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name='Hyper' said:
If you hit someone at 40mph there ia a 80% they will die but hit them at 30mph there is a 80% chance they will live.

Saw this on a t.v advert earlier ;)

Damn stupid advert, the quotes are for child road accidents, the 3rd quote should be "if I wasn`t on the road - there`s almost a 100% chance I`ll live" and maybe a 4th informing every1 where the freakin parents are letting me run around on the road at my age.

Yay lets pay more tax to make more stoopid ads.
 
Wooooo factoids!!!!!

The creator of bugs bunny is alergic to carrots

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

i have many more...
 
Patent no. US2760763 is for an egg beater that beats the egg within its shell. Those crazy Americans will patent anything. No offense intended to our US based bretheren :)
 
name='PV5150' said:
Patent no. US2760763 is for an egg beater that beats the egg within its shell. Those crazy Americans will patent anything. No offense intended to our US based bretheren :)

Damn thats interesting though.
 
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

Source
 
The Federal star (largest) on the Australian flag has seven points - 1 for each of the 5 states and two territories.

States

New South Wales

Queensland

Victoria

South Australia

Western Australia

Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Northern Territory

The other formation is the Southern cross, which is a star cluster seen in the southern hemisphere night sky. The Union Jack is there also to illustrate our heritage (Australia was originally a penal colony for the UK), and that we are part of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Not too far from where i hail from , some locals hung a monkey which was the only survivor from a shipwreck as they feared it was a french spy.

A couple of years ago the football team mascot "H'angus" a bloke dressed up as a monkey applied for Mayor and won.

Who says politics is boring

to find out more just google hartleppol and monkey and mayor all on the same search.
 
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