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JCC 'Well! I Never Knew that' Thread

Discussion in 'Community' started by Diggy , Dec 21, 2017.

  1. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    Daniel Radcliffe was a test-tube baby.

    The man who built St George's Hall in Liverpool committed suicide after he realised he built it the wrong way round.

    The word bed looks like a bed.

    Emus and Kangeroos cannot move backward.

    Fish cannot see photographic negatives.

    Hedgehogs winter in Cannes and St. Tropez.

    Razorblades get sharper the closer you move to the equator.

    Go to Google, type in 2204355, and click "I'm Feeling Lucky".

    Paraguay, a lack-locked country, has a navy. Switzerland too.

    When a parachutist pulls the chord, he or she does not shoot upwards.

    The London Underground is infested with wild horses. At night a group of workers called "Crackers" go into the tunnels and kill any horse they find with hammers.

    The Kellogs rooster is named Cornelius Rooster.

    None of these are mine, some may not be true.
     
  2. Rylo Ken

    Rylo Ken Force Ghost star 7

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    In much the same way we recognize our own faces (our sense of self) in a mirror, dogs know themselves by their own scent. Also, dogs can't recognize themselves in a mirror.
     
  3. TiniTinyTony

    TiniTinyTony JCC Super Bowl Pick 'Em Winner star 7 VIP - Game Winner

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    Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
     
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  4. Sarge

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    Diggy, can you explain the sharper razor blades at the equator? I'm trying to figure out why or how...
     
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  5. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    I haven't looked it up, but I assume it's because you're slightly closer to the center of the earth, so gravity is ever so slightly greater?

    I'll see what I can find. Because I usually assume wrong.

    Alas, searching for "razor blade thinner closer equator" does not give me the results I want. Just lots of product suggestions.
     
  6. DANNASUK

    DANNASUK Force Ghost star 7

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    The famous line from Forest Gump was:

    "Life was like a box of chocolates..."
     
  7. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    The song "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" is actually a cryptic reference to the film King Kong.
     
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  8. EHT

    EHT Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    No, but karAoke does. ;) Also, karate means "empty hand".
     
  9. Alpha-Red

    Alpha-Red Chosen One star 7

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    Mind blown.
     
  10. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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  11. Master_Lok

    Master_Lok Force Ghost star 6

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    This. must. be. true.

    Donald Pleasance and Christopher Lee were in a movie together.
     
  12. Dread Pirate Roberts

    Dread Pirate Roberts Jedi Padawan star 2

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    Just a guess, but I imagine the end of a razor blade is so fine that it is affected by the magnetic fields of the earth. And the fields around the equator are different than the poles... so maybe to do with that?

    Cleopatra and Marc Antony are closer in history to our modern day than the building of the Great Pyramids of Giza. Also, it is possible that Julius Caesar burned down the Great Library of Alexandria because of the love triangle between him, Cleopatra, and Marc.
     
  13. Jabba-wocky

    Jabba-wocky Chosen One star 10

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    The average speed of rainfall is seven miles per hour.
     
  14. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Someone in my team at work (30) did not believe a polar bear has never killed a penguin in the wild.
     
  15. poor yorick

    poor yorick Ex-Mod star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA VIP - Game Host

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    If the Earth were the size of a basketball, it would be smoother than a basketball.
     
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  16. epic

    epic Ex Mod star 8 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    the last season Liverpool won the premiership, Tim Burton's Batman was in cinemas.
     
  17. Alpha-Red

    Alpha-Red Chosen One star 7

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    I think I read that dogs can learn to recognize their reflection? I mean, if they keep seeing another copy of their owner in the mirror, they should be able to figure out that the other dog over there is themself.
     
  18. SuperWatto

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    The casting of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne in Tim Burton's Batman caused a controversy among comic book fans, with fifty thousand protest letters sent to Warner Brothers offices.
     
  19. Violent Violet Menace

    Violent Violet Menace Manager Emeritus star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    So their misplaced sense of life priorities was not born with the internet. That's another useful fact.
     
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  20. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    This is actually incorrect. Batman came out and closed in 1989. Liverpool last won the league in 1990. Please, try and make your insults accurate!

    I will give you a Liverpool fact. Liverpool FC is the only team in England to have an actual European Cup in it's museum, and not just a crappy replica. If you'd like to go and see it, it's just £10 for entry :)
     
  21. SuperWatto

    SuperWatto Chosen One star 7

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    https://sinceliverpoollastwonatrophy.co.uk/league-title/

    When Liverpool last won the league,
    • Rahim Sterling was still four and a half years away from being born
    • Vogue, by Madonna, was number one
    • Jimmy Corkhill and Sinbad were causing trouble on Brookside close
    • Liverpool favourite Margaret Thatcher was still Prime Minister
    • George H.W.Bush was President of the United States
    • There was still a Soviet Union
     
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  22. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    This is why Watto>epic
     
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  23. epic

    epic Ex Mod star 8 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    that's why I said 'season' as in the 89/90 season!!! therefore I am correct

    as for watto that much is obvious despite his TLJ love
     
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  24. SuperWatto

    SuperWatto Chosen One star 7

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    I'm dumber than epic though.
     
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  25. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    We're all dumber than epic. Even epic.