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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:07 AM
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Tell me something I don't already know.
I'm in the mood for a little education this morning. :D
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:09 AM
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1. A square kilometer of rain forest stores about 20,000 metric tons of CO2.
eom
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:10 AM
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2. snapple "real fact" #130
Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:11 AM
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3. In the film Resident Evil,...
Milla Jovowich's character was left handed.
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MadAsHellNewYorker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:12 AM
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4. I have a crush on a cute blond chick
who's from pennsylvania...


:loveya:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:19 AM
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9. MOI????? MOI?????? Thank you.
Don't tell anyone, but I have crush on you, too :D

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MadAsHellNewYorker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:41 AM
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22. score!
:hug:
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:13 AM
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5. Spiders first appeared on Earth 400 million years ago -
about 170 million years before the first dinosaurs.
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Mizmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:14 AM
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6. I'm trying to screw up my courage to make that phone call
but it's hard ...
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:21 AM
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11. I think you should go for it.
Good luck. :D
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Mizmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:22 AM
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13. What if they say "no"
and laugh?
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:23 AM
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14. Then you'll have your answer and you won't have to brood about it.
Besides, why would anyone laugh? If they did, by some strange chance, then maybe you shouldn't think so highly of them? :shrug:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:14 AM
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7. My car runs better on No Lead than Unleaded
:shrug:
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:18 AM
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8. Madison is the only town in Iowa with naturally soft water. n/t
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:21 AM
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10. Nothing inherently exists..
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:22 AM
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12. Great. Now tell me how to turn on my new cell phone.
or how to download to my MP3 player. You know, the important stuff :D
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:34 AM
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21. no phone, no not phone, no distance, no here, no there.. no one to call,
no one not to call... no ear, no voice, no sound, no ringer, no not ringing..

The Phone Sutra...
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:24 AM
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15. The first King of England was King Athelstan (r.924-928)
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:25 AM
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16. LynzM's chocolate chip cookie recipe
Well, I don't know it either, but damn it's GOOD. You should try some.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:29 AM
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19. You are SUCH a meanypants.
Now, I want a cookie :cry:
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:32 AM
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20. My dear JimmyJazz
Here is an array of my finest!

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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:25 AM
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17. A cubic meter of seawater weighs about 2,259 pounds. n/t
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:27 AM
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18. Joseph Gayetty is credited for inventing toilet paper in 1857.
Unfortunately, his invention failed and did not catch on until ten years later.

:hurts:
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:48 AM
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23. Those spiffy little collar-less suits worn by The Beatles....
... on their first American tour - were designed by Pierre Cardin.

Oh, and on an unrelated vein, Jack Ruby (of JFK era infamy) had a venereal disease three times. (Read that somewhere, but I forget where...)
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:53 AM
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24. I forgot
to unpack all of my things and close my windows on the truck Friday
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