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  • cee134
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    That the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series of books came about after the creator ran out of bedtime stories to tell his daughters, so he asked them what they thought the protagonist should do next. He would then continue the story based on their choices.
  • cee134
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    J.R.R. Tolkien passed away in 1973. If you reverse that number it is 3791. Three rings for the Elves. Seven for the Dwarves. Nine for Men. And one ring to rule them all.
  • cee134
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    George Washington owned the largest distillery in America, producing 11,000 gallons of whiskey per year.
  • The_Aly_Wei
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    geiznekcm wrote: »
    "Eruct" is synonymous to "burp".

    This was a need to know.
  • cee134
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    Astronomers didn't think stars existed outside the milky way until the 1920's.
  • cee134
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    Tomorrow, every kid born on 2000 will be an adult.
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    In 1992, a retiree was out searching for a lost hammer with a metal detector. During his search he found a huge cache of Roman treasure, including 15,234 coins. The British government gave him and the owner of the land £1.75 million for finding it. Later on, he also found the hammer.
  • cee134
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    If you’re in a car going 60 mph you travel about 18 feet every time you blink. The average person blinks 15 times per minute. At that pace, every 20 minutes the average person drives a mile with their eyes closed.
  • UltraVegAthlete
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    Eating fruit won’t make you smell like flowers.
  • Sunshine_And_Sand
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    UltraVegAthlete wrote: »
    Eating fruit won’t make you smell like flowers.

    BUT eating poop WILL make you smell like poop.
  • cee134
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    Bad Vacuums don't suck.
  • cee134
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    There are about 50 million kangaroos in the world and about 5 million Norwegians. So if the kangaroos decided to invade Norway they would have to fight about 10 each.
  • cee134
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    You know who has more descendants than Genghis Khan? Genghis Khan's dad.
  • cee134
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    In 1974 Elvis Presley expressed interest in covering Dolly Parton's "I will always love you". She was initially was thrilled about the proposal, however when she found out she would have to sign over half of the royalties to Elvis she refused.
  • cee134
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    If an alien population about 2200 light-years away from here could observe the Earth now by a powerful telescope, they would see the ancient Romans fighting Hannibal in the Second Punic War.
  • cee134
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    Even in a worst-case scenario, Rubix cubes are no more than 20 moves from being solved.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    A photographer took pictures of a street mime in Central Park in 1974 and 35 years later discovered it was Robin Williams before he was famous.

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    I <3 this.
  • cee134
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    The Sun is a space heater.
  • jmatty_ice
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    Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it.

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