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lost in london

Well-known member
Dec 10, 2003
1,881
London
To run a four minute mile, it's the same as doing approximately 16 back to back 15 second 100m, or alternatively you have to run at 24 km/h (17.1 mph). Quite fast really.

Carry On.
 


















Gazwag

5 millionth post poster
Mar 4, 2004
31,347
Bexhill-on-Sea
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been 230 years of peace throughout the civilised world.

There are 1,058 million acts of sex in Britain each year, resulting in the spillage of 3 million litres of semen. This is enough to fill six Olympic sized swimming pools!
 




Rangdo

Registered Cider Drinker
Apr 21, 2004
4,779
Cider Country
gazwag said:

There are 1,058 million acts of sex in Britain each year, resulting in the spillage of 3 million litres of semen. This is enough to fill six Olympic sized swimming pools!
Try swimming in that! I dont think Ian Thorpe would be breaking too many more world records.
 




Marc

New member
Jul 6, 2003
25,267
sometimes it Snows in the Sahara Desert...FACT!
 








Lush

Mods' Pet
* checks old e-mails *

All of the below are TRUE apparently


1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors alot more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
10.The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11.The average housefly lives for one month.
12.40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13.A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14.The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
15.Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
16.Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17.The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
18.The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19.John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
20.Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
21.In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
22.Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
23.The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburator.
24.Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25.Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
26.If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
 




pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
31,664
West, West, West Sussex
Lush said:

3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10years.

But I've been smoking for over 20 years and still have all my teeth
 




Rangdo

Registered Cider Drinker
Apr 21, 2004
4,779
Cider Country
pasty said:
But I've been smoking for over 20 years and still have all my teeth

Well my uncle has got about 3 teeth left so he must have lost your share :lolol:
 


CAFC Matt

New member
Jul 27, 2003
5,465
Woodindean
Two pointless facts are:

1. 113 Brighton and Hove Bus company buses go up North Street every hour.

2. The number 2 route is the longest route - taking 113 mintues on avearge from start to finish.

Aren't you all just amazed by them?? :lolol:
 




Gazwag

5 millionth post poster
Mar 4, 2004
31,347
Bexhill-on-Sea
pasty said:
But I've been smoking for over 20 years and still have all my teeth

Youv'e got my share then !


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Rangdo

Registered Cider Drinker
Apr 21, 2004
4,779
Cider Country
CAFC Matt said:
Two pointless facts are:

1. 113 Brighton and Hove Bus company buses go up North Street every hour.

2. The number 2 route is the longest route - taking 113 mintues on avearge from start to finish.

Aren't you all just amazed by them?? :lolol:

I didn't know you were a bus spotter. Do you get the drivers autographs?
 


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