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PostPosted: April 25, 2008 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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"Real Fact" # 99: You burn 20 calories per hour chewing gum.


I like this one...I hope it's true, I have gum all the time.
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PostPosted: April 26, 2008 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol maybe
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PostPosted: April 26, 2008 6:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ooh snapple. theres this girl in some of my classes and im not sure if her dad owns snapple or if her dad is just like high up in the snapple business lol. ive never tasted them before. is they good?
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PostPosted: April 26, 2008 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

^I like Snapple, but everyone has their opinions...



Real Fact #386

New York City's public school students represent about 188 different countries.
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PostPosted: April 26, 2008 11:37 am    Post subject: Re: snapple facts Reply with quote

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i was thinking... we should have a thread on snapple facts. allegedly there are hundreds of them so lets see if we can locate them all. i can put them on this first post as we find them in order.

at first lets try to not cheat lol just post when u get a new one. (ima just edit when i get a new one)

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#64--Strawberries contain more Vitamin C than oranges.

#99--You burn 20 calories per hour chewing gum.

#114-- The oldest known animal was a tortoise which lived to be 152 years old.

#115---bamboo makes up 99% of a panda's diet

#122-- a duck can't walk without bobbing it's head.

#153--The speed limit in NYC was 8 MPH in 1895.

#163-- The first penny had the motto "mind your own business"

#243--If you put all the streets in New York City in a straight line, they would stretch to Japan

#264: Your breathing rate increases when you start to type.


#369-- On valentines day, there is no charge to get married in the Empire state Building's chapel.

#386--New York City's public school students represent about 188 different countries.

#388--The first person in the U.S. arrested for speeding was a NYC cab driver.


i got the bamboo one again.
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PostPosted: April 26, 2008 11:44 am    Post subject: Re: snapple facts Reply with quote

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#153--The speed limit in NYC was 8 MPH in 1895.



Over a hundred years later, you're still lucky if you move that fast in the City during rush hour traffic. Very Happy
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PostPosted: April 26, 2008 3:03 pm    Post subject: Re: snapple facts Reply with quote

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ravvy wrote:


#153--The speed limit in NYC was 8 MPH in 1895.



Over a hundred years later, you're still lucky if you move that fast in the City during rush hour traffic. Very Happy


lol
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PostPosted: April 26, 2008 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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"Real Fact" # 99: You burn 20 calories per hour chewing gum.


I like this one...I hope it's true, I have gum all the time.


Im not sure if thats true. I heard that you burn 20 calories per 5 hours of chewing on like discovery or something
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PostPosted: April 26, 2008 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Real Fact" #62: The life span of a taste bud is ten days.
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PostPosted: April 26, 2008 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Real Fact" #164

The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house by horses.
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 12:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shocked I read vacuum as woman
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 1:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Shocked I read vacuum as woman


"That is one big woman..." WHAT MOVIE IS THAT FROM?
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 2:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GinnyX wrote:
Arabella wrote:
Shocked I read vacuum as woman


"That is one big woman..." WHAT MOVIE IS THAT FROM?


thats cause a womans brain is as empty as the vacuum of space Very Happy
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 2:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

or maybe because we use vacuums to beat men with
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GinnyX wrote:
Arabella wrote:
Shocked I read vacuum as woman


"That is one big woman..." WHAT MOVIE IS THAT FROM?


DOLEMITE an old B movie from the 70s
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ravvy wrote:
GinnyX wrote:
Arabella wrote:
Shocked I read vacuum as woman


"That is one big woman..." WHAT MOVIE IS THAT FROM?


DOLEMITE an old B movie from the 70s


And... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. You'd have known that if you had watched it with us last night.
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GinnyX wrote:
ravvy wrote:
GinnyX wrote:
Arabella wrote:
Shocked I read vacuum as woman


"That is one big woman..." WHAT MOVIE IS THAT FROM?


DOLEMITE an old B movie from the 70s


And... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. You'd have known that if you had watched it with us last night.


lol touche mon chere
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

peach iced tea


"Real Fact" #131

Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to freshwater.
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GinnyX wrote:
peach iced tea


"Real Fact" #131

Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to freshwater.



That's absolutely ingenious! Why don't I have one of those! Evolution loves penguins!
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

zengrenouille wrote:
GinnyX wrote:
peach iced tea


"Real Fact" #131

Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to freshwater.



That's absolutely ingenious! Why don't I have one of those! Evolution loves penguins!


humans need to study up and find a way to duplicate and market this, and every country will have drinkable water.
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PostPosted: April 27, 2008 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol every household should have a penguin for a water purification system, once we figure out how to make them be able to live in any climate.
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PostPosted: April 29, 2008 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Real Fact" #133 Honeybees navigate by using the sun as a compass.
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PostPosted: April 29, 2008 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pink Lemonade!

Real fact #10

Mosquitos are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.


*swears off bananas for the summer*
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PostPosted: April 30, 2008 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

#144-- Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.


silly texans.

maybe thats how the bushes got in
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PostPosted: April 30, 2008 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote