Mr. Splash
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Fact MachineEasy game. Post a fact that probably not many people know...
Mr. Oasis invented the anti-roll back device, used on elevators and later the Roller Coaster!
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luke_manc
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45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
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Mr. Splash
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Pigs can't look up
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coaster mad
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Oblivion was the first verticle drop coaster
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Mr. Splash
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If you try and snap spagetti it will always break into 3 pieces
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coaster mad
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I'm sitting on a blue chair.
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Mr. Splash
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Only one country starts with an A and doesn't end in an A
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coaster mad
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Underground is the only word that starts and ends with the letters 'und'
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Mr. Splash
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The flushing toilet was invented by Mr. Crapper
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coaster mad
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My school blazer is green
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Mr. Splash
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George Washington was supposed to have had wooden teeth
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coaster mad
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I'm getting bored
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Mr. Splash
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Whales are mamals
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coaster mad
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Tomato is a fruit
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Mr. Splash
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Cucumbers are also fruits
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coaster mad
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I hate mushrooms
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Mr. Splash
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This type of thing should be going in the I bet you didn't know game^
Chickens can't fly
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coaster mad
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some cats have to wear sun cream
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Mr. Splash
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You can't eat 2 Jacobs crakers in 2 minutes without water
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coaster mad
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You can eat 2 Jacobs crakers in 2 minutes with water
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Mr. Splash
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The Big One had its first drop replaced in 1995
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oz boy
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Melbourne is cold.
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Mr. Splash
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England is currently warmer that Australia 
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coaster mad
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Shockwave(drayton Manor) is the only stand-up with an inline twist/zero g roll.
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Mr. Splash
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The first ever topic on this forum, was the UK's best first drop
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luke_manc
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| Mr. Splash wrote: | | George Washington was supposed to have had wooden teeth |
It isn't a fact if you used the word "supposed"
and he DID have wooden teeth, a lot of people had wooden teeth in those days.
FACT:
The Elephant is the only animal with four knees
FACT:
The Polar Bear's fur is not white, it's transparent, it only looks white because the sunreflects off the snow and shines onto it's fur.
FACT:
The Polar Bear is the only animal apart from man that actively hunts for food.
FACT:
Dolphins are the only animals apart from man that have sex for pleasure.
FACT:
The Koala Bear is not a bear, it's a marsupial as it has a pouch (same as Wallabies and Kangaroos).
FACT:
Baby Pigeons do exist, Pigeons lay their eggs on cliff faces and they only come inland as adults.
FACT:
A Crocodile or Alligator's jaws use more power to close then to open, such is this fact that an elastic band over the jaws will prevent them from biting you... This is also true of the Pit Bull or Alsation (German Shepherd) or any fighting or hunting dogs.
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AJM
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0.001% of your body weight is bacteria
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luke_manc
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A Komodo Dragon's bite can kill a human in a very short time due to the high amount of bacteria in their saliva yet they cannot harm another dragon due to the antibodies in their blood.
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AJM
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111,111,111x111,111,111=12345678987654321
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Mr. Splash
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We share 70% of our DNA with the cucumber
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luke_manc
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| AJM wrote: | | 111,111,111x111,111,111=12345678987654321 |
Mathematical equations = facts?
FACT
The band Spandau Ballet got their name from the Spandau concentration camp in west Berlin, Germany. When they hung prisoners by the neck and the last breath escaped the body, they would seem to "dance", this was known as the "Spandau Ballet".
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Mr. Splash
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Thats a good one
Kaiser Chiefs are named after a football team in Brazil
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luke_manc
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They're actually South African (Soweto in Johannesburgto be exact), Brazil is a South American country.
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Mr. Splash
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Ahh right 
Def Leppard were origionaly called Atomic Mass
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luke_manc
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Motörhead
FACT
Prior to being the vocallist and bass monster in Motörhead
, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister was once a member of psychodelic rock band Hawkwind. Hawkwind had a thing for drugs, a big thing... Lemmy got kicked out of Hawkwind for taking more drugs than them.
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Mr. Splash
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Arrow were the inventors of the Corkscrew
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AJM
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B&M made the first ever dive machine and inverted coaster
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Mr. Splash
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^They didn't make the first inverted coaster that was Arrow, they made the first looping inverted coaster. (I know thats what you meant but I just wanted it to be rephrased)
Mexico city sinks 2 inches every year!
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AJM
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kansai international airport is the worlds only floating airport
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Mr. Splash
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Oh yeah I saw a TV thing about that
HMV stands for His Masters Voice
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oz boy
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In 2004 In Belieze, some of the top soccer teams abandoned the legue to form a Pirate Legue.
BET YOU DIDN"T KNOW THATH!
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luke_manc
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The smallest country in the world is the Vatican City in Rome
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Mr. Splash
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The theme for that 70's show, is by Cheap Trick
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luke_manc
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Not really an unknown fact as 'That 70's Show' is a popular TV programme
FACT
Betty Nesmith Graham, Mother of Mike Nesmith (guitarist from the 70's pop group The Monkees) invented "Mistake Out" (predecessor to Tipp-ex)
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Mr. Splash
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When you put salt on ice, the temperature doesn't go up it goes down.
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luke_manc
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Sushi isn't raw fish, it's the rice accompianing the fish
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Mr. Splash
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You don't pronounce H like hache
You should pronounce it ache
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AJM
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atari and rockstar games are in a grudge to make the best free roam game
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Mr. Splash
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You can not legally drive the batmobile on the road, as it breaks so many regualtions.
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luke_manc
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I wouldn't call the R* one a fact, it's more a state of politics made into rumour
FACT
If you feed bicarbonate of soda to a pigeon it will react with the vast amounts of acids in its stomach causing it to explode.
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Mr. Splash
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The egg did come before the chicken
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luke_manc
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This is true, it's called Evolution
Fact
Even though they have sold many many records and have a loyal fanbase, the rock band 'My Chemical Romance are', in fact, crap.
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Mr. Splash
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I think that ones more of an opinion... there again 
DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disk
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luke_manc
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Everyone knows that one and yes mine is an opinion, it's also the opinion of the vast majority of people over the age of 16
FACT
The real name of Bruce Dickenson, singer with Iron Maiden, is Paul.
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Mr. Splash
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Thats funny I'm just listening to Iron Maiden right now
The code names for the rides as Alton e.g SW5, stand for Secret Wepon, the origional concept for Nemesis
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luke_manc
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FACT
The planet Saturn has a density lower than water. If there was a bathtub large enough to hold it, Saturn would float.
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Mr. Splash
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The Ultimate first operated with Over the shoulder restraints!
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luke_manc
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Can anyone get facts that aren't rollercoaster related?
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Mr. Splash
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Well I have posted both coaster and non-coaster facts...
Spain means land of rabbits
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luke_manc
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If every girl in Huddersfield was laid end to end...
I wouldn't be surprised
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Mr. Splash
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We currently know more about outer space than we do about water
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luke_manc
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You cannot die of AIDS as it only knocks down our defense system, what you die of is a cold or such.
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Mr. Splash
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The origional reson for squeasing a lemon on a fish was to supposedly kill off bacteria.
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luke_manc
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You know how americans call Brits 'Limeys' as an insult? Well it's not
When the Brits were at sea, we'd use lime juice to ward off Scurvy.
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Mr. Splash
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It is possible to eat upside down, without the contents of your mouth coming out.
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luke_manc
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yeah, through a straw
Koalas aren't bears, they're marsupials as they have a pouch
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Mr. Splash
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Koalas are actually capable of getting to quite a speed however their natural food actually gives them indigestion which makes them slow.
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AJM
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xcelerator is the only known intamin accelerator that enters the top hat from the left and exits to the right
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Mr. Splash
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A normal electric kettle doesn't boil the water it acctualy only goes up to about 80oc
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luke_manc
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I can't think of any facts - Fact
*edit*
Oh yes I can - Chow Mein is not a true Chinese dish, more an American version of am Oriental noodle dish. The name 'Mein' is a misspelling of 'Mian' which means "wheat noodles".
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Mr. Splash
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Lasangne is actually English. A monks recipie book shows the recipie many years before the Italin's claimed it as theirs. 
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luke_manc
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You can drown a shark by opening it's gills
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oz boy
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| luke_manc wrote: | | You cannot die of AIDS as it only knocks down our defense system, what you die of is a cold or such. |
I knew that one! 
Did you now North Korea has the biggest Stadium, and would be biggest Hotel (If it was finished) In the world?
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Mr. Splash
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Rainbows can only occur in the early morning and evening due to the suns angle.
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luke_manc
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The only word in the dictionary that can be spelt correctly is 'correctly'
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Mr. Splash
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You don't pronounce H like hache you pronounce it like ache
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AJM
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youve already said that one
shiekra is the on completely vertical coaster
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Mr. Splash
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ohh sorry
Also thats not true^
Wicked twister is true vertical.
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luke_manc
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| Mr. Splash wrote: | | You don't pronounce H like hache you pronounce it like ache |
If that were true, we'd say
Aye
Bee
See
Dee
Eee
Eff
Jee
Ache
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AJM
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port aventura has their own version of nolimits just for the 2007 coaster
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Mr. Splash
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| luke_manc wrote: | | Mr. Splash wrote: | | You don't pronounce H like hache you pronounce it like ache |
If that were true, we'd say
Aye
Bee
See
Dee
Eee
Eff
Jee
Ache |
Well yeah 
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luke_manc
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But we don't pronounce it as "ayck" we pornounce it as "haych"
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Mr. Splash
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Look it up in a queens English dictionary. Its pronounced ayche
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luke_manc
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But you said ache, not ayche
FACT
Tomatoes are a fruit, not a vegetable
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Mr. Splash
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Oh sorry. I think we've has that one ^
Racecar and Kayak are some of the only words spelt the same forwards and backwards.
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luke_manc
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madam im adam is a sentence spelt backwards the same as forwards
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Mr. Splash
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I like that one
There have been 2 Lordi's in rock history. Prior to the current one the guitarist out of AC / DC was in the band, but they eventually packed up. The new Lordi was brought back in for the Euro Vision song contest.
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AJM
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time to keep it simple
collossus is the same as that 8-looper in brazil but with 2 more heartline roles
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luke_manc
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| Mr. Splash wrote: | | There have been 2 Lordi's in rock history. Prior to the current one the guitarist out of AC / DC was in the band, but they eventually packed up. |
Not true
1. AC/DC are an australian band, Angus Young is Glaswegian but was raised in Australia.
Lordi are all from Finland
2. Angus Youngs band prior to AC/DC was called Kentuckee'
| Quote: | | The new Lordi was brought back in for the Euro Vision song contest. |
Lordi had neither a) split up or b) played eurovision in their lifetime so for them to bring them back is a little difficult.
Also, Lordi are a proper band, they wern't there just for Eurovision, they had been making records for a good 6 years previous to the event.
FACT
Therapy? are the only band to play the Donington Monsters Of Rock festival for two years running.
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Mr. Splash
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Hmmmm. I was just going with what Alice Cooper said on Planet Rock, maybe I got it a bit mixed up.
Just 2 points that back up my theory:
I never said that the supposed origional band was from Finland
I meant they re-formed Lordi which went on to Eurovision.
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luke_manc
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| Mr. Splash wrote: | | I never said that the supposed origional band was from Finland |
No, I did and that was because you made out that a member of AC/DC was in them before AC/DC and they wern't because they've always been in AC/DC
| Quote: | | I meant they re-formed Lordi which went on to Eurovision. |
You can't reform something that's not split up
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Mr. Splash
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Errr OK.
Chewing Gum was invented by the Aztec's
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luke_manc
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FACT
The Chinese invented the following
* Asian abacus
* Blast furnace (steel)
* Block Printmaking / Printing Technology
* Bronze
* Calipers
* Clock
* Compass
* Crossbow
* Dry dock
* Fans
* Fireworks and solid-fuel rocket
* Fishing pole (hook)
* Gunpowder
* Glider
* Grenade
* Hot air balloon
* Kite
* Lacquer
* Matches
* Paper
* Paper money and necessary monetary institutions
* Parachute
* Petroleum well
* Piston pump
* Porcelain (China)
* Propeller
* Relief map
* Rudder
* Seed drill
* Seismograph
* Silk
* Stirrup
* Suspension bridge
* Toilet Paper
* Toothbrush
* Umbrella
* Wallpaper
* Wheelbarrow
* Whiskey (medicinal/surgical use)
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Mr. Splash
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The Aztecs also founded Hot Chocalate
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AJM
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dragon khan held the 8 looper record jointly with another one by intamin
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Mr. Splash
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Dragon Khan was the first though as it was built 1995. The Mexican Intamin was 1998 I believe?
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luke_manc
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| Mr. Splash wrote: |
The Aztecs also founded Hot Chocalate |
No, Errol Brown founded Hot Chocolate :P
FACT
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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Mr. Splash
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All the railings from outside houses were also sawn off to make bombs.
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luke_manc
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Any metal was melted down dude, to make guns, bullets and tanks
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Mr. Splash
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Yeah thats just the most noticed one^
Pigs can never see the sky unless the fall over, as they're neck doesn't allow them to look up to more then a few cm's
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