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Post by FBM » Sun May 26, 2013 5:20 am

Shit. I knew that. :fp:
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Post by Rum » Sun May 26, 2013 7:05 am

There are 8.6 million lightening strikes on the planet every day.

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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Sun May 26, 2013 7:13 am

Rum wrote:There are 8.6 million lightening strikes on the planet every day.
Exactly the same amount as the number of ants in Crewe. FACT! :tea:
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Post by Rum » Sun May 26, 2013 7:18 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Rum wrote:There are 8.6 million lightening strikes on the planet every day.
Exactly the same amount as the number of ants in Crewe. FACT! :tea:
Also: 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.

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Post by JimC » Sun May 26, 2013 9:21 am

Rum wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Rum wrote:There are 8.6 million lightening strikes on the planet every day.
Exactly the same amount as the number of ants in Crewe. FACT! :tea:
Also: 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun May 26, 2013 10:07 am

Rum wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Rum wrote:There are 8.6 million lightening strikes on the planet every day.
Exactly the same amount as the number of ants in Crewe. FACT! :tea:
Also: 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.
And Albert Hall is gone missing.
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Post by mistermack » Sun May 26, 2013 5:00 pm

Hermit wrote:
FBM wrote:Maybe not amazing, but tonight is the Dance of the Planets. A few of them get within a few degrees of each other about 45 minutes after sunset. Jupiter, Mercury and Venus, IIRC.
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Post by Tero » Sun May 26, 2013 6:04 pm

JimC wrote:
Rum wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Rum wrote:There are 8.6 million lightening strikes on the planet every day.
Exactly the same amount as the number of ants in Crewe. FACT! :tea:
Also: 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.
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Post by Rum » Sun May 26, 2013 6:28 pm

The whereabouts of the cremated remains of John Lennon are unknown.

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Post by mistermack » Mon May 27, 2013 3:25 pm

I can affect your breathing, just by writing a post.

You will now, for a short while, breathe consciously, rather than unconsciously.
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Post by Sælir » Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:57 pm

There is a girl working in the caves in Nottingham that looks and talks just like a character from Little Britain. FACT

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Post by Azathoth » Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:07 pm

mistermack wrote:I can affect your breathing, just by writing a post.

You will now, for a short while, breathe consciously, rather than unconsciously.
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Post by Audley Strange » Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:12 pm

Does that ever actually work on people?

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Post by FBM » Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:21 pm

It takes 47 muscles to frown but none to just stare at somebody as though they were an idiot. :ddpan:
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Post by mistermack » Sat Jul 20, 2013 3:23 pm

There are only three species on earth that experience the menopause.
The other two are the elephant, and the humpback whale.
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