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edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
tell me something you dont think I would know.... random facts welcomed :wink:

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    A douche /ˈduːʃ/ is a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons, or the stream of water itself.

    Douche usually refers to vaginal irrigation, the rinsing of the vagina, but it can also refer to the rinsing of any body cavity. A douche bag is a piece of equipment for douching—a bag for holding the fluid used in douching. To avoid transferring intestinal bacteria into the vagina, the same bag must not be used for an enema and a vaginal douche.
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    The Statue of Liberty is forever mooning New Jersey

    And on that note, the Texas Tech horse statue is forever mooning Texas A&M. :wink:
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    Spiders enjoy warm damp areas....you eat WAY more than 8 in your lifetime.
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    The saying that you eat 8 spiders in your lifetime while sleeping is false.

    Spiders enjoy warm damp areas....you eat WAY more than 8 in your lifetime.

    Arrggggg!!! Nooooo!!!!
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    It takes 832 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.

    I have the certificate from the company attesting to that fact.
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    Canadians don't live in igloos

    What?!?! Next you're going to try and tell me that they don't have Moose as pets. :wink:
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    It takes 832 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.

    I have the certificate from the company attesting to that fact.

    Surely that would depend on the tongue size.
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    What?!?! Next you're going to try and tell me that they don't have Moose as pets. :wink:

    This will BLOW your mind then. I have never even seen a moose, except for in the zoo and I've lived here my whole life nodoubtaboutit eh.
    :wink:
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    Sodium fluoride (NaF), which is often used to add fluoride to drinking water, inhibits cellular respiration. Basically, it prevents cells from converting glucose into a usable form of energy (ATP), which causes further problems for cell functioning.
    +1 for you
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