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Offline Shakesthecoffecan

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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2007, 09:38:57 pm »
Montgomery Clift's parents once lived in a boarding house run by a family of "deaf mutes".

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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2007, 09:42:05 pm »
A tomato is not a vegetable. It's a fruit!  :D
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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #22 on: August 17, 2007, 10:14:42 pm »
A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds.
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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #23 on: August 17, 2007, 10:39:25 pm »
One billion seconds is about 32 years.
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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #24 on: August 17, 2007, 11:16:33 pm »
A fig is not a fruit, but rather an inflorescence or compact mass of flowers.
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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #25 on: August 17, 2007, 11:33:51 pm »
An oyster can change its gender.  :D
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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #26 on: August 17, 2007, 11:36:13 pm »
horses are left handed or right handed...
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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2007, 11:37:20 pm »
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2007, 11:39:49 pm »
Quote from: injest on August 17, 2007, 11:36:13 pm
horses are left handed or right handed...

That's interesting Jess! I didn't know that!  :D



Ancient Egyptian women used to wear perfume cones made of wax that would melt in the heat letting out a nice fragrance.
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Re: Useless Factoids
« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2007, 11:42:08 pm »
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's boyhood home was built from plans purchased from a Sears catalog.
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