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Useless facts. Share yours. No googling allowed.

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SeasickSteveIsMyBoyfriend · 05/06/2011 12:57

Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

Its illegal for a woman to eat chocolate on a bus.

111,111 x 111,111 = 12345654321

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5inthebed · 05/06/2011 14:32

You burn more calories faking an orgasm than having a real one.

SeasickSteveIsMyBoyfriend · 05/06/2011 14:35

Where do you buy glycerin from?

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5inthebed · 05/06/2011 14:39

Cake shops? It's used in cake making.

SaltNSauce · 05/06/2011 14:39

Is Playdoh flammable then?

SeasickSteveIsMyBoyfriend · 05/06/2011 14:39

Hahaha! I was thinking DIY shops. :o

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garlicbutter · 05/06/2011 14:39

Cheaper at the chemist, they keep it with the sore throat stuff.

loopylou6 · 05/06/2011 14:40

An erect penis is the same length as the very start of the hand to the tip of his middle finger.

amberleaf · 05/06/2011 14:41

SarahStratton

Think ive found it? im assuming the yellow one is the right one?

www.supplementsolutions.co.uk/store/effol-hoof-ointment.html

TalcAndTurnips · 05/06/2011 14:43

A Sea Dart surface-to-air missile has a range of approximately 80km and costs around £1m to fire.

If you put fresh kiwi or pineapple in a jelly, it will not set - due to an enzyme in the fruit that breaks down protein in the gelatine.

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AuntieMonica · 05/06/2011 14:47

McCaws are left handed, they will invariably reach for a tit-bit with their left claw.

Cooked cheese is of higher calorific value than un-cooked.

Rats also cannot vomit (as well as horses)

CoffeeDodger · 05/06/2011 14:51

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Acekicker · 05/06/2011 14:55

The guy who had to stay in the command module while Neil Amstrong and Buzz Aldrin bounced about making history was called Michael Collins.

I am on a one woman mission to make sure this guy gets mentioned whenever there is an opportunity. I feel bad that history has already pretty much forgotton about him (if he ever even really registered).

doofenshmirtz · 05/06/2011 14:56

Me too Coffee. I'm playing by the rules and not googling. Nothing is springing to mind though.

faverolles · 05/06/2011 15:11

I have just successfully weed whilst clenching my teeth. Am I super-talented?

Tortoiseshell cats are female.

garlicbutter · 05/06/2011 15:13

One in ten cats are ginger, and one in four ginger cats are female. I only know this because I've got one of the female ones. I thought she must be a tom!

Bucharest · 05/06/2011 15:15

FaverollesGrin do you have to tuck your pelvic floor into your shoes?

If not, then yes,you must be indeed super-talented. Or a man.

Bucharest · 05/06/2011 15:16

(the thing I read said teeth clenching was connected to firm pelvic floors. In case anyone was wondering about the connection!)

sassyTHEFIRST · 05/06/2011 15:19

1 in 4 children conceived in Western Europe during last 10 years was concieved in/on an Ikea bed

NorfolkNChance · 05/06/2011 15:20

Only 0.3% of Britain's population can accurately reply "yes" to the phrase "Bob's your uncle"

TitsalinaBumSquash · 05/06/2011 15:21

Penguins are the only bird that swap sexual favours for things.. nesting materials, fish etc.

AuntieMonica · 05/06/2011 15:21

Daffodils are poisonous

Narcissus flowers are edible

Rhubarb leaves are poisonous but the stalks (obviously) are not

faverolles · 05/06/2011 15:22

Blush not so proud of myself now! :o

JeremyKylesPetProject · 05/06/2011 15:22

86% of statistics are made up.

BatsInTheSnowglobe · 05/06/2011 15:24

It is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas day - then what's the point in mince pies! Grin

JeremyKylesPetProject · 05/06/2011 15:27

Mince pies did used to have meat in them. Ugh.

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