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17-12-2009, 08:49 PM
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Come on folks, how many useless facts do we know? We've been around long enough to collect a few. Your starter:

1. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
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17-12-2009, 08:51 PM
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2. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
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17-12-2009, 08:54 PM
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3. 111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321
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17-12-2009, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by dinahsmum ->
3. 111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

I remember seeing that somewhere - is there some hidden meaning in maths?


4. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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17-12-2009, 09:09 PM
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5. You will weigh less if you weigh yourself when the moon is full


(I'm going to try that one)
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6. A cow can walk upstairs but not downstairs
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You can get left and right handed (clawed) lobsters
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17-12-2009, 09:15 PM
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8. A person uses, approximately, fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!!

Gonna count??!
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Slugs have four noses
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17-12-2009, 09:19 PM
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8. A person uses, approximately, fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!! Gonna count?
Good grief
Surely not?
Are they unwell?
 
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