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Post 8301

Baron Grim

That's not hard. We just got to figure out which puppet dictator the US was backing about a decade ago.


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Post 8302

The Groob

Only 22% of the River Nile's course runs through Egypt.


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Post 8303

Baron Grim

It takes around 45 minutes for gas to pass through your digestive track and become flatulence. smiley - sighsmiley - laugh


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Post 8304

Pink Paisley

I think I had better go out for a walk in about 20 minutes.

PP


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Post 8305

The Groob

Mussolini's favourite drink was strawberry sherbet frappe.


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Post 8306

Baron Grim

You can't throw a curve ball on the moon. If you prefer golf, good news, you can't hook or slice either.


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Post 8307

egon

Sideburns are named after the American civil war general Ambrose Burnside


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Post 8308

The Groob

The idea for The Police's "Walking on the moon" came into Sting's head when he was drunk and the song was originally called "Walking round the room".


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Post 8309

The Groob

The dinosaur with the longest name was Micropachycephalosaurus meaning "tiny thick-headed lizard".


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Post 8310

The Groob

Leonardo Da Vinci enjoyed purchasing caged birds so he could set them free.


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Post 8311

Rod

The word Bodger was specific to a group of skilled craftsmen but has become corrupted to mean botcher.


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Post 8312

Baron Grim

I just read that Illibilli (in Sudan) is the world's longest palindromic place name.

But it's not. There are plenty of 9 lettered palindromic places, such as Allagalla, Sri Lanka; Assamassa, Portugal; Krape Park, Illinois, US and Oktahatko, Florida, US.

At 10 letters, there's Saxet, Texas and Zirak Kariz, Afghanistan.
At 11 letters, there's Wassamassaw, South Carolina, US; Ekalaka Lake, Montana, US and Anahanahana, Madagascar.

And at 12 letters, there's Mullum Mullum Creek, Valley, Gorge, Wetlands, etc., all naturally occurring places a few miles east of Melbourne, Australia and there's also Adaven, Nevada, US.

Some, like Adaven, Nevada and Elaka Lake were contrived.


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Post 8313

Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed )

A town called Yreka (no idea if CAN or USA) had the Yreka Bakery.


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Post 8314

Baron Grim

California.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=yreka


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Post 8315

Baron Grim

smiley - evilgrin


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Post 8316

Pit - ( Carpe Diem - Stay in Bed )

Fitting. They get everything ass backwards and upside down.smiley - winkeye


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Post 8317

The Groob

The word "God" appears 3358 times in the Bible.


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Post 8318

Ancient Brit

Six out of seven dwarfs aren't happy.


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Post 8319

U14993989

#8317: Which one?


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Post 8320

The Groob

If London was a country it would be the 8th biggest in Europe.


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