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06-01-2006, 06:05 PM
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Useless but Amusing Fact Competition
According to a couple of sites out there on the Internet:
"In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi. " Just how did they discover this to be true :?: Did it happen during lunch to some poor unasuming astronaught, or, was it a curious astrophysics engineer who pondered " I wonder what would happen if ..." :?: Does anybody else have any weird, wonderfull but useless facts to post :?: On the 6th of February I will award 250 Tokens to however I think has posted the best one  Mike ... |
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06-01-2006, 10:08 PM
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Apparently, a peanut is a dried, salted pea ???
I heard it on the Dispatches Channel 4 show.... but they dont look or taste like peas... Very odd :-? MadCat
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31-01-2006, 02:43 PM
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A 27 year old heir to a sausage empire was handed a ticket for 116,000 pounds for driving at 80 km/hr in a 40 km/hr zone. This is because the speeding tickets in Finland are based on how much money a person makes
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if polar bears swap to being right handed, will they live longer? As one post in the forum says, right handed people live longer!! I use a screwdriver in either hand... does this mean I can be either right or left handed, or am I just odd :?: MadCat
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Re: Useless but Amusing Fact Competition
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Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
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