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anister
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Posted - 2006.01.17 12:12:00 -
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Just quoting them as i get 'em =\
Tuesday 17th:
One Quarter of the worlds population survive on less than ú150 a year.
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.01.17 12:41:00 -
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The country with the highest GDP per head of population in the world is...
...drum roll...
...Norway!
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DB Preacher
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Posted - 2006.01.17 17:06:00 -
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Charlie Chaplin once came third in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest.
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Ishquar Teh'Sainte
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Posted - 2006.01.17 17:41:00 -
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Edited by: Ishquar Teh''Sainte on 17/01/2006 17:41:55
some weird coincidence (for all dan brown fans out there  )
abraham lincoln was assasinated on 14th april 1865 in the so called ford's theater
his succesor was andrew johnson - he was president of the US of A from 1865 to 1869
98 years later john f. kennedy was assasinated in the presidential car driving through dallas - this car was a ford lincoln
his succesor was lyndon b. johnson - president of the US of A from 1963 to 1969
search for it on wikipedia 
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Saeris Tal'Urduar
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Posted - 2006.01.17 18:49:00 -
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Edited by: Saeris Tal''Urduar on 17/01/2006 18:50:39
The diesel engine was designed to run off peanut oil (and did), back in 1898, almost 110 years ago.
I think the only reason the engine was converted to run off of petroleum based fuel, was because extracting peanut oil was more expensive than making diesel fuel from crude oil. (how times have changed)
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Abbadon
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Posted - 2006.01.18 00:45:00 -
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fact: Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E! 
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Calshir
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Posted - 2006.01.18 05:27:00 -
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Edited by: Calshir on 18/01/2006 05:29:27
Edited by: Calshir on 18/01/2006 05:27:54
 Originally by: Saeris Tal'Urduar
Edited by: Saeris Tal''Urduar on 17/01/2006 18:50:39
The diesel engine was designed to run off peanut oil (and did), back in 1898, almost 110 years ago.
I think the only reason the engine was converted to run off of petroleum based fuel, was because extracting peanut oil was more expensive than making diesel fuel from crude oil. (how times have changed)
Diesel is a waste product of petrol (Gas for the americans among us) production, whilst looking for a use for this "waste" product the "Diesel" engine was found to run on this waste and thereby the Diesel engine was born as a Low power / High Torque engine suitable for pulling heavy loads, hence it's first uses in heavy goods vehicles.
Edit:- mind you petrol is fast becoming the waste product now, as diesel engines become better
And on another Diesel related fact - A Diesel engine, once started, will run without any form of electrical supply.
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anister
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Posted - 2006.01.18 09:37:00 -
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18th January:
The average persone will spend 2 weeks of their life waiting for traffic lights to change.
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Abavus Durden
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Posted - 2006.01.18 21:44:00 -
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The creosote bush, which grows in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts, has been shown by radiocarbon dating to have lived since the birth of Christ. Some of these plants may endure 10,000 years, scientists say. If only they could talk.
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Abbadon
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Posted - 2006.01.20 01:38:00 -
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fact: There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing!
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Xroxor
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Posted - 2006.01.20 23:10:00 -
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FACT: 85% of the peeps reading and posting to this thread are at work
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Abbadon
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Posted - 2006.01.21 00:25:00 -
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Disturbing fact: A jury of her peers awarded Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, $780,000 after breaking her ankle by tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.
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