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| nchs09 |
1. The energy used to build an average Victorian terrace house would be enough to send a car round the Earth five times, says English Heritage.
2. Humans can be born suffering from a rare condition known as "sirenomelia" or "mermaid syndrome", in which the legs are fused together to resemble the tail of a fish.
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3. The Archbishop of Canterbury has the authority to award degrees, granted to him by the Pope in 1533.
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4. The Pope's breathing difficulties are partly due to an industrial accident he suffered as a young man, which left his lungs and diaphragm in a crushed position.
5. Dyslexia can slow a typical driver's reactions as much a moderate drinking session, according to a new Norwegian study.
6. Marlon Brando repeatedly turned down his Oscar-winning role in the Godfather because he didn't want to "glorify the mafia".
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7. Between 1932 and 1957, except during WWII, police paid a bounty of six old pence to anyone who brought them a dead grey squirrel, in a bid to stop the predatory creatures spreading.
8. Ad man turned Booker prize winner Salman Rushdie used the same typewriter, rumour has it, to create the "naughty but nice" cream cake slogan as he did to write the novel Midnight's Children.
9. British backpackers who outstay their visa make for the biggest number of illegal immigrants in Austalia.
10. Enthusiastic users of Blackberry mobile handsets face arthritis and damaged tendons because of the intensive flexing and rotating of the thumb. (Presumably users of other non-Blackberry devices do too.) |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| some scientist launch the most random unneeded research projects. such as that dyslexia one. couldnt they be researching for a cure for AIDS or some disease? a cure for world hunger? a rice grain that has every essential nutrient for your body? |
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| Spartan |
predator squirrels?
i thought squirrels ate nuts, berries and birds eggs:conf: |
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| You aint Ninja |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
some scientist launch the most random unneeded research projects. such as that dyslexia one. couldnt they be researching for a cure for AIDS or some disease? a cure for world hunger? a rice grain that has every essential nutrient for your body? |
You get off TA and do it. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| quote: | Originally posted by You aint Ninja
You get off TA and do it. |
PROMLEM: I dont have a PHD in biology. |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
10. Enthusiastic users of Blackberry mobile handsets face arthritis and damaged tendons because of the intensive flexing and rotating of the thumb. (Presumably users of other non-Blackberry devices do too.) |
Crap. I use the Sidekick.
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| Photo_bot_2k1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
PROMLEM: I dont have a PHD in biology. |
Then you have no right to complain. |
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| Emil |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
some scientist launch the most random unneeded research projects. such as that dyslexia one. couldnt they be researching for a cure for AIDS or some disease? a cure for world hunger? a rice grain that has every essential nutrient for your body? |
The cure for Aids/Cancer already exists but the govt's of the world won't allow them to be released. |
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| Cal |
| quote: | Originally posted by Emil
The cure for Aids/Cancer already exists but the govt's of the world won't allow them to be released. |
Yeah I hear that. Much easier to be making money off drugs for treating that forever and ever intead of the one time dose for curing it. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| quote: | Originally posted by Photo_bot_2k1
Then you have no right to complain. |
why not? its criticism that gets things done right, most of the time at least. |
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