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Did you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.

(, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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In medieval times, the town storyteller would smoke a hallucinogenic herb through a pipe called a "larf" to provide a source of much-needed creativity in those dull times.

This explains why these days when someone says something of dubious plausibility, people say, "you're 'aving a larf aintcha!?!?"
(, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:40, Reply)

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