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Strange! But True. Jun 07, 2011
Here's a couple!

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have "the rule of thumb"



It is impossible to lick your elbow.

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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 07, 2011
Rats , I didnt know this , Perhaps we should start calling it "Rule of Finger" instead

Its also impossible to listen to two songs at one time without have a migraine
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 07, 2011
In the UK, there is a still a by-law that states you can urinate against the rear left-hand wheel of a vehicle!

It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 07, 2011
An estimated 6,000 American teenagers lose their virginity every day.

Something Zubber never had to worry about (and still doesn't). :lol:
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 07, 2011
Bora Bora wrote:Something Zubber never had to worry about (and still doesn't). :lol:


:toothy10: :toothy10: :toothy10:
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 07, 2011
Bora Bora wrote:An estimated 6,000 American teenagers lose their virginity every day.

Something Zubber never had to worry about (and still doesn't). :lol:


I am sure even Zubber can scrape together 100 dirhams for a cheapie one in Bur Dubai, or at least a BJ.
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 08, 2011
benwj wrote:
Bora Bora wrote:An estimated 6,000 American teenagers lose their virginity every day.

Something Zubber never had to worry about (and still doesn't). :lol:


I am sure even Zubber can scrape together 100 dirhams for a cheapie one in Bur Dubai, or at least a BJ.


I'll start a whip round.
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 08, 2011
Hey hey hey stick to the topic pls
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 08, 2011
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 08, 2011
In Canada you may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 08, 2011
Gadsby, a novel by Ernest Vincent, contains over 50,000 words, none of which contains the letter ‘E’
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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 09, 2011
Dillon wrote:Gadsby, a novel by Ernest Vincent, contains over 50,000 words, none of which contains the letter ‘E’


How does he put his name to it then? He has 3 'e's just in his name...

:shock: :shock: :shock:

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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 09, 2011
He's the Author, he's not in it! come on DK you can do better than this?

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Re: Strange! But True. Jun 09, 2011
Maybe he had a lisp and wrote the same way ?
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Re: Strange! But True. Aug 22, 2011
FACT: Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!

Reading this has totally shattered my biggest all-time dream. It turns out you're not going to become a celebrity by doing that, and chances are you won't get much money out of it either. :-?
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Re: Strange! But True. Sep 08, 2011
How about this:

"In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front. "
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