build a Toyota.
The sound made by Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard forty miles away.
It takes approximately twenty minutes for your brain to know that your stomach is full.
There is a Temple in Sri Lanka dedicated to a tooth of Buddha.
Space dust tastes like raspberries and smells like rum!!
A Rubik's cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,ooo possible configurations.
Albert Einstein said that if the honey bees were to suddenly disappear from Earth, we would see an apocalypse within four years.
Deep breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics.
A one minute kiss burns about twentysix calories.
Maths magic: Just try it - 259 x your age x 39 = you will get an interesting result.
The rarest coffee in the world is Kopi Luwak, which is found in Indonesia, it costs about $300 a pound.
Lamborghini Cars were created because the Lamborghini Tractor Co, was insulted by the founder of Ferrari
The human mind is ten times more creative at night than it is in the morning or afternoon.
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10th January 2014, 01:00 AM
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Re: Do You Know
I like the one about the human mind is more than 10 times at night years ago my mind did get more creative it sure did
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10th January 2014, 10:54 AM
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Re: Do You Know
Hi hen, don't you ever do any housework?
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10th January 2014, 11:03 AM
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Re: Do You Know

Originally Posted by
Louis the fly
Hi hen, don't you ever do any housework?
Lou, how ungallant!, she's much younger than us, so she can do more things quicker than we can in the same time frame
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10th January 2014, 11:17 AM
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Re: Do You Know
Yes Ivan, only poking fun.
I remember the gay eccentric Quentin Crisp saying that after five years the dust does not get any thicker.
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10th January 2014, 03:41 PM
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Re: Do You Know
You missed the one that said Females can change their minds 100,000,000 times a second
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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10th January 2014, 04:44 PM
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Re: Do You Know

Originally Posted by
Louis the fly
Yes Ivan, only poking fun.
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Yes I know Lou, just couldn't resist a comment, used to get into a lot of trouble for that at school, guess I'll never learn
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10th January 2014, 08:05 PM
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Ivan, you just have old fashioned manners and values, sadly lacking in today's world.
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10th January 2014, 09:20 PM
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Re: Do You Know
who is this this lady with all this knowleage she is great
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10th January 2014, 09:50 PM
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Re: Do You Know

Originally Posted by
robpage
You missed the one that said Females can change their minds 100,000,000 times a second
no rob women call it multi tasking??jp
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