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Old 12-31-16, 04:08 PM   #226
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That is, of course, all rubbish: Reece is a marsupial and therefore could not possibly have sprung from my loins
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Old 01-01-17, 05:42 AM   #227
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Scotty the war hero:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wor...erprise.html/2
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Old 01-01-17, 07:22 AM   #228
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
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Old 01-01-17, 07:50 AM   #229
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I'll never get to visit Dowly then
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Old 01-01-17, 09:17 AM   #230
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Back in 2007, Iran claimed 14 squirrels found near the nation’s borders were actually spies.
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Back in 2007, Iran claimed 14 squirrels found near the nation’s borders were actually spies.
Eichhörnchen did you have anything to do with this ?

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Old 01-01-17, 03:42 PM   #232
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"Absolutely nothing"
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Old 01-01-17, 05:17 PM   #233
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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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Old 01-02-17, 03:05 PM   #234
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The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 18,979,564,000.
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Some either very odd or very bored, or both, person apparently calculated that a "human" brain that could hold Graham's number in its entirety would need so many neurons the mass of it all would lead to the brain collapsing into a black hole.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
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the word "Swims" is one of the few words that reads the same right side up and upside down and backwards.
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Old 01-04-17, 10:17 AM   #238
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The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was never a recorded Wendy before.
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Male Cape Ground Squirrels have a Captain Winky that is 40 per cent the length of their body. Big deal...
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If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
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