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Post something you know most other people don't know [merged]

AARRRGH · 2007-09-05 16:58:23

Right, I'll go first. Two things. The difference between e.g. and i.e. - I like cars, e.g. Fiat, Ferrari, Porsche and Toyota. I like Fiat, Ferrari, Porsche and Toyota, i.e. cars. The difference between decimate and obliterate. Decimate: destroy 10% of something Obliterate: destroy 100% of something

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#252 11-09-2007 9:58pm

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krazy_8s wrote:

Photos steal your soul.

Freeze not steal

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#253 11-09-2007 10:35pm

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BrightEyes wrote:

If all the electricity in the world was turned off for a day, the Ozone would heal itself

Wrong thread mate. This thread isn't "Post Something you don't know most other people do know". Maybe post it in the "I just made up nonsense" thread:D

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#254 11-09-2007 10:44pm

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The plural of oasis is oases.

Well someone will be glad I posted it I'm sure :rolleyes:

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#255 12-09-2007 12:49am

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If you butter both sides of a piece of toast and drop it, it will never hit the ground.

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#256 12-09-2007 1:04am

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GDM wrote:

If you butter both sides of a piece of toast and drop it, it will never hit the ground.

Or maybe it will tear itself in half before it hits the ground.

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#257 12-09-2007 1:34am

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BrightEyes wrote:

If all the electricity in the world was turned off for a day, the Ozone would heal itself

hahahaha best thing ive ever read.

The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable.”

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#258 12-09-2007 1:41am

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RoyalMarineComm wrote:

hahahaha best thing ive ever read.

The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable.”

uncopyrightable ™

[patent pending, patent pending]

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#259 12-09-2007 11:09am

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Some components in a Formula 1 engine run within 10% of there melting point during a race.

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#260 12-09-2007 11:19am

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Most of us have tasted slug pellets, we just don't know it, one day the compulsive washing of lettuce will become law.

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#261 12-09-2007 11:25am

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Scawgeen wrote:

Most of us have tasted slug pellets, we just don't know it, one day the compulsive washing of lettuce will become law.

Thanks, there goes my BLT

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#262 12-09-2007 11:47am

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bórd na móna has one of the biggest light railway system in the world

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#263 12-09-2007 11:48am

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Genghiz Cohen wrote:

Or maybe it will tear itself in half before it hits the ground.

Duh!

It'll obviously land on its edge.

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#264 12-09-2007 12:03pm

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Would

Scawgeen wrote:

Most of us have tasted slugs, we just don't know it, one day the compulsive washing of lettuce will become law.

be true too ?

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#265 12-09-2007 2:26pm

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#266 12-09-2007 4:00pm

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A group of rhinoceroses is called a crash.

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A flea's penis is 'Y' shaped...

It's amazing what you learn teaching!

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#267 12-09-2007 4:02pm

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Stephanie Most Dresser wrote:

bórd na móna has one of the biggest light railway system in the world

They certainly have more track km than Iarnrod Eireann.

Apparently you can go and travel on it.

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#268 12-09-2007 4:06pm

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Terrontress wrote:

They certainly have more track km than Iarnrod Eireann.

Apparently you can go and travel on it.

have been on it, was shíte.

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#269 12-09-2007 4:12pm

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Glowing wrote:

Up to 11,000 greyhounds are 'unaccounted for' every year in Ireland - and they make great family pets.

Unaccounted for my arse, Why do you think they have a 'Special' on every menu.

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#270 12-09-2007 5:57pm

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Ranelagh is pronounced REN-A-LA. Not RAN-A-LA!

only true Dubs know this.

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#271 12-09-2007 9:43pm

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England is pronounced "Ingerlurn" on the terrraces!

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#272 13-09-2007 4:25pm

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BrightEyes wrote:

If all the electricity in the world was turned off for a day, the Ozone would heal itself

And how exactly would that work?

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#273 13-09-2007 4:58pm

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themole wrote:

And how exactly would that work?

it would use its electrical destructive bandages of course :rolleyes:

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#274 13-09-2007 7:25pm

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RoyalMarineComm wrote:

The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.

"Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz" uses every letter of the alphabet too, and is even shorter.

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#275 13-09-2007 7:28pm

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quickbeam wrote:

"Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz" uses every letter of the alphabet too, and is even shorter.

true, but which makes more sense and which is easier to say?

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It is only the year 2000 in Ethiopia right now.....

If you get some of your blood on your clothes, use your own saliva to get it out. Something to do with similar enzymes that help break it down.... Anyone else's saliva will not work and is totally like, gross!

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#277 13-09-2007 9:08pm

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Facetious is the only word in the english language which has the vowels in alphabetical order- aeiou.

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Singe celled bacterium can stand up to 200,000bq.

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#278 13-09-2007 10:19pm

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England is pronounced "Ingerlurn" on the terrraces!

And at the International Chair Throwing Championships.....

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dh2007 wrote:

Ranelagh is pronounced REN-A-LA. Not RAN-A-LA!

only true Dubs know this[/quote]

As do true Parisennes http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.853986,2.274106&spn=0.008881,0.019441&z=16&om=1

You have to remember that Dubs say Janurary as JEN-UR-ARY. Ran is pronounced - REN, car is pronounced KERR; in fact the only vowel that is not pronounced as an e is e, which is pronounced u (as in GURMENS come from GURMANY).

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It's 2550 in Thailand.

pretty-in-pink wrote:

if a shark gets turned upside down (on its back), it cant breathe and will die.

If a shark is turned upside down, it goes into tonic immobility for 15 minutes.

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One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet!

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings!

Joss Whedon is my master now!

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Ninja_scrotum wrote:

It is only the year 2000 in Ethiopia right now.....

Why didn't you tell me this last year? could have made a fortune in Y2K projects..

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Lenny Montana who played Luca Brazzi in The Godfather was a former mob hitman & bodyguard.

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I know something

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dulpit wrote:

The same is also true for VISA, the V stands for VISA, (VISA International Service Association)

So what does the 2nd VISA stand for?

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#289 07-11-2007 1:22am

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Hi -post something that you found interesting that most people dont know ...
heres what I learnt yesterday -

Butchers are exempt from jury service in Ireland for life

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#290 07-11-2007 1:25am

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<fact>half the things printed in this thread will just be made up on the spot</fact>

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#291 07-11-2007 1:27am

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I passed my driving test today

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#292 07-11-2007 1:28am

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star-pants wrote: »

I passed my driving test today

Toddle off to the motor section now and give out about L drivers

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#293 07-11-2007 1:29am

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why is a jaffa cake called a "cake" and not a biscuit?

when a biscuit goes off it goes soft..when a cake goes off it goes hard.... hence jaffa cake!

i know.... useless info..but its late...and when i heard it thought it was a good one. never considered it before.

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#294 07-11-2007 1:32am

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Its called a cake and not a bisucit cause Vat was lower on cakes when it was introduced (compared to biscuits) so the jaffa people argued with the tax people that it was a cake and they won !!!!!

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#295 07-11-2007 1:32am

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This was done a while back http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055146376 but here goes:

In 1846, thousands of immigrants, mostly Irish, joined the U.S. Army and were sent with General Zachary Taylor's army to invade Mexico.

Dubious about why they were fighting a Catholic country and fed up with mistreatment by their Anglo-Protestant officers, hundreds of Irish, German and other immigrants deserted Taylor's army and joined forces with Mexico. Led by Captain John Riley from Galway, they called themselves the St. Patrick's Battalion (in Spanish, the San Patricios) and fought against their former comrades in all the major campaigns of the war.

Mexico lost but still honour them as heroes every Sept. 12th.

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#296 07-11-2007 1:32am

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themadchef wrote: »

why is a jaffa cake called a "cake" and not a biscuit?

when a biscuit goes off it goes soft..when a cake goes off it goes hard.... hence jaffa cake!

i know.... useless info..but its late...and when i heard it thought it was a good one. never considered it before.

And Jaffa went to court to prove this to avoid biscuit tax.

Many people probably think im making that up.

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#297 07-11-2007 1:35am

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My girlfriend can have an orgasm just by tiddling the palms of her hands (although i found that out the weekend )

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#298 07-11-2007 1:37am

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Forky wrote: »

And Jaffa went to court to prove this to avoid biscuit tax.

Many people probably think im making that up.

wow thats even better than the whole cake biscuit thing! what a wonderful thread this will be !

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#299 07-11-2007 1:40am

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Flushdraw wrote: »

My girlfriend can have an orgasm just by tiddling the palms of her hands (although i found that out the weekend )

You lazy but lucky man!

Pigs orgasms last for a half an hour apparently

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#300 07-11-2007 1:42am

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Washington DC isn't an official state. It only gained voting rights for the presidential election in 1961. It's thought that in a few years, another star will have to be added to the flag and America will have 51 states.

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#301 07-11-2007 1:43am

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any correlation (to some sort of weird tax) that you know those.. damn what are they called... by ferrero.. but begin with a G or seomthing, you get 4 small in a wee pack..and they're found (according to the ad) "in the biscuit aisle" dispite the fact I'd class them as some sort of chocolate type item

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