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Old 16-06-11, 08:57 PM   #1691
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US congressman has admitted sending lewd pictures. Bare chest and bulging boxers.

The guy's name Anthony WEINER !

You couldn't make it up!
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Old 16-06-11, 09:45 PM   #1692
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It takes 5kg of wild fish to make 1kg of farmed salmon
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Old 16-06-11, 11:33 PM   #1693
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In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence
we have 'the rule of thumb'
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Old 16-06-11, 11:34 PM   #1694
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.

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Old 17-06-11, 07:20 AM   #1696
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Coca-Cola was originally green.

The Coca Cola factory reportedly jet wash the lorry engines with Coke because it is a great degreaser.
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Old 17-06-11, 07:56 AM   #1697
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The Coca Cola factory reportedly jet wash the lorry engines with Coke because it is a great degreaser.
Doesn't do much on chain wax
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Old 17-06-11, 09:10 AM   #1698
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Coca-Cola was originally green.

And made with an extract of cocoa plant which is also the active consituent of cocaine
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Old 17-06-11, 12:33 PM   #1699
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The Coca Cola factory reportedly jet wash the lorry engines with Coke because it is a great degreaser.
Actually according to mythbusters on discovery, this is an urban myth, when they tested it, it performed worse than a cheap engine degreaser.
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Old 17-06-11, 01:33 PM   #1700
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I fancy the red head lady from myth busters. She's a weirdo, but strangely alluring.
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