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Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW
Registered: November 2004
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Wed, 02 March 2005 05:51
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WANTED_AE86 wrote on Wed, 02 March 2005 15:19 | The Astronaut Pen
During the heat of the space race in the 1960's, NASA decided it needed a ball point pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules. After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost of $1 million U.S. The pen worked and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth.
-The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil.
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ahahahahaha...that is the best example of dumbassness from the US!!!11one
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: January 2005
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Wed, 02 March 2005 13:01
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Siktoy ra23 wrote on Sat, 26 February 2005 08:19 |
river wrote on Wed, 23 February 2005 20:35 | Hi,
EldarO wrote on Wed, 23 February 2005 14:58 | so if everyone on the planet farted....
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Well someone's doing it double 'cos I've never farted in my life. Dunno why, must be a medical or biological thing.
seeyuzz
river
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This means you will spontaneously com-bust soon
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i rekon if you ate a plate of lentals you would fart so hard you'll rip your ass!!!
no joke!
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Location: central coast, NSW
Registered: April 2004
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Wed, 02 March 2005 22:44
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heh he why don't you try then tell us all about it...
Then it can be an actual Fact....
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I supported Toymods
Location: Sydney
Registered: September 2003
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Thu, 03 March 2005 08:23
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The SMS tone that goes
bip-bip-bip-beeep-beeep-bip-bip-bip
Is morse code for SMS.
(Apologies if that was in mookie's epic)
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Location: Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
Registered: August 2004
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Thu, 03 March 2005 11:34
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More Space Race Crap
Did America truely land on the moon ? Cause they did have the tech to do it on a stage.
Some of the photos used of Americans in space were duplicated.
Around the late 60's NASA had a working nuclear powered rocket that used 1 kiloton bombs. But it was canned due to cost (or so they said). It was called the Orion Project.
A nuclear powered rocket ship was used in the movie "2001 - A Space Odyssey"
The words NASA stand for National Aeronautics and Space Administration
or is it "Need Another Seven Astronauts" - is this the reason why NASA uses seven astronauts ?
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Location: central coast, NSW
Registered: April 2004
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Fri, 04 March 2005 10:08
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a car going 60ks is going 60ks......
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2003
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Fri, 04 March 2005 15:09
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Fact....
this is the Fact Thread..
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Location: Oakleigh, Melbourne
Registered: March 2004
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Fri, 04 March 2005 17:14
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Corona RT142 wrote on Wed, 23 February 2005 15:00 | fact some ppl's post in this thread are way to long, making this thread blow
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That didn't blow. I found it to be rather entertaining. I took me about 30 minutes to read that thread alone.
Awesome stuff mookie. Do you have anymore?
-Jay
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Location: Rockhampton QLD
Registered: July 2004
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Fri, 04 March 2005 23:31
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Quote: | More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products that are made for right-handed people.
more people are killed by teddy bears than grizzly bears each year.
a snail can have up to 25000 teeth.
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hahahahaha
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Location: Rockhampton QLD
Registered: July 2004
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Sat, 05 March 2005 00:25
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2000 B.C. - Here, eat this root.
1000 A.D. - That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.
1850 A.D. - That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.
1940 A.D. - That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
1985 A.D. - That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic.
2000 A.D. - That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root
5 out of 4 people dont understand fractions
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand
Man: "I'd like to call you. What's your number?"
Woman: "It's in the phone book."
Man: "But I don't know your name."
Woman: "That's in the phone book too."
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
The three most valuable brand names on earth Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal."
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Some people are like Slinkies . . not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
What do aboriginals and sperm have in common? Only one in a million works.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs -Alexander the Great,
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the major League All-Star Game.
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.
Q. What separates "60 Minutes," from every other TV show?
A. No theme song
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".
sorry if some have been said, and not all are facts
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Location: Tassie
Registered: October 2003
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Mon, 07 March 2005 05:54
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I'll just link to the site cuz some grumpy bum will pipe up.
http://funny2.com/huh.htm
there is bunch of funny misquoting that people have said
but that is where i got the truck load of facts from i think.
either than or ebalmsworld.
I love those little facts.
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2003
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Sun, 27 March 2005 17:31
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FACT:
Our feeble minds have run out of Facts to post on this thread..
come PPL!! keep them comin!!
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Location: Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
Registered: August 2004
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Mon, 28 March 2005 01:38
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Thomas Edison was virtually deaf.
He invented the electric lighting system, not the light bulb.
A Nazi party rally held at Nuremberg used 130 antiaircraft searchlights to light the nighttime sky at a distance of 6km's straight up. A British ambassador wrote, "The effect was like being in a cathedral of ice."
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Location: Sydney
Registered: November 2003
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Mon, 28 March 2005 02:33
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Squid wrote on Wed, 23 February 2005 10:09 | 99% of forums are clogged up with useless shit.
87.64% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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75% of people already knew that Squid!
gotta love homer
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Location: Perth
Registered: September 2004
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Mon, 28 March 2005 06:29
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puzzle man wrote on Sat, 26 February 2005 14:44 | Here are some extraordinary co-incidences between John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected to congress in 1846
john f.Kennedy was elected to congress in 1946
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860
john f.Kennedy was elected president in 1960
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
Both presidents were shot in the head.
Southerners assassinated both.
Southerners succeeded both.
John Wilkes booth, who assassinated Lincoln was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who allegedly assassinated Kennedy
was born 1939.
Both assassins were known by their 3 names.
Both names have 15 letters
Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre.
Booth and Oswald were BOTH assassinated before their trials.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain 7 letters.
Both wives lost their children while living in the white house.
Thats all the co-incidences i have but there are more.
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One more that springs to mind:
Shortly before Lincoln was assassinated he was in Monroe, Maryland.
Shortly before Kennedy was assassinated he was in Marilyn Monroe.
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Location: Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
Registered: August 2004
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Wed, 30 March 2005 01:40
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Read this aloud -
"I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabridge Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the lttees in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rser can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!"
Got that from a friend thats going to uni. I read the first 5 words of it and i was there thinking to myself "shocking spelling but wtf...."
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Location: Liverpool, Sydney
Registered: September 2004
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Wed, 30 March 2005 02:48
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i think the reason why i understand it so easily is because i cant usually type for shit and sometimes my messages end up looking like that paragraph.. dont get me wrong i can spell right but i just cbf fixing it up...
oh yeah.. there was one word in there i didnt get ... "rser" .... ?
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Wed, 30 March 2005 02:49
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i think it is suppose to be rest but they put an extra r in instaed of the t. This was on Y not that long ago.
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Location: Canberra
Registered: August 2003
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Wed, 30 March 2005 04:08
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Apparently Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses!
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Location: Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
Registered: August 2004
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Wed, 30 March 2005 08:32
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MFX_Neko_86 wrote on Wed, 30 March 2005 12:48 | i think the reason why i understand it so easily is because i cant usually type for shit and sometimes my messages end up looking like that paragraph.. dont get me wrong i can spell right but i just cbf fixing it up...
oh yeah.. there was one word in there i didnt get ... "rser" .... ?
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Yeah it should have been "rset"
My spellings pretty bad at times
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: January 2005
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Wed, 30 March 2005 11:42
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fact
i know feel 88.97% DUMBER from just reading this whole thread.
and conciderin i was already 15% DUMBER than any normal person i seem to be ina spot of bother.
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Location: Perth, WA
Registered: December 2004
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Fri, 01 April 2005 13:45
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if you run on ice, youll fall over and lay the smack down on your own candy ass!
also, if you drink alot of alcohol, heaps of shit goes out the window, like common sense, fear, shyness and your pants on occasions.
Eldar.O.
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2004
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Location: Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
Registered: August 2004
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Sat, 02 April 2005 01:41
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EldarO wrote on Fri, 01 April 2005 23:45 | also, if you drink alot of alcohol, heaps of shit goes out the window, like common sense, fear, shyness and your pants on occasions.
Eldar.O.
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Experience, hummm
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Location: Land of Oz
Registered: June 2004
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Sat, 02 April 2005 11:24
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Hi,
Every year the moon gets 2.6cm further away from Earth.
Blackholes are also givers and not just takers. They have an acretion (spell?) disk that gives out energy and stuff.
Before jet aircraft the 1st class passengers sat in the rear of the plane where it was quieter.
The Douglas DC6 had 4x18cylinder power plants. Each cylinder had 2 spark plugs. There were always an army of "spark plug dudes" to service the 144 sparkplugs per aircraft.
Uri Gagarin (spell?), the first Russian astronoaut (or cosmonaut, as the russkies would say) didn't land in his capsule. There was a problem with parachute of his vessle and he jumped out and parachuted himself to ground.
Kittinger (USA) did the worlds highest skydive when he jumped out of a ballon capsule at 115,000ft. He broke the sound barrier as he free fell down to around 20,000ft before opening his main chute.
There's been more sightings of UFOs in the last 10 years than in the previous 40 years.
The lead chick in Stargate Atlantis is a dog.
The RA25 is better looking than the RA28
I'm the most handsomest man in the world.
There, I'm all facted out for now!
seeyuzz
river
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Location: Melbourne - NthSubs
Registered: January 2004
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Sat, 02 April 2005 11:27
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Hi,
nyuk nyuk nyuk
Cheers,
Leo
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2004
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Tue, 05 April 2005 00:32
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river wrote on Sat, 02 April 2005 21:24 |
Kittinger (USA) did the worlds highest skydive when he jumped out of a ballon capsule at 115,000ft. He broke the sound barrier as he free fell down to around 20,000ft before opening his main chute.
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Nice one Mr. Kittinger!
Fact: I'd like to construct a torpedo-like freefall craft, to see how quickly I could go in a straight dive.
pretty quick I'd imagine
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I supported Toymods
Location: fairfield NSW
Registered: January 2003
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Tue, 05 April 2005 05:16
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river wrote on Sat, 02 April 2005 21:24 | Hi,
I'm the most handsomest man in the world.
seeyuzz
river
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we need pics for proof
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Location: Central Coast, NSW
Registered: February 2005
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Tue, 05 April 2005 05:31
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river wrote on Sat, 02 April 2005 21:24 |
Kittinger (USA) did the worlds highest skydive when he jumped out of a ballon capsule at 115,000ft. He broke the sound barrier as he free fell down to around 20,000ft before opening his main chute.
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I call bullshit. The terminal velocity of a human being is nowhere near the speed of sound.
Oh and here's my useless fact.
Eagles may soar, but weasles seldom get sucked into get engines.
badoom-tish!
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Tue, 05 April 2005 05:39
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the human bodies terminal velocity is around 200kmph. Fact most of these facts are bullshit and just myths that become urban legends that the mythbusters crew will prove worng given the roght amount of time.
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2004
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Tue, 05 April 2005 05:40
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I saw the guy! from the night-vision clip! WHO GOT SUCKED INTO A JET ENGINE! ! AND LIVED !
Yup - it's the one you've all seen, where the guy's walking up at night, and gets sucked in before flames come out the back of the engine - that's his clothes being ripped off and burning!
Apparentley his helmet wedged against the cone at the centre of the Jet Engine, and held him there long enough for the pilot to shut the engine off, letting the guy off with a cracked rib, light bruising and some nakedness ! ! He was on Oprah last week (this week?)
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Tue, 05 April 2005 05:47
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Fact the static electricity from a mobile phone doesn't set fire to petrol at the petrol station.
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Location: Land of Oz
Registered: June 2004
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Tue, 05 April 2005 05:48
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Hi,
Corona RT142 wrote on Tue, 05 April 2005 15:39 | the human bodies terminal velocity is around 200kmph.
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Yes, in the denser atmosphere you are correct. However, in the lower pressure and rarified higher altitudes there is less resistance to slow down the body and also the speed of sound is lower.
However, I checked the facts and he actually jumped out a 102,000 ft (girl!) and he approached the speed of sound.
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_ Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Kittinger/EX31.htm
seeyuzz
river
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Tue, 05 April 2005 06:10
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river wrote on Sat, 02 April 2005 21:24 |
The lead chick in Stargate Atlantis is a dog.
The RA25 is better looking than the RA28
I'm the most handsomest man in the world.
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1. No arguement from me.
2. All early liftback Celica's are Mustang clones/copies, the only true Celica is the TA22/RA23 coupe.....
3. They have upped your medication again, haven't they ???
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Location: camden
Registered: April 2003
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Tue, 05 April 2005 12:37
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Cressida Chick wrote on Fri, 04 March 2005 21:08 | a car going 60ks is going 60ks......
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actually, it is all relative to what you are comparing it to.
if you are standing on the side of the road and a car drives past at 60km/h it is travelling 60km/h relative to you.
if you are in the passenger seat and you look at the driver(who is travelling at 60km/h because he is "part of the car") they are not moving...
and relative to the sun, most people drive at (approx.) 10000 km/h (i think)
that is all
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2003
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Location: Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
Registered: August 2004
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Tue, 05 April 2005 21:51
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WANTED_AE86 wrote on Wed, 06 April 2005 02:40 |
towe_001 wrote on Wed, 30 March 2005 11:40 | Read this aloud -
"I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabridge Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the lttees in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rser can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!"
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i think its.... some sort... of an alien language encrypted in some sort strange encoding... Oh wait... I GOT IT!! ITS WRITTEN BACKWARDS!!! GET TEH MIRROR!!!
wierd stuff man i blitzed it reading despite the "atrushus speelign"
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BACKWARDS !!
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Location: Somewhere on a dirt bowl ...
Registered: August 2004
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Tue, 05 April 2005 22:08
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rthy's siggie is the longest siggie on the forum. Give or take about 3-4 pages in length ! I guess he should give groovling thanks to Mookie for the the siggie
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2003
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Wed, 06 April 2005 14:20
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towe_001 wrote on Wed, 06 April 2005 08:08 | rthy's siggie is the longest siggie on the forum. Give or take about 3-4 pages in length ! I guess he should give groovling thanks to Mookie for the the siggie
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FACT ESTABLISHED!!
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Location: melbourne
Registered: February 2005
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Thu, 07 April 2005 00:47
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y = mx+c
i use to have heaps of these.
a pigs orgasim lasts from half an hour....
i wont bother jumping on google n searching for conundrums! n silly qoutes - ive wasted too many days doing that many years ago over school holidays.
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Location: central coast, NSW
Registered: April 2004
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Thu, 07 April 2005 04:20
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Merudo wrote on Tue, 05 April 2005 15:31 |
river wrote on Sat, 02 April 2005 21:24 |
Kittinger (USA) did the worlds highest skydive when he jumped out of a ballon capsule at 115,000ft. He broke the sound barrier as he free fell down to around 20,000ft before opening his main chute.
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I call bullshit. The terminal velocity of a human being is nowhere near the speed of sound.
Oh and here's my useless fact.
Eagles may soar, but weasles seldom get sucked into get engines.
badoom-tish!
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Good for the Weasles......
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Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW
Registered: November 2004
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Fri, 08 April 2005 12:42
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h3ff44 wrote on Thu, 07 April 2005 10:47 | y = mx+b
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fixed
(that's how i learnt it, anyway)
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