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Old 03 October 2012, 05:11 PM
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The UK has 20% of all the world's CCTV camera's.
Old 03 October 2012, 05:18 PM
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And its always bloody raining.
Old 03 October 2012, 05:20 PM
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Every expiry date on a UK packet of crisps is a Saturday.
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"87% of what you read on the internet is made up" - Albert Einstein 2012
Old 03 October 2012, 05:24 PM
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73% of Scoobynet users are so unbelievably dumb that, despite virtual daily instruction, they remain incapable of accurately distinguishing between plural and possessive forms via the appropriate application of apostrophes.
Old 03 October 2012, 05:26 PM
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Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels

Old 03 October 2012, 05:26 PM
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A whale's ***** is called a dork..
Old 03 October 2012, 05:30 PM
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The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language
Old 03 October 2012, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
73% of Scoobynet users are so unbelievably dumb that, despite virtual daily instruction, they remain incapable of accurately distinguishing between plural and possessive forms via the appropriate application of apostrophes.
And others are just too clever for words,or so they tell us!

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Old 03 October 2012, 05:36 PM
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Sherlock Holmes never said,Elementary my dear Watson.
Old 03 October 2012, 05:39 PM
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The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
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In Chester you can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the City walls and after midnight..

Shame this law still isnt in force because i know where i'd be taking the Mrs on holiday next year!
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It's impossible to lick your elbow.
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Some people can touch the tip of their nose with their lower teeth.
Old 03 October 2012, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by jayallen
In Chester you can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the City walls and after midnight..

Shame this law still isnt in force because i know where i'd be taking the Mrs on holiday next year!
Old 03 October 2012, 05:50 PM
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Einstein married his cousin
Old 03 October 2012, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
Some people can touch the tip of their nose with their lower teeth.
Norfolkonians only, I believe.
Old 03 October 2012, 05:58 PM
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Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves.
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Everyones nipples are 9 inches apart.
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The arcade game Space Invaders was so popular in Japan that it actually created a coin shortage.
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The world's tallest dwarf is taller than the world's shortest giant
Old 03 October 2012, 06:34 PM
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If you collect all the tootpaste that has been used by all the people who go on the Jeremy Kyle show there won't be enough to fill a thimble.
Old 03 October 2012, 06:51 PM
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pslewis holds the record for the most sense spoken on an internet forum
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Originally Posted by pslewis
pslewis holds the record for the most sense spoken on an internet forum
Is this internet forum on planet earth?
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If you laid out all your viens in a straight line you would die
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If you say orange really slowly it sounds like gullible
Old 03 October 2012, 07:30 PM
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Einsteins brain (lack of posessive apostrophe ahoy!) weighed over 100g less than an average brain.
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You can pretend you're a contestant on "Total Wipeout" by crawling through the car was at Tesco.
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Ben Stiller was treated for addiction to.....M&Ms. He ate around half a kilo of them every day....****.
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If a maths teacher runs off with one of his pupils he ends up with a sore bum!


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