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Post by FlyingScotsman on Sept 21, 2008 13:07:55 GMT
Henry Ford never said "You can have any colour you like, so long as it's black". It was actually F. W. Webb.
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Post by Halstead on Sept 21, 2008 16:38:22 GMT
24. Aidan is Nadia spelled backwards.
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Post by Aidan on Sept 21, 2008 18:48:04 GMT
25. PIXAR had Wall-E in the works long before they considered making Toy Story.
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lordviruscide
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Haruhi Suzumiya Stares into your SOUL
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Post by lordviruscide on Sept 21, 2008 19:11:53 GMT
26:In the WW2 Table-top Wargame Flames of War, Armoured Army are in the minority, Due to the high numbers and saves of infantry
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Jim Prower
Passenger Engine
Now as Sir Handel!
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Post by Jim Prower on Sept 21, 2008 22:16:44 GMT
27: The Chinese and Koreans have their own variations on the Japanese Kitsune myth: The Chinese Huli Jing, and the Korean Kumiho.
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Darthboco
Passenger Engine
Uuuuhhhh...
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Post by Darthboco on Sept 21, 2008 22:24:20 GMT
28. In Transformers, Rumble is red, while Frenzy is blue.
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Post by Ryan on Sept 21, 2008 22:24:37 GMT
A Dentist was the first person to add sugar to chewing gum...
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Zach Stig
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No Garbage Today
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Post by Zach Stig on Sept 21, 2008 22:33:59 GMT
30. It is impossible for a squirrel to contract or carry Rabies
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Post by Jim on Sept 21, 2008 23:14:45 GMT
31. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Post by edwardblue on Sept 21, 2008 23:37:41 GMT
32. There is no army in the country of Costa Rica.
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Jim Prower
Passenger Engine
Now as Sir Handel!
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Post by Jim Prower on Sept 22, 2008 0:15:17 GMT
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Nanaki
Main Line Engine
Just wolfing around.
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Post by Nanaki on Sept 22, 2008 2:13:14 GMT
34. The next Tamagotchi is going to have a color screen.
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QJ
Goods Engine
I'm not dead!
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Post by QJ on Sept 22, 2008 2:55:11 GMT
35. Where's Wally? goes by many names around the world, including Charlie in France, Effy in Israel, Valli in Iceland, Hetti in Sri Lanka, Holger in Denmark, Óîëëè in Russia, Walter in Germany, Willy in Norway and, of course, Waldo in America. Why he has all these extra alias' is beyond me. Have you found him yet?
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Post by themontevideostar on Sept 22, 2008 3:17:07 GMT
36: The nearest tracks to my house are former Missouri-Kansas-Texas tracks currently owned by the Union Pacific. 37: There is a cat in my room at the moment.
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Post by Metamorphical on Sept 22, 2008 3:47:44 GMT
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Post by Jarrah White on Sept 22, 2008 11:55:59 GMT
39. The original title for the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies was Tomorrow Never Lies. But a fax was misread, and so "Dies" stuck.
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Post by Rusty Red Scrap Iron on Sept 22, 2008 12:39:58 GMT
40. Originally, Fozzy (the Heavy Metal Band) were originally going to be called the Big City Knights.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Sept 22, 2008 20:49:55 GMT
41. At the height of his popularity, Clark Gable had to have all his teeth removed due to severe decay. For many of his best-known roles, he has a full set of dentures.
42. Douglas Adams introduced Richard Dawkins to his wife, Lalla Ward.
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Zach Stig
Goods Engine
No Garbage Today
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Post by Zach Stig on Sept 22, 2008 20:55:42 GMT
43. Every US President has worn glasses; some chose not to wear them.
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Post by CPK on Sept 22, 2008 21:38:26 GMT
44. This is the 44th fact, making us 44% of the way thre.
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