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Buzkashi wrote:Chimpanzee's are genetically closer to humans , than Horses are to Zebras.
Chimpanzees are not human's closest relatives though, Bonobo's are.
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AC/DC = alternate current/directioanl current
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raziel wrote:everyone is initially born a female. it takes a chromosome to change some to male.
Are you saying that you were born a female and then suddenly turned male. :shock:
That's creepy :(
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SLB is the greatest club in Portugal.
sorry bout that
now for something interesting:
only 25% of car accidents are caused by alchool
that leaves 75% of car accidents caused by sober people
Bottom line? we should all drive drunk :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Dark_Zilo wrote:SLB is the greatest club in Portugal.
sorry bout that
now for something interesting:
only 25% of car accidents are caused by alchool
that leaves 75% of car accidents caused by sober people
Bottom line? we should all drive drunk :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: Don't mind if I do
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Dark_Zilo wrote:SLB is the greatest club in Portugal.
sorry bout that
now for something interesting:
only 25% of car accidents are caused by alchool
that leaves 75% of car accidents caused by sober people
Bottom line? we should all drive drunk :lol: :lol: :lol:
That's only in Portugal, right? And Dio drunk driving, *shudders*, lol!
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Ishi-dono wrote:
Dark_Zilo wrote:SLB is the greatest club in Portugal.
sorry bout that
now for something interesting:
only 25% of car accidents are caused by alchool
that leaves 75% of car accidents caused by sober people
Bottom line? we should all drive drunk :lol: :lol: :lol:
That's only in Portugal, right? And Dio drunk driving, *shudders*, lol!
It's happened on many occasion and it was like me driving normally
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Wow, i don't even listen to music when i drive. I drive fast, so concentration is essential, and I have to react to my radar detector so the coppers don't pull me over (my car is once again ALIVE!).
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Ishi-dono wrote:Wow, i don't even listen to music when i drive. I drive fast, so concentration is essential, and I have to react to my radar detector so the coppers don't pull me over (my car is once again ALIVE!).
Listening to music is a MUST for me
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Trog wrote:
raziel wrote:everyone is initially born a female. it takes a chromosome to change some to male.
Are you saying that you were born a female and then suddenly turned male. :shock:
That's creepy :(
Thats how it happens, although I shouldnt say born since the sex change happens as you're developing in the womb, i think.

yes music is important always
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I fuckin bump in my car god i cant drive without loud ass music.
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driving with loud music is the best
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I will agree, loud music does help driving performance; don't think there'd be quite so many instances of road rage if people had good stuff to listen to.

Interesting fact:

There are people, even entire groups, who believe the Holocaust did not happen
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Heh .. really so what did they think happend to all those people that died.. they just dissaaaapeeeeaarrrreeeed. :lol: :lol:
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Buzkashi wrote:Heh .. really so what did they think happend to all those people that died.. they just dissaaaapeeeeaarrrreeeed. :lol: :lol:
It's pretty cruel; many try to claim that no Jews were gassed, and that what happened to them was an unfortunate side effect of Nazi Germany's war effort;

apparently they don't believe the survivors who went through all that hell
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Well as they say.. Denial is the first step to recovery.
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Buzkashi wrote:Well as they say.. Denial is the first step to recovery.
well said, and very true
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Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.

Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.

Women end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply.

You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making uglyfaces at dogs in Oklahoma.

In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.

New Jersey was originally called Albania.

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.

About 1 in 30 people in the U.S. are in jail, on probation, or on parole.

The Japanese Ice Cream Association once promoted “raw horse flesh” ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream
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mrJotaan wrote: The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
Thank god I don't live there. :P
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umm im thankful i dont live ther because of the tsunami not because of the masterbation law.
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Eldo wrote:
mrJotaan wrote: The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
Thank god I don't live there. :P
I so agree with that
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In New Orleans, you aren't allowed to tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.

Every year more than 5800 people end up in the emergency rooms from falling down while putting up holiday decorations

In China a man guided tourists through dark alleys with a candle surgically inserted into his skull.

A man was impaled by a 4 foot crowbar through his skull and lived for years after it was removed. though, he supposedly became an asshole after that.
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who wouldn't become a asshole if they had something like that in the skull?
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raziel wrote:you sneeze at around 400 mph.
Yeah and I heard in rare cases if you supress it that it can rupture vessels in your sinus and brain. Result being death.

It is also said that pig's have 30 minute orgasms.

So do I.
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