November, 2009

In Japan, it has become comonplace to sell 6-sided watermelons. They’re simple to grow but they can cost up to three times as much

17 Nov

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Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.

16 Nov

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The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

14 Nov

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23% of all photocopier faults, worldwide, are caused by people copying their ass.

13 Nov

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The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of Chess is 318,979,564,000.

12 Nov

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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

12 Nov

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Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves

11 Nov

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