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Daniel | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:47 |
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I'll start |
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Daniel | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:48 |
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The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the past when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. |
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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:48 |
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I have the first reply....thats interesting lol E x |
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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:48 |
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DOH !! |
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Sue | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:49 |
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Elephants can't jump! Sue |
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Lisa | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:50 |
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pigs can't fly!xxxxxxxx(: |
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Ann | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:51 |
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In the new series of Dr. Who, the daleks have also figured out how to go up stairs!!! |
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Bec | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:52 |
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I have just discovered I DO like chocolate. And I have also just discovered I feel a bit sick :-( I wonder if there may be a connection? |
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Daniel | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:54 |
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. That's where the phrase "Goodnight, sleep tight" comes from |
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Wendy | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:56 |
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Elephants have four knees. Wendy - the other one. |
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Unknown | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:58 |
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There are a handful of words in the full edition of the Oxford English Dictionary that were made up by the lexicographers when they compiled it. |
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Poolmaster | Report | 2 Nov 2004 15:59 |
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it's still law for a london cabby to carry a bail of hay in the boot. this comes from horse drawn carriage days to protect horses from long days without food! |
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Stephanie | Report | 2 Nov 2004 16:00 |
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I am addicted to Ketchup ! x |
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Lisa | Report | 2 Nov 2004 16:02 |
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i'm addicted to a swedish dish.his names freddie!!!!!xxx(: |
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Bec | Report | 2 Nov 2004 16:06 |
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Pauls - very interesting information! Apparently the average chocolat bar has around 6 insect legs in it?! 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 The Venus's flytrap can eat a whole cheeseburger. becx |
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Unknown | Report | 2 Nov 2004 16:13 |
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women ogle more often than men, but because they have better peripheral vision, it isn't so obvious, therefore they don't get caught |
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Stephanie | Report | 2 Nov 2004 16:14 |
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nah, i always get caught!! xx |
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Unknown | Report | 2 Nov 2004 16:14 |
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Koala bears live on eucalyptus leaves. These are difficult to digest, but the koala has some useful bacteria in its gut which help to break down the leaves. baby koalas are born without this bacteria, so the mummy koala feeds some of her poo to them so that they eat it and then the bacteria stays in their gut and helps them to eat eucalyptus. I learned this at an exhibition on POO at the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum in Tring at half-term. nell |
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(¯`*•.¸*Karen on the Coast*(¯`*•.¸ | Report | 2 Nov 2004 16:14 |
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is that why all italian men hold their testicles? |
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(¯`*•.¸*Karen on the Coast*(¯`*•.¸ | Report | 2 Nov 2004 16:15 |
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the small intestine is 21ft long |
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