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Post by Paul Hogan on Jun 26, 2007 20:01:27 GMT -5
Turning a clock's hands counterclockwise while setting it is not necessarily harmful. It is only damaging when the timepiece contains a chiming mechanism.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jun 27, 2007 17:08:31 GMT -5
Eating chocolate three times a month helps people live longer as opposed to people who overeat chocolate or do not eat chocolate at all.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jun 27, 2007 17:29:13 GMT -5
Research has indicated that approximately eleven minutes are cut off the life of an average male smoker from each cigarette smoked.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jun 28, 2007 17:35:48 GMT -5
The largest coral reef in the world is the Great Barrier Reef located in Australia. The reef is approximately 2023 kilometers long.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jun 29, 2007 18:20:36 GMT -5
In 1894 the first big Coke sign was found on the side of a building located in Cartersville, Georgia, and still exists today.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jun 29, 2007 18:32:13 GMT -5
The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jun 30, 2007 16:59:31 GMT -5
The Happy Birthday song was bought for $28 million dollars by the British.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 1, 2007 18:53:55 GMT -5
Initially golf balls were made out of wood. After that they were made out of leather which was stuffed with feathers.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 1, 2007 19:08:03 GMT -5
In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 2, 2007 17:43:16 GMT -5
A Canadian, Troy Hurtubise, spent $100,000 and almost went bankrupt building a RoboCop style suit so that he could withstand a bear attack.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 2, 2007 18:02:47 GMT -5
Stinging insects kills approximately 25 people annually in the U.S.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 3, 2007 19:40:01 GMT -5
Clarence Crane the inventor of "Crane's Peppermint Life Savers" sold his rights to the popular candy for less than three thousand dollars.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 3, 2007 21:35:01 GMT -5
Gertrude Ederle was still a teenager when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel on August 6, 1926. Not only did she swim the channel, but she broke the speed record held by a man.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 3, 2007 21:50:27 GMT -5
Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 5, 2007 4:09:23 GMT -5
A Blue Whales tongue weighs more than an elephant.
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