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Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act it is explicitly illegal in Britain to use a machine gun to kill a hedgehog. This week's challenge is to find similarly bizarre facts, and Photoshop the ass out of them. Challenge suggested by Jabberwoc.
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Fraser has joined the Moomins., Wed 19 Dec 2012, 22:13)
Comic Sans is based on a font from a Batman comic...
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monkeon schmonkeon, Sat 22 Dec 2012, 18:50, More)
Do you have a flaaag?
Click for Biggerererer
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dirtyscarab intends to live forever. So far, so good..., Thu 20 Dec 2012, 13:49, More)
Bizarre fact:
About 10 skydivers a year are sucked into jet engines.
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All the original series of the Henry vacuum cleaner 'family' were
named after members of the British royal family...
Factcheck
( monkeon schmonkeon, Sun 30 Dec 2012, 20:58, More)
Bullying is a result of latent homosexuality
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BorisKarloff is in the back of the classroom forever, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 19:55, More)
Hugo Boss designed the uniforms for the Nazis, the SS and the Hitler youth.
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According to Peter Cook, the whale is not an fish at all ....
how very interesting
de-ris www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnxXkjD6VmE
for printmeister (who was, I understand, a Pete n Dudd fan)
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The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni, Fri 21 Dec 2012, 12:05, More)
The reason that there is a flower mode on some versions of Minesweeper is to
try and appease the "International Campaign to Ban Winmine" who called the game an "offence against the victims of the mines".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minesweeper_%28video_game%29
( monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 12:57, More)
Tell Your Children! (adults only)
CFBigger, less artifact-y, and with footnotes
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MEGA TRANSFER!!
A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information.
One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15.875 GB, equivalent to the combined capacity of 62 MacBook Pro laptops.
(Source: 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off)
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Thu 20 Dec 2012, 0:15, More)
It's my best friend. Always happy. No questions.
Etymology
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Captain Howdy, Thu 3 Jan 2013, 14:14, More)
Babies Can Bond to a "Mother" from a Different Species
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bigmeuprudeboy is using powerpoint or paint...have MERCY, Thu 20 Dec 2012, 12:37, More)
In Minnesota,
it is illegal to cross a state line
whilst wearing a duck on your head.
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Chumps 👀, Thu 20 Dec 2012, 6:23, More)
Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
(, Thu 3 Jan 2013, 13:21, More)
still openUnder the Wildlife and Countryside Act it is explicitly illegal in Britain to use a machine gun to kill a hedgehog. This week's challenge is to find similarly bizarre facts, and Photoshop the ass out of them. Challenge suggested by Jabberwoc.
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Fraser has joined the Moomins., Wed 19 Dec 2012, 22:13)
Comic Sans is based on a font from a Batman comic...
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monkeon schmonkeon, Sat 22 Dec 2012, 18:50, More)
Do you have a flaaag?
Click for Biggerererer
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dirtyscarab intends to live forever. So far, so good..., Thu 20 Dec 2012, 13:49, More)
Bizarre fact:
About 10 skydivers a year are sucked into jet engines.
(, Sun 23 Dec 2012, 13:13, More)
All the original series of the Henry vacuum cleaner 'family' were
named after members of the British royal family...
Factcheck
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monkeon schmonkeon, Sun 30 Dec 2012, 20:58, More)
Bullying is a result of latent homosexuality
(
BorisKarloff is in the back of the classroom forever, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 19:55, More)
Hugo Boss designed the uniforms for the Nazis, the SS and the Hitler youth.
(, Wed 2 Jan 2013, 18:48, More)
According to Peter Cook, the whale is not an fish at all ....
how very interesting
de-ris www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnxXkjD6VmE
for printmeister (who was, I understand, a Pete n Dudd fan)
(
The Twisted Omentum vidi vici veni, Fri 21 Dec 2012, 12:05, More)
The reason that there is a flower mode on some versions of Minesweeper is to
try and appease the "International Campaign to Ban Winmine" who called the game an "offence against the victims of the mines".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minesweeper_%28video_game%29
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 12:57, More)
Tell Your Children! (adults only)
CFBigger, less artifact-y, and with footnotes
(, Sat 22 Dec 2012, 10:46, More)
MEGA TRANSFER!!
A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information.
One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15.875 GB, equivalent to the combined capacity of 62 MacBook Pro laptops.
(Source: 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off)
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Thu 20 Dec 2012, 0:15, More)
It's my best friend. Always happy. No questions.
Etymology
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Captain Howdy, Thu 3 Jan 2013, 14:14, More)
Babies Can Bond to a "Mother" from a Different Species
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bigmeuprudeboy is using powerpoint or paint...have MERCY, Thu 20 Dec 2012, 12:37, More)
In Minnesota,
it is illegal to cross a state line
whilst wearing a duck on your head.
(
Chumps 👀, Thu 20 Dec 2012, 6:23, More)
Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
(, Thu 3 Jan 2013, 13:21, More)