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KenWittlief 20-11-2005 17:59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cuog
My history teacher has unintentionally said "um" or "uh" over 700 times in one class(85 minutes)

my junior year HS electrical shop class teacher has said "now" over 100 times in a 45 minute class!

(when he got to 100 with less than 3 minutes to spare, the class erupted in a spontainious roar of laughter, cheers and applause - and he had no idea what was going on)

Jaine Perotti 20-11-2005 18:58

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On average, the nose makes one cup of snot each day.

(I learned that at a community quiz night I went to on Friday.)

Rohan_DHS 20-11-2005 19:06

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KenWittlief
my junior year HS electrical shop class teacher has said "now" over 100 times in a 45 minute class!

(when he got to 100 with less than 3 minutes to spare, the class erupted in a spontainious roar of laughter, cheers and applause - and he had no idea what was going on)

well, my friend and I calculated (last year) that if you listen to my physics teacher in a monotonous voice for a week straight, we'd go deaf...and he agreed :|

Timmyd 20-11-2005 19:12

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For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects.

The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument.

By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television.

The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h).

Bulls are color blind.

A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds.

i found this one but i know it is not true because his name has the letter "E" in it

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E"

KenWittlief 20-11-2005 19:18

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Originally Posted by Timmyd
A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds.

looked at

sighed over

covered with saran wrap and placed in the back of the fridge :^)

artdutra04 20-11-2005 19:20

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Here's a few from http://www.brainofbrian.com/facts-general.html.

Quote:

» The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

» Because radio waves travel at 186,000 miles (299,274 km) per second and sound waves saunter at 700 miles (1,126 km) per hour, a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 13,000 miles (20,917 km) away than it can be heard at the back of the room in which it originated.

» No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

» Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

» 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

» A bowling pin need only tilt 7.5 degrees to fall.

» The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

» American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

» The average child spends approximately 28 hours a week watching television, which is around the same amount of time they spend in school.

» Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter.

» The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

» The fastest moving landmass on the planet, the Tongan Island of Niuatoputapu in the South Pacific, has recently been clocked at almost 10 inches (25.4 cm) per year.

» The longest official city name in the world, made up of 164 letters, is "Krungthep Mahanakhon Amorn Rattanakosin Mahintara Yudthaya Mahadilok Pohp Noparat Rajathanee Bureerom Udomrajniwes Mahasatarn Amorn Pimarn Avaltarnsatit Sakatattiya Visanukram Prasit" a.k.a. Bangkok, Thailand.

» "ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC" is the longest acronym. It is a Navy term standing for "Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command."


Ken Loyd 21-11-2005 15:20

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Ken,

It cleans wall paper very well.

Ken

KenWittlief 21-11-2005 16:12

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Every day on Earth 300,000 people die (on average)

12,000 in the United States

and everyday a somewhat higher number of babies are born: 364,000!

Cuog 22-11-2005 15:52

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As of Today and right now this page has been viewed 344 times

Rohan_DHS 22-11-2005 22:44

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-cheese had been discovered as far back as 6000BC
-you spend about 5 years of your life waiting in lines


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