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03 Feb 2007, 10:45 pm

LadyCass wrote:

2,500 left handed people die from using right handed products every year. (Yipes, this is slightly scary.)

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03 Feb 2007, 11:00 pm

Alpha Centauri is the closest star to Earth (or at least I think it is, it's been awhile since I've seen that specific fact)

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03 Feb 2007, 11:00 pm

256 is a lucky number for me.

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03 Feb 2007, 11:01 pm

The largest helicopter ever made was the Mil MI-12.

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03 Feb 2007, 11:52 pm

The ball-point pen was invented before the first pencil with an attached eraser.

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04 Feb 2007, 2:59 am

25% of Russian females use contraceptives. But I guess this is useful if you're planning on sleeping with someone in Russia.

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04 Feb 2007, 1:05 pm

The average woman swallows six pounds of lipstick in her lifetime.

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04 Feb 2007, 1:44 pm

The Bacardi rum distillery was established 145 years ago today. (It began operations Feb 4, 1862.)

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04 Feb 2007, 2:57 pm

The QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow typists down.

THEY shouldda just given 'em Ritalin! then we wouldn't still be stuck with this mess.

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04 Feb 2007, 3:18 pm

I'm going back on my healthy eating plan, tomorrow.

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04 Feb 2007, 7:34 pm

I'm missing Star already, Incredibly worried about her too.

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Oh wait, this isn't the 'How do you feel on a scale of 1-10' thread is it?

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04 Feb 2007, 8:00 pm

If Tequila's done with me, I'm twice as done with him. :twisted:

-Bulgy the Double Decker-

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04 Feb 2007, 9:01 pm

If you spill Diet Mountain Dew on your keyboard nothing will happen at first. Then, after you clean it and several hours have elasped, they keys will start to stick together. Cleaning is futile.
(Actually, this may not be as useless as the topic requires. The moral of the story is: don't spill stuff on your keyboard. )