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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    RunHardBeStrong wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    The highest per capita Jell-O consumption in the US is Des Moines.

    Really? I am just over an hour from there. I wonder why? For the record, I am not a jello fan. Rarely ever use/eat it.

    jello reminds of hospital food..especially when its green jello (just gross)..
  • apolinarshamler
    apolinarshamler Posts: 37 Member
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    37 people were killed trying to get a snack from a vending machine from 1978 to 1995
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    apolinarshamler wrote: »
    37 people were killed trying to get a snack from a vending machine from 1978 to 1995

    13 people are killed annually and in addition, all of this is while trying to shake merchandise out of them. 113 people have been injured.
  • gojaqs
    gojaqs Posts: 471 Member
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    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis..

    Cross referenced with websters its the same word.

    So, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is pretty puny comparatively speaking. B)
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited November 2016
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    gojaqs wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis..

    Cross referenced with websters its the same word.

    So, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is pretty puny comparatively speaking. B)

    Yes this a non nonsense word...

    I need to come up with better bs facts of the day.. :(


  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
  • BoosDimples
    BoosDimples Posts: 2,826 Member
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    littlemissbgiff wrote: »
    Within 15 minutes of entering a swimming pool the average person releases .14 grams of fecal matter into the water.

    It's in the hope that peeps that think the pool is a frickin coffee/chit chat shop, get out of the damn way...
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    littlemissbgiff wrote: »
    Within 15 minutes of entering a swimming pool the average person releases .14 grams of fecal matter into the water.

    I am never swimming again. >:)
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
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    littlemissbgiff wrote: »
    Within 15 minutes of entering a swimming pool the average person releases .14 grams of fecal matter into the water.

    That is seriously gross. :open_mouth:
  • Grey_1
    Grey_1 Posts: 1,139 Member
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    littlemissbgiff wrote: »
    Within 15 minutes of entering a swimming pool the average person releases .14 grams of fecal matter into the water.
    I could have gone all day without knowing that....
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    PEZ candy even comes in a Coffee flavor.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
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    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    PEZ candy even comes in a Coffee flavor.

    *want!*
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
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    Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
  • gojaqs
    gojaqs Posts: 471 Member
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    There are 26 bones, 33 joints, and over 100 ligaments and muscles in the foot.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    edited November 2016
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    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.

    You never heard of a purple nurple?

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nurple
    Varieties of nurples are defined by the color of the skin surrounding the areola post-nurple, the ideal post-nurple coloration being violet; hence, 'purple nurple.'

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purple_nurple
    "purple nurple ‎(plural purple nurples) (slang) The act of taking a person's nipple between the thumb and forefinger and then twisting it around roughly'
    purple_nurple_by_twinkiesniper-d51h2ni.jpg
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
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    'penguin"

    san·guine
    /ˈsaNGɡwən/
    adjective
    adjective: sanguine
    1. optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
    "he is sanguine about prospects for the global economy"

    synonyms: optimistic, bullish, hopeful, buoyant, positive, confident, cheerful, cheery; informalupbeat
    "he is sanguine about the advance of technology"

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