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dude 
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 Topic: general trivia
Posted: April 25 2004 at 00:36 |
HERE IS A GENERAL TRIVIA THRAED(I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS ONE FOR AWHILE! ) IF YOU HAVE ANY USELESS FACTS OR TRIVIA THIS IS THE PLACE FOR IT!!!! I WILL START OFF
THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN ON MARS IS OLYMPUS MONS IT IS 27 KILOMETRES HIGH AND THUS SOME19 KM TALLER THAN MT EVEREST.
THATS ONE HELLUVA MOUNTIAN!!!
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dude
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 08:25 |
WHAT! NO USELESS INFO FANS????
OKAY HERES ANOTHER
SCEINTISTS NOW BELEIVE THAT THE ANTARCIC CONTINENT IS ACTUALLY TWO LARGE ISLANDS OVERLAID WITH ICE!
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Stormcrow
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:14 |
Water bears, AKA tardigrades are the only microscopic animals that have and walk on real legs.
No I'm not goofing.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www .microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/mmbearp.html
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:15 |
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If Giraffes could jump, pound for pound, as high as a flea.......
They'd avoid a lot of trouble!
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:22 |
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Here's a few for you.......
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes(Italy surrendered, just in case)
Before discovering Elvis, Colonel Tom Parker's most successful act was "Colonel Parker's Dancing Chickens". This act involved encouraging chickens to dance by placing them on an electric plate (Yes, I think I'd dance too! Mind you this would explain Elvis's hip shakin')
A 1951 British army medical report confirmed that Marmite was a good cure for scrotal dermatitis (somehow, I don't fancy my toast anymore....)
And finally....
Buzz Aldrin was the first man to defecate on the moon (but nobody remembers number two...)
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Velvetclown
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:36 |
scrotal dermatitis, isn´t that heavy metal band ???
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dude
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:45 |
YES AND I THINK THEY PUT OUT AN ALBUM CALLED " FORE SKINS A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW" 
KEEP THE USELESS FACTS COMING GUYS!
I THINK I AM SKATING ON THIN ICE AGAIN!!!
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dude
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 09:49 |
BY THE WAY JIM AFTER EATING MARMITE I DONT THINK I FANCY MY TOAST ANYMORE EITHER!! 
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dude
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 10:02 |
APPARENTLY THE TALLEST TREE EVER RECORDED WAS AN AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN ASH(THE TALLEST FLOWERING TREE IN THE WORLD) IT WAS 417 FEET TALL AND PART OF ITS TOP WAS MISSING
WITH ITS TOP IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND 500 FEET TALL
IN THE REMOTE FORESTS OF SOUTH WEST TASMANIA(STYX RIVER VALLEY) THERE COULD BE TREES THAT COME CLOSE TO IT!!
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 10:39 |
 dude wrote:
YES AND I THINK THEY PUT OUT AN ALBUM CALLED " FORE SKINS A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW"
KEEP THE USELESS FACTS COMING GUYS!
I THINK I AM SKATING ON THIN ICE AGAIN!!!
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There was actually an English Skinhead band in the '80s called The Four Skins (they released an album called 'never mind the sex pistols, here's our b++++++s')
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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dude
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Posted: April 27 2004 at 10:46 |
TAKE THAT JOHNNY ROTTEN!!!
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Joren
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Posted: May 07 2004 at 12:19 |
OK, this one's REALLY useless: A scientist discovered that the chance that there is a God, is 66%. He was a little disappointed with the result, because he thought the chance was bigger. In his 'analysis' he used the 'amount' of suffering in the world...
I'm not kidding, I read this on a normal newsflash. 
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Man With Hat
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Posted: April 03 2005 at 00:46 |
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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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threefates
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Posted: April 03 2005 at 00:58 |
Jim Garten wrote:
dude wrote:
YES AND I THINK THEY PUT OUT AN ALBUM CALLED " FORE SKINS A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW"
KEEP THE USELESS FACTS COMING GUYS!
I THINK I AM SKATING ON THIN ICE AGAIN!!!
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There was actually an English Skinhead band in the '80s called The Four Skins (they released an album called 'never mind the sex pistols, here's our b++++++s') |
There was a jazz band here called the Well Hung-arians
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THIS IS ELP
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Reed Lover
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Posted: April 03 2005 at 06:43 |
Here's one for all you Pink Floyd dismissers:
Dark Side of The Moon stayed on the top 200 Billboard charts for 741 weeks! That is 14 years.
If they dont deserve the highest praise for Services to Prog Rocks Public Profile,then I dont know who does!
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Reed Lover
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Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:32 |
Here we go a Sunday Night Quiz:
Music and Entertainment:
1.Which was the first Symphony to feature trombones?
2.What does EMI stand for?
3.At which venue did The Beatles perform their first US concert?
4.Who recorded the album "Smiling At Grief"?
5.Where does the name "Soft Machine" come from?
6.Who played Cheyenne Bodie in "Cheyenne"?
7.How many crotchets make up a breve?
8.What was Steve McQueen's last film?
9.Who directed The Killing Fields?
10.Which film features "the Scopes Monkey Trial"?
Sport:
11.Which sports star's real name is Lew Alcindor?
12.What is the usual name for the sign-language used by Bookies?
13.Which was the first 18 hole golf course?
14.Which numbers are next to 20 on a dart board?
15.Which sport uses "The Cartwright Rules"?
16.Who was the tallest ever World heavyweight Boxing Champion?
17. Who was the first man to run a mile in exactly 4 minutes?
18.What does a flag with yellow and red diagonal stripes mean in Formula 1?
19.In the infamous “Battle Of The Sexes” series in Tennis,which female tennis player had Bobbie Riggs beaten prior to losing to Billie Jean King?
20.What did KT Suburaya of Japan do after failing to win the 1960 Olympic marathon?
a) Commit Hara-Kiri?
b)Sue the Olympic Committee for running the race in the midday heat?
c) Changed sex and ran in the 1968 Olympics as a woman?
Answers soon.
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synthguy
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Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:45 |
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The weight of the Ants on earth exceeds the weight of
humans
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Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest...
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synthguy
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Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:47 |
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Who is Alan Smithee?
He has directed a lot of films.
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Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest...
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Reed Lover
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Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:53 |
synthguy wrote:
Who is Alan Smithee?
He has directed a lot of films. |
He's an alias for a director who wants to remain uncredited for a film-usually used during the McCarthy Witch Hunt era.
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synthguy
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Posted: April 03 2005 at 14:56 |
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Give that man a cigar. And I thought I was so clever.
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Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest...
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